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122 degrees is easy to hit in the sight body on any sunny summer day on the range.   And anyone who's deployed knows black equipment can easily pass 122 deg.  way past.    I have noticed a shift in mine in the heat, when checking co witness.  assumed I was messed up by the heat, not the sight.     I  love my EO's, damn fast sights.  I'd like to see what improvements are made to the "replacements" mentioned in the video...   and i'm anxious to hear when and if any checks actually arrive and how long it took.     (anyone know if there are timelines on the refund/exchange deal?)

as expected.  

good stuff

agree on Taran Tactical baseplates.  excellent stuff.   lots of good suggestions  here...  most I've tried and none totally disagreed with me   Currently use and love the PJ holster for how simple and slim it is.  easy on/off and comfortable.   http://pjholster.com/   have the spare mag holster as well.   I have tried both the IWB over the belt and IWB under.  strongly prefer the OVER for ease of removal and it allows the belt to hold the weight of it as opposed to just the top of the pants.    YMMV

Speed bleeders. Sublime

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wow...  excellent drone footage...

A while back the issue was w the .40 barrel. IIRC, glock has taken care of it several years ago.

does look like a lot of redundancies for a get home bag, but it looks good!   agree with above...commo,   Extra pair of socks...  and I would add a trash bag/trash can liner.   then test it out .  in the rain.  then in the dark.  

if this is a range gun that will never see social work, then these are all good choices.     I'll get flamed for it and it is simply mho but if you EVER think you will have to fight for your life or defend your family or clan with this rifle, spend the extra money and buy a fighting rear sight, like the Troy or Daniels Defense (have several and like others have said, started with lower end stuff that looked great and felt great, but discovered that these things will fail on you when you need them the most)  The DD will hold zero and repeat settings accurately each and every time. It will not loosen up with heating and cooling cycles, and it will take a beating like no other and keep zero.   I know it's a lot of money, but it's worth it.

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Our Manchurian president is fulfilling his mission beautifully.   and he will not lower the WH flag...  unless forced to.   and those that call this weakness, you are mistaken. this is not weakness.     every action of this president when examined to it's core is outright treason with bold and willful intent.   even the nuance of his actions...  when examined reveal the same.   when studied, one will find that his actions have not once been for the strengthening of American  his 6 years have been the most damaging to this country of any leader in American history.  

good thread   regarding the pocket stove. i've built and used them for years. fun to build and easy.   if you don't have time or you are all thumbs, buy them on ebay all day long for cheep. there are a few commercial version that are very rugged and light if you are in a big hurry (tranga, amazon, $15, PRIME is one example)     a few things you might want to be aware of and consider.   the flame can be invisible (depending on the fuel) and you may not know it's going, and you can get burned.  be careful they will not run if sat on very cold ground/very cold wet ground/snow.  they must have something to insulate the stove body, (piece of bark/rock/whatever) as noted above, so evaporative combustion can work.   for fuel, HEET (yellow bottle) as mentioned is great.  (methyl alcohol)  (red HEET is very smoky and sooty and does not burn as hot as yellow) SLX denatured alcohol available in gallon jugs at ACE, (ethyl/methanol blend) I am playing with Everclear or PGA (pure grain alcohol) as an option - multi use (wound cleaning, knife cleaning, hand sanitizing, and maybe drinking) as opposed to only one use and it has an orange flame. Spendier but worth it to me...   YMMV

excellent article....     to the point and thoughtfully written...   here's what l struggle with...   I consider myself a reasonable conservative, willing to examine and try to understand ideas and ideology that i don't necessarily agree with.  I have an open mind. yet, when i share an article like this, or even ideology like this with someone people whom i disagree with, even ones i think are reasonably intelligent, they cannot even grasp these concepts as reasonable...   and i am left baffled and re examining what i believe...  and always to the same conclusion...  that they are indeed incapable of reason or logic...     how does one share logical and reasonably unbiased text, such as this (it is biased as it clearly understands the 2nd amendment for what it means, as opposed to the "interpretation of the day")   i'm tired of ravenous ignorance and "spin"...   and yet even educated and thoughtful people will read this article, and fail to comprehend even the tiniest bit of it's logic...   why??  (real question)     perhaps i am no different or better??   as i read the articles and editorials that they all deem logical and thoughtful and find it to be pure puke. The difference being, i don't care to impose my peaceful/civil/moral belief on those who disagree with me... 

outstanding...   fingers crossed... in for more info...

