Matt.Cross

Read my lips... TARGET PICTURES! <laughs> <lmao> <munch> :P That picture of your scope is nice, don't get me wrong, but if you mention your inbound optic in excess of 3 times, you are obliged to post target pics when said optic has been sighted in... I hope this is in no way an inconvenience... ;D

I'm in complete agreement, there's no shortage of labels at all. What bothers me is how many people get bogged down in the arguing and the labels, and don't ever make it to the point where they are ready to stand with their brothers for something they believe in, right or wrong. If there's going to be a "reset" in this country, it'll take more than a bunch of pointed fingers.

We've currently got a staff of ~6-7 people handling a 1k+ membership. I think we'll be alright as we expand, but you can believe that as panic over the O's reelection spreads, 308 AR ownership will rise and our membership will grow. Have some faith in Drew, he knows how to pick Moderators. <thumbsup>

Really, everything is divided. There are even divisions amongst people of the same political parties. It doesn't matter who you lump under what label, there will always be differences of opinion, some of them irreconcilable. That's what the point of the original post was, I'm glad that this is a group of people mature enough to keep our differences of opinion from dividing us. Heck, we're even civil and respectful here, that in itself is almost unheard of these days.

I would think probably not. If you were getting into Troy's two-piece FFHG options, you might find one that could extend beyond your gas block, but personally I can't understand why anyone would want to make their gas block impossible to access quickly. Maybe that's what you're trying to avoid, I can't really tell from the way the question was asked. If that's the case, disregard my statement. <thumbsup>

If only she were to be assassinated with ordinary silverware, the irony and incidence would be just poetic.

Not to be argumentive, but the media is useless if there's not a culture in place that buys into it... ;)

I'm a member in several shooting based forums, and they are currently rife with political discussions that are nothing more than a bunch of pseudo-grown-up idiots playing the finger pointing game. I just wanted to point out that I deeply respect the unity and the mutual respect shown in this community. It has made it possible for me to make it through this ridiculous election without losing faith in my brothers in arms. Thanks for proving that there is a place on the web where people have sense enough to ignore minor differences of opinion, and band together for a purpose bigger than ourselves. There will be no more wet duck talk on my part, I just had to get it outta my system. As you were! 8)

Hey brother, we live for this stuff. I'm thrilled that there's a community here to help inform decisions about something I wouldn't have learned much about otherwise.

Lothar Walther is STILL holding out on my prototype barrel, which is coming up on 2 years of being in the works. I have been offered my money back 3 times now, and I refuse to get anything less out of my deal than the barrel I ordered. It will happen, and if it proves to be as good as I'm thinking it will be, it will become a standard profile for LW and I will be building rifles with them.

Right on brother. Trust me, by the time you're done modifying it, you will probably know just as much if not more than anyone you'd trust to do it for you anyways. The key is to not be afraid to ask. There are quite a few knowledgeable people here (and an AR guru no less), and I wouldn't hesitate to undertake ANY project on my ARs with their help.

Tell me you did NOT just knock the paraffin buckshot trick. That was totally below the belt! <laughs>

It's like every semi-auto myth ever told, all in one big beautiful story!

"Remember children, it's not the fall that will kill you, it's the sudden stop at the bottom that gets you."

That would suck in a real-life situation, that soccer team whose plane crashed (in the Alps I think it was), and the Donner Party come immediately to mind. I know you meant something else, but that's out of the question in this crowd:

Congratulations on the sale! <thumbsup> This thread is now locked.

What has your own experience with the rifle been? What's the rate of failure? I'd like to know more about your situation, but it sounds to me like someone has a vested interest in your need for a better rifle. Trust me, you can make a dead ringer out of that DPMS for a heck of a lot less than $3k. I'm leery when a gun shop owner tries to tell me that my rifle that has hundreds of rounds of flawless operation through it, isn't worth staking my life on, especially when he's got a "replacement" on the rack. Trust me, there's plenty of members on here who can tell you how little it takes to get even a slightly flawed DPMS running like a sewing machine. I can think of about 5 major upgrades you can do to your hardware to improve accuracy and reliability before you surpass the $1k mark. 1. High Quality Trigger 2. High Quality Barrel 3. Heavy Buffer/Recoil Spring 4. Stock Mods/Replacements 5. Free float options In any one of these five options, you have lots of leeway to pick good options and displace money to put on another item, and still come out better than you were with an off the shelf rifle. That's what this forum is all about brother, talk to some people about their mods before you decide you don't like the rifle you have.

Unless your wait is more crushing than my February to December suppressor wait, I don't want to hear your crying! ;) No seriously brother, I feel your pain, really I do. :(

He buys a reliable build from someone who is tired of buying shelf rifles and loves building! Seriously brother, their are some good "already customized" rifles out there that were shelf bought and then modified before the purchaser got the itch to build. Seek those out in the "For sale" sections of some of the larger gun forums on the 'Net. You can find a great rifle at awesome prices if you don't get stuck on the "used" label. Heck, you can buy my Mk12 build off of me if you're really desperate!

Wow, just got through browsing the Mernickle website. I think I just found another viable candidate to help keep my bank account empty. <laughs>

Brings to mind my dad's .54 cal Thompson Center Hawken. It's got a gorgeous walnut stock and fine brass decorations and a brass buttplate that comes to nice sharp points top & bottom just like Jon described. Load that sucker up with about 200 grains of black powder and a swaged 500gr slug, and call the ambulance ahead of time, cause' you're gonna feel pain when you send that sucker downrange.

You did mention it, but now that you've mentioned it about 5 times now, you are obliged to post target pics. <thumbsup> Sorry, it's an unwritten rule we have here.

That's a sweet gun Robo, gotta love those NIB SI-Defense BCG's huh? Mine will never depart from me. As it turns out, I've put together a build with components that either are or have become rarer than hen's teeth....

Don't be, this is no problem that a completely seperate build won't fix. Heck, what's one more purpose built AR in the arsenal? Useful, that's what! >:D

You've got to be kidding me... I'm all the time wading out of the surf with my MA TEN in hand, water dripping off and draining from the buttstock. It makes for a fantastic motivational poster! <laughs> <lmao>