Matt.Cross

I'm LMAO over here... Ya'll some cranky 'ol bastards! "Gawdamnit! Back in my day we didn't have all this uppitty fancy modern to-do and get-up on our match-locks! You had to light the dang fuse and keep your sights on target until the gun went off when it darn well pleased. Why, I remember when 'ol Bobby Hager got tard of trying to hold steady and when he rested the buttstock on his upper thigh to take a breather, why that ol' firestick belched thunder & lightnin' and castrated him clean as a whistle! Yes sir, why back in the day...."

You're too late brother, Tom has already enabled his incoherent babbling.... Just wait it out, they'll both end up having to solve some issue with an aftermarket solution, and that's when we'll crush them to bits.

Yeah, I said crap like that back before I could afford good components too.

You can still do ranging at other powers, but the subtension of the reticle is changing. So my PST is MOA subtensions at 24x for measuring and ranging, so at 18x each subtension is 1.25 MOA, 2 MOA at 12x, and 4 MOA at 6x. Should be the same for your MIL reticle, if your subtensions are 1:1 at 18x, they will be 2:1 at 9x, and 3:1 at 6x. So all you really need to keep in mind is how much subtension you're measuring at whatever power you're using and then use the same formula you've always used. IE, if you're using 9x and the target measures 3 MIL by the reticle, it's 6 MIL actual measurement, if you're using 6x, it's a 9 MIL target (by the reticle). The long and short is that the ranging calculation won't change at all, but the target measurement method will. Fortunately, the math for that is really easy.

You can use a Forward Assist with a non-serrated bolt carrier, no problem. It's quite simply not needed as often because there's much more mass to this type of AR, and failure of the bolt to return to battery is worthy of investigation rather than forcing chambering.

Hammers and thumbs don't mix.... You wanna keep that sucker from being damaged, ya gotta put it in a safe place until the danger passes.

It gets found in Chapter Four....

Welcome to the forums! We're glad to have you here.

I'd shot HSM before and not had any issues, but this particular crap was literally coming apart in the gun, leaving blown primers in my magazines, fire control group, and locking lug area. No is bueno compadre.

That's true, and to be fair, any picture of Larry could be an old picture. The dude cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony for dirt...

IT'S LARRY!!!!

It's a great case, I had wanted the Pelican 1770 case but due to an error I ended up with the 1740 case instead. I have to say I am not disappointed at all with it, it's tough as all get out. You can get specs and dimensions and more info here: http://www.pelican.com/us/en/pro/product/watertight-protector-hard-cases/large-case/long-case/1740/

Chapter Three I leave the Delta service desk and head downstairs to the Delta Baggage Claim Office to collect my hard case, wondering if I can hop a ride with another airline and what it will cost to check an oversize overweight hard case onto an airline that is an unknown quantity. I arrive at the Delta Baggage Office and meet the nicest yankee lady I've ever encountered in my life. I told her my situation and asked if my case had arrived at the baggage office. "Just a moment please, sir." She delves into her computer, typing furiously and clicking the mouse intermittently. After a moment she looks up briefly and says, "It shows that it was transferred off of the arriving flight, but I don't see it's physical location listed. Let me go check on it in the back area, I'll be back shortly." True to her word, she reappeared after a brief interval shaking her head. "Sir, if you'll bear with me, I'll locate your bags ASAP, and in the meantime I recommend checking the baggage claim belt just in case there's been some mistake." Crap! Firearms are ALWAYS collected at the airline baggage office, and now it's possible my hard case with irreplaceable firearms are circulating on a belt where Joe Schmoe can develop an interest in them??!! I head towards the baggage belt feeling my pulse beginning to increase in the bulging vein in my neck. If I find my bag on the belt, there's gonna be trouble. I wait ~30 minutes at the belt for my hard case, checking intermittently with the nearby Delta Oversize Baggage office. After all the bags from my flight had been pulled off the belt, my hard case is still a no-show. Now I'm contemplating the possibility that some ramp monkey has gotten sticky fingers with my case, as if enough of the trip so far hadn't gone wrong. I stopped putting the brakes on the getting pissed off and decided that at this point blind rage isn't unjustified. Somebody had better start coming through for me or I'm going to stage a Canadian Protest!!!!

While this is definitely the abbreviated version, I was very careful to be as evil to her as I possibly could without being rude or loud, but the extreme vehemence was definitely there....

