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Yes, there are plenty of low-profile gas blocks for heavy/bull barrels. I had one made by Troy, and another by Midwest Industries.

Get a free-floating handguard that's long enough for your optic and back up sights. That shouldn't be hard to do with such along barrel. I'm not a fan of exposed gas blocks, but that's just me. I like low profile gas blocks that are under the handguard.

Congrats! You can - and likely will - customize it to your own liking. Enjoy!

How is that even possible? What makes calling someone something vulgar any different that using a racial slur? At any rate, y'all are nitpicking my post in order to ignore the point I made. Folks are prosecuted all the time for shooting a person in a place they have a legal right to be and aren't breaking any laws. The point I'm making here is INTENT. If your intent is to provoke an attack or violent behavior in order to use your weapon in self defense it doesn't matter how many times they bounce your head off the pavement. Nitpicking? Not only are you using poor analogies, you're also implying that you somehow had the power to read Zimmerman's mind during the time ofbthe incident. There is zero proof, anywhere, that Zimmerman had the intent to engage in a physical altercation with Martin. If I hear a noise in my backyard and go outside to investigate, this doesn't mean I am doing so with the intent to do anything other than find out what's going on. Once there, if I am put in the position to defend my life, property or family, I will take the necessary measures. There are ZERO facts to back up any claims that Zimmerman intended on physically harming Martin in any way, shape or form. None. You can presume and assume all you want, but the facts [as we know them to be] speak for themselves. If you consider him guilty, it's souly based on emotion and the fact that you may have handled the situation differently. If you are comfortable with the justice system operating in such a fashion, let's hope you are never in the position to be judged by a group of your peers who would have chosen to handle any given situation differently than yourself. Or you could convince yourself that you'd never find yourself in such position. I have no problem with someone having an opinion opposite of my own, but please back it up with some facts. Afterall, this is a situation where a man's freedom is at stake. I, for one, do not take such a situation lightly, even if I have no dog in the hunt. We also must not forget, law enforcement initially concluded that not only did Zimmerman not commit a crime when shooting Martin, he also did not commit a crime leading up to the shooting. As far as I know, they still are not claiming he was guilty of a crime leading up to the shooting. To me, it seems this case wouldn't even be going to trial, had it not been for the emotional outcry from the community. Had Martin been gunned down on his way home from the store by some gangbanger on the street corner, we wouldn't even know his name.

Thank you for the wrap-ups. Very interesting insight into how this process operates.

I agree with you. 

Gee...that one may have been my best post ever! ROTFLMAO It made the most sense. :p

What he said.

In such a scenario, you would be committing a crime, most likely disorderly conduct. Not the same thing.

Merely following somebody is not a crime under Florida law, nor does it justify the person being followed in launching a deadly force attack upon the follower. Absent lawful justification for his attack upon Zimmerman, Martin was simply committing an aggravated assault and battery at best, or attempted murder at worst. Both are more than adequate justification under Florida law for Zimmerman to use lethal force in defense of his life. In order for Zimmerman's "following" of Martin to have provided legal justification for his deadly force attack upon Zimmerman the State would have to prove that Zimmerman was "following" Martin in such a manner that a reasonable and prudent person in Martin's circumstances would have feared that they faced an imminent threat of death or grave bodily harm. Perhaps some types of "following" could be construed in that way. But not under the facts in evidence in this case. There is no evidence that Zimmerman ever closed distance with Martin in a way that could have led a reasonable and prudent person to fear a deadly attack, certainly there is no evidence he ever approached to contact distance or anything like it. Rather, Zimmerman "followed" Martin so as the keep him under observation, while Zimmerman was talking the police onto the scene with his cell phone. (Get that part--the whole time Zimmerman was supposedly "stalking" Martin he was on the phone talking with the police--hardly the behavior of a vicious killer.) Indeed, not only is there no evidence that Zimmerman closed with and confronted Martin, the only facts in evidence on the subject indicated that it was Martin who closed with and confronted Zimmerman. And THAT is the dilemma facing the State (just one of many actually). Andrew @LawSelfDefense There you go using facts and common sense. That's a horrible method for arguing your point.

