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I'm IN. I'll get a couple of those things and run 'em! Right on, brother!

I need a smoker so damn bad...

This made me think of a SOFREP article from yesterday. They might be "testing resolve." If they fuk up, Trump will send them into Oblivion, right now. The "new administration?..." Eh, maybe not. Here's the article: https://sofrep.com/news/us-navy-puts-iran-on-notice-in-the-persian-gulf/?utm_campaign=US Navy Puts Iran on Notice in the Persian Gulf (TuAwWN)&utm_medium=email&utm_source=SOFREP - Highly Engaged&_ke=eyJrbF9jb21wYW55X2lkIjogIkhWUzNDYSIsICJrbF9lbWFpbCI6ICJyZ3JoYXJ0bGV5QGhvdG1haWwuY29tIn0%3D US Navy Puts Iran on Notice in the Persian Gulf by Sean Spoonts 1 day ago On December 21, 2020, the Guided Missile Submarine USS Georgia transited the Straights of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf accompanied by the Guided Missile Cruisers USS Philippine Sea and Port Royal. It is likely that at least one, possibly two, submerged attack submarines also transited the straights. This is a significant force increase for the Navy in the region. It comes as three aircraft carriers, the USS Nimitz, USS Theodore Roosevelt, and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower are also deployed in the Pacific and Indian oceans. The Georgia transiting on the surface of the straits sends a clear message to Iran. Pundits are divided about what that message might be. I think there are two messages. Firstly, it is fairly routine for the U.S. military to lean into potential adversaries whenever there is a change in presidents. This is to signal that America maintains its decisiveness, in terms of leadership, during these power transitions. Iran is certainly not a fan of President Trump. His expected departure in January may prompt Iran to take some action against our allies, tankers, or other targets to try and set the agenda for incoming President Biden. Secondly, January 3 marks the first anniversary of the U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani. Iran has vowed to avenge his death. A change of U.S. administrations could be seen as an opportune time for retaliation by Iran that could think a new president will not retaliate immediately and decisively. This is exactly what USS Georgia, Philippine Sea and Port Royal represent: the ability to retaliate quickly and decisively. And it’s all about their weapons systems. The USS Georgia carries 154 Tomahawk Cruise missiles that it can fire from 22 launch tubes. The vessel can salvo all 154 missiles in a very short time as the old Trident Missile silos on the Georgia can hold seven Tomahawks at a time. The two guided-missile cruisers can carry up to 122 Tomahawks each. Add them together and these three ships can deliver one Hell of a Sunday punch in under an hour. A total launch of nearly 400 guided missiles would overwhelm Iranian missile defenses. And the low flying, terrain-following Tomahawk is not an easy missile to shoot down. Additionally, these Aegis radar-equipped cruisers can launch their missiles while, simultaneously, being able to defend themselves from any attack by land, sea, or air at the same time. Certainly, part of this task force would be one or more attack submarines to interdict any threat to the cruisers or USS Georgia by Iran’s diesel submarines should they sortie from their home ports. Therefore, the message to Iran, should it decide to avenge the death of Soleimani or test an incoming administration, is 400 cruise missiles in the air at once. The Georgia is also equipped with berths for up to 66 SOF personnel at a time. The two missile tubes up forward were converted into lock-out chambers to permit clandestine deployment and recovery of Navy SEALs and their equipment along with a Dry Deck Shelter for extra gear. A powerful communications suite rounds out its SOF capability allowing the Georgia to function as a Combatant Joint Command Center. The threat of Navy SEALS seizing and destroying Iran’s offshore oil platforms or entering harbors to place limpet mines on its vessels will keep Iranian port facilities and rigs on high alert for weeks on end. An important role of the U.S. Navy is deterring threats from potential adversaries and Iran is certainly one. This latest move by the Navy ought to get Iran’s attention which will bluster, huff, and have a reason to pause. Nevertheless, during this presidential transition, we haven’t deployed ships just to the Persian Gulf. In November the navy conducted joint operations with the navies of India, Australia, Japan in a clear message to China about our ability to not only project power in the Pacific but to demonstrate that we do not stand alone in checking China’s expansionist aims in the South China Sea. Now, how's THAT for some random shiit...

You didn't play around - looks delicious!!! I like how you laid it all out in the pan first, brother - that's artwork, right there.

We're shooting Sunday morning, if you want to come out. I might head out there Saturday night and tent-camp it.

I've been shooting with you for SO LONG, and we both bring SO MANY GUNS... That you forgot...

