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It's 2016, they have an app for anything. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app_cflag.layout&hl=en https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/half-staff-app/id628439682?mt=8 Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk, because I felt that Oh Shoot wanted to know that particular bit of information.

I shipped it. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk, because I felt that Oh Shoot wanted to know that particular bit of information.

Reading 'Flash Boys' made me realize how out of control computerized trading is.

  First key point...the Barrett isn't a sniper rifle in the traditional sense.  It was built and is fielded as an anti-material rifle.  Yes, it's been used to take out personnel, but that's a secondary purpose.  The main purpose of the Barrett, is the ability to punch through light armor and other protection.  You talk about the ranges between the Barrett and the other guns, but when one guns target is a person, and the others is a vehicle (or something else much bigger than a person), then you need to talk about target size/range comparison.  I'm sure there is a math formula to make it even, but I'm not in a math mood at the moment. :P   Second...the Barrett isn't alone in .50BMG precision shooting, and it's far from the undisputed winner.  The McMillan Tac-50 is every bit as good, more portable, and better from a precision shooting standpoint.  Also, see a recent entry at the end of the last point below for another model.  As to the innovation of it, yeah, Barrett got there first by creating a rifle that could fire the .50BMG round.  But being first and getting some good contracts by virtue of that doesn't make a legend, IMO.   Third...I sort of hit this, but feel it bears going over again.  No sniper team is useful unless they can operate dismounted for extended movements (five kilometers would be a minimum in my book).  If anyone thinks that lugging 29lbs worth of Barrett rifle on top of a rucksack that is already filled with up to 100lbs of the lightest gear ever invented is practical, then I guess I can't convince you, so I'll just leave you with the words of Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle (RIP), who I would submit was, before his death, somewhat of an expert about these things.  This is what he had to say about our apparent state firearm: The fifty is huge, extremely heavy, and I just don’t like it. I never used one in Iraq. There’s a certain amount of hype and even romance for these weapons, which shoot a 12.7 x 99mm round. There are a few different specific rifles and variations in service with the U.S. military and other armies around the world. You’ve probably heard of the M-82 or the M-107, developed by Barrett Firearms Manufacturing. They have enormous ranges and in the right application are certainly good weapons. I just didn’t like them all that much. (The one .50 I do like is the Accuracy International model, which has a more compact, collapsible stock and a little more accuracy; it wasn’t available to us at the time.)   Ronnie Barrett had a vision, though.  I'll give him that.  Others have just taken his first step and ran with it, however.  So, as cool or fun as the M82/M107 is...it's kind of a 'meh' thing for me when all of the other factors are weighed against it.

Cough up a few duckets for a benefactor membership and head to the Gear Classifieds.  Someone there is selling a Troy Bravo 11 inch Rail for a very fair price, and it would suit your needs perfectly.

  The proper tool for that part of the job is man hands.

  How would that work if a timeline was present?  In the military, I saw guys who had to go regardless if their house sold or not, so my instinct tells me to keep a chunk of money on hand for the next down payment if I ever had to move for work unless I'm damn sure I'm staying somewhere for the next five years.

If I can conceal a Walther P99 and H&K VP9 with an Alien Gear OWB, I'm sure a Glock 26 would be no problem. http://aliengearholsters.com/alien-gear-cloak-slide-owb-holster-outside-the-waistband.html

Do you think this is your last house? There is probably a difference in this formula if you think you may move, or just need a bigger house in 5-15 years.

  Regulating interstate commerce is the federal governments business.  There's even a clause about it in the Constitution that says so.

Stupid us, we'll still allow Carrier products to come across the border for no extra charge. Because free trade has done so much for the American worker.  :shake:

  I lost that one too. :(  Didn't bet on it, just bragging rights.       If I was voting tomorrow, possibly.  If we're still going to have a Republican Congress, I'm inclined to want a Democratic President not named Hillary to avoid one party rule.       I think the original M82 and it's follow on variants filled a small but relevant need for a sniper rifle that could do more than pick off personnel.  It was definitely a unique approach, even if it's not really practical for dismounted sniper teams, which is where the bread and butter of the trade is.   I can also appreciate that he is part of the Tennessee economy in a positive way.

I wouldn't even call him an NFL player anymore.  He was cut from the Saints final roster before the season kicked off, and no other team picked him up for even the practice squad.  Even without this, he was probably done in the NFL anyway.   Just hope for his sake it was an isolated incident, and not a series in a chain of screw ups.

  Ehh, least I'm on the winning side side of the ones that matter.   ;) 

I like the simplicity of that, and the coated magnet protecting the finish of the slide.  How much does it take to get it loose?  Could you get into a fender bender without it getting knocked out?   This was how I approached the same question about a year ago. http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/87539-vehicle-holster-concept/?hl=%2Bvehicle+%2Bholster

Is EoTech officially unrecomendable now?

Concur. It has me thinking this wasn't some random house robbery, but someone who knew the people and place, and planned accordingly? Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk, because I felt that Oh Shoot wanted to know that particular bit of information.

I think New Hampshire is going Democrat again in 2016, but that's more of a hunch at this point and not based on any real data.  In addition to the Presidential race, there is a very competitive Senate race where the Democrats are looking to knock off Kelly Ayotte in her first re-elect try.  They Democrats are going all out to beat her, convincing the Governor to not run for her own re-election, and instead challenge Ayotte for the Senate.  Plus they'll be picking a new Governor with Hassan focusing only on the Senate.  Then the NH-1st will be a possible 4th time fight between two candidates who basically trade off wins depending on if it's a mid-term or Presidential election.   A good bit on the line up in the Granite State, even if it gets a bit confusing with all the movements.  Oh, and to make matters even more fun for the candidates and money people...the state primaries for all the offices mentioned isn't until September 13th.  The place is fun to watch for a politics junkie like me.

  :bowrofl: :cheers: :clap: :hyper: :rofl: :rock: :up: :woohoo:   If nothing else goes right, today was a good day from that alone.

It's all good folks, Cliven Bundy is en route. :rolleyes: https://www.facebook.com/bundyranch/posts/960032444073564

  If they had put up the triple strand concertina wire when this mess started, those generators and heaters would have gone dead long ago, and the elements would have solved this problem by now.  Mollycoddling these asshats was a bad strategy.

  Most certainly does. Very good breakdown, thanks.  :up:

I don't know who was in charge of everything, but what an epic fail in letting it come to a head by not just cutting the power and waiting for them to give up from hunger and the cold.

  Save for ammo capacity, weight, sights, and not looking near as cool. :P

I guess having had a Barrett in the unit arms room and seeing it be little more than a four-foot long paper weight makes me kind of jaded about it.  If we're seriously talking about a state firearm, it should be one that has been carried by a lot of people, or has done great things.   I'm casting my ballot for the M1's or M1917's that were used in the Battle of Athens.