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That is the exact way my Nordic Components midlength barrel arrived, and it's a Wilson. <thumbsup> Robo, I hope you got your LEO discount on that. If you didn't, you'll kick yourself when you find out how good that discount is. <dontknow> EDIT - From the shipped price you stated, you definitely got your discount. <thumbsup> ;D You're going to LOVE this barrel - it's certainly a shooter.

Really sounds like a Wilson barrel, there. Which is good. <thumbsup>

We are definitely making progress. <thumbsup> I'm still waiting for a shipment from RRA. Temporary BCM BCG sitting in there right now, too. After that RRA shipment arrives, the only two things I'll still need will be the NM carry handle, and the Young NM BCG. I'm getting happier. ;D

That ^^^ is a definite. <thumbsup> There will be many - maybe we could make this an annual event, one day. imschur is skeered to come out and visit, because he knows he might never want to go back after that... <lmao> <munch>

Nice to see that SPR Mod 1 sporting the Armalite/Aero Precision monolithic upper.

Clicked the link, and sent the email to my Representative, Gabrielle Giffords. <thumbsup>

If you can provide the models of both rifles that you're looking at, it'll be easier to help give advice. <thumbsup>

constructor = ar15performance.

I carry everyday, and just wear large button-up shirts, t-shirt underneath. Right side is a Kimber - these days it's the Tac Pro II in a Master's minimalist belt holster. In a shirt like this, I can easily hide the Desert Warrior or the BP-Ten II. No problem. Left side is always a CMC Power 10 in a Blackhawk clip-on, unless I've got the BP-Ten II, then it's a Blackhawk double-stack with the spare BP mag. Sporting the BP with two full mags is heavy. <laughs> That's a shitload of .45ACP. :o

There's so much out there already - you can pretty much do anything you want with a .308 AR build. Barrels - any configuration you want. Uppers and lowers - everywhere. Companies jumped on the bandwagon, and billet stuff is everywhere, even though there are problems with billets sets from companies. Triggers - pick an AR trigger and put it in, for the most part. Stocks - almost all of it crosses over. Gas blocks - everywhere, from all the big-name manufacturers, because these are AR15 parts, and one of the 4 diameters will fit your .308 AR barrel. Handguards - they're coming out everyday, more and more. The hardest thing to find is something for the RRA guns, and those are about the smallest market anyway - market dictates manufacture. Really, what are you looking to make for everybody, that's really ground-breaking?

We will certainly pay for the R&D - even though that all went down in the automotive industry... <dontknow>

This original post is almost a year old, guys. Just sayin'... <dontknow>

This is going to be a very sweet gun(s). <laughs> Going together very well. <thumbsup>

Couple questions about this part of parts selection - Why a 1:12 twist, especially when doing the M110 barrel, and Custom built Sniper model. What bullets do you plan to shoot with this, as a Sniper model? If you're shooting heavy, you should really consider something with a faster twist than a 1:12. Next - that LARGE PIN Geissele trigger is only gonna fit a Colt lower from the ban era - Nobody else ever made a Large-Pin lower. It will not fit your Mega lower. At all. Just sayin'... That SSA-E trigger is a very sweet unit, though - just put one in a build I'm doing. Very nice.

Call them up, brother - they're great to talk to, and they'll definitely guide you on the right direction on which one you need for your build. <thumbsup>

All the bad press they currently get stems from problems in the early models, and that technology. It keeps going now, with the internet keeping that stuff alive, like it just happened yesterday. The three main things I can think of, with the early ones, were: 1. Battery life. 2. AA Batts, mount in line with weapon recoil. 3. Auto-off, after 4 hours of being on. About those things: 1. Batt life - they didn't last long in the early days, not at all. Now, you can squeeze out 1100 hours if you're using Lithium batteries. That's not a short amount of time, but now, this gets compared to Aimpoint and their brilliant technology. You can run some Aimpoint sights for up to 80,000 hours on a single battery - that's not a typo. Nothing can compare to that. That's 8 years of constant-on. :o At any rate, some people think that's something to bash EOTech about... <dontknow> 2. The early sights have theAA batteries inline with the bore, and when you'd fire, the batts would lose contact (from recoil) and the sight would shut off. Not good. However, that has been fixed, and the models that still mount the betteries inline have seen improvements that prevent the batts from losing contact. In short, that is an old story that keeps on living now... 3. Auto-off after being turned on for 4 hours. This is still there. The sights still shut off 4 hours after you turn them on. I don't see this as a big deal, if you're going to be shooting (and having that sight turned on) for more than 4 hours. It's a training factor that you have to live with. If you're going to be shooting for more than 4 hours, know when you need to turn it off, and turn it back on. Combat is a different story - if you're in a 4-hour firefight, you're in some pretty deep poop. That "feature" they have might cost you dearly, but you're in such deep poop in the first place... That's a tough call on that one. :-[ Here's something I posted awhile ago about both brands of sights: From this thread: http://308ar.com/forum/optics-mounts-buis-sights/red-dot-comparo/

Money to build them all, time to build them all. Has nothing to do with what's available.

Welcome, man - let's shoot sometime. I'm down in SV. <thumbsup>

I have no idea, brother, but I have two PRI blocks, and both are like that. I thought I had another that was drilled all the way through, but I need to go through the guns to find it. I'll keep looking. I know there's one of them that the gas tube is flush with the very end of the block, so it's silver gas tube and black block, all flush at the front.

Uuuuhhh - that's what she said... <lmao>

Love those pics, AL... <thumbsup> ;D

And I am COMPLETELY with you on that, brother! <thumbsup>

I thank all that have served, but I have a special place in my heart for those that are serving now, and keep doing what they do, day in and day out, deployment after deployment. The ones that keep doing that, time after time, are the heroes-of-heroes. That takes alot. <thumbsup>

Roger, do you mind if I call you on Monday for another "personal group buy?" <lmao> I need a few more now, as well as one of the pink ones. <thumbsup> If I try to combine a Vet's Day discount with everything else you've given me, I don't think it will work out well for either of us - I'll end up "going broke saving money," and you might end up sending me a check with a bunch of BAD levers... <laughs> :o

So, I completely messed up unforgiven's last post, which should be right here where mine is - he said something about taking care of himself, and letting the courts hash it out - to which, I completely agree... <thumbsup> I must have hit "Edit" instead of "Quote" and it came out all jacked up. :o At any rate, if you can post that again, unforgiven, I won't mess it up for you this time. Here was my reply to it, originally, before I went back to "fix" the post (and ended up deleting the damn thing...):