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    The death of the retail store

    The 9x18 confusion made me chuckle. My first assignment my roommate had a Makarov, and I found a really good deal on 9x18 at a gun shop a few hours from where we lived. I called my roommate and asked if he wanted me to snag a case or two for him, he said absolutely. I grab two cases and go up...
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    The do it all self-defense pistol

    Maybe I just have weird hands, but I don’t think I’ve found anything that works better for me than a standard Glock frame with no backstrap or finger grooves. Most of mine are Gen 4s, so I grind the finger grooves off and will undercut the trigger guard a bit for some more room on compact...
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    The do it all self-defense pistol

    My Staccato P isn’t a whole lot more than a “range toy.” Kind of stupid based on how much it cost, but oh well. The thing is just so heavy compared to the same capacity as one of my G17s or a G19 with a +2 (or a 17/34 mag). If I only had to choose one for everything, I’d also choose a G19. I...
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    Suppressor wait times

    Decided to give the individual route a go. Submitted 3/14 Approved 3/19 I have another one waiting approval that I did via my trust. Submitted that one 2/5, so we’ll see how long it ends up taking. May pick up one or two more, that wait time is wild.
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    Help Me Archery Experts

    I settled on a grain weight for my broadheads (in my case 100gr) and then tinkered with insert/component weights instead of spending more money on broadheads. I don't glue inserts in permanently anymore though, I use blue glue and glue the broadhead and insert into the arrow as one piece. I've...
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    Rokslide special target ammo?

    I’ve had good experiences with the AAC 77gr OTM from PSA. It’s their in-house SMK equivalent and has been going for $.55-.65 cpr depending on if you catch it as a Daily Deal or not. Waiting on the 75gr Black Tip to come back into stock, want to give that a try as well. ETA: I haven’t tried...
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    For Those Of You Who've Been To Total Archery Challenge (TAC)

    Ah, tracking now. I used some Victory glue-in target points for mine, but as long as the weight is consistent (check on a grain scale) you’re fine. One thing I did just think of, I would strongly recommend using nock bushings or similar component. My nock bushings saved my arrows a few times...
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    For Those Of You Who've Been To Total Archery Challenge (TAC)

    Not sure what you mean by worrying about practice tips, but I also have a separate set of arrows that I shoot for 3D throughout the spring/summer. I built some that are ~360 grains with tiny Bohning Air vanes to get as much clearance and stretch my sight tape out as far as I could. There's...
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    “Backfire” hunting challenge fail

    If the coating isn’t stripped off your BCG, it isn’t clean enough. My cleaning “regimen” for my personal stuff is “dump some more lube on it”.
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    “Backfire” hunting challenge fail

    Military “marksmanship” as a whole is pretty depressing, honestly. There’s more interest in just getting people through a qual than spending time really learning how to shoot. I’m AF, and it’s particularly true there. Most career fields don’t have a continuous weapon qual requirement and will...
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    1/2 ton GMC

    That’s interesting that you’re getting 17 highway, I regularly get 23-24 (highway) with mine. Major difference is that mine is an X31 SLT instead of the AT4, so it doesn’t have the lift and has less aggressive tires.
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    30-06 vs 300 weatherby mag.

    Read this: https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/223-for-bear-deer-elk-and-moose.130488/ And read this: https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/6-5-creedmoor-260-for-deer-elk-and-whatever-else.244973/
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    DC/Virginia area Question

    The commute from DC to huntable areas is a good point. When I moved back I was in DC for a few months until we found a place in NoVa. I was hunting Belvoir and in early fall/pre-time change I wasn’t getting home from a PM hunt until 9pm or later between how late it got dark and the traffic...
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    DC/Virginia area Question

    In Alexandria now, it’s not bad. Way more crowded than I’ll ever be okay with, but I knew moving back here that I’d be commuting into DC during the second year of this assignment so didn’t want to go too far out. I’m moving again in June, but in the (likely) event that I get another assignment...
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    DC/Virginia area Question

    I’m in NoVa, have now lived here for just shy of a combined 4 years over two assignments. I’d say the hunting is generally decent. Like tpicou mentioned, much of the area is under some pretty loose limits on whitetails to control the herd (which is wildly overpopulated). Depending on the...
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