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Right on the premises, start to finish. Depending on how much time you want to do all this - add to the trip - we can hit several different places, probably in a couple days. If we go to Dane Armory, we'll be there all day long - Lance can talk, and it's never boring. The info you can take away is invaluable... and fucking hilarious... Timney triggers are right here, too. I'll talk face-to-face about that, but you guys need to make sure to have a pocket full of green dollar bills when we visit. They don't have a "storefront or showroom," but they let you visit them. They don't sell directly to the public...

It's gonna be like a damn circus, out there this time...

Don't think that's not running through my head RIGHT NOW, brother. I have to come up with something before you fuckers show up. I still need to get the damn trebuchet together, too...

Fuk me. I wish I had one of those things at the Spring Shoot, when the drunkass desert rats showed up in the One-Eyed Ford...

When you're out here for the Fall Shoot, we can visit them if you want. They're right here in Glendale, brother, off 51st Ave.

SLINGS. All rifles need slings, so plan that shiit out. One sling can cover all your rifles, if you guys plan out your attachments points, per rifle. Make that happen, fuckers. WEAPONS LIGHTS. All weapons (rifle, pistol, shotgun) will need weapons lights. Same as the above - one light (the right light) could work on them all. Well, maybe not. You might need a specific pistol light, and a generic rifle light. Plan those attachments, as well. We're shooting in the dark, well after sun-down. We're living on this range for several days, so we have no time limits as to "when we wanna shoot..." You can ignore this bit of advice - but you bastards will be night-shooting, in the damn dark... A sling last year made an epic difference, in the Morning Wood Shoot. I'm just sayin'... I woke up, slung up the 700 tight, standing, offhand, and blasted the 400-yard+ steel in the first round. I was slung up TIGHT for that - and got lucky... Matt was not to be outdone whence he witnessed said badassery, and proceeded to fire many rounds at said 400-yard+ target. I don't think he was using the sling, as I was using the sling... He was quite frustrated, primarily with my first-round luck... When you're fortunate enough to make those kinds of shots, you just drop the mic and walk away... Laughing... ***Fuk ME! THAT WORKED!!!*** you say to yourself - but you never let that out. You run that shiit like you meant to do it... and walk away...

Welcome aboard, weather that storm, and make sure you check out their (PSA's) Manufacturers Section - there are a couple guys right now providing some very valuable insight on those PSA rifles. https://forum.308ar.com/forum/135-palmetto-state-armory/

That's a hell of a great price- for a FLAMETHROWER! Damnit... I'm going to be fighting myself over this thing... I see that now...

Copper solids will surprise you - I load the 70TSX identical to the 75 Hornady HPBT - due to the length of the 70TSX. The solid copper weighs a little less than lead bullets, but man are they long (due to that). Here's a comparo of the (left to right) Sierra 77 SMK to Barnes 70 TSX:

What the SHIIT!!!

4 or 5 years ago, I was testing pivot pins and takedown pins that Zombie made...holy shiit... I can't believe it's been that long. I can't even remember. This hasn't been a short-term thing, and the parts are proven. I think Zombie needs a pant's down hug...

I love that kid, more than you two know... He's a fucking badass...

Interesting, but not surprised. I've done stuff with my AR45 that blows my mind. Center-mass hits at 200 yards on steel, point-of-aim, with a damn .45ACP round. All because of the 16" barrel. That would never happen from a pistol with a 5" barrel.

We can all be quite loquacious, given the correct topic... I hope @StainTrain is still using this term in his AARs...

