TonytheTiger

Still hanging on to Strelok Pro for as long as I can.

Lol, I've made up some pretty silly reasons why I just have to have a very slightly different rifle..

Eh, I don't know. I can't measure the difference in transition speed of a 14.5" vs. 18" gun of similar front end weight. And I've tried. But I can definitely measure the difference of putting my reticle on the center of a 50yd paper and ripping a .12 split with confidence that the second shot is on, versus a slightly more jumpy gun that requires two separate sight pictures with .30 in between them, or throwing a third shot because of low confidence in the second one. You get a stage with 6-10 mid range papers like that and it adds up quick.

Bolt gun I assume?

A 14.5" mid gas will have more recoil than an 18" rifle gas. Not a ton, but noticeable. How much this matters will depend on your ability and the stages you shoot. If you have a lot of 60 yard paper and other guys with less recoil can get away with fast pairs while you have to take two separate sight pictures, it will slow you down. 14.5" is great well beyond 200 yards. I just had my 13.7" out to 800 the other day. I'm not saying it was optimal, just illustrating that your 200 yard max range isn't even getting a 14.5" warmed up.

Was it Taccom that sold that free floating, non clamping clamp? You could always roll without the clamp.

Eh, I use a 40 with +6 or +10 extensions for almost every stage. If that isn't enough or going prone is planned I use a D60. I definitely prefer to not reload ever.

No.

Just based on the OP's last name I'd guess there's a good chance he's not in the US.

I've got an M4E1 set, it's nice, and has kind of an "enhanced" billet look to it without the higher price. The only functional upgrades I can think of are the threaded pins that replace the typical roll pins and the tension screw that snugs the upper/lower interface up. Once installed the pin upgrade is irrelevant and most standard receiver sets I've got in the last few years are snug and rattle free without the tension screw. So it looks nice. I like it but haven't felt the need to buy another and am back to the BCM uppers now. Just re-read the OP, and it's about the upper that interfaces with a specific handguard and is a sturdier mounting system that is less likely to impart directional force from load onto the handguard into the upper receiver. JP, Seekins and maybe a couple other companies have a similar system.

This begins with people almost universally shooting only garbage 55gr ammo and getting poor accuracy from it, combined with almost all 77gr ammo being much higher quality, and not coincidentally, more accurate. Then it turned into a myth of 55gr bullets being inadequate, rather than more accurately saying cheap s#!tty bullets that shoot poorly are inadequate.

I've RO'd some suppressed shooters before. Turn the timer sensitivity way up, warn the shooter that you're going to be all up in their business when finishing a stage with a rifle, then still get dirty looks from them when I have to almost be physically touching the rifle with the timer to catch the last shot. Not fun.

This just proves that it actually functions. Truly a best case scenario when buying a Mossberg.

That all has to happen pre-stage. You've got to have a very rigid plan and then execute it perfect. Any misses or mid stage thinking and it all goes to hell quick.

So as a caveat, I don't shoot in Open or Modified so I don't use a bipod at matches. But I own a few and have tested them with an eye towards 3G use. As cool as things like the Atlas bipods, AccuTac and MDT are, they are unnecessarily finely adjustable and slow to deploy. A good old fashioned Harris deploys quickly with one hand and no buttons, and no buttons to stow. The Magpul deploys the same but needs buttons pushed to stow, although I think deployment is more important than the reverse. Both of them are fairly light, stable enough for a hastily built position, and the Magpul is pretty snag free. For couplers I have some Magpuls, but usually when I want coupled mags it's more for prone stability than ammo capacity, so I default to using my Talyor Freelance coupled mags. Usually a 20 and 30rd coupled together to give me two options for height. The basepads have a sharp golf ball texture that digs in and grips. I like them a lot, which is good because they aren't cheap.