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I was going to say, it's difficult to do with two separate pictures because of differences in lighting conditions and digital color adjustment. FWIW: I have all OD Magpul furniture on my AR, and it's much darker than I'd have expected it to be. Against other companies' OD products, their FOL green stuff might match better, but since I don't have any K-Var products to compare it to I have no idea.

Disgusting. It irks me when I just see a bunch of airsoft kids with fatigues. But this guy takes the cake and eats it. And it shows, too. My favorite line from the original thread: "Well in his defense that spare tire of his IS large enough to fit a Stryker." But no, really, someone kick his ass.

+1 to basically everything that has been said so far. Although I had no idea the Hi-Point X95 carbine was being made with a LRBHO now; that's really good news. I probably shouldn't have to say this but, definitely stay away from anything made by Special Weapons. They are VERY poorly made H&K clones. They are the carbine equivalent of a Jennings pistol, and Todd Bailey is a charlatan.

How did I miss this thread? Happy birthday, ya old fogies.

OhByTheWay, I asked Tokageko her opinion and she said "the M14 is coming back. "

The M16 used in the Vietnam war was a prototype weapon with a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG list of problems which all affected it's reliability, and ball powder ammo was not the greatest of these. I concede that, at that time, it was a piece of crap. The design is 55 years old though (going back to the original AR-10 prototypes), and we have quite well worked out its problems by now. Unfortunately the current standard issue carbines we have now are also a pain in the ass, but that's because the system is horribly off-balance. The gas pressure is too high while the moving mass is t

Nothing. In widespread military use it'll probably be succeeded by things like the ACR and the SCAR, but it'll never go away completely, just like the 1911. Even though I know everyone is going to jump on my case for saying this: <heresy> The AR is not the piece of crap everyone makes it out to be, and there is nothing wrong with DI and I'm sick of hearing about it. </heresy> Yes, there is something wrong with the standard M4 carbine, but there is nothing wrong with the AR platform in general besides the complete inability to mount a folding stock. "Heathen! Burn her

Thanks, Shooter. I was gonna say that myself. Technically they do not all use the same uppers, they use the same upper forgings all made by the same couple companies. Almost no one does the forging in-house, but they do all the machining in-house, and some companies have tighter QC than others. Any one company's stripped upper is just as good as another's, unless you get a lemon. The difference in the companies, as far as I am concerned, is how likely you are to get a lemon. But yes, as you both said, they are all about the same otherwise. The upper receiver itself is not what concer

+1 I have only handled a Feather AT9 once in-store, but I found the exact same thing about the magazine; it had about a quarter inch of forward-back play in the well. However, due to friction on the sides, it was damn hard to remove or insert. Also, the first time I tried pulling the buttstock out, the latch failed to grab the stock in the extended position and it came completely off the gun. Looks like crap, smells like crap. Um, I'd just like to point out that the .41 AE takes an actual .410 bullet, same as the .41 Remington Magnum, NOT a .400 bullet like the 10mm Auto.

I drink almost nothing but bottled water. Why? Because there is so much iron in my well water here, you can float a magnet on it. Okay yes I'm somewhat exaggerating, but the bottoms of all the tubs and sinks and toilets are bright red from iron oxide buildup. It's pretty nasty and non-potable, and we haven't gotten around to putting in a filtration/softener system yet.

What makes you think the ATF has a good side?

Yep, It's an M16 BCG all right. BCM doesn't make them any other way.

Well, the idea behind the heavy buffer is keeping the system balanced. A gas operated rifle, like any other autoloading firearm, is a balanced system. Gas pressure, spring power, and moving mass weight; change any one of those things, and the other two should also be changed to match. On a standard 20" rifle with a fixed stock, the gas port pressure is 13,000 PSI and the buffer weighs about 5.1oz. On a carbine-length gas system with a collapsable stock, gas pressure is increased to 27,000 PSI (more than twice as much) and the weight of the standard buffer is decreased to only 3.0oz. The w

Thanks for the advice Chile, but I already know what I want. Mostly due to budget constraints, I have no intention of adding a free float tube or optics anytime soon. As for the buffer, my policy is to run the heaviest buffer possible that will still cycle reliably. If the H3 is too heavy, I can disassemble and swap weights between it and the standard buffer to make and H and an H2. You ever heard of Pat Rogers' "Filthy 14" carbine?

Just finished getting this together a few days ago. No handguards yet, that'll have to wait 'til next check comes. Otherwise, it's complete, and shoots real nice. S&W lower, Del-Ton lower parts kit, DSA buffer tube, BCM complete upper with 16" SOCOM-profile heavy barrel. Next month it gets some OD green MOE handguards and an H3 buffer. Disclaimer: I am good at a lot of things, photography does not seem to be one of them. Only problem: Rear sight is a cheap NcStar A4. The body of the sight is out of spec. Too wide, so the clamp bottoms out on the sight body rather th

I do a little of this, freelance... ...but mostly this... ...while doing this, for mechanical engineering: I'd like to do this... ...or this... ...but the Feds told me to f*** off, despite having an AFQT score of 98.

Another plug for Stihl, I've got an MS 391 that has been very reliable for thinning out the Ponderosa population on my parents' 10 acre plot. Although, it scares the living hell out of me, more than any other piece of equipment I own. Be careful, and use your head.

I probably shouldn't ask, but exactly what sort of "incident" are we talking about?

8584 and counting. ------ On day 1462, Operation Desert Storm began. On day 2558, a 6.7 earthquake in Northridge, CA killed 72 people and did approximately US $20 billion worth of damage. On day 2923, a 7.3 earthquake in Kobe, Japan killed 6434 people and did approximately US $102.5 billion worth of damage. On day 5479, the Mount Nyiragongo volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo erupted and displaced an estimated 400,000 people. My birthday has been an unfortunate day for many people.

We all know the basic rules of firearm safety. Exactly how many there are and how they are grouped together, and what order they are in, varies depending on who you ask, but the basics are always the same. Always treat the gun as if it is loaded, keep your finger off the trigger, keep the muzzle pointed in a safe direction, don't rely on the mechanical safety, always confirm its unloaded (or loaded) state when you take it in hand, and know the area between you and the target, around the target, and beyond the target. My question is, when did all of this become common practice? Last nigh

(I am reposting this at various and sundry forums 'roundabout the web, because this girl needs answers like Rosie needs to stop eating children.) So, there's a question that's been nagging at me for a while regarding M92 magazines. A friend and I were also recently discussing the subject. I put some time into researching it online, but all of my effort seems to be in vain. So I figure, hey, this is what discussion boards are for, right? So, I pose the following inquiry to you, the internet-using, gun-owning public: I have heard that early Px4 pistols came with M92 magazines. I

Oh good God, stupid things I have done with guns. This is going to take a while. None of this is Saiga related, seeing how I grew up in California. Alas... ---------- I have this little Mossberg M341 bolt action .22 that was given to me when I was 14. Understand now that the trigger guards on these old Mossbergs are made of plastic and are held directly to the wood stock by a pair of wood screws. When I got the rifle, I was told that there was something wrong with it and it needed some maintenance. Later that night I tried cycling live ammunition through it to determine exactly w

Hehehehe, I like how you preemptively answered our questions about the las in the pink top via the file name... And, I can understand the computer (that's what I normally use for targets) but why did they have to kill the BBQ?