Essone, good for you. Thank you for taking a thoughtful approach to being somewhat self reliant. Strong work and I encourage you to keep it up.

very very cool

I have fuel (gasoline) stored in 1999 with PRI-g. Still good. I would put it in my truck today with no prob. The best fuel additive available. Believe the claims

Anyone seeing any deals around chattanooga? I haven't yet

pretty hard to talk me outa the Shield....  pretty amazing lil sidearm.  and the ergos rock

Sending prayers and good Mojo....

that cylinder looks about 4-5 inches long... probably hold a least a 300 win mag...

I started gun proofing my kids very early. both girls. I purposely took the scary out of it and made it a very practical part of their instruction growing up.  (see also Massad Ayoob's book on gunproofing your kids)   A responsible gun owner is just that...     When my children were young, my sidearm was secured when not on my person.  (locked up but accessible) I would allow them to see it on my person and ask questions about it. I cleaned it and disassembled it with them. I trained them regularly on "what do you do if you see a gun"...  this was important to me as i am not always going to be with them and when visiting a friends house or in an unfamiliar home, i want them to know how to respond...   1.  don't touch it. 2.  leave the room and find an adult and calmly let them know.   As they grew up i began to train them harder.  I would unload my sidearm and holster it and test them. at the age of 5, i instructed one of my daughters to goto the kitchen table and fetch her favorite movie, little mermaid... (this all was taking place within eyesight of me) i had placed my holstered and empty sidearm on top of it.   she returned and simply stated that there was a firearm on her movie and I would need to take care of it.   This training could have saved their life, i will never know but i do know that once my daughter was at the home of another friend for a birthday party.   the boy pulled a pistol from under his toy chest in a room full of kids.  My 8 year old daughter very calmly left the room and quietly notified the boys mother that he had a pistol and she might want to check it out. This was a toy pistol but the point was made.     As they grew I would include them in my range time and increased their understanding and comfort with safe handling of a firearm, muzzle and trigger discipline.     Now, both are nearly grown and while they don't have a passion for the shooting sports as I wish they did, I am very comfortable that they are safe and responsible adults.   Each one of us has to consider the risk benefit of carrying at all, and i've probably talked more people out of owning or carrying a firearm then into it... the reason is simple:  they have not considered all the implications and have not committed to what it actually means to own and or carry. If you have not committed to the very real possibility that you may take someones life while protecting the life of someone you are responsible for and that in the event of a legally justified shooting, you may lose everything (including your job, your life savings and your marriage) in the civil suit, you should not be carrying a firearm.     Every person should read "in the gravest extreme" as part of their training.  (somewhat dated data, but timeless concepts)   Carrying empty is a personal choice, but like Cruel Hand says, is an emotional decision, not logical.   with safety training and discipline applied, carrying empty is no different then driving around without your seatbelt, thinking you will have plenty of time to put it on when you need it.     A very close friend carried empty, and we debated this regularly. he too has children. We finally, through friendly discussion, uncovered exactly what Cruel Hand pointed out.  it was fear of the gun.  (he had to come to this conclusion on his own, as it would never do for me to point it out)   I explained that this was a training and discipline issue. that with proper training and gun discipline, both of himself and his boys, all the things he feared would be mitigated. he now gunproofs his boys regularly, trains (trigger discipline while unholstering was his biggest personal concern)  and secures his weapon when not on his person.   and he carries one in the pipe, comfortably.     Carry on...

Alien Gear.     freakin' crazy how good the deals are... lifetime everything... well made and comfortable.  

kinda like the sig brace...   WTF! keep asking, keep poking, keep messing with it, and you will wake the bear.   whoever asked these questions (Mr. Pody ) already knew the answers, in their gut if nothing else.