I always did that - and training wasn't "nice and easy." AARs typically brought comments like, "We probably shouldn't have pushed it THAT hard" or "we almost had an incident in the training when THIS happened..." Fuk you guys. What are you gonna do when I'm the one that takes a bullet? Huh? You fuckers better react, and step up - you won't have a choice at that point... It's outta my hands then, and it's ALL on you. Do your jobs, and always do your jobs 2 levels UP... Think ahead, you jackasses... Had a boat accident one time. There's two ways to run the Zodiaks (RB-15s), mission dependent. soft floors and 35hp engine, or hard floors and 55hp engine. Well, shiit, my choice was always start lower (for a day) and work them up. Day 2 of the whole week was hard floors and the 55s. Rip it. When you only have 3 or 4 guys in a 55, that thing fucking RIPS! Doing some night boat training, following close, follow-the-leader kinda shiit, one boat rips one way, one boat rips the other way, they meet in the middle - had a guy take a 1,200lb boat right in the face. OUT. COLD. Ambulance ride. The AAR on that one resulted in an informal investigation, because someone went to the hospital. Results? Train better, mark the starboard and port sides of the boats with chemlights, don't slow down the training pace, but incorporate more night-only safeties that you'll need, over operating in daylight. Rger that, Sir, got it. ***Submits new boat request*** Another example - boat training again. Going through the SOF Waterborne Infiltration Course. That's a 3-week course that basically turns you into a Scout Swimmer on steroids. When I went through it, we had a very, very unique opportunity - some specialized US Navy ships were in the area, and we spend almost the 3rd week on them, launching raids, recons, ship egress and ship infil, etc. It was fucking badass. Those ships traveled in pairs,and we had the USS Zephyr and USS Squall. We launch a night egress off those two ships, in Elliot Bay, WA. Now,these things were still new, and under engine-breakin. Couldn't go over 80% throttle. By design, they were supposed to go from a dead stop to 35 knots in a minute. These bastards were going from that dead stop to WAY OVER 35 knots, at 80% throttle, in about 45 seconds. Holy shat, those things were fast - and they threw a 12-foot wake behind them. Well, we decided it was "wake training" in the Zods. You attack a wake perpendicular - directly at 90 degrees. Anything else is gonna fuk up your Zod, and everyone in it. We were catching some serious air, even with 9 heavy dudes, loaded down, in the Zods. We rip off one wake, and the guy hugging the gunnel across from me turns his head, and he says "Man! I didn't even feel that lan..." WHAM!!! We landed. Pushed his nose off the side of his face, blood everywhere, he's out cold. Dead stop in the water. 2 SF Medics were on the boat, and one controls the head while the other takes over vitals - he's having trouble breathing, and out fucking cold, twitching. We get him back to one of those two ships, and haul ass straight for the Elliot Bay docks, ambulance already there. The guy is having convulsions, jerking, but his head.neck is stabilized... We cross him over to the ambulance, and... The chief of the training says... "he's got a broken neck. He's fucked. Never seen anyone WITHOUT a broken neck react like that. You motherfuckers get back in your boats, don't dwell on it. We have training to complete." Cold as that. Simple as that. He was right, too. Shiit happens. You can dwell on it, and it'll fuk with your own head. Or, you can put it out of your mind and complete what you were assigned to complete. It's a cold mentality to have to adapt in situations like that. Train hard, train REAL, and train tough. People are gonna get fucked up if you do that - that's risk management. There are units in the Army that have a "Zero-RIsk" mentality. I fucking HATED doing risk assessments in Leg-Land. NO risk was acceptable. NONE. That's literally where the "Zero-Risk Mentality" moniker came from. Chickenshits derived that, chickenshit commanders that didn't want "their record marked." SF-mentality was completely different. You need to train hard. You need to PLAN hard. You need to mitigate as much risk as you can, and be as safe as you can - but you need to train for meaning. It has to accomplish something. poop WILL happen, but you need to plan it well. It's weird being somewhere, conducting training, where everything is categorized as "High RIsk Training" by "Regular Army" Standards. Nothing we did ever passed that checklist as "Low Risk" of "Moderate Risk." You fill out that damn form everytime you submit training, and it always came up as "High Risk." You live with it - that's what you do... Then, you reappear, as if my magic, through branch reassignments, in some high-drag bulshiit unit, and try to plan some training. Commanders in those units go fucking NUTS over your training plan... Your "Risk Assessment Form" spells it all out for them, all your controls and pre-training - and they fucking FREAK. Took me quite awhile to beat those people down... If you train right, people can - CAN - get hurt. That's just the way it is. You have to PLAN for that, and know that people really COULD get hurt doing this - it's your plan FOR THAT - people really COULD get fucked up doing this - that counts.

bullshiit - it's easier then installing a bolt catch. Damn Amateurs. You guys need to step up to the ranks of professional gunsmitters... Yes. I went there.

