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Just ordered a Trijicon Credo 3-9x40 with MOA Precision Hunter reticle and Vortex (dumbest name in the optics industry) "co-witness" rings that will put me at 1.46" above bore. PSA shipped the lower today. Their uppers can take a bit longer to ship. You might want to double check that ring height dimension................I'm betting that dimension is 1.46" above the top of the rail, not the bore. MM Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking when I typed that.
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Doesn’t interest me either, but to each, his own. So what are your interests? Drinking beer, smashing pussy, and shooting stop signs with your shotgun?? Why do you have to judge a fella John 😬
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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Well, just got tracking info on the upper. It won't be long before we know whether I am pissed at you guys or not. If there's anything wrong with it, it's just the Paul Barnard Gun Curse striking again. How did you get your curse, take the name of Elmer Keith in Vain?
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
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The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!
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Not for me. But I’m cheap. I think I have the more expensive one you showed cause that’s what was available when I was looking but I wouldn’t have paid more if they were both available.
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Manganese Phosphate BCG's have been known to work just fine (hint) & If you don't like it at some time in the future, you can upgrade it to something better than NiB, which is not the best coating in the world, IMO.
So, no, that price differential is not worth it IMO.................if it was DLC or chrome, then maybe so. IMO, good nitriding is better than NiB.
MM
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Well, just got tracking info on the upper. It won't be long before we know whether I am pissed at you guys or not. If there's anything wrong with it, it's just the Paul Barnard Gun Curse striking again. How did you get your curse, take the name of Elmer Keith in Vain? I am anxiously awaiting it to see what's broken.
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Manganese Phosphate BCG's have been known to work just fine (hint) & If you don't like it at some time in the future, you can upgrade it to something better than NiB, which is not the best coating in the world, IMO.
So, no, that price differential is not worth it IMO.................if it was DLC or chrome, then maybe so. IMO, good nitriding is better than NiB.
MM
hint? You too? SMH
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Settle down, Jeffe, TIC & Saturday morning humor................................ MM
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Ok. you are allowed to pass.
We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....
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Is that the EPT trigger? I ordered a couple of 16" railed carbine kits from them the other day with the Nickle-boron 2-stage they also sell, which I hear is a Schmid trigger. I've never had any of their triggers but the standard old mil-spec, and I always swap those out.
Rifle looks like it should work. Let us know how it does.
Now with even more aplomb
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Is that the EPT trigger? I ordered a couple of 16" railed carbine kits from them the other day with the Nickle-boron 2-stage they also sell, which I hear is a Schmid trigger. I've never had any of their triggers but the standard old mil-spec, and I always swap those out.
Rifle looks like it should work. Let us know how it does. It's the EPT trigger. It's worth noting that I can suffer an imperfect trigger better than most. It's worlds better than any M-16 I shot or my Ruger AR. No creep or gritiness.
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Everything arrived either yesterday or today. Can't say too much about it yet other than the trigger is fine with me. It weighs 8 pounds with mag, sans ammo. I did opt for high instead of extra high rings and like the way everything lines up. It'll be a bit before I get to shoot it. That scopes sitting too far back for my liking. I'd pull those rings and use a proper cantilever mount.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
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Hope it works out for you. Looks like a nice setup.
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Everything arrived either yesterday or today. Can't say too much about it yet other than the trigger is fine with me. It weighs 8 pounds with mag, sans ammo. I did opt for high instead of extra high rings and like the way everything lines up. It'll be a bit before I get to shoot it. That scopes sitting too far back for my liking. I'd pull those rings and use a proper cantilever mount. I placed it where it felt best for my natural mount. It's definitely not in a nose to the charging handle position. After you posted this, I went and looked where my other AR scope is positioned. Pretty much exactly the same. Then I googled "scoped AR Rifle" and looked at images. Many are set where mine is and many are further forward.
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Looks good. Mine are shooters as well.
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I know a guy that uses a cantilever mount turned backwards, he says it works for him and that’s all that matters. But he fails to see that because of that, he can’t operate a normal charging handle properly.
If you like it, it’s yours, do what you want. I can’t see your pics but if it has a rail on the hand guard, just move the scope forward and play with it in different positions. If you see it might work better, get a cantilever mount. Do not bridge the rail for shooting.
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That scopes sitting too far back for my liking. I'd pull those rings and use a proper cantilever mount. +1 In my experience, his scope position is fine if all you ever do is throw the gun up to your face and shoot standing like it's a shotgun. You can probably get away with it shooting off a bench or pogo sticks, I'm not sure, I don't shoot like that enough to know. Maybe BSA can chime in on that. When I do shoot off a bench I give it lots of head pressure. If you are going to shoot more than a couple shots prone, N-T-CH is mandatory if you don't want a sore neck. The AR really likes to be hugged with a tight sling and lots of head pressure. Love her hard and she'll sing for you. ETA: There's a reason AMU and everyone else who is a competitive Offhand shooter shoots NTCH. I sure wouldn't be going by pictures of Larry Fugstick.
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That scopes sitting too far back for my liking. I'd pull those rings and use a proper cantilever mount. +1 In my experience, his scope position is fine if all you ever do is throw the gun up to your face and shoot standing like it's a shotgun. You can probably get away with it shooting off a bench or pogo sticks, I'm not sure, I don't shoot like that enough to know. Maybe BSA can chime in on that. When I do shoot off a bench I give it lots of head pressure. If you are going to shoot more than a couple shots prone, N-T-CH is mandatory if you don't want a sore neck. The AR really likes to be hugged with a tight sling and lots of head pressure. Love her hard and she'll sing for you. ETA: There's a reason AMU and everyone else who is a competitive Offhand shooter shoots NTCH. I sure wouldn't be going by pictures of Larry Fugstick. Yep. That can work in the conditions you described, but if he spend a day with that rig proned out on a prairie dog town those rings would be gone the next morning.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
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