Thank you, my Brother. Now that this thing is wrapped up - even though I shot the piss out of the cartridge already, in a torn down other gun - I know what the cartridge can really do. I'm excited to get it back out there, in the chassis it was supposed to be in from the get-go. I'll re-zero the scope, if necessary, and do the final setting on the elevation zero-stop. I've got 160 pieces of once-fired Hornady Match brass in the tumbler right now, so those will resized/deprimed, and then primed back up tonight. Saturday, I'll make my initial test loads for the 108 ELD-M projectiles and Accurate 2520 powder. We'll find out what it likes the best, come Sunday morning. After that, it's game fukkin' ON! So, now... After I built that first 18" Grendel SPR-ish rifle, and it knocked my socks off, the 2nd Grendel built was a 12.5". The capability of that thing blew my mind. I'm on the hunt for a 12"~12.5" ARC barrel. Precision Firearms lists one, but I haven't seen anybody else list anything that short yet. If you guys see something like that pop up, before I see it, make sure to let me know. One down, next one is on deck... EDIT - I'm gonna be $472 into the 12.5" barrel that I want, from Precision Firearms. If you guys spot something, spill the beans... This might HURT!...

Casa Grande range, 2013~2014 time frame. That lightweight silver one in the wood stock. It sucked to shoot.

It exists - I handled a SWEET lightweight setup last week. Front and back plates, side plates, all in a compression shirt. The whole thing weighs less than ONE of my Titanium composite plates, and those lightweight things are only 7lbs each. It's impressive stuff.

If they just shut down comments because they don't care - then we see where they're going with this. I'll process every one of my pistols through the NFA, with no tax stamp $200 fee, and they can do it "expedited", too. Once they're all processed, and registered SBRs, then I'm good to stock every single one of them, after engraving, of course. I'm in.

Here's some information from GAT Daily, from 3 days ago - with an update today. https://gatdaily.com/the-atf-brace-comment-period-is-open/ The ATF Brace Comment Period is Open By Keith Finch December 21, 2020 UPDATE: They pulled the notice early. Apparently calling a confusing mess of rules ‘Objective’ make them popular in the public comments. Good job all who commented. Now is the time. Click http://www.regulations.gov/ and leave note for the ATF on how you feel their ‘objective standards’ are and how they could improve them. Be sure to reference ATF 2020R-10 to properly attribute the comment to the Braced Firearm proposed rule change. It is sad, really. The ATF appear to be trying. They are trying to be fair about this, but fair is not the same as objective. The public needs objective, and objective means that I can hand these standards to anyone of moderate literacy and they could figure out whether their device is Title I or Title II and be shown clearly why their device is I or II and how to correct it to make it the other if that was their goal. The ATF, in their attempt, continue to carefully not state the open secret that they cannot possibly test millions of potential configurations in a timely manner. They equally eagerly point to the trees in a very “oh, would you look at how trees those trees are today.” to deflect from the obvious conclusion that the NFA is effectively null and void by today’s tech. The response of, “We just enforce the rules,” becomes a hollow comfort when the ATF is also in the business of making the rules. They have been saddled with this nebulous duty by AG after AG, but that doesn’t make it any better from our perspective as gun owners. ATF “Opinions” have effectively carried the weight of law and have been subjective. They may be reasoned subjectivity and concluded by more than one person, but subjective they remain. Here is the kicker line for me personally in this whole debacle. “No single factor or combination of factors is dispositive, and FATD examines each weapon holistically on a case-by-case basis.” Which is the polar opposite of objective. If it was objective, than a single factor would absolutely be dispositive. A part would be too long, have too much surface area and be used as a stock, use an optical device with eye relief distance indicating shoulder firing, something that could be measured and stated ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ on the feature. This case-by-case “holistic” approach exists because if the ATF were to admit they cannot do this objectively (they can’t, they just won’t admit it) then the NFA crumbles. They openly admit there is no practical functional difference between Title I rifles and shotguns, and II SBRs and SBSs. Combining that admission of fact with the intent of the NFA “to regulate certain weapons likely to be used for criminal purposes,” (which itself is subjective) and the mountain of data showing these are unlikely to be chosen for criminal purposes on the large scale, the NFA crumbles further. The NFA holds many parallels with Prohibition, and chief among those parallels is legal means based on objective criteria to get a similar result. Braces were in many ways just a convenient and cosmetic work around, they made AR-type pistols look better and more like an SBR without the aggravation of the NFA. We know that availability, cost, and concealability are the highest influencing factors in criminal misuse of firearms selection. Can the criminal or criminal-to-be afford to acquire it, not just financially but risk wise as well. Does it make sense, especially from an organized crime standpoint (another reason for the NFA), to acquire these or more sense to acquire more less expensive easily concealed firearms? Presence at a crime, an objective fact, does not equate to ‘likely to be used for criminal purposes,’ a subjective observation based on perception. So please, respectfully and firmly add your voice to the ATF’s comments. http://www.regulations.gov/ ATF 2020R-10 Limit profanity or it will not be published.

