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Psssh... That's over rated. Sometimes you gotta fix 'em on your own. This is my preferred method for fixing an AR that doesn't work right.

Weird observation, but you "learn from watching..." So, you watch everyone on your squad, help point out all the targets that you have to shoot in that stage, at the beginning, call out the next target in the transition (like rotating transitions, shoot 1,2,3, then 2.,3,1, then 3,1,2, etc.). But you pick things up from people, too, just by watching them shoot, or get ready, or whatever - You can learn good things, and you can also learn bad things, or things to avoid. One thing I noticed was a guy in our squad, brought a couple boxes of ammo (50 rd boxes), and he had ONE mag. He topped that mag off to 20 rounds right after firing, so it was ready for the next stage... I didn't do that, and took a different approach, for a reason (to me). Now hear me out, first... I took 5 20-rd Lancer translucent mags with me, in one mag pouch. It's a SAW Drum mag pouch, so there's plenty of room in it. All mags were loaded with 20 rounds, several days before. All mags went into the pouch rounds-up. As I shot a stage, I tried to get back as much of my LC brass as I could find, and the brass went into that pouch, and the mag went in there buttplate-up. Next stage, if I saw a mag that was rounds up - it was good, with 20, and ready to go. If I look in there and see the buttplate on a mag - it's already been shot, and it's not full with 20 rounds. At the end of the shoot, I had enough room in the SAW Drum pouch for all the brass I could recover, and the 5 20-rd mags still, side-by-side. Now, when I come home, I can look at what I shot. Here's what the mags would have looked like in the top of the pouch - if they were still full with 20, all the top rounds are on the right, but these are shot already, per stage: Now, here's the ammo that I have left over, after the shoot: Easy to see with the translucent Lancers. Don't need 30s for this match, when every stage is 20 rounds, so the 20s are perfect for this. I brought home 48 rounds. That means I fired 52 times. I had 41 hits. That means I had a hit ratio of 78.8% for the day. I'll take that, all day long, for 48 targets, at distances of 200~630 yards, changing all kinds of firing positions and firing orders, and a total of 7.5 minutes to fire it all. That ain't bad at all. The only thing that I SERIOUSLY FUCKED UP... was not numbering the mags 1~5, and shooting that specific mag for that specific stage. I don't know which one of those mags above was shot on what stage, no clue... So, I learned something. I'll number them for the next match. I know one of those with 8 rounds left was from stage 1, though. That's the only one I cleaned, straight through. Other than that, no idea...

I think we need to move the Tic Tact Toe out to the 600 for night shooting. 450 has become too easy...

Put all the stage info together so it's viewable here in a post...

Oh, we got some quality training, that's for damn certain! I think it was the hot blonde midget that put me over the top (more on that later, men...)... I ended up with 41 hits out of 48 possible targets, so I went into the score tables to find out which stages I missed on, and by how many. We signed up 4th Squad, started on Stg 4. Stg 4 was 5 out of 8 - that stage sucked, too. Stg 5 was 7 out of 9, and they used the time on that one for the position tie-breaker. I fired my last shot on that one at 88.04. Stg 1 was 12 out of 12, and I was first up. Used 12 rounds to do it, because if you missed, you started back at zero, and tgt 1, all over. You get halfway through and miss one, and there was no hope at a good score on that one. Since I was the first one up on that stg for our squad, it looked easy - but it wasn't. The only other guy in our squad that did it was Matt. Only 7 guys in the whole match cleaned it. We'll definitely set something like that one up for the Fall Shoot, for certain. Stg 2 was 9 out of 9, cleaned it. Stg 3 was 8 out of 10. The misses were just for timing out. Don't transition fast enough - or the timer starts, and you get into position, and your damn scope caps are still closed, and cost you a couple seconds. Yeah, that happened. Twice. Stupid little things cost time, when time is part of the game...

