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    Kevin brings up some very valid points a few posts above.

    In the military, going to the range is a nightmare, with all the safety BS and civilian management, etc. Most all SOF units except for a couple share ranges with big army, and NEVER have "priority". It is that division/brigade's base, their ranges, and their money paying for their upkeep/management. You can't just go to the range and blow ammo, which is also in painfully short supply right now, Army-wise anyways.

    You will have 15,000 round weeks, usually followed up by 3 months of not shooting at a range.

    Guys in units who would have to worry about barrel life don't...because an armorer can swap out any part or the whole gun in 5 minutes, no questions asked.

    Screwed blocks equal screwed guns, eventually they will move. Accept it, and have ADCO or Bravo Co. or someone pin your gas block. If you'll spend $20 on a bent trigger guard, you have no excuse.

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    Oh, Santa!

    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant
    Maybe he is talking too two audiences (don't know). Oh, I am a civy and have NV and IR lasers.

    C4
    Are you willing to sell IR lasers to me? Now THAT would be Christmas!
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    Good discussion. I now understand (I think) the context in which Mr Vickers made his comments about SS barrel durability. Like I thought, it's a matter of expectations. Like Grant said, I shoot about 2500 to 4000 rounds per year, so a SS barrel will last two to three years before it is no longer accurate enough.

    I have seen the way my SS barrels have died, and it matches what KL Davis observed.

    I'm still in the dark about the "disaster" impending if one uses something other than a Cr-Mo chrome plated barrel.

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    I read Vicker's article, and I really like when someone has strong opinions AND ALSO explains WHY.

    I was disappointed to see he recommended against hooded front sights, because I really like things like the Troy flip-up front sight. So he "gored my sacred cow," but I can't complain because I have no combat experience; I can only shut up and learn.

    On the other hand, he's not deer hunting in my woods, either, so if his points only apply to a combat application, I also feel free to use what works for me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grendelizer
    I read Vicker's article, and I really like when someone has strong opinions AND ALSO explains WHY.

    I was disappointed to see he recommended against hooded front sights, because I really like things like the Troy flip-up front sight. So he "gored my sacred cow," but I can't complain because I have no combat experience; I can only shut up and learn.

    On the other hand, he's not deer hunting in my woods, either, so if his points only apply to a combat application, I also feel free to use what works for me.

    John
    He's not a fan of many of my sacred cows either.

    He has solid reasons behind his recommendations. I have reasons behind my choices. In the end, since I'm not operating on a team, it's my life at stake, and I am comfortable with my choices.

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    Once I establish the credibility of the sources, I pretty much get my info from sites like this and 10-8 and have pretty much kissed gunzines goddbye. I will buy one for a name that I like or if it has four or five interesting articles.
    Amen.

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    On Sacred Cows

    I'm just looking to avoid the sacred cow pies.

    Can't scan the copy I made. Grocer's copier must have been made by DPMS.
    "The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts." Justice Robert Jackson, WV St. Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943)

    "I don’t care how many pull ups and sit ups you can do. I care that you can move yourself across the ground with a fighting load and engage the enemy." Max Velocity

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    Quote Originally Posted by Submariner
    Are you willing to sell IR lasers to me? Now THAT would be Christmas!
    I have been selling IR lasers for a long time: https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=148




    C4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Submariner
    Magazines, like newspapers, make most of their their money off advertising.
    True, but you can't sell advertising space if you don't have the circulation numbers.

    Remind me to hit you up for free legal advice. My excuse for not wanting to pay for it will be, 1) I'm too cheap & 2) You'll make money off other clients so why should I pay.

    Just buy the damn magazine. Cato, since you can't get one in Europe I'll buy two and send you one...FREE of charge!

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    Great offer!! You rock!
    Let me know if I can get you something from Austria- a original Glock "minus" connector maybe?
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