SeaMonkey

Hey Bob,

Scope turned up today, all safe and sound. All is very good and excellent packaging too.

Many thanks

SM 

I'm in Bob, please pm your payment details

Was it Arthur Daley?

Ronzi83, that's some fine shooting fella and good information 👍

Thanks for the "heads up" BamBam 👍

18 minutes ago, BamBam said:

EMRR has the grey CMMG mags for £17, then use RIT dye to make them black.

Wow, £17 is a steal for these mags 👍

The CMMG mags are your best bet, they look right and are very solid. They are still plastic but as I said, very solid.

36 minutes ago, terryh said:

....someone needs to convince Baldie to make a few 22rf AR’s perhaps 😉, just saying.

Not sure why the reluctance to spend a few £ on a good 22rf?

Think a 22rf has great appeal and probably more opportunity for use?

A good 22rf AR even more so 😎

That's a good post Terry.

People talk of "it's metal and real, I don't want polymer" but in my opinion, and it's only an opinion, if you want the "real feel" you've got to buy "real steel".

The CMMG rifles fall into this category and they are very good. The Lantac is excellent and boutique, the Bradley BAR22 is excellent (I have an AR10 version).

My choice was a Spikes Tactical Gen 2 billet upper situated on top of a Knights Armament SR15 lower.

Yes, all the above rifles named may be too pricey for some, but to me, it's what i wanted and I use it more than any other rifle I own and it will last forever and I LOVE it.

Dave Wylde's builds would be on that list too. 

As i said, it's just my opinion but you do get what you pay for in life.

2 minutes ago, brown dog said:

Good come-back 😊🍺

Cheers 😄🍻

If posts don't have tone, do they have passive aggression?

You buy the first pint and we're good.

Here's my smiley face 😀 

1 hour ago, brown dog said:

Good grief, it isn't about this forum; it's about people and life in general.

Give yourself a shake and then look in the mirror and give yourself a face slap.

I was not implying that this issue is all about this forum, I was trying to make the point that, sadly, we have to be vigilant in every aspect of our lives these days, that this is just another one of those reminder lessons about the world we live in. I visit this forum to learn lessons, listen to opinions and to gather information from members on here who are far more experienced and knowledgeable than I am about this hobby that we all have in common.
The lesson I have learned, from following this thread, is that a member got scammed and it happened via this forum. Just because I didn't expect scammers to be operating in such a niche, subject matter sport, doesn't necessitate me looking in the mirror or slapping myself. This all happened on this forum to which you are a Global Moderator, so maybe you should be the one to take a look in the mirror.
I may be relative newbie to this forum but I am no way a newbie in life and I don't care for your tone, perhaps I have construed it wrongly, but I don't think so.
No doubt you will issue a clever retort or perhaps block me from the forum, either way, good day to you.

Education and awareness are obviously the answer to this problem. Up until now, I had been blissfully unaware of the hazard of being scammed by an infiltrator to this forum.

Naïve? Probably, but now I am fully clued up. Unfortunately my lesson has come at the expense of another members misery, and that's a shame.

I believe it is a gnome, I may try bribing him 😉

5 minutes ago, neil22 said:

Did this sell ? 

Sorry dude, yes it did coz I have it 😬

I know what you're saying, it's no fun when you've got to squint just to tell the time! Sheesh

2 hours ago, ds1 said:

I am thinking of a new watch. I want ABC and GPS but without all the fitness and social media crap. Solar charging is a must. The Casio GPR -B 1000 would seem perfect but does not have maps - just basic gps point to point tracking and track back so is somewhat dependent on the mobile app to upload routes or input cords.

Does anyone have a Casio GPR-B 1000 that they can share their thoughts on please. 

https://youtu.be/hiGE0O9Ft3c
 

The  other option would be a Garmin Fenix 6 Pro solar but this gives me more of what don’t want in order to have off-line maps. Not even sure with aging eyesight how useful the maps would be on a 1.4” screen as i just about cope with my old hand held Garmin e-maps gps.

Thoughts appreciated.

 

 

Contact One On Top Of Two on this forum, he has the Fenix 6 and seems to be impressed by it. He also has a ballistics app on it too. I'm sure he'll give you all the gen. 👍

38 minutes ago, One on top of two said:

I think the  rimfire stuff should be pushed more for all ages , with regards to the PRL stuff the cost and total lack of places to do it ,  and the in house politics ect ect will be the main reasons why it will die on its arse . 
I hear lots of chatter and excitement of the .22 LR stuff as it can be done pretty much anywhere with only a Max range of 200 m is needed , it’s also a lot fairer to as everyone is restricted by two common elements.... calibre and ammunition . 
and last but not least the cost . The cost of the PRL stuff and alike is laughable and will just end up being restricted to a pretentious few . 
 

What Ootot said 👆, 👍

I’ll take this Furry please.

I’ll pm you.

Just in case anyone is interested, I rang up Dave Wylde at Valkyrie Rifles this morning for advice on the health of my Mark Bradley built Armalite AR10. He said bring it over this afternoon and we'll take a look.

Within minutes of my arrival, Dave had assessed the rifle and given it a clean bill of health but for a spot of marring on one of the lands right at the muzzle (the main reason for the health check but I don't want to talk about how that got there 😑).  The next thing I know, the rifle barrel is in the lathe and a new crown and muzzle brake thread are being turned. He then paid a lot of attention to re-timing the muzzle brake to perfection. Job all done and dusted while I drink coffee, cool.

I fully expected to be leaving my rifle behind for any works deemed necessary but the immediate action taken, considering how busy he is and the amount of pending build orders he has pinned to his wall, was mighty impressive.

First class service from a thoroughly nice fellow, thanks Dave.

Thoughts? I think you need to find that fifth knife coz it makes the kitchen look scruffy 😀

3 hours ago, baldie said:

When you have a video with guys stating their paint has "chipped" you know, its gonna be the muppet show.

Muppet show, Ha ha ha, that comment alone means I'm bringing my ArmaLite to you Dave.

53 minutes ago, BlueBoy69 said:

I shouldn't worry, I don't think it's a very common occurrence with small arms, or even the big guns. If I remember rightly the gun had fired a few 10s of thousands of factory rounds 30-06 power level ammo over its rather long life as a hunting rifle. They fired a round one day and the barrel split.

The only time I saw a big guns blow up was due to bore prematures. This occurs with high explosive projectiles when the fuze fails for whatever reason, or the high explosive has flaws in it (cracks/voids) which collapse under the acceleration of firing, setting it off. Whatever the reason, the shell goes off in the bore and there's not too much left around its burst point, or with the bigger guns, not much left of the barrel and sometimes the gun at all.

Going back the main subject... well sort of, you can even get optical and laser bore measurement systems for small arms now. I only saw them for bigger guns when I worked at the aforementioned place. Some info below.

https://www.novacam.com/barrel-inspection-and-3d-measurement/

http://www.laser-ndt.com/documents/LTC Product Sheets/Small Caliber Bore mapping systems.pdf

http://www.laser-ndt.com/defense.html

 

Wow, you've got to love 3D Laser mapping technology...…..I don't think we'll be seeing those on Amazon any time soon though

Price drop to £120 posted.

Thanks

1 hour ago, sundancermartin said:

Hi can you please tell me if the turrets are mrad or moa

regards

        Martin 

In the photo it is MOA

1 hour ago, newsatten said:

I guess at some point Bradders would have chimed in with a definitive answer , he knew these things inside out,

God bless ................... 

Yes he would, I think we all still expect to see a post from the man, he will be sorely missed......and not just from the AR community.