Welcome aboard - hit up the Matrix Aerospace section on the board here. There's alot of LF information in there.

^^^ That's the bitch I was referencing. I'd rather shoot my 45-70 all day, than that monster.

Merry Christmas Eve, my brothers!

I wonder if that's because they just don't give a shiit what the Industry and citizens have to say...

Here's the cleaning rod thing... Use a bullet tip to pop the stock off - push in detent, push stock pad down. This is what's underneath: Use the bullet tip in the front of the stock to push those cleaning-rod-holders back, so you can grab them: Then SNATCH 'EM! Here's the setup - use the bullet tip to push the rod sections out of those plastic holders, put the rod together, and screw it into the stock buttpad - and that's your leverage. It's pretty damn smart. $39 + another $12.50 gets that setup. $51.50... Like Van Halen...

I think you should try that RAT Stock, brother - it's on sale right now from $115, down to $39. Only $39 bucks for that stock. Add the $12.50 for the cleaning rod setup, for it. Here's the deal: https://www.larue.com/products/larue-tactical-rat-stock/

Damn - that's some CTD Shiit, right there...

^^^ That ain't bad for green tip, right now.

Thank ya, man - I'll get better pics in the daylight, this coming weekend. For a gun, it's a little work of art, for sure. Slammed that Valk back together, so I'll re-sight that scope this weekend, too. I think I still have some of the handloads left, that I came up with. I know I have some factory 75gr Federal stuff, and another box of the Hornady Match 88gr. Time to see if it shoots better now - I'm pretty sure it will.

Locals are headed out Sunday morning after Christmas, so the 27th, and I'll confirm scope zero on this beastie. The UU Kit came in yesterday to my work, so I got to it after work last night. First step was tearing down the .224 Valk - that I tore down to make the "temporary 6 ARC" whilst waiting on the LaRue goodies to come in. I had the lower 5 months ago, so I did a few things to it. Put the Armalite AR-10 Carbine receiver extension on there, with an Armalite M15 Rifle Spring, and an absolutely beautiful Slash buffer - his version of the VLTOR A5 buffer. Picked up one of the brand new (then) Battle Arms Development 60* Pro Lite safety, and one of the BAD lightened mag catches. Got ahold of Alexander Arms and picked up a brand new group of the E-Lander Grendel mags, in the 17rd flavor. After that, just waited... and waited... I ripped that Valk apart to make a functional 6 ARC, and it served me well. Found the major build problem with the Valk at the time, too - and a big reason I hated that thing from the start. Eh, it was "cool." But it was pretty far from COOL!!! I found out why. Had two PRI Extended Combat Latches in the gun parts stash, so one of those went right into the Larue charging handle, right away. Few little things here and there that I really like - that I replaced over the as-sent LaRue parts in the kit. As it sits now, here are the LaRue parts that were not used: Here's how the UU Kit gets to you, from LaRue - very smart, safe packaging: The upper, barreled, after I got the ARC barrel out of the Valk hardware: After getting the basic upper together, I knocked out the lower: Basic gun: Optic remounted - never removed from the LT-158 mount - just removed the mount from the old upper, and put it on the new upper: BAD Pro Lite 60* safety: BAD fancy mag catch: My beloved PRI Extended Combat Latch: Now, I gotta go get that Valk back together...

Success. LaRue parts came in today. Build story tomorrow. Got it built up, but sadly, it won't get painted until I can get some 70* temps going on there. LaRue 6 ARC.

You'll find out quickly, with enough research of information here, that I'm in the camp to SHARE info, and HELP people - unless I have to BEG information out of a person, or I think someone is a complete dickhead. Thus far, we've begged information out of you. Search, check it for yourself - you'll see. You determine your road here, not anybody else. What you do is completely up to you.

That's a bad safety, then - not machined right, just like you thought. The actual safety lever shouldn't shift left-right, when you engage it. If that's happening, you could cut that thing, and make it work.