After the story and photo you posted with your dog a while back, you'll always be alright with me.  :cool: 

The thing is, it is illegal to start a fight. It is not illegal to "patrol" your neighborhood for possible illegal activity. If you see someone or something that appears suspicious in your neighborhood, it is not illegal to further investigate. Even if Zimmerman happened upon Martin and asked him what he was doing, that is not illegal. If Zimmerman physically assaulted martin first, that would have been illegal. But there is zero proof that happened. As far as I can tell, at least up to this point, there is zero evidence Zimmerman broke any laws.    We have the testimony and bloody pictures of Zimmerman with two cuts to the back of his head and a bloody nose that appears to be swollen to twice it's size. If anyone is insinuating these are self-inflicted injuries, you are seriously grasping at straws.   Martin is no longer around to contradict Zimmerman's testimony, and anything anyone thinks he would have said holds zero water.    As far as I am concerned, unless the prosecution has some damaging bombshells up their sleeves, I can't fathom Zimmerman being convicted of murder. If the jury can take all emotion out of the equation and only consider the facts, a murder conviction is not justified, in my humble opinion.   Even if Zimmerman is proven to be a full-fledged member of the KKK and/or a convicted murderer in a previous life, that does not mean he murdered Martin. 

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I'm sorry, but I am trying very hard to find logic in some of the arguments where Zimmerman is guilty of any sort of crime, much less murder. It would be nice if some of you would please tell me the exact moment any crime was committed by Zimmerman.    Was it when he thought Martin appeared suspicious?   Was it when he exited his vehicle?   Was it when he began to follow Martin on foot?   Was it when he actually shot Martin?    As far as I can tell, Zimmerman didn't break any laws, with the exception of , possibly, at the moment when he pulled the trigger. Unless you have more information about the case than those of us in the general public, it's beyond me how anyone could possibly have him pegged as a murderer.    If he didn't break any laws up to the point of the face to face confrontation, his guilt must revolve around this very short time frame. According to Zimmerman -  the only real witness as to what happen in those very moments - Martin attacked him, and Zimmerman acted in self defense. There are police photos that prove Zimmerman was physically assaulted, so as far as I am concerned, that only helps prove a case of self defense.    While I wasn't there to witness what exactly happened, neither were any of you. With that being said, none of us can come to our own premature conclusion with anything other than what's been reported by the media. Unless I missed something (if I have, please point it out) there is zero firm evidence that Zimmerman attacked Martin first.    You can argue that you would not have pursued Martin, had you been in Zimmerman's shoes. You can argue that you would have done any number of things differently, but that hardly makes Zimmerman guilty of murder.    As I said before, there's undoubtedly going to be evidence revealed in court that has yet to be reported through the media. Until then, I'll be trying to understand how anyone already has him guilty as charged.

The chase was over at 2:45 into the phone call. Zimmerman talks in a normal voice for another 90 seconds. He obviously wasn't chasing Martin during those 90 seconds. He's talking in complete sentences. Yet the confrontation occurs very close to where the chase stopped. So... how does this confrontation occur unless Martin comes back? Some folks aren't looking at the whole picture. They stopped thinking logically as soon as Zimmerman exited his vehicle.

I'm anxious to hear the facts that haven't been plastered all over the news. There's no way all of the important facts have been publicized.

I know someone who operates an internet store, and he pays $89 each for them. And one of the companies I have "liked" on Facebook is selling them for $99 each if you buy 50 or more. Based on the specs I've seen, they were of average quality.

Looks like an awesome time. Congrats.

I'm curious about those personal reasons. Care to elaborate? 

A high school friend of mine died during our lunch break while huffing Scotchgard. I never got into that kind of stuff, but about the same time period, my sister would huff Glade air freshener. I don't know about now, but that stuff was pretty popular back then. 

$127 http://www.ar15news.com/2013/06/11/anderson-rifles-awesome-resource-ar15-parts/

No worries, DaveS will let them move in with him. :p

Saying the M&P is a copy of the Glock shows very little technical understanding of the M&P's design. The Sigma, yes. The M&P, no. And say what you want, but none of my M&Ps have ever failed me either and none of them throw brass in my face. :) Same here! Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 2 Same here.

Like many who win the lottery, they will probably be broke before long.

My bird-watching neighbor has several bird feeders placed within about less that 50' from my house. That has not kept the pecker away.