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It comes with a badass black belt holster - It would be too easy to put this on your duty belt and daily it, for work.

What went down with you today, brother? Wish you were out here. I need to drive west.

There was still cold breakfast burritos ready when you got there, brother... What a damn good day, man.

Oh, that M16A4 DELIVERS! Damn does that gun shoot! Zero'd the irons on a mlitary 25-meter/300 meter zero target, and that MaTech rear sight is on for elevation dialing, irons only. Right on the money at 200, 300, and 500 settings. Zero'd the 5x fixed PA optic on it after that, and that BDC is on, when zero'd 0.5" high at 100 yards. That gun just WORKS.

Damn great day today! I didn't think @MikedaddyH was gonna make it out, but he did! Hell Yeah! Today was a gathering of hunting buddies of @JBMatt - goal: make sure these guys can hit at 12" plate out to 300 yards - that's what they're gonna need to do for elk hunts here. There were some bruiser guns, too = .300 Win Mags, 7mm Mag, etc. They were all doing it at the end of the day, and better understood their scopes, wind reading, wind holds, etc. We put out double sets of steel at 100, 200 and 300 - one IPSC plate per range, and one smaller gong per range. Get comfy smacking the IPSC plate, then get comfy making sure you hit it where you want/intend to - then move the smaller gong, per range. I threw an IPSC plate out there at 500 yards, too. That turned fun, for hunters. There's gonna be a few guys getting on Witt Machine's website and getting some brakes made for their guns, tell you that much... We ended up going through the Range Estimation and Wind Reading class, ran Mils (meals) and MOA calculations - helpful for these guys to understand what they need the scope to do, what their scope can tell them, and why. Great, great day. First thing we did was get out there and get the 100s, 200s and 300s in place - then I started cooking breakfast. Onions and peppers on the griddle, chorizo going in the skillet. Chorizo and egg burritos, add the onions and peppers if you want, diced steak to add... Mmmmmm.... I cooked while Matt got these guys warmed up on the 100, 200,300. When they stopped to eat, I dropped that 500 out there. Here's what the 100~300 looked like: Close up of them: Food setup: Firing line pics: Smackin' the 500, the firing line: Before you knew it, it was time for more food - Applewood smoked bacon and cheddar burgers... Matt's Suburban-n-Trailer setup is just Badass. Check close, and look at that license plate... Damn fine day, men - spent with great people.

You knew that one was coming...

Call Armalite, on the phone, and see if they can scrape one together for you. They'll probably do it. https://www.armalite.com/product/10lrpk-ar10-b-series-lower-parts-kit/

Wilson Combat does the .243 barrels, brother. If it's a hunting caliber, WC makes it (damn near all of them, anyway). This might be the safest bet, for a .243 AR barrel. https://shopwilsoncombat.com/243-Winchester/products/1033/

I stopped at 23.1, and only had one more load up above that to test, but that was April 2017. 23.1 was my best group. Never any pressure signs. I guess I could load these ladders again and push up to the next accuracy node. See what shakes out. I'm making them 0.2 grains apart, just so I don't miss something.

I've always head the voices. I usually listen to 9 out of the 10 of them. Once in awhile, I take the chance with that one loner opinion...

Hey now, sometimes we all need to make a choice, and have priorities. I abandoned the psycho-med-payments long ago - I think I feel better now...

Plenty of pics, brother.

Those 90 SGKs and RL-7 was the best combo that I've found. That's good data.

We, collectively here - we're not gonna be good for your health. I'm just sayin'...

With wings...

How does your Aero M5 work right now? My suggestion - stick with what works. Next build... Aero M5 receivers, and that's high pattern.

That sucker nose-dived hard in that magazine!

How did those loads do? Any luck with it?

It would make a BEAST of a patrol light, brother.

Feed ramp issue. Nothing more, nothing less. That's the only thing that trips up hollow-points on a .45ACP. Chamfer that feed ramp. Feed like a champ. It's all about the feed ramp angle. And it's nothing more.

SHIIT... You're more fun than a barrel of monkeys, brother...

Best thing to buy, and the cheapest price you'll ever get all these components together, in one order. H3 buffers are about $40. Receiver extensions, that actually MEET the 7 5/8" internal spec are $40~$75... need I say more? This kit is $65. https://www.armalite.com/product/ar10rekit01-6-position-receiver-extension-kit/

All Aero Precision M5 uppers are on "DPMS High" pattern. DPMS changed to the "low" pattern in the early 2010's, and just fucked everything up by doing that. There's only one rail manufacturer that I know of that ONLY makes low pattern, and that's GunTec USA. Most other manufacturers make both heights. There wasn't a single Daniel Defense Lite Rail 12.0 for the DPMS pattern made, that wasn't high profile - they didn't get into that "low rail" game at all, before they discontinued that rail. DPMS High is more prevalent, because it was "most of a pattern" when aftermarket manufacturers started making rails - and that's all it comes to - rail height. Most companies make both. Aero only makes high pattern. They said "Fuk that new junk, because it's junk." In an industry that "has no SET pattern to follow" for .308ARs, the only consistent thing is that Aero Precision M5 components WORK. DPMS High is WAY more prevalent than DPMS Low, across the board.