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It's funny you mention Red light not blinding you at night, because I just read about this maybe a week ago.
Oddly the one wavelength that humans see best at night is green 505 nm.
The weapon laser and optic market has banked on this lately.
I been seeing green headlights now and then. Pretty fucking extreme.
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Lot of people don't realize how large a fireball can be at night after the first round you are essentially night blind for several seconds.
I plan on testing out some red lense snow/ski googles. Red light from a night flash will not temporarily blind you.
Keeping my rifle perfectly aimed for fast double or triple taps would be my priority. Red goggles will help whether you shoot a rifle, handgun, or shotgun.
I keep all 3 types for home defense and can't rationalize putting a flash hider on my shotgun or pistol so the goggles would cover these too.
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Aimpoint IS probably better, but I just couldn't justify it to myself for the price.
Your needs/priorities may vary.
I usually try to aim for objectivity when comparing products but I think it is nearly impossible to come off as objective because when money is a factor it
draws very subjective feelings. Someone always seems to get upset or offended. Sorry if this is the case.
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Edit to add: The new aimpoint comp M4 is rated at 80,000 hours of battery life from only 1 AA battery and Aimpoint micro T1 is 50,000 hours.
This was the main reason why Aimpoint won out with me over EOTech. I just leave it on all the time.
That alone is much to love about it.
If I could get a decent AA battery for $0.50 each, with about 10 hours of battery life being maybe the most on some cheap dot optic 50,000 hours would require
5,000 batteries at $0.50 so I would need $2500 to get the same performance time. All of a sudden the cheap optic option does not look so cheap anymore.
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As far as price is concerned, in a free world economy this is based on demand. Aimpoint has built a reputation that has spawned great demand for its optic system.
It has a time tested design that works better than and endures more punishment than most of its competitors in the market price range it competes with. It is the ak of red dot optics.
Not to mention that because the government uses it, everyone else HAS to have one, which raises demand, which raises the price.
I'm not saying they don't make a quality optic, but my cheap Bushnell has held up for over 1000 rounds for 1/5 the price, and is still running on the original battery.
A good part of what you're paying for is that brand name and prestige (social demand), not just the quality that comes with the product.
If Aimpoint built a better Beanie Baby, it would still be just a Beanie Baby (social hysteria be damned). For me, the utility didn't justify the price. That being said, if I had the money to burn and needed an optic...
Glad you reminded me about the battery issue. How many red dot sights can go 5000 hours of battery life like aimpoint? I don't know of one.
This can be a money value issue too. How many battery replacements will it take to get 5000 hours from regular batteries in other red dot sights and at what price?
Several years ago I remember having to replace batteries in a bushnell holosight aka EOtech a few times a year with very little range use. $7 each time was what it cost then
If I used it to train more often with, it might be more like $70 a year for several replacements. This adds up enough that 5000 hour battery life of an aimpoint will cost you less in battery replacements over time which could mean that after a few years of that an aimpoint ends up costing less than a much cheaper option. It can pay for itself over time in this case.
Edit to add: The new aimpoint comp M4 is rated at 80,000 hours of battery life from only 1 AA battery and Aimpoint micro T1 is 50,000 hours.
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them before the first ban (Never get rid of your magazines, boys and girls!!!)
LOL Mag whores will all agree 100 percent about keeping your mag stash as big as possible. I am a proud early stage degenerative mag whore. You can't ever have too much ammo or too many quality mags. This thread just reminded me that I need some more mags for my stash.
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I used several different optics in the past and when it comes to red dots they are not all made exactly the same. The cheap chinese walmart specials might as well have elmers glue holding the internals in place and all it takes is just enough recoil force shock or heat to shake or melt them loose. If such has managed to last a while on your AK, consider yourself lucky.
Here is just a few things to consider about this topic.
Aimpoint :
- invented the red dot sight system more than 30 years ago
- they have a parallax free dot system and where ever you place the dot that is where the bullet goes even if your eye to reticle alignment position moves from shot to shot and no other red dot company I know of claims this patented technology benefit
- the aimpoint system has very wide temperature tolerances from extreme cold to extreme heat
- it has been used on heavy recoiling rifles in documented hunts over the past 30 years from kodiac bear to cape buffalo
- When the US military decided to finally award the first red dot optic contract they chose aimpoint and this was the world's first military contract for red dot optics in 1997 which even though they had been used before this on military weapons it was not on an official contract order basis and this is considering that military and police units have used aimpoint long before this contract date. At this point, it has been 20 years on worldwide use on military and police weapons.
