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Here is my 300 Blackout SBR. Need to repaint the receivers to the same shade as the float tube. Just hadn't got that far yet. Eotech 512 with Vortex 3X Mag on a QD American Defense Swing mount.

Yeah, I have one on my 300 BLK. I like it alot. I can keep a bore snake in it!

Are you suggesting that Tater Mitts don't work? I need to know!

I asked for some SMP 842 from DLM, and he hooked me up with 8lbs. I noticed this week, however, that the jug says WC 842...I am a little confused. Are they the same, or was a mistake made?

So is the coating coming from the wire, the drain cleaner, or both? Would copper algaecide for swimming pools work even better?

Back to the question of subsonic powder, I have been having good luck with 4227. I am running a 10 inch barrel with pistol length gas tube, cycling fine. I have run it with 200grain, 208 Grain, and 220 Grain bullets. It is pretty quiet compared to 5744 and 1680.

How much of it was .30 Carbine?

I wonder if one of those would work on a SCAR 17 that had an AR buffer tube conversion on it...would be a fun way to waste some .308.

Yeah, as for price, not saying it isn't a lot of money to some people, but I got a K-baffle style 9mm can for $250 from LRP, then the stamp. Whole deal for $450 is tough to beat! I did later add a booster for a $100...but you can do without a booster. I run it on 9mm pistols, 300 Blackout, and 22 LR's all the time.

Everyone I have ever let shoot with my suppressor has preferred to shoot with it than without it, ESPECIALLY beginners. Assuming you index them, most shooters shoot better with the can...less noise and less recoil = less flinch. Though they they are primarily designed to reduce noise, they reduce recoil much better than any muzzle brake I have ever used. I am thrilled I have one. I have 2 more on the way! The absolute best benefit though is the smile on the face of the shooter when they hear how loud the metal target rings when they shoot with the can.

I will swing by and pick up a barrel if you don't mind, and probably a bunch of pay stuff as well.

That's a good point. Not to be combative at all, but why would you hunt with a subsonic load anyway? With any subsonic 30 cal round, I would think that 100 yards would be about the limit for a humane kill, regardless of bullet performance. Would you want to limit your range to that? I don't hunt anymore, but even in East TN I think you'd like to be able to kill at 200 yards, thought that may be about the outer limit for what is typical here.

I think you would be happy with it then. If you look at the Vortex, you can find packages with a nifty American Defense Swing Mount online for a good deal cheaper than I have seen them at gun shows. I think that combo runs around $250 online, but I have seen it $100 more at shows. Of course, it the funds are available, the EOTech or AimPoint are top of the line. There is also the Burris Tripler that is about the same cost as the Vortex, but I have no experience with those.

To echo Samson, supersonic through a pistol can will likely seize the threads up and you will never be able to disassemble your pistol can again. Heat would become an issue if you did rapid fire. With a rifle can, no issues. I have shot ONE supersonic round through my pistol can (ammo got mixed up) and it made my can REALLY hard to take apart. Another few super rounds and I probably would have ruined it. I am just using a cheapish Vortex 3x mag. It is MUCH better than one of the knockoffs or a Sitemark, but doesn't have quite as much eye relief as an Aimpoint of EOtech, but enough for the Blackout, even supersonic. Of course, it is a third of the price of those high end pieces. The optics are clear and it is adjustable so you can center the reticle in the picture. It really helps out to 200 yards, but isn't going to help much beyone that. Edit, I should ad that a magnifier may not work all that well with a cheap red dot, depending on the dot clarity. I used my mag with a Tasco ProPoint red dot, and the dot was so blurry that it wasn't useful (with no mag I love the Tasco, and it looks clear). Having said that, I used it with a cheaper BSA red dot, and it worked fine. The dot is smaller and tighter in the BSA sight that in the Tasco. The EOTechs have a VERY well defined reticle, so it still looks crisp through the magnifier.

That one may be overpriced.

Yeah NEMO offers the gun I linked in 338 Win , 30-06, and also 270...which I find intriguing.

