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  7. Complete drums tested!! Must read!!

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    As always throughout this process, Mike has been a straight up guy and kept us updated regularly. I received his latest update email today.

     

    While I too am chompin' at the bit to get ahold of my drum, I can find no fault with the way Mike has handled this process so far.

     

    Rock on Mike, we're behind you 100%! :super:

  12. Complete drums tested!! Must read!!

    in MDARMS.com

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    Gotta admit you had me going there with the first part of that post. :unsure:

     

    But when I read the "Just Kidding" I literally laughed out loud. Not so much because it was funny, but out of relief! Whew. Good one. :haha:

     

    Way to go man. I'm proud of you and I'm glad for you. You've continued to show yourself as a class act.

     

    Oh yeah, I'm glad for me too. I'll soon be fondling one in my greedy paws. :devil:

     

    Thanks again man for all the hard work, and for taking the time to keep us updated. :super:

  18. Gabe on the "State of the Art" Shotgun

    in Saiga-12

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    Here's the article by Gabe Suarez from the latest Suarez International newsletter:

     

    THE STATE OF THE ART - SHOTGUN

     

     

    Although for general purposes, I'd definitely take a rifle, the shotgun comes into its niche in "expected" very close range fights, in reduced light where the tempo of events does not favor traditional marksmanship principles, and where devastating damage needs to be inflicted in as short a time as possible with minimum number of shots. Additional assets are that the nature of the pattern and ammunition lends to hitting adversaries that might otherwise not be hit with a single projectlie, and the rapidly decreasing velocity tends to minimize collateral damage that may result from rifle fire.

     

    Can you do these things with a rifle? Yes...but not as well as with a shotgun. That, my friends, is what the shotgun is for. Can you do that with slugs? No. Disagree with this statement? Show me. And if you can, show me what that will give you that a regular rifle will not also give you.

     

     

    I have been reading the various threads regarding the Saiga shotguns at warriortalk.

     

    Personally, I think the future of combat shotgunning is the Saiga. Just as the 1911 crowd bemoaned the advent of that silly-looking "plastic" pistol from Austria back in the early 1990s, I see the same resistance from the traditional shotgun venues in the USA. But all the traditional shotguns out there from the 870 to the Benelli are simply bird guns reworked for tactical use.

     

    I remember the hey-day of Heckler and Koch, when every SWT unit was using some derivative of the MP5. With the HK package came the Benelli Super 90. And for many years, the Super 90 lead the way in fighting shotgun development. Trailing it were the 1100/1187, the 870, and to a lesser degree, the Mossbergs. No other shotguns were, or are, as widely adopted as these. Yet all of these have deficiencies. They are all sporting guns modified for police/military use. One can argue that they are sufficient and that they will work. Sure...so will a five shot revolver, and a lever action rifle. But you see few of those as uninfluenced first choices today.

     

    The Saiga is different. What I see happening is that beginning here, we will influence changes in the shotgun world. See today how our Close Range Gunfighting, Force On Force, and Kalashnikov programs have changed things. Back in 2000, people were still arguing about Weaver versus Isoceles for heavens sake.

    Today they are copying what we are doing and even the stodgiest dinosaur school is grudgingly taking a little shuffle step off the x and admitting that a little force on force is OK.

     

    The Saiga has the potential of becoming the Glock of the shotgun world. The only limit is how fast the Russians can make them and how quickly can Americans import them. Eventually, someone will figure it out and reverse-engineer an all US-made Saiga shotgun (as well as probably an AK), but that eventuality is far off. Eventually also other companies will make magazine fed shotguns based on other weapon systems. I am dying to see what an M4 shotgun will look like. We will see all the gizzmo-freaks add things to these things like they do to their overweight M4s. But the AK platform will out-price and out perform them all, just as the Kalashnikov Rifle does today.

     

    I must say it is exciting to be leading the charge on this. The only things that can stop or curtail this are the production capability at Izhmash, Russia, import problems created by our beloved government, or the passage of some law against these by an outlaw political machine. None of these seem likely...at least not in the near future. (With all the existing politcal problems, it will take at least 4 years for even The Witch Hillary to get to the guns issue).

     

    SI presently has a dozen Kalashnikov Rifles. I don't need that many, but my training company does. Since I have seen the Saiga 12 and worked with it, I plan to accumulate as many of these as it would take to equip a training class. The state of the art today is the Saiga 12.

     

     

    __________________

    Gabe Suarez

     

    Thought all you Saiga fans might like to see that Gabe has come around to seeing things the way we've been seeing them for some time now. :smoke:

  24. SLINGDOM

    in General Discussion - Any topic is welcome here!!!

    Posted · Edited by badman400

    Whatever sling you decide to get will depend on the type of shooting you want to do. If you have a specific role for a weapon, then it's ok to sling it appropriately (single point for rapid engagement of multiple targets, standard sling for marksmanship). The point slings also allows you to transition to your secondary weapon quickly.

    The loop sling (for me) is the cat's meow as far as stability in a firing position goes. I've used the hasty sling and that works fine in a pinch (this is the method BobAsh described) but I've never felt that comfortable with it. But I did find a third option which allows me to do both:

    http://www.tacticalintervention.com/quickcuffsling.html

    The online manual shows pictures of the sling in use.

    I got the Model One in tan and comes with the quick detach swivels.

    The craftsmanship is second to none, I wouldn't hesitate to use it for rappelling if I had to. I attached a quick detach sling post at the forearm (Uncle Mike's) and the threading was exactly the same (on the .308) as the screw that holds the handguard. I just cut it back to the same length as the stock Saiga screw. I have the skeleton stock so I didn't have to add a quick detach post at the rear.

     

    It functions exactly as advertised, loop sling stability at tactical speed.

     

    One of these days I'm going to get some webbing material and another buckle set to see if I can use it as a modified single point sling, disconnect and then reconnect as a loop sling.

     

    I just want to point out that I consider a sling to be an essential part of shooting vice something to be used when transporting the rifle. The price is a little steeper than most slings out there but I thought it was worth it.

     

     

    Thanks for the detailed rundown GunnyR! I think I'll exercise the poll option on this one and see what is being used most out there in the world of slings.

     

    Oh well, the poll option was there one second and then gone the next. :unsure:

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