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2015-12-19 -Land of the Free

This Week in Guns, December 19th, 2015

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Posted by badanov 2015-12-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Nice Weapons Man link.

Jam sounds like a real PITA.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-12-19 17:59|| 2015-12-19 17:59|| Front Page Top

#2 It's funny, I go to the range and generally see people with AR's that have big powerful scopes on them, 3x9 in 40mm tubes, etc. They almost always fire from seated positions using bipods.

Even though my carbine is in .308, all I have is iron sights and a eotech holographic though I'm going to send that in for the refund. I doubt mine has the problem but I can find a cheaper one. It doesn't magnify, but it did have the ballistic reticle, so sight in at 200, at 300 yards go up a dot. Anyway, I never see them shoot prone, standing, sitting or kneeling. They also never fire super fast or anything but really controlled rates. I like to practice from several positions if possible. I have a forward grip instead of a bipod. I figure if there's trouble and I really need the thing, a bunch of long range gadgets are only going to get me into legal trouble or I'll take long shots with the .270 Ruger w/Leopold scope.

Posted by Silentbrick 2015-12-19 23:19|| 2015-12-19 23:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Eotech... excellent choice. .308 is another good choice. Iron sights, well...when all the batteries are gone, that's what we'll have left. We'd better know how to use them.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-12-19 23:22|| 2015-12-19 23:22|| Front Page Top

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