I have one that I run a 9mm can with a 10 inch 1:8 twist AAC barrel with a pistol length gas system on. I never have tried especially hard to shoot tight groups. I like to shoot steel plates with it at 50 and 100 yards, and it does that wonderfully. I use an EOTech 512 and 3x magnifier on it. It isn't especially quiet with the 9mm can, but it is hearing safe. I have a 30 cal can coming for it when the stamp comes back that will be much quieter. I haven't played much with supersonic, only running 1 box of the remington supersonic ammo, but I have played with subsonic a lot. The factory Remmie 220 gr sub ammo only clocks around 875 FPS out of my short barrel, but will probably be close to 1000 for you out of the 16". I have been playing with 10.5 grains of 4227 and a 200 grain hot core bullet and a light factory crimp with Tula small primers, and I have been pretty happy with it, as it clocks around 1050fps. Strangely, when I use that same load with 208 grain AMAX's, it goes supersonic...no idea why the heavier bullet is going faster with the same charge, unless there is a little compression, but I can't imagine that would add another 100fps. Either load cycles the gun fine. I think some are doing a 1:7 twist now, which works with bullets over 220 grain better. I would probably try that if I had it to do over because there are some 240 cast lead bullets out there which would be cheaper to load. There is a lot of info on 300blktalk.com

This may be old news, not sure...but color me impressed! http://nemoarms.com/portfolio/omen-standard-300-win-mag-ar/gallery/guns/

I am new to AK's, having recently just acquired my first, and I really like it. I have built many AR's over the years, and have a ton of experience with them, and obviously love them. As far as the notion of "coverting it to a really great firearm" yourself goes...I think you will have a lot more success doing that with an AR than an AK. While both are great guns, things just fit together easier on the AR. Again, I have practically no experience with the AK, but from looking and playing with mine vs. my AR's, I get the feeling that there are a lot of "non-standard" parts out there that may or may not work on any given AK, whereas that is rarely the case with an AR. I believe there is a lot more consistency in terms of standardization among manufacturers with AR's than AK's. With the AK, if I wanted to get "funky" with it, I get the sense I would need to use the dremmel or torch a great deal. Others who are more experienced with AK's may disagree.

Besides the bugs and thickness, is there a difference between The Ship's Biscuit and a Saltine cracker?

Is been a good series...there are a lot of characters, but jeez, look at their family trees on wiki and you will see why. If they tried to boil it down and condense it, then we would cry foul because it wasn't accurate. Interesting that according wiki, apparently, only one ACTUAL Hatfield died in the feud (meaning actually had the name "Hatfield"). Alternatively, it appears as many as 10 "real McCoys" got kilt. Tom Berringer is particularly rough around the edges in the show.

I briefly had a USP 9mm, but didn't have much experience with it. I have a LOT of experience with the USP 45 and the USP Compact 9, and love both pistols. The big USP 45 is my favorite handgun of all that I have ever owned. It is a great shooter, eats anything I feed it, and just points extremely well in my hand. A note: the rails on USP's are not picatinny which, depending on what you want to attach, may require an adapter. I have one of the Mk 2 USP lights on mine, which was made for it and so fits perfectly. Take note of which varient it is. Most are the standard (variant 1) right-hand models that are SA/DA with decocker on the gun's left side for your right thumb. They can be carried cocked and locked. Some have it on the other side, some are DAO. I do not know how the different variants impact pricing, but the standard model I mention above is likely the most popular. Here is a list: http://en.wikipedia....ch_USP#Variants

I think this nails it. I believe the problem is that the OP is assuming the 175 grain round is "more powerful" (ie faster). Typically, in any given caliber, the lighter load (smaller gr) will be faster and will not drop as much. As has been said, sometimes the heavier bullet will start slower, but finish faster...meaning when it leaves the barrel is not going faster, but when it hits the target 500 yards away, it is...thinking of 6.5 Grendel vs. a 6.8 SPC. Sometimes the heavier bullet (maybe all the time) carries its speed further because it has a longer and leaner shape. Think of a drag race. The bullet that gets there quicker will drop less...though it may not necessarily be going faster when it hits the target.

There was a study a while back that determined that in any given population, there is about 10-15% that are only willing to do the bare minimum to survive. There is something programmed, and while not racial, it may be to some degree genetic. I know that I am only willing to do as much as I need to be comfortable, so I am sure there is something to it. It may be more about "what is comfortable"...for me it is a modest suburban home, reliable transportation, good ammo supply and a full beer keg, but to others, it may be having a tarp to keep the rain out of their half-burned trailor, while for others, it is the G5 Airplane. You are absolutely right...welfare lowers the threshold for these people and allows them to survive on less effort than would otherwise be needed. The shame is that they live no better than they would if they didn't have welfare at all. If it was taken away, they would work just enough to get back to that same level of survival. Or turn to crime, which they do anyway. So we are just wasting all the money we spend on welfare to lower the minimum requirement for survival, when those on it (at least in the majority of cases) are willing and able to do without if they had to. Of course there are exceptions, but we shouldn't plan around those.

How many grains of powder in that load?