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    Bedroom M4's. How do you store yours?

    For those of you that keep a M4 semi auto in your bedroom, share how you keep it stored. I'm looking for things like

    Magazine loaded and inserted, but no round in the chamber.
    Hammer down, safety on fire

    I'm also interested on how confident you are that you could load a round in the chamber under stress. FWIW, I shoot SASS and think I could cock a Single Action, lever a Marlin 94, and maybe even put 2 rounds in a double under stress because I have done this 1,000's of times under the clock. I'm not so sure if I could be as efficent in pulling back the charging handle, letting it go, hitting the forward assist and maybe turning on an Eotech.

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    Leaning up against the wall, condition 3.

    If you don't want to worry about turning the optic on, buy an Aimpoint and leave it on.

    As for manipulating the charging handle under stress, try the Bravo Company extended charging handle.

    No reason to hit the forward assist. Pull the CH back and let it go.

    Just as you have practiced with your SASS weapons, you need to practice with your AR. Maybe go to a carbine course?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 87GN View Post
    No reason to hit the forward assist. Pull the CH back and let it go.
    That's what I thought too until I started drilling with a H&K magazine in my new LE6920 at the range. If the magazine is full and I ride that charging handle just a little bit when going back "home" it sticks and I have to hit the forward assist. No problem at all when hitting the carrier release button with the bolt back. I may reduce the number of rounds in the magazine to lower the resistance.
    Last edited by Buckshot Barry; 12-20-09 at 17:41.

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    I use my defender 1300 12 gauge with a tac light and loaded for home defense. Point and shoot
    There is not such thing as too many guns, knives, and the accessories to go with them.

    "We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions."-Ronald Reagan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckshot Barry View Post
    That's what I thought too until I started drilling with a H&K magazine in my new LE6920 at the range. If the magazine is full and I ride that charging handle just a little bit when going back "home" it sticks and I have to hit the forward assist. No problem at all when hitting the carrier release button with the bolt back. I may reduce the number of rounds in the magazine to lower the resistance.
    so...don't ride the charging handle! And don't use crappy magazines.

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    Smokewagon sleeps next to the bed.

    None in the pipe. Loaded mag. Safety on. Optic is always on.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Navigating Collapse View Post
    Smokewagon sleeps next to the bed.

    None in the pipe. Loaded mag. Safety on. Optic is always on.

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    So to have your safety on, you have to have your hammer back, right?

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    V-Line rifle case under bed, condition 3 w/20 rnd Lancer L5 mag inserted, Aimpoint C3 left on, and Streamlight TLR-1.
    Last edited by ballistic; 12-20-09 at 17:55.

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    I keep a loaded pistol (HK USP 45C), and an AR mag in no round in chamber next to me. Also have an 870 and G19 kept loaded in the closet as our safe room.


    Ammo is Gold Dots for handguns, Mk262 for AR's, and TAP 2 3/4" 00 buck for the shotgun.


    60lb half rottie in the back, and two yappie dogs inside (my alarm).


    Wife knows how to shoot everything I have so hopefully if it ever came to it she would do what she needs to if Im not home or get taken out.


    Also keep a cell phone next to the bed. A smart robber would just cut the cable outside, and it would drop all land comms from most people's houses. Dont rely on the house phone, and keep your phone charged.

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    On hooks behind mirror. Condition 3 (assuming this is ditto 1911 condition). Use aimpoint always on, low light setting. This is not my go to weapon for immediate defence. More like a "take a walk around the yard" deal.

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