Doug Hartley

Not at this time, I'll see if I can get an estimate this week. Doug

Aimpoint PRO red dot for my 9mm AR carbine! Doug

Robert is back in the US, Akaider but you didn't send me contact info so I couldn't tell him who was trying to contact him about an order. He said he had contacted everyone who had orders pending, perhaps you should give him a call and ask what's up. Doug

Yogi used to own a racquetball place in Fairfield, NJ. I was a member and bought a racquet from him in person. He seemed like a really nice, down to earth kind of guy. Sad that he is gone but he lived a hell of a good life. Doug

Ya, you mess with monkeys this is what you get! Doug

A 10 shot .22 revolver or auto might be the ticket for someone that is recoil sensitive. The revolver has the advantage of reliability and you don't have to police your brass. I'd rather have a .22 than a pointy stick (unless I wanted to be really quiet!) At the end of the world, a .22 and plenty of ammo will be worth its weight in gold. Doug

I agree with other people that it could be very dangerous to arm folks that have no idea of safe gun handling. Its easy for a newbie to sweep you or torch a round off into your back. I'd rather do the shooting and let them hide someplace safe or reload my mags. (or get bandages ready for me) Doug

Sorry Akaider, Robert left early last week to attend the World Shotgun Championships in Italy. Since he personally processes all the orders it may take a few more days for him to get back and get up to speed. I have not heard back from him about his return but I expect to hear from him when he hits the states and I will ask him then about orders that have been placed. Feel free to PM me with your info so that I know who to ask about. Doug

You could always call him and ask, but I would expect few companies would give out scrap parts for use in a firearm. Too much liability. Doug

Robert says he has over 2000 rounds with one of the new bolts in his practice gun and its working fine. He needs to figure out how much they will cost to make before he can figure a price. Doug

I'll see if I can get one soon. Doug

Funny story, I had 2 Microsoft engineers teach a class in my room a few years ago (I teach high school in a large NW district) and I asked them what was up with all the changes to Word. They keep moving the tools so that when I get a new version I can't find the stuff I need. They told me that this was a sore point at MS and that in the future they were only supposed to make changes to add function and not to make changes to the program just to make it different. IF Word was my dad I'd tell him "You are too old to be cool, put away the fancy clothes and just do your job!" Doug

And he has excellent taste in women! Doug

For those that have not seen over rotated bullets explode it's kind of interesting. I shot a 3 gun match with a friend that had loaded some light varmint bullets and he couldn't hit any far targets. We noticed little puffs of smoke when he was shooting. The bullets would reach a critical point and just vaporize. My 105 Bergers are supposed to be rotating around 250,000 rpm. The 1-10 barrel I got only rotated them at about 200,000 which was not fast enough to stabilize them. Doug

Something similar happened to me this week. I got a new 6mm Creedmoor barrel installed on my JP LRP-07 (AR-10) and I could barely hit a 2'x2" target at 100 yards. Very disconcerting considering the gun should shoot around 1/2" at 100. Turns out the barrel was a 1-10 twist instead of a 1-8 that I had ordered. You have to have the correct twist for the shape and weight of projectile you are shooting. Too slow and the bullet will not stablize, too fast and the bullet may explode from over rotation. Below is link to the Berger Twist Rate Calculator that you can put in the parameters for y

My advice is to find out what your gun shoots the best and buy it by the case. That hole at the top of the red dot looks pretty tight, seems like it shot that stuff very well. Doug

Still like my 16" AR with can, 1-4 scope and .22 conversion. Shoots .223 out to 500 and can shoot .22LR up close. I have a couple of .22 pistols that are threaded to also use the suppressor. Truthfully I'd rather stay at home instead of traveling on foot. Got food, water, shelter, generator and neighbors that have stuff also. With 60 coming up next year I think I'll just hang out and shoot the carpet baggers. Doug

Bought 2 6mm Creedmoor barrels for my JP LRP-07 (AR-10) from Rainier Arms. Just finished making some test loads and now I'm headed to the range to have some fun! Hoping to push Berger 105 Hybrids around 3000 FPS. Doug

I live a ferry ride across from Seattle but I haven't bought any gun related item in Seattle since Central Gun on 1st Ave closed about 7 years ago. They think they're smart but they just drive the business to other places and screw the folks trying to make a living in the city. Glad I don't live there. Doug

Emma talks shit! What happens when you talk shit on the internet and somebody tracks down your IP address! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWcqoPAYR6o

Robert has 3 he is testing now and is in the process of testing them now. He is running one in his competition Saiga to make sure it can stand up to thousands of rounds of abuse before he calls them good to go and then they will take some time to manufacture. Should have some for sale in 2 to 3 months. Doug

It will be billet, just like the R&R bolt carriers. R&R has already made up some bolts, but they have not been released for sale yet. Doug

I met Andrei Kirisenko at the Rocky Mountain 3 gun match last year, he came in 16th in Open. I didn't know his affiliation at the time but he was with a group of Russian shooters. They had to borrow Saigas to shoot at the match due to the import restrictions. At 4:38 you see the back stop of the range and there are 4 R&R self-setting steel targets lined up in a row! Doug

DD 12, good name for a double barrel gun!

Excellent ideas so far! Doug