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Read the comments on that article - classic! One guy said,...

No Joke... He was NOT ready for anything remotely close to that, on Day 1... I told you this was gonna go down. Too bad he was just a victim, in our way...

Exactly - nailed it. Oh, and that magazine. They crushed it with that magazine. It's a quad-stack mag (think SureFire 60-round mag). They also have a 17-round extension that you can put on it, so it's an even 50-round mag. Due to it being a quad-stack, those extra 17 rounds only make the mag a little more than AN INCH longer... As soon as we walked into the first door in the show, we were ambushed by ZEV Tech, and their brilliant pistol design. After the guy had to shoo us away with a push broom, we rounded the corner, right into Kel-Tec's booth. It was a furious tag-team event for the poor worker that tried to greet us - he didn't even get his greeting out... Rob: "Where's it at?" ---------simultaneously----------------- Tom: "Someone holding it?!" Kel-Tec worker: "What are you guys tal..." Rob: "You know what we're talking about! Where IS it?!" -------------same deal, talking at the same time------------- Tom: "You better point us towards that .22LR pistol, QUICK!!!" Kel-Tec worker, nervous, can't speak, just POINTS us towards the pistol. I think there were some people standing around it at the time, and they got bowled RIGHT over...

YES!!! When the floodgates opened directly at 0830 Wednesday morning, he came STRAIGHT bee-line for the booth!!! He was there for 30 minutes, taking MAD notes and pics. He even NAILED the name!!! ZERO DARK FIFTY.

Brace yourselves for the 350 Legend, too. Just announced at SHOT. Straightwalled 5.56 brass loaded with a .358 projo. Backed by Winchester. https://www.guns.com/news/2019/01/23/winchester-steals-new-cartridge-show-with-350-legend

SMOKED today! At least 10 miles of walking all over the place. Had a GREAT conversation over at Alexander Arms, about 6.5 Grendel ballistics, and what I'm getting. I'll have a 10.5" Grendel in my hands soon so I can go to work on it on the distance range. Followed that up this afternoon at Primary Arms, again talking Grendel information. I have another meeting tomorrow with the gentleman that writes all their manuals for the specific scopes. I thought tomorrow was gonna be a lax day, just roam around and score some last-minute deals. Nope, gonna be another slammed-ass busy day. Good things will come of this, though. There are several people that have requested contact next week, once they're back at their work locations, all over the place, so it's only going to keep ramping up. I have some REALLY COOL SHIIT to announce from Faxon Firearms. You know those 5.56 Pencil barrels? They do a 14.5" and a 16" - I did the 16" on my lightweight, because I didn't want to mess around with pinning and welding it. Well, they're now making a 16" that has the "muzzle device" machined right into the barrel, as one solid piece. You can have a skinny brake, or you can have a skinny A2 FH on there - it's basically the 14.5" with the muzzle device machined right in there as part of the barrel, getting it just over 16". Bitchin'!!! These were literally the first 2 off the machine, last week, last minute before the show. They'll be ready around the end of Feb or beginning of March, MSRP $259. Not even on the website yet.

Measure your bolt, locked to the rear - to the chamber face (the furthest rearward edge of the barrel extension). See if that's gonna be enough room for the length of the single-load longer cartridges you have planned. You can usually put the BCG back another 3/16" beyond that, beyond the bolt catch, as well. You can always guide the projectile into the chamber, and cheat that dmension a little. Your limiting factor on cartridge length will be how large that chamber is when the BCG is back, because once that buffer bottoms out in the receiver extension, it's not going back any further than that.

It doesn't write anything to memory, that you can recall or review later; only the lst recorded shot string is what's viewable. It only keeps it's last recorded shot string in memory, and that will clear from memory as soon as you start (GO button) a new shot series - or it clears everything when you shut it off, or it shuts itself off from inactivity. Nothing is written to memory, in any permanent fashion or manner. Only thing stored (be it temporarily) is the last string it recorded.