Mike Rowe highlights this, every chance he gets - and he's right...

This has been a Top-Down Leadership issue, in training - or lack of training. Hence, 7th Fleet Commander is out of a job now and looking for a cheaper apartment as we speak. Training hasn't been (1) sufficient, and (2) enforced, and (3) drilled to proficiency. The troops aren't trained. Mistakes happened, ALOT of shiit was missed, and our ships were hit. It's like not seeing the barn you're running into... So, if the leadership at the top isn't doing it's job, and the level below isn't, the level below isn't... You end up with troops that have shitty training, and these things will happen. Nuke EVERYONE, from the top down -the junior leaders that were TRYING to do their jobs will appreciate their new promotions, and they have LIVED the mistakes of bad leadership - they will not repeat them. You learn just as much from a bad leader as you do from a good leader. The lessons you learn from each will last your entire lifetime, and you will never forget either of them. Good leaders make great troops and junior, future leaders. BAD leaders make great troops and great future leaders. You'll follow a good leader right into the gates of hell to accomplish your mission. You'll make sure YOUR troops never have to learn the mistakes of bad leadership that YOU have been through, when they're under your care. If you're a good leader...

I have helmets. And the MX boots are size 11. You need a boot, or it can mess up your leg. Deal with the boot size... I'm just sayin'...

Oh, you're gonna kick-start something this fall, and if you can get the fucker started - you have to ride it. All will be asked to rise to the CR-500 Challenge...

For me, this never happened - got too damned hot here. In fact, the only - ONLY - time I've been shooting since my initial load testing on this 25-45, in this thread, ... was last weekend. Fuk, it's been hot here... Last weekend, I slung lead from shells, and broke that Shockwave in. I need to get out soon, and get that 25-45 to 400 yards on steel... Damnit! It gets so damn hot here that you don't even LOAD ammo in the summer - if you do, it comes out all fucked up when you shoot it...

For the most part, yes indeed. The standard latch is still the standard latch, doesn't matter if it's 5.56 or .308 handle. Same part. Extended latches that you can buy for 5.56 stuff will work in a standard .308 handle, if it's replacing a standard-design latch. You won't be finding any BCM large Mod 3 latches and sticking them in a standard .308 handle, though. Any Badger Tac latch, PRI Big latch, PRI Combat latch,etc - will work in a regular, run of the mill .308 handle, though. I'm a fan of the PRI Combat latch, myself, if I must go that course.

My favorite - no kidding - the tools. Those takedown and pivot pin tools are the SHEIIIIIT!!!

I load almost everything that's a small rifle primer with CCI 400s, but I use the CCI 41s for a couple different loads. Hornady 75gr HPBT loads, Barnes 70gr TSX loads, Sierra 77gr SMK loads (when I even load those anymore-which is seldom). For several years now, I've been on the hornady 75s for the 5.56 heavy loads - I've seen a very, very slight accuracy advantage with those, over the 77 SMKs. 7" twist barrels show it the most, but I've got a few 8" twist barrels that like the Hornady 75s better, too. I've got one 16" .223 Wylde barrel with an 8" twist that is just stupid accurate with 69gr SMKs, though. It's fucking ridiculous. If you decide to try the CCI 41s, drop a full grain on your charge, and work back up - they make a difference...

Once you're happy with the speeds you're getting, you can start fine tuning those loads, too. Jump them on 0.2gr increments, and see which one performs. One it going to stand out. Then tweak it again with some 0.1gr jumps. You're already on the way to some great loads, brother.