- these are made in sweden as opposed to some high paced low quality unskilled labor assembly line in China in other words if I want to depend on this I would prefer that someone knew what the hell they were doing was assembling this rather than Mrs. Chi that just got hired at some chinese muli product manufacturing complex.
As far as price is concerned, in a free world economy this is based on demand. Aimpoint has built a reputation that has spawned great demand for its optic system.
It has a time tested design that works better than and endures more punishment than most of its competitors in the market price range it competes with. It is the ak of red dot optics.
The La Rue iron dot mount is a great location that allows easy access to the dust cover and gas tube without taking it off. I wouldn't want a burris red dot and that alone is a deal breaker for me. If they change it to accept a low picatinney rail, I would get one or two.
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Might want to have this moved to the NFA section. I'm not versed on the laws involved, but since the receiver was registered as a pistol I'm betting that there's no way around SBR restrictions if you put a stock on it.
You can permanently make it a long gun with a stock and 16 inch barrel as far as the federal government is concerned. This is not reversible without a stamp.
There are plenty of tech branch letters stating this. Obviously, the barrel must be lengthened first then a stock. The NFA only says that you can't make a pistol from a rifle but
does not state that you can't make a rifle from a pistol. Now, if a state law somewhere has another issue with this, that is entirely different. But, I am assuming that you mean in terms of federal law.
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I am not sure this had anything to do with this but I have not seen it posted before even though it was last year and it might help someone so here goes.
http://www.centuryarms.com/notice/Draco%20Warning%20Notice%20Century%20Arms.pdf
May 2009
Re: HG1916-N Draco Pistol
WARNING AND NOTICE
It has come to our attention that some Draco pistols may exhibit intermittent hammer
and sear engagement. In order to correct this issue, we are replacing the hammer and
sear on all Draco pistols. Century will cover all shipping and repair costs associated with
this program. A failure to upgrade the Draco pistol with the new hammer and sear
could result in a firearm malfunction, including but not limited to, personal injury
and property damage.
If you have a Draco pistol, please contact us at (800) 270-2767 to obtain a return
authorization number. If the pistol has been sold or transferred, please provide us with
the name, address and contact information of the purchaser(s). We will contact them
directly.
We appreciate your cooperation in this matter and hope to have this situation
resolved as quickly as possible.
By saying personal injury, I can't think of anything else except an out of battery ignition.
If this is true, then most any semiauto AK would be vulnerable to this too.
The rear carrier stub is suppose to prevent this so this is an odd claim.
A tapco g2 group might fix this problem faster than shipping it to century.
If someone has a picture of their draco trigger group, maybe they can point out what is different
from a regular semiauto trigger group that would cause a malfunction.
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So it is OK to lengthen the barrel (16") and then add a stock without a tax stamp? Experts please chime in.
Yes it is ok. Going in the reverse direction has been the problem but never longer.
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I don't believe there's anything such as a "long-barreled pistol." Regardless of the presence of a buttstock, I'm fairly confident that a firearm with a rifled barrel over 16" in length must have an overall length of 26" or greater. I believe the barrel length automatically puts it in long gun territory.
There is no federal maximum barrel length requirement for a pistol. Some states do have such a regulation.
There are not too many made like that but they do exist and Uberti makes a 18 inch barrel revolver which would most likely be illegal to own
in only those states.
http://www.uberti.com/firearms/revolver_carbine_and_buntline.php
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Hey imarangemaster, nice pics I'll keep the Nosler offerings in mind,from the pics, very effective,congratulations on the freezer meat!!! What time's dinner???
The deer in that picture was shot by a member of another board. He dropped took his deer from 278 yards with 7.62x39 but using a nosler ballistic tip ammo.
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Taurus could take the stock off and market this as the supreme court judge with an 18 inch barrel.
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Maybe buy a small tap/drill bit combo.. then get a small button head screw.. install from the bottom.. like pinning.. but removable..
Some have used JB weld and just threaded it on.. (easier fix & good to 500-600' )
To break JB weld off heating the part 300-400 degrees will soften it enough to allow this but this temperature can also untemper steel springs like the recoil rod spring, extractor spring, disconnector spring, etc. I have not tried this yet by regular crazy glue is suppose to hold well enough to near 200 degrees F and that temperature should not damage spring heat temperance.
Blue 241 removable Threadlocker can also be removed at about 230 degrees.
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Glad to see this may be about nothing...
Maybe someone can call AIM and just confirm and report back.. i'm broke or I would.
Al
Good news.
I just called. A female sales person went to go check for sure said it was actually 124 gr so it was a mistake when someone else wrote the description.
