Kyle O

Sounds like it's time for some new steel, whoo hoo!

Been jammin to those guys since "86" Not too many groups/performers last 3 decades nowadays. My technician just says to me, "You heard the new beastie boys song?" Guess I've finally fallen out of the loop, for I had not.... So, we found it online, and I here it is.

I only put crap on my rifles just for looks anyway, so I color coordinated my heatsink with my barrel and comp.

Too busy shooting to clean my bore. Only moving parts get wiped off sometimes.

I had a 2-2 but I didn't like the circle! I wish I could get one with just the two dots, or better yet, an EOTech with 2 dots that you could zero/turn on and off independently. Wishful thinking. My mind kind of recoiled in horror at first, but it's something you get used to. Now I use the lower tick mark on the circle as my aiming point for any target 3-7 yards, it's right on. No more holdovers at close range

Nice. Have you ever used the wrong dot on accident? nope.

250yd zero, [edit: the BOTTOM DOT] is dead on at 30 yards, and again at 500.

That's easy, an Eotech

Not just you and I don't have any vision problems. A brighter dot seems to be bigger - and just even a little bit bigger at a long distance can mean a miss. I don't understand why someone would choose a red dot for long distance shooting over irons - does anyone here get good accuracy quickly with red dots at long distance? I just select the proper adjustment for the lighting conditions, there is a "just right" setting that allows for a fine dot, and readily visible ring. If it is set too bright it will become sort of "spikey" for lack of a better term. Never in a match, but in practice I've reached up, and clicked the down arrow once or twice to sharpen up the dot. It takes less time than throwing a lever on a scope. POI never changes on me though with the Eotech. Seems it would be easier in the 400-600yd range to do a holdover with a dot, vs. covering the target with an irons front post. I gotta admit that I haven't devoted any time to long distance with real irons.

I use xps2-2, and have zero issues, accurate, reliable, and fast.

Thanks John.

Thanks fellas! You know, it's funny when you spend 15 minutes looking at something trying to figure it out. Then you go to ask for help, get a drink of water, walk back out to the shop, and see what you need to see from across the room, walk over, and fix it in about 5 seconds. A piece of brass had fallen into the crack by the casefeed arm, and I had pushed the adjustment out of line a bit.

It worked fine for the last 5,000, but all of the sudden, it won't. If it would push over the casefeed bushing another 1/16" it would line up perfect. What am I missing here?

Also known as pigeon flippers. KurtM said he had seen some in the past, and it got me thinking of putting together some for myself. I know I can buy some, but I'm a tinkerer, and I have a lot of wood. I've sort of got something "designed" in my minds eye, but wondered if someone here had a proven design they could post a photo of. Or, your own thoughts, advice, criticism, or search results...

It's like a standard Ferrari vs. a Custom Ferrari.

Back when I was experimenting with different grips, I would fill up a mag, and do rapid fire while making adjustments to my grip while at the same time watching the sights to see what worked and felt the best. Be concious of the trigger press each shot. A flinch will show up with crappy hits, are you hitting your point of aim?

I shot 1x optics before it was cool too (in Tac Optics). I was OK, but all it took was some practice, and now I'm better. So, I'll have to chime in to say that it was the practice/match experience that helped overall, not the red dot. I shot irons before, and still think I could swing a pair of those around if needed, but only if I run out of batteries.

best was 2.54 this past saturday.

Nope. I use the same firm neutral grip for everything, if I don't, then I'm messing up.

I've used this length before and they worked just fine.

Now that is a cool idea. Does the whole squad shoot it toegether? Only if I get to pick my own squad

Not a gun store, but it fits here in this thread. In my pharmacy just now, and a guy out front.... "Navy seals load their clips with exploding tip hollow points"

They all recoil. I took a friends 10yo son shooting once, and he wanted to shoot my 1911 .45. First thing he asked, "Does it kick?" I tell him, "all guns kick, some more than others, it doesn't hurt, just hold on to it tight enough you don't drop it, and I promise it won't cause any pain" the kid fired off one shot, readjusted his grip a little, then proceeded to rip up the center of the target while the smile on his face got bigger and bigger. He just accepted that it was gonna buck a little, and as soon as that left his mind, he concentrated on the basics. I only wished I had picked it up that quickly. Sorry for the thread drift, but that is my favorite recoil story. Take the same shotgun load, and put it in a lighter gun, and you should perceive more recoil, but it's like sighting in your high powered hunting rifle at the range, it really beats you up. But, when you zero in on your prey, and squeeze the trigger, recoil seems as if it has vanished completely. Your focus is elsewhere. Same thing during a match, your focus should not be on the recoil, and if you're focusing on the right things, then you never seem to "notice" it.

Good point Mike! I have realized this myself lately, and my shooting has gone up a notch because of it. For me now, it's no longer the "timer" starts, but the "starting beep" goes off. I'm still catching myself doing stupid stuff here and there, but now it's like every other stage, and not 3 places during each stage

Try a few out, and tell us! Of course reduce the charge by 10-15% to begin