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Bastards...

Here they be. Had to find an unmolested Gen 2 PMag 20 to load the 5.56 into. I'm going to modify all of them, so I never have an issue. Before I mid the one in the pic, I'm going to load up some 300BLK 150gr Hornady FMJ BT loads that I've got,and see if/what the interference is. NOTE: I don't doubt for a second that MagPul changed that center tab location (going lower) because of the prevalence of 300BLK... 25-45 and 5.56 here:

Fuk.

Excellent work!!!

I had to say SOMETHING to get your spirits up, brother!!! YOU'RE A MONTH AWAY FROM FREEDOM, MY MAN!!!

Holy Shiit!

HELL YEAH!!!

My life is worth more than that - to me. It's obvious, from having that gun in your face, that it's not in battery by quite a bit. Seeing that major advantage right away, is the reason to act on it - because your life is probably worth more than that, too - everybody. If you don't know how to disarm someone in a situation exactly like that, or wouldn't feel comfortable attempting it - then it's time to seek out training on that exact scanario. This isn't going away, brothers, not in the least. It's only going to become more common. It's a very good thing - potentially, very lucky thing - that the fucking idiot doesn't know how to load a semi-auto pistol properly, and completely caused his own loading problem - the way he was monkey-fucking that trigger.

You gotta know how to take it out of his hands, and it's not an issue. Won't go into battery,and won't fire, and he won't have his pistol anymore. Pull him back into the counter, towards you, he has no balance and leverage, and completely loses any physical-difference advantage that he might thing he had.

Damn right, brother.

Checked it - very nice!

Very nice. I might have to try one of those on...

Check THIS SHIIT out!!! Tell me what you see... I can very honestly say that if I had been that register worker, I would have TAKEN that pistol out of that thug's outstretched arm, in complete and total confidence that I wouldn't get hurt. Hell, take his arm with me,right over that fukkin counter... Watch it... You'll see it...

YES!!!

After modification:

Yes it is, big time. I changed a few things on mine as soon as I got it. Picked it up in May 2013. Installed a larger grip safety, larger mag release, and a trigger spring kit, all parts from Powder River Precision. The spring kit did WONDERS for the trigger pull. Now, they have an improved sear that comes with the springs...

They put that little "separating tab" or whatever it is, right in the middle. Casting flash all over those things, and I never noticed it before - didn't have a need to. That little nub on the sides kicks the round right into that tab in the middle, and the hollow points on my loads were getting stuck on the tab, and in the casting flash. So first off, all that casting flash has to get removed, smoothed down,sand-papered, whatever your choice - the casting flash has to go. THEN, that little nub on the sides has to go - just knock it down flush with the rest of the stuff so it doesn't stick out like that. I used my knife and shaved it off. Used my knife on the casting flash, too. Once I did that, the rounds fed through the mag like a dream. That bottom pic is the Gen 3 PMag 20 - the pushed that little center tab further down in the magazine body, and those nubs on the sides are even more aggressive - didn't have to do anything to this mag, and it fed a full mag just fine. Those aggressive nubs don't matter, because they pushed that centering tab further down - the nubs actually kick the next (top) round towards the center of the chamber. So, work the little Gen 2 mags a little bit, and they'll feed fine, out to 2.255" COL.

Measured all 40 pieces of brass that was fired yesterday - they were all arouns 1.740~1.745",only a few weird ones outside of that range. Two were over 1.760", so they're getting trimmed. Measured the 5.56 that was fired yesterday - consistently 1.757" or 1.758". I'll measure these individually before I resize them, and after I resize them. Magazines... So, of the 20-rounders, here's what works, without messing with them, with a loaded length of 2.255" or under: Lancer L5AWM 20-rounders Gen 3 PMag 20-rounders Here's the kicker on the Gen 2 PMag 20-rounders - I'll post a pic of the Gen 2 and Gen 3 (fwiw, Gen 1 and Gen 2 are the same...), but pay close attention to the FDE ones - those are the Gen 2 mags. Look at all the casting flash and that nub on the sides...

Shoot, I didn't even bother measuring them after forming. I'll get some numbers tonight. Right now, I don't have any formed brass that hasn't been fired - I've got the brass that's been fired as a 25-45 it's first time. Everything that turned into 25-45 got loaded right away. I have about 150 total cases now. 300 more getting ready - tumbling 5.56 brass... I'll get the magazine into up tonight, too. Bottom line on mags, and loading longer than (or at) 2.255" - 20 rounders: Gen 3 PMags work, Lancer 20s work, Gen 2 PMags will work if you hit a couple key areas. I'll test 30-rounders next time I'm out with it.

Today reinforced something - can't always have "perfect." You WANT the perfect firing position, you WANT the perfect support, you WANT.... whatever... ...and you have to deal with the shiit that you're dealt, and either hit it or not. Everyone of those hits was a kill radius on deer vitals, and pretty damn close to a 5" circle on a coyote's vitals, despite all the shiit out there. I can live with that, ideal or not. I don't necessarily like it, but I'll take it home...

I got it done, ya product-pimpin' bastage! I definitely DO need a rear bag. You're right. My shooting position ended up being SO fucked up today, all based on terrain "that looked good..." We been there. We been Chollo'd for it...

The steel took some punishment - a couple of the 25-cal rounds hit hard enough to knock the paint off the BACK of the target. I didn't see this until I got home... THE BACK OF THE TARGET... This round performs, I'll say that. I'll get into magazine shiit tomorrow night...

This ended up being the shooting position - bipod on range box, sitting legs crossed, grabbing the left bipod leg to pull it into me. I couldn't load the bipod on that box, so I had to load the bipod with ME... Shiit again... Not ideal...

Standing up, the targets looked good - I even got low,and they looked good. Prone, all I saw was dirt rise in front of me, and the top zero target. Fuk,.

Here's the initial layout, and the ammo used for 5.56 - minus the 55gr handloaded Hornady 55gr FMJ BTs. The layout didn't work with the terrain, though. I wanted prone, loaded bipod, but that wasn't happening...