People are making this way over complicated. Mission drives the gear. As stated above, sometimes it's the same thing that the Ranger Recon SEAL beret uses, sometimes not.
People are making this way over complicated. Mission drives the gear. As stated above, sometimes it's the same thing that the Ranger Recon SEAL beret uses, sometimes not.
I see guys kitted up in my classes all the time and it’s never bothered me. I’m more interested in how well they are shooting and how to make them better than what kind of cool guy gear they are wearing. I understand that it rubs some people the wrong way but I’m not one of them.
So here’s the thing:
1. The barrel really wont matter unless your shooting for groups. Its close to stock.
2. He designs stuff, so a lot of the “stupid” stuff he does is for research. He ran rds and offset rds for a few months while fine tuning the offset mount they just came out with. It was testing, not a setup he suggests people use.
2a. Im assuming the android thing has to do with the plate carrier he’s developing. Can he not test his own stuff? Also, he trains guys using them, so wouldnt it make him a potentially better trainer to know how that affects things?
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It seems people get upset about what others do because they don’t understand it... and somehow it bothers them.
Last edited by MegademiC; 05-23-20 at 08:04.
1. I still don't see why you wouldn't just use a DD barrel if the goal is staying close to an issued gun, not like they're hard to find.
2. If you're testing something, why not test it in the manner its like to be used, like paired with an LPVO? Also, he made an entire video about how it could be a viable concept so it seems a little more than just testing the product itself.
2a. Not sure why he would need to mess around with it for developing a PC. If it fits, that's about the extent I can imagine. Also not sure how it'd make him a better trainer. Its not like its something that he has to really learn the intricacies of when working with a long gun.
I'm not saying there couldn't be valid reasons I don't understand but I am saying that the ones presented don't really convince me that some of it is anything other than LARPing and/or trying to be different just cuz.
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I can see a practical reason to attend a class or train "kitted up". Obviously at a class (or in a real-world disaster or riot situation) you'd have some kind of "bandolier" or other rig for carrying extra mags. In the case of folks who own body armor, if you plan to wear it on that "rainy day" when shit goes South then it would behoove you to train with it on to get the feel for it and what adjustments to your other gear need to be made to accommodate the carrier and plates.
Last class I took I wore a vest with mag pouches and an empty magazine dump-bag on it, that's it. I spared myself wearing the Level IV BA setup I have; good thing too, as I was sore enough from the course, that shit would have made me a near-cripple!
Last edited by ABNAK; 05-23-20 at 08:54.
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Training people and claiming to train SOF units is probably where that shit is coming from as far as the SOF vets and others are concerned. I don't know how tier one units go about selecting where they seek training, but it strikes me as odd that Lucas would be that choice. I could see a special forces dude seeking him out to possibly help him with shooting, but actual teams going to him seems far fetched. I could be completely wrong though.
There are many that believe he's talking way outside of his lane in many subjects. I've always kinda felt like an instructor should have experience in at least one or more of these backgrounds, law enforcement, military, or competition shooting. Not that experience in any of those fields are an automatic qualification to be an instructor but I think it's a good start. I also think it's important for them to say who they've trained with as far as other known instructors are concerned. Lucas has no LE, or military experience, and in competition shooting he's best known for getting a DQ for refusing to drag a dummy through one of the stages. I also don't think he's real big on taking courses from other instructors. I know one has invited him several times on IG to come train with him and Lucas says no.
He is definitely a good shooter and spends a lot of time behind the gun, but a near perfect run in a Youtube and Instagram video after a second, third, or fourth take isn't the same thing as doing it when other people are watching in a training or competition scenario, and that's one of the things he takes flak for.
Now it sounds like I'm gossiping, but he showed up to the SF 3 Gun memorial match with a bunch of clout and got dead last. Maxed out the times on several stages because he couldn't lift a TCCC dummy or complete any of the physical evolutions. Also flagged his squad in another shooting match and got instantly dq'ed.
He's also rubbed a few guys that I've met the wrong way in terms of stealing gear ideas and a few others that I've come to learn are no-go's in the gun community. Guys that have actually undertaken selections and gotten to those units that take time and sacrifice to become proficient.
Last edited by RMike89; 05-23-20 at 10:14.
Building on another post, he is well-known for speeding up his videos as well. Botkin also was invited, I'll say it again...invited, to a 3-gun competition on Ft. Bragg and showed up in plates and a helmet. He was effectively DQ'd from the match after refusing to participate in the PT-like activities prior to a few stages, but allowed to continue. This match is invite only and the hosts are former SF.
I won't go into his family beyond saying they are very anti-gay, are leaders of the "quiverfull" and religiously based patriarchy movement, and are seemingly followed by sexual misconduct claims in their cult known as the Botkin Conservatory.
I really wish Garand Thumb would formally distance himself from Botkin but they seem to be buddies. Botkin's followers are like swarms of extremely loyal locusts.
Last edited by Vandal; 05-23-20 at 10:32.
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Somewhat related, somewhat not, I have a bigger gripe with guys who show up out of shape who cannot run from here to there without looking like they're going to keel over with a heart attack. I'm not talking about having to be ripped or just having come from BUDS or the Q, I am talking about an essential base level fitness. When I see them like that and then kitted with a grand or more worth of gear, then I start raising my eyebrows.
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