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imschur

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  1. Now I need some good lines to use on the ladies so I can take their pictures without sneaking.
  2. to work on my truck and recover from working on my truck and you bastards have three pages of posts. Im too ADD to read them all. If I missed any cheesy one liners or Robo snoozed on a deal let me know. BTW It's possible to be to fat to work comfortably under a pickup truck. Lastly nothing like working on a vehicle in a dirt and gravel parking lot one of the most hot and humid days of the year. You guys with driveways and garages...bite me...
  3. it's highlighted in my first post of the thread
  4. Great choice!!
  5. Microgunner is a solid as they come <thumbsup>
  6. I had such a rotten day I didnt even open the box.
  7. Got the light today. Thanks buddy
  8. Well here is the M4 2000. It's much shorter and heavier than I remember. This weekend I will try to get some pictures with all of the suppressors together for some size relativity.
  9. I havent had that pleasure but I do plan on a 1911 with a custom serial #
  10. You aint kidding.
  11. Here's what my friend installed on the Sendra Lower for me Geissele G2S Trigger, BAD ASS CASS, KNS Anti Rotation Pins, Magpul Enhanced Trigger Guard, Magpul MOE+ Grip, Milspec Buffer Tube, H Buffer, Noveske end plate and a VLTOR IMOD
  12. NATICK, Mass. — The Army is changing clothes. Over the next year, America’s largest fighting force is swapping its camouflage pattern. The move is a quiet admission that the last uniform — a pixelated design that debuted in 2004 at a cost of $5 billion — was a colossal mistake. Soldiers have roundly criticized the gray-green uniform for standing out almost everywhere it’s been worn. Industry insiders have called the financial mess surrounding the pattern a “fiasco.” As Army researchers work furiously on a newer, better camouflage, it’s natural to ask what went wrong and how they’ll avoid the same missteps this time around. In a candid interview with The Daily, several of those researchers said Army brass interfered in the selection process during the last round, letting looks and politics get in the way of science. “It got into political hands before the soldiers ever got the uniforms,” said Cheryl Stewardson, a textile technologist at the Army research center in Natick, Mass., where most of the armed forces camouflage patterns are made. The researchers say that science is carrying the day this time, as they run four patterns through a rigorous battery of tests. The goal is to give soldiers different patterns suitable for different environments, plus a single neutral pattern — matching the whole family — to be used on more expensive body armor and other gear. The selection will involve hundreds of computer trials as well on-the-ground testing at half a dozen locations around the world. But until the new pattern is put in the field — a move that’s still a year or more away — soldiers in Afghanistan have been given a temporary fix: a greenish, blended replacement called MultiCam. The changeover came only after several non-commissioned officers complained to late Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha, and he took up the cause in 2009. Outside of Afghanistan, the rest of the Army is still stuck with the gray Universal Camouflage Pattern, or UCP. And some soldiers truly hate it. “Essentially, the Army designed a universal uniform that universally failed in every environment,” said an Army specialist who served two tours in Iraq, wearing UCP in Baghdad and the deserts outside Basra. “The only time I have ever seen it work well was in a gravel pit.” The specialist asked that his name be withheld because he wasn’t authorized to speak to the press. “As a cavalry scout, it is my job to stay hidden. Wearing a uniform that stands out this badly makes it hard to do our job effectively,” he said. “If we can see our own guys across a distance because of it, then so can our enemy.” The fact that the government spent $5 billion on a camouflage design that actually made its soldiers more visible — and then took eight years to correct the problem — has also left people in the camouflage industry incensed. The total cost comes from the Army itself and includes the price of developing the pattern and producing it for the entire service branch. “You’ve got to look back and say what a huge waste of money that was,” said Lawrence Holsworth, marketing director of a camouflage company called Hyde Definition and the editor of Strike-Hold!, a website that tracks military gear. “UCP was such a fiasco.” The Army’s camouflage researchers say the story of the universal pattern’s origins begins when they helped develop a similarly pixilated camouflage now worn by the Marine Corps. That pattern, known as MARPAT, first appeared in 2002 after being selected from among dozens of candidates and receiving plenty of input from Marines on the ground at the sniper school in Quantico, Va. The Marines even found one of the