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Posted on 05/03/2008 8:48:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
LOL! Clearly someone don’t know a thang about wildlife!
As you said, up, down, up, down. Been there and done that.
In other newz, there's extra family in town. Fortunately no one is staying with us tonight.
As much as I gripe about him, I should note that Jr. really rose to the occasion today. Helping me with some chores around the house (without complaining) and visiting Nana (twice) instead of hanging out with his girlfriend.
I'll check in when I can. For now, we're all exhausted.
My prayers for Nana, Corin!
If anybody else is around, Battlestar Galactica comes on in 80 minutes.
How soon you want to come over?
Whenever you’re ready for me! Critters have been fed and all, so I’m set...
OK, I’ll get it started. Head on over whenever.
OK!
Morning, all!
Can we sue AlGore for global cooling?
Yay, it’s Saturday!
Fixin’ to go to the range here, overcast cool weather and all.
Back from our trail ride. You see what your landlord did to us? Grrr... We miss Richard.
~sip~
different day. same stuff.
Jr still alive?...
~ sip ~
God bless her...
Yep. I saw. When I saw him start backing in there I thought “Uh-oh...”, but I was hoping he’d actually think to move before you got back.
Duh.
Here it is, the Springfield Armory M1A SOCOM-16, along with a special guest appearance of the crate of 7.62 ammo that "went dark" underneath my work bench for about 10 years.
So far I haven't done a thing with it but tear it down and clean it up. The parts are a mix of SA, H&R, and TRW, plus the new investment-cast receiver. The barrel and gas cylinder are also new production, being shorter than GI.
Immediate plans include an Urban-ERT sling, and a national match round operating rod spring guide. The round guide is intended just to improve operating smoothness, not for any accuracy improvements.
The next big item is optics. It looks like I'll be using an Aimpoint, because there is no magnifying optics that has the eye relief to work from the mid-barrel mounting position. I could get a 3x magnifier, but it would have to go over the receiver, just like a regular scope.
If I need a scope mount, I'll go over to Smith Enterprise, Inc. It looks like the place for M14 pron:
And, I discovered that a Maxpedition "slim line" gun case, bought on closeout due to color change, works perfectly with the rifle. With ACU being the "in" pattern, OD and Woodland are patterns on the way out, and are greatly discounted.
It's a snug fit, but it was designed for shorter weapons. I guess the M1A SOCOM qualifies:
This is an “early Saturday night” edition.
So maybe I’ll pick this up while I’m here.
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