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It happens, specially with slower moving handgun bullets. A bullet needs some resistance to penetrate, that is the way Kevlar works, it dissipates the energy from point of impact to the surrounding surface. I wouldn't read too much into it .

All is not lost, just get a clamp on gas block: Clamp-on Low Pro if you want it under the hand guard (measure inside your hand guard for fit) Clamp-on Rail Height with picatinny rail if you want it exposed

Some of that was tried, but many still had the old way of doing things ingrained into them. Heck they even took out Lincoln, a bit late, but to no avail.

Good luck with that, if they are removed the bottom will drop out of the market and there is no way any of those shops will support that.

No mention of what gas block or whether it's dimpled or not. Look directly under the gas port for the dimples, since it's nitride coated it will need a good drill bit to dimple it if not already done. Get a set of calipers and measure around where the gas port is, even a cheap HF $10 set (coupon) will give you a good measurement.

They can be as low as this: Alloy from Midsouth $10.40 Steel from Midsouth $21.89 (I's go steel) you may need to dimple your barrel if not already done. Or as much as: Clamp on steel from Daniel Defense $61.00 Clamp ons are good if you have enough room under the handguard and no dimples on the barrel. All these are for .750 diameter barrels (at the gas block) so be sure to measure yours (or check specs) before buying one. Also there are adjustable ones but no links to those since more than likely you won't need one at this time.

They will last a season or two, friend of mine has his in frames using the hay as filler to raise the height then some garden dirt on top of that. Me, I went the 55gl barrel direction last season, all I got out of them was jalapenos though, squirrels got all my tomatoes. This year they are coming in well, but now I have a plastic owl, a blow up snake and if that doesn't do it, I have electric lines on the top...heh heh, fried squirrel.

Even with M4s with a full combat load, this may not have been a done deal if an effective strategy is was not employed. You figure the Confederate Troops in this situation could withstand an attack like this? But again, this goes back to ammo discipline; how many of those repeating rifle's bullets found their mark? Sometimes equipment is not everything, training goes a long way in the effective use of said equipment.

Yea, didn't catch Dolo's last sentence. It would be an interesting experiment to see how long an AR can run on BP and cast; maybe if run real wet it would last longer. I know that during the Vietnam war dirty powder was a major contributing factor into the AR's bad rep in the early days.

Not a fan of the A2 front sight, even though I used one my entire military career. I like the sleek look of a flattop, and now that my eyesight is not what it used to be I put optics on mine anyway, most don't have iron sight at all. I think with the choice of iron and optic sights available now a days a flattop is the best choice, then you are not limited on what you can mount on it. So I suggest a low profile gas block under the handguard.

You would be surprised, the AKs, well heck most Eastern Block weapons and equipment has such loose tolerances that carbon, sand, and dirt buildup wasn't much of a problem.

This argument/decision keeps raising it's head, even in these modern times. When I first joined we had select fire (auto and semi) M16s, then they came up with a select fire with semi and three round burst. Now, they have auto and semi again with the M4s, which took an upgrade to get rid of the three round burst. Here is my take on this; full auto is hard to control, but it's a good psychological tool, nobody wants to raise there head when someone is slinging all that lead at them. But precise controlled fire wins the day. I was not infantry, but unfortunately I had a few opportunities to return fire and in none of those cases did I even consider full auto. I can pull the trigger fast, fast enough to put at least three rounds per target in critical areas. In that same time frame, I would of wasted 10-15 rounds, at the same target. I have some training though, many soldiers did/do not; I seen many just let loose never knowing if they even hit anything. I am sure there are those with more experience than I that can effectively keep steel on target in full auto, but I don't think the average troop can do the same. The three round burst thing, well short answer is it sucked. It always shot three rounds per cycle, so if you let off after two, the next pull you would only get one then you had to release and pull again to get to the next three . At least with full auto, with practice, you could do the same thing in three, four, or five round bursts. As far as the civil war, if you could arm all your soldiers with M4s, and each man had a combat load, typically 210 rounds, and you could drum it into them to have ammo discipline then I do believe what ever side had that advantage would win. But, and that is a big one, there would eventually be a need for more ammo, so once engaged they would need to be quick and merciless collecting weapons and ammo along the way.

I think that would depend on a few things; The three delays, were they the only transactions at that LGS? What where the delays, background check related? If so are they using/spelling your correct info vs the other LGS? Are the prices/guns worth the hassle to you?

Unless there were a reason why they could not reload their ammo, if all they had technology wise is what they had then, then maybe they couldn't , then yes they would probably stay with their MLs. But if they could reload or had a large supply of ammo, then I highly doubt they would choose a ML over an M4. One squad of trained infantry could decimate a civil war era skirmish line with an M4, they can also take out leaders from 4-600 yards easily. Hell, the Gatling gun was used in the civil war and would of been used more if the early models didn't have some issues.

Probably misunderstood one of the survivors from before who described the climb as "It was a sum beach!".

If by old site you mean the way it looked before the upgrade I'm afraid you can't. Once the site's software is upgraded you have one of two versions, with light or darker views each, the mobile version (less brown on the outsides) and the regular full site version.

I thought i would add this article I came across awhile back, a lot of useful info: http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html

I'm not a collector, but for $35 I'd take it. It's just a tool to me, it's history means little to me.

This will cover it:

1) Not sure I've seen the same results at least with self cast bullets, purchased ones maybe, because when they advertise.401 you usually get .401. 2) Sort of, the plunk test is as good as a gauge but a gauge is an invaluable tool for cases such as the 300 Blk and others which you form yourself. 3) Many bullets sold are already lubricated, you almost have to request unlubricated ones if you want to do your own. And if you require.402 or .403 just open up a .401 it's easy enough to do: There are a bunch more vids out there .

I'm ok with the way it is, I seem to be able to hit the button on my tablet consistently, maybe if the button was a little bigger it would help others a bit. As for switching the function, I think it works as is, the title SHOULD take you to the top, such as a forum title, the blue button would be counterintuitive if it took you to the top of the thread. I don't know if the old software had this function (last read) but I like it, before I had to go to the last post and scroll up to start where I !eft out. Overall I'm a fan of this upgrade, seems there are quite a few improvements over the old one. Maybe we need to give it a little time to get used to it and concentrate on bugs for now.

I like the look of the darker theme, and I like how the top menu area stay in top (on my tablet), but scrolling seems to load slower. I don't know if that (dark theme) is non mobile or not but even though I like the look better I'll stay with the default for now . Just noticed that the background in the darker theme is translucent, kinda cool.

Did he have his shotgun ready?

Yea, it's basically on the same level as some of the DIY projects on YouTube. In a couple vids they show the back; besides the metal it looks rather simple. But I'm not that skilled at metal work so I'd have to buy one if I wanted one.

I've done that too, but I used a square baking pan and I put enough water to go just below the shoulder. I stood up some deprimed .308s (was thinking maybe they wouldn't sit right on the bottom if not full of water) then went to putting the torch to them. it worked decently enough, but standing them all up became tedious so now just use the drill method. I toyed with the idea of getting an Annealeez machine but I don't anneal enough to warrant it.