baseline colors themselves, an earth tone now called Coyote Brown. “They went to Home Depot, looked at paint swatches, and said, ‘We want that color,’ ” said Anabelle Dugas, a textile technologist at Natick who helped develop the pattern. That particular hue, she added, was part of a paint series then sold by Ralph Lauren. Around the same time, the Army was on the hunt for a new camouflage pattern that could solve glaring logistical problem on the ground in Iraq. Without enough desert-specific gear to go around, soldiers were going to war in three-color desert fatigues but strapping dark green vests and gear harness over their chests. At rifle distances, the problem posed by the dark gear over light clothing was as obvious as it was distressing. Kristine Isherwood, a mechanical engineer on Natick’s camouflage team, said simply, “It shows where to shoot.” The Army researchers rushed to put new camouflages to the test — several in-house designs and a precursor of MultiCam developed by an outside company. The plan was to spend two years testing patterns and color schemes from different angles and distances and in different environments. The Army published results of the trials in 2004, declaring a tan, brushstroke pattern called Desert Brush the winner — but that design never saw the light of day. The problem, the researchers said, was an oddly named branch of the Army in charge of equipping soldiers with gear — Program Executive Office Soldier — had suddenly ordered Natick’s camouflage team to pick a pattern long before trials were finished. “They jumped the gun,” said James Fairneny, an electrical engineer on Natick’s camouflage team. Researchers said they received a puzzling order: Take the winning colors and create a pixilated pattern. Researchers were ordered to “basically put it in the Marine Corps pattern,” Fairneny said. For a decision that could ultimately affect more than a million soldiers in the Army, reserves and National Guard, the sudden shift from Program Executive Office Soldier was a head-scratcher. The consensus among the researchers was the Army brass had watched the Marine Corps don their new uniforms and caught a case of pixilated camouflage envy. “It was trendy,” Stewardson said. “If it’s good enough for the Marines, why shouldn’t the Army have that same cool new look?” The brigadier general ultimately responsible for the decision, James Moran, who retired from the Army after leaving Program Executive Office Soldier, has not responded to messages seeking comment. It’s worth noting that, flawed as it was, the universal pattern did solve the problem of mismatched gear, said Eric Graves, editor of the military gear publication Soldier Systems Daily, adding that the pattern also gave soldiers a new-looking uniform that clearly identified the Army brand. “Brand identity trumped camouflage utility,” Graves said. “That’s what this really comes down to: ‘We can’t allow the Marine Corps to look more cool than the Army.’ ” Erik.German@thedaily.com @ErikJGerman
  13. You wont be disappointed
  14. it's on the bday list so you never know
  15. Apparantly the only thing I do at the gun club is work. LOL The Ti Rant did not have the correct piston for the FNP. I have it now. Im hoping to get EVERYTHING to the range the week of the 16th
  16. What about JP? Also Armalite Premiere Services builds custom match rifles that win competitions. They can provide premium barrels but you kinda are limited to what they are working on at the time with regards to blanks. Doesnt hurt to call. The Rainier Ultramatch is good stuff but the Noveske ( AR-10 21") would be "The one to get" from Rainier when available if you dont mind going the AR-10 route.
  17. They are the same. Check out the Battle Arms Development BAD ASS direct from the manufacturer or at Brownells. It's a favorite of members here. They also have their own board here at the site.
  18. Man these things are slick.. <thumbsup>
  19. The 300 Blackout Uppers from AAC were in stock when I noticed them as a new product at Brownells.
  20. I got it. What distinguishes Tom from the Pigmy and Gorilla? (no it's not public masturbation) The Pigmy and Gorilla sleep on Flat Dark Earth. Tom sleeps with it.
  21. I was refering to it as "Prince" before it went out for refinishing
  22. Well Im impressed, it took this thread longer then I had anticipated to go to hell. You bastards even sucked Roger in to it... Alright Im off to work on a joke the features Tom, a pigmy and a gorilla.. It's there, I can almost hear it.
  23. All my prebans are destined for suppressors. So far I have 1 Colt Sporter - M4-2000 2 PWS - 762 SDN 6, YHM 9mm Wraith 1 OA YHM 45 Wraith 1 Sendra - Silencerco Sparrow ;D
  24. A good friend works at a gunshop and recently snagged me a butt ugly purple anodized Sendra preban lower. Before shipping it off to me he had the lower refinished and dressed it up with some parts he had laying around. I should have the finished product in hand in a few weeks. Ill update the pictures at that time.
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