10" rail oughta work just fine with that barrel - the rail will still cover the 9" midlength gas system. Gas block diameter will need to be 0.750". Here's mine with an 11" rail:

Most interesting new pistol (complete) that I've seen so far? This, right here: https://www.springfield-armory.com/products/1911-emp-4-concealed-carry-contour-9mm/#PI9229F Most interesting pistol innovation I've seen so far? This is ingenious, right here: ZEV Technologies OZ9 http://www.zevtechnologies.com/OZ9-Story

I can't believe I almost didn't mention this part - yesterday afternoon, we go by the Geissele booth, and Bill Geissele is giving an interview. We wandered over to the Springfield Armory area and get HEAVILY distracted with the free draft beer. I didn't think I was gonna get Rob away from there. I say, "I wanna head back over to Geissele, and say Hi to Bill Geissele." Rob and the guys are on the move, we go back. Bill was talking to another worker, it's at the end of the day (close to 5pm), and we're waiting patiently. Bill says to the other guy, "Hold on a minute, I want to say Hello to this guy..." I took my cue, walked over gave him a firm handshake and said, "It's both a pleasure and an honor to shake your hand..." His response shocked me - "I know you - I remember you. How have you been?..." I was floored. I told him the last time I was at SHOT was 2014, and he says, " Yeah, it's been a few years..." I was dumbfounded. We talked for probably half an hour, well into the closed time for the day. So, shaking hands with a true Patriot, that believes in what he does, and does it well - excellent. An honor. Finding out that he probably never forgets anyone? Priceless...

Damn, is THAT ever true. Wow, can't say enough about this year, but it's pretty damn good so far. Last night was an invite to a Faxon afterparty at a place called Las Vegas Gunfights. We get down there, and it's a co-party with P80. Needless to say, there were VERY interesting conversations, and hung out with some interesting people. @MikedaddyH gets his wish, for sure - hung out with this guy for an hour, he DOES live very near me, and he's been wanting to get into distance shooting. I assured him that he's in good hands, and we'll be shooting soon. You will see him ^^^ at our future shoots, also. Hank Strange and American Gun Chic are completely awesome, too. Hank stopped by the booth today and talked for awhile, and AGC was at the party last night as well as being at the booth today. Rock on. I got in yesterday morning and tracked down Rob as soon as I got parked. I didn't even check into my own hotel last night - We stayed out, I missed check-in time, so I just slept with Rob. No, really, I slept with Rob. I had to FINALLY check in today, and the rest of the guys are out at another party or two - they had to decide which one to go to, and I think they were talking about going to both... I know there will be stories about one of them, for sure. Last but not least - this guy is incredible! One of the party invites for tonight came from him. Not only is he cool as hell - his wife is WAY COOL! Just great people...

One of them escaped...

Any updates to this beast, man? Curious to see how this barrel does after it's got a few down the pipe.

Yep, what he said. If it has cycling issues, we can fix those. Depending on the stats on it, I've got 3 fixes right off the bat.

NICE, BROTHER!!! I think it goes well with the decor...

You have the Diamondback DB-10. I told you right off the bat that it was Matrix sets, but I was being polite about it.

Oh, I know, brother. They're invaluable in South Korea, not looking at South Korea.... I made a call every morning down to them, based on predicted weather, telling them what sensor package to fly that day.

That's why I'll keep my .260 Rem, right there... It's already proven, 20years ago and more, but "back in the day" it was only for the "recoil-sensitive" shooters... Look at it now... Little more case capacity over 6.5CM, little more velocity over 6.5CM, and a little more accuracy over 6.5CM... Man, are they pissed over THAT!...

Get the 7 or 8-qt ovals, brother. Don't go less. Go big or go home. When they make a bigger one, I'll get that bitch, too. I'll feed an Army, well...

You crockpot fuckers are about to get me going.

That is exactly right, right there...

Yes, 20" WC barrel, Armalite rifle gas length, shooting 147gr Hornady ELD-M projos with RL-22 powder and CCI 200 primers through Hornady 308 Match brass, resized down to .260 and necks turned down. It's around 0.5 MOA, consistently. Fucking laser beam. It's the most ridiculous distance gun I own, even over the 300 Win Mag bolt gun.

4350 was a powder that almost disappeared before the 6.5C came about, and got super-popular several years ago, but it was used by seasoned .260 Rem shooters for 20 years (that's how long the .260 Rem has been around). RL-17 is a new powder, that was specifically developed for these 6.5mm cartridges. It's supposed to be the absolute SHEEEIIIIT for them.

Hugs and kisses. Sweet dreams, brother. ?