JMJ

Good to see you here bro!

My dad has that model, was the first handgun I ever shot and the gun I killed my first hog with as a teenager.

That’s one sexy rifle! I had the pleasure of shooting a 358win chambered in a Ruger M77 one day at the range. I didn’t know about it before that day and immediately thought it was an awesome round that I wish was more popular. It and 7-08 are the main two I’d like to build additional uppers in.

This’s what I meant by minimalist holster.

My type ccw as of late, I carry appendix in a minimalist holster. I get weird looks when folks here realize I carry full sized Glocks daily. Luckily I’m a big framed at 6’2” 230# with a 34” waist so lots of room to hide sheeit.

Welcome from deep south Louisiana! Folks here will definitely help you avoid any pitfalls. I found this place while researching parts for my Aero M5 and used their suggestions to others as I was building, I ended up joining the forum a couple years later, cause I was impressed with how everyone gets along here and how “trolls” are dealt with swiftly. It’s definitely one of the more unique forums I’m a member on.

Yep definitely not something I’d see myself using much. I’d just want to see what I could do with an AR with a bipod mounted on a hog sounder moving through a tight gully.

Exactly, once the 1986 machine gun law would be struck down there would be no “grandfather” clause that created the current values of machine guns manufactured in ‘86 or before.

I use 10, 20, & 25 round pmags and I’ve got two 20 round KAC mags that all have run flawlessly. On my M5 308 I’ve got Aero Precision’s 2nd gen quad rail forend.

I’m in this camp, I could see swapping my 5.56’s over, converting a 10/22 and likely a Glock switch. I could see those being a hoot when doing hog ambushes.

I beat on my Esee’s like Ike beat on Tina LoL. I’ve had quite a few of their knives, kept the favorites and sold the rest finish building my M5. Been carrying this Izzy 2 daily since early 2020, it typically shares cutting duties with this one. That Adventurecraft looks really handy, bet that thing makes for an awesome game processor.

I’ve been taking a similar approach, in only using fde 30rd mags or metal 20rd mags with 300blk and all black pmags (20’s/30’s) with 5.56/223. I do keep both my 300blk and 5.56 pistol uppers and the lower in a case together, but I pickup all ammo and designated mags for the upper not in use before I take out mags for the one I’ll be using. I had seen these sorta warnings before I built my blackout so I’ve tried to stay mindful, especially since I only shoot 110gr and 120-125gr supers through mine.

I’d really like to know that as well just for peace of mind since I have both cartridges. I’d read about the issue in the past, iirc it was mainly just an issue with the different 110gr bullets since their ogive is slimmer it can add to “tolerance stacking” along with bullet setback from the bolt slamming home and in one instance the shooter forced the bolt home with the fwd assist.

Welcome from Louisiana!

Welcome from Louisiana!

I’m grateful to see this information, you just sparked an idea to give new life to two 30rd Pmags I previously modded to run 450 bushmaster back in 2013 before I traded off my 20” upper.

Thank you!

I have a Leupold Vx2 2-7x33mm on my Aero M5, probably “underpowered” by most folks opinion, but I put this rig together as a whitetail and hog set up for both spot n stalk and box stand hunting in some fairly thick woods where close shots or more the norm where the FOV has been too great of a benefit vs magnification higher than 7x. I’ve got two other Leupold scopes, an older Vari-x iic 3-9x50mm that’s on my predator hunting 5.56 and a fixed 4x rimfire on an A-bolt 22lr. I’ve also got a Vortex Diamondback 4-12x40mm on my 7mmRM A-bolt, a 3x Vortex rds magnifier and a Vortex Strikefire rds that float between rifles. I like both brands a lot. Vortex has a lot of value for the price, but I lean a bit more towards Leupold fanboy in that their lens coatings seem to help a lot with washout from the rising and setting sun.

Upper was a 16” carbine gas PSA I had cut back to 13” so I’d have a cheaper to shoot 5.56 upper to share the pistol lower with my 300blk.

10.5” 300blk with pistol length gas, YHM forend, poverty pony lower, Thordsen customs pistol buffer tube/cover/cheek saddle mount system, Gen 1 ATN x-sight.

I’m down in Houma, born and raised. Escaped twice, spent 4 years in Fort Smith Arkansas and and 2.5 years in Baton Rouge but got pulled back to Houma both times like it’s a black hole.

I put some Ameriglo I-dots on my G20 last year and added it to my ccw rotation

Thanks!

I still haven’t had a chance to get to the range with it, I should remedy that Labor Day weekend. When charging the rifle I can definitely feel that there’s more preload on the action spring.