I have a pile of them that shoot that good, son! I just gotta crank down that loose nut right behind the trigger, and it's ON!!! I honestly credit my performance to the extreme pre-shoot training regimen that you put me on the night before... More coming up on THAT festivity later, Ladies and Gents...

June 26th, 2021. Myself, @JBMatt and Dirtbike Tommy hit it up again. Those two checked out the match in April, at the urging of Tommy's buddy, Dave. We shot it last month for the first time, and it was good, and bad. Lots to work on in 90 seconds per stage, over 5 stages, anywhere from 8 targets to 12 targets per stage. Shortest targets are 200 yards, longest one they use is 710 yards. This month, we did alot better, and @JBMatt cleaned the whole course! He kicked MAJOR A$S this month!!! It was a rough one this time, and I think it's a rough one every month, in one way or another. Stg 1 was a motherfucker, but Matt and I both cleaned that one and maxed it out. Everybody did better this month, Matt just killed it. I ended up 14th out of 54 shooters, Matt was 5th, and I can't remember where Tommy ended up, but it was better than the first match, much better... More details coming up later...

Congrats, Belt!

Welcome aboard. Word of advice: There is NO STANDARD PATTERN for Larger Frame ARs, like there is for AR15s. Manufacturers can do anything they want here. Buy upper and lower receivers from the same manufacturer, if you can. Other than that, hit us up when you have parts questions.

Truth, right there!

This just can't GET any better!!!

YOU brought up the .22 Mag!!! You're bringing this UPON YOURSELF, brother... Lemme remind you... Click it- it gets bigger... Since we're keep this "in perspective" and all...

Told ya. YOU started this...

MAGAZINE FOR A RUGER 10/22!!! You stated that... Lemme pull it up...

YOU said "Bolt Gun." not me. I didn't say that. I gave you bolt gun options. Then, you went all "10/22 mag" on me... I'm just tryin' to warn Belt before you buy BOTH... That little Savage is BAD! But, I'll probably have one of these 457s, too, brother... One day...

I think you're safe - he needs a bolt gun, not another autoloader. Shut your card off now. NOW...

If you already have 10/22 mags, then just buy a complete rifle - the TacSol X-Ring. I have one of those, and it's a nasty little bastard, too. This is the one that I have, topped with a Nikon .22LR BDC scope, 3-9... Awesome combination. Back in the day, though, this little bastard didn't retail for $985. I think I pulled mine for $510, way back when... Belt's in trouble...

For ONCE, I'm only waiting for one thing. LaRue 158 mount and an RMR adapter ring half. It's only been on order since 27 Feb 21, too. Oh well...

Same. 203 notches were standard on all (every single one of) the .mil stuff. The aftermarket came up with the one without notches. Doesn't matter which one you use, notched or not, it'll work.

2 suggestions for you, shot both to hell and back, own one. Ruger Precision Rifle in .22LR - that thing is NO JOKE. That's a serious .22, without losing your ass - or BeltFeds... Savage FV-SR. 16" fluted heavy barrel, threaded, mag fed, and the Savage Accu-Trigger, that you can set yourself. The only thing the gun needs is a Boyd's Tacticool stock, and some DPI bottom metal for that stock. One HELL of a combination, and accurate like you won't believe. This is the one that I own, and it's a little badass...

Take CCI Standard Velocity or CCI Mini-Mags. 10/22s love those. What alot of people don't know - that's the same-power load from CCI. The Mini-Mags are copper plated, and the Standard Velocity is bare lead - same load, same exact performance. We pushed that all the time for Appleseed shoots, and autoloaders. Use one of those two, and you'll never have a problem. ThunderTurds and GoldenBullets (GoldenSHIIT) suck through an autoloader, and especially the 10/22 platform. Seems like a Remington problem - even though it's not their problem anymore... What? Too soon?...

Round handguard end cap. Those are A2 handguards, they had a round endcap. A1 handguards were the triangle end cap.

Those leg warmers are REALLY NICE!!!

One of these days, I'll be able to make and post a video like this one...

Colion picked it up, too.