Chapter Two 8:30am - Detroit Thoroughly fed up with delays, excuses, and other BS, I head to the Delta service desk to talk to a CSR. There's a long line there. The CSR at the desk looks like he's unhappy about being awake at 8:30am, and he points to a bank of courtesy phones and says "You can all be helped much more quickly by using the phones over there!". Lucky for me, I'm at the back of the lines and closest to the phones. I pick up a phone and start explaining my known problems to a Delta CSR. CSR: "Sir, we will gladly put you on another connecting flight at no further cost." Me: "Of course, how soon can you get me there?" CSR: "Our next departing connection can have you at PHX at 8:30PM MST!" Oh joy, you mean I can get there just in time to have missed a whole day? Me: "I'm sorry, the continuation of this trip is contingent on me being in PHX in the immediate vicinity of noon today. Does Delta have any partners flying in at a more feasible time?" CSR: *Keyboard clicking* "Uuuuhmm, sir it looks like we can get you into PHX as early as 5:10PM MST!!!!" All said very excitedly and enthusiastically, as if charging me extravagant travel and baggage fees only to severely hamper my arrival time is the most uplifting experience humanly possible..... Me (Starting to feel a little less polite): "No ma'am, that won't work for me either. How much of my cost this far can be refunded? It looks like I'm going to have to cancel the trip..." CSR: "Sir, we can only give you a full refund for your trip if it was delayed for mechanical reasons." Me: "You were mechanically unable to get me to my destination on time, I want a full refund or to speak with your supervisor, whichever is easier to accommodate!" CSR: *Keyboard ticking furiously* "I understand perfectly sir, I'm fully refunding your ticket costs and baggage fees as we speak! Your refund will reapper on your balance within 7 days." Me: "SEVEN DAYS?!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!! *slightly more calmly but menacingly* Ma'am, you know I billed this trip that your airline has ruined to the Credit Card your rewards program uses. You mean to tell me I can't even fly back home on your card because my refund will be showing up sometime in the next 7 days?" CSR: *Not at all enthusiastic or cheerful now, but I haven't been rude, just mean.* "Sir, we realize that we have really inconvenienced you and we apologize, is there anything further we can do to assist you?" Me: *Thinking 'Yeah, GFY...'* "No ma'am, you've done enough damage to this trip as an airline, I'll handle it from here. Thanks for the help." *click*

Chapter One Friday, November 3rd - 4:00am Location: My House My alarm goes off and I consider shutting it off and going back to sleep. I'd finally wrapped up the packing & preparation at 2:00am and a meager two hours of sleep didn't seem to be cutting it. I force myself to crawl out of the bed; this event has been a long time in the making and I don't want to miss it. 4:30am Location: Charlotte, NC I arrive at the airport, no worse for wear despite not getting enough sleep. Guns and other luggage are unloaded from the truck and I head to the airport shuttle pickup point. My flight is supposed to push back from the gate at 6:00am sharp, and I should've been here when my alarm was going off, but I needed to get some sleep so.... I get to the airline check-in desks and check my firearms, the TSA Agent walks myself and one other passenger with declared firearms to the Checking Area, where I discover a line of about 12-15 people all with multiple firearm cases, all complaining about the wait. This isn't good. At 5:50am, the TSA Agent puts my case on the baggage belt and I take off sprinting for the TSA Pre-Check line, which in itself will probably be a saving grace considering the length of the regular TSA waiting line. As soon as I stroll through the metal detector, there is a beep and every head at the TSA Area turns towards me. Guess who the lucky "random checkee" of the day is? That's right, me. At 5:55 I resume sprinting towards my gate. As I arrive, the gate agent sees me approaching at a high rate of speed and calls out my name questioningly? I affirm, show her my boarding pass, and hustle onto the plane as she tells me, "You barely made it!". Not that it would matter, due to paperwork issues from overnight maintenance on the airplane, we wouldn't get to push back from the gate until 6:45am, resulting in me missing my connection in Detroit. 8:18am - Detroit Having rescheduled my connecting flight on the way to Detroit, I begin looking for the gate to my connecting flight to Phoenix, which pushes back at 8:21am. The Delta app shows me booked for the flight, but does not give me a Gate number. At 8:24 I arrive at the gate only to be told by the gate agent that the door has just been closed and I will have to book a later flight. This is starting to suck.

Bump stocks are the start of the slippery slope that leads to capacity restrictions and ultimately complete confiscation. You might not care for bump stocks but if you don't defend them you'll regret it soon enough. Not one inch more will be given, not one.

LOL... You're quite a ways from the wire yet Chief.....

*Does Jedi Mind Trick* "We are NOT the enablers you are looking for..."

You should see how we treat the Rock River Arms guys......

Specifically, you have the S.I.U.L. edition PA-10. Suck It Up Leo, 'cause you bought a PSA!

I'm afraid it's unusable fellas, for some odd reason the mirage is overwhelming when this bipod is deployed.

SLR Sentry. That's all you need to know.