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Taking into account Newton's 3rd law...would this knock someone off their feet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BYnG4vrb-U&feature=related
or this?
That guy was off balance and the shove is way above his center of gravity.
.700 nitro is fairly close to .50 BMG in momentum. The 50 BMG demo shot on the mythbusters show barely pushed the test dummy back a few inches.
To knock someone over mass is the better mechanism. What is more likely to knock you over hitting your body armor plate with a fast speeding bullet or throwing a bowling ball at your chest?
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Damm now I hope that AIM just had a typo on their ammo description of 122 gr.
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Maybe I didn't look close enough. On the one round I pulled out of the box I couldn't feel the serrations with a paper clip like I could on the older round; however with a flash light I could see them. I pulled a few more rounds and I could feel them as well. I guess there's a little variation from round to round. Mostly in the depth of the hole.
I guess I'm not so sure now, this could still be the 8m3. I'll pull a bullet when I can. In the images new is on the left, old is on the right.
Edit: I bought these from ammoman.com, the new shipment arrived today, the older ones also came from ammoman.com, but that was just over 3 years ago.
The big clue is where it says 124 grain hp Regular wolf black box is 122 hp and bear hp is 123
There is no 124 hp other than 8m3 I am aware of in russian commercial ammo at least not lately in the past few years.
Unless something changes in Russia, 124 hp means 8m3, 123 bear hp, and 122 is wolf black box. These numbers never change for russian hp ammo.
However, full metal jacket ammo does not apply to this basic rule.
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the new Wolf MC is in the steel zinc cases
Where did you see zinc cased 124 gr for sale at?
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Where did you get it? I got mine from Widener's. I checked random boxes with a dental probe inside the hollow points and they are definitely serrated inside. The hollow point in not terribly deep, but the serrations are there and it is marked "124 grn HP"
Wideners might still have old stock left and not replaced it with the newest batch from the wolf importer. If ordering anymore, definitely confirm that it is 124 gr with the sales person.
Once the old stock runs out, all the distributors are going to sell the new crappy 122 gr hp unless of course it is only a temporary change because the factory 8m3 machines are being fixed or serviced or whatever.
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I hope to call WOlf ammo on tueday and ask if this is now a permanent change. If so, I may need to buy as much as I can find of the older 124 grain hp
at the next gunshow.
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I just checked a typical wolf 122 gr, bear 123 gr, and MC 124 gr.
The MC 124 had the shallowest hole. So if the hole is shallower in the new MC load bullet, it might not even be any of the previous 3 bullet types.
Something new pehaps.
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I just had 2 cases delivered to day and I'm sad to say that it definitely does NOT have the 8m3 bullet. When I get some time I'll pull a bullet and take some photos. The bullet it's self looks pretty similar on the outside, but the hole isn't near as deep as my older MCHP rounds. It also doesn't have the vertical striations that help it expand. I haven't had a chance to shoot the new rounds yet, but I'm guessing it'll preform like the black box wolf HP. I hope I'm wrong but my prediction is it's an inferior round to the 8m3.
What grain weight is the bullet? 122? 123? 124?
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I know alot of people are concerned with getting the sights as low as possible, what is the reason for that? is it an aesthetics thing or is there some advantage of having the sights closer to the bore axis?
The farther away the sight line is from the bore axis means your point of aim is less inline with the point of impact at any given distance along the bullet trajectory arc.
A line of sight can only cross the trajectory of a bullet "the arc" no more than at two points along the curve. So if a high and a low sight line both intersect at 50 yards,
the lower sight line intersects the second time along the arc closer than the high sight line will and generally the lower sight line will be closer to the actual bullet path.
With some flat shooting calibers, a low sight line will keep you within a few inches of the bullet path out to hundreds of yards where a high sight line might be more like several inches
above or below the bullet path.
With 7.62x39, a low sight line example would be zero at 50 and 100 yards then 6.5 low at 200 yards then 23.8 inches low at 300 yards.
http://www.federalpremium.com/products/details/rifle.aspx?id=66
A very old way to compensate for the longer distances without adjusting the sight themselves is to aim 6.5 inches high at 200 yards and
23.8 inches high at 300 yards and so on.
A simple 10x mildot scope with a low enough sight line has enough marks to cover aiming to 500 yards easily if desired.
If you establish that your rifle and load will strike at 2.3 mildots low at 300 yards, then lining up at 2.3 the next time will usually place you there.
That sort of makes thing easy for elevation.
Some questions on AK maintenence
in Saiga 7.62 X 39
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When getting ready to fire it make sure the gas chamber and firing pin hole hole are bone dry.