I like the US Optics.  Had a SN3 3.8-22 but traded it on NVG.  I like that they are very custom built anyway you like it.

Since then, I've gone to mostly Schmidt and Bender PMIIs with some NF F1s on ARs

Anythime you get in the $3k range for a scope you get some real good stuff.  I remember in one evolution in a competition we had to go over some obstacls and through a concrete culvert to get to position to make the shot and there was a guy with a GAP .260 bolt gun and a Hensholdt scope.  SOB jumped over the obstacles and then threw the weapon through the culvert so he could get through the culvert faster and make the shot.  It was a time/accuracy evolution.  I just shook my head.  That's when I knew I was not competitive enough.  No way I'm throwing a $9,000 rifle and scope through a concrete culvert just to improve my time by 1 second.

S&B are also nice, but pricey.. Well to me they are.

GAP does amazing work according to the interwebz.

Live dangerously, go for the throw!

Man, you wouldn't catch me throwin' any of my guns!

Watched someone do it.

Yeah,  I still drool over the one my instructor has
http://www.eurooptic.com/carl-zeiss-optronics-hensoldt-spotter-20-60x72-spotter-60.aspx

Of course he gets most of his stuff free from the mfg just as long as he does a write up and review...

And there are many low priced spotting scopes out there.  They will work.  They higher price gives you ruggedness, low light transmission, and some clarity.  But for most of us who aren't staking our lives or livlihood on it, the top of the line scopes are just a luxury.

U.S. Optics.... soo nice, soo much money.

http://www.impactdatabooks.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=SNIPERSHIDEBOOK

http://www.allkestrel.com/products/kestrel-3000-pocket-weather-meter?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=googlepla&variant=484806705&gclid=CjwKEAjw-ZqrBRDt_KjhjcbzhhISJAAlRGvl9_aNT9mhh9JRxUXocs5aK9gMjxKVK8RlomkfHsChyBoCySzw_wcB

http://www.amazon.com/Leupold-20-60x80mm-Spotting-Reticle-110825/dp/B004N3HHCY/ref=sr_1_3?s=hunting-fishing&ie=UTF8&qid=1432866204&sr=1-3&keywords=mil+dot

A good log book helps, a wind meter is helpful too.  Save your time and get a spotting scope and get one with a mil-dot reticle, it helps your spotter understand how to give you corrective adjustments.

^^ Yes.

Vortex also makes a great spotting scope and scope with matching reticles be it MOA or MIL. And you can probably get both for the price of a Leupold, and have money left over for ammo. Don't get me wrong, Leupold makes ridiculously nice things.

I decided to pass on the truck without even going to look at it again in depth. Just something about it wasn't sitting right in my head. Oh well, no biggie.

Well, at least being a FORD is it the 7.3. Just be sure its a solid front axle Dana 60, not a 51 or flexy type ???

Well only really going to look at it as the guy wants $3,500 OBO. I did a quick check when I drove by and it looked solid front end, but I haven't gotten a good look yet. Went and looked at sable GSD puppy yesterday, but didn't get it, then spent most of the remaining time running errands.

Inconsiderate wench!!

Possibly one of the tamer ways I could use to describe her. The leaks aren't bad, the rear pinion seal, the transfer case and oil pan seal need to be replaced, might do the trans pan as well. 2 of the 3 will be RTV'd, the other 2,I'll just end up ordering the seals off RockAuto.

You should see all the XJs out here, rust free. I was looking for a steering shaft (non ragjoint upgrade for the sub) and found at least 8 without trying at picknpull.

You're a bit out of travel distance.


However, I am going to go look at a 97 F250 w/ 7.3 either tonight or tomorrow.

Extra points if done under NVGs.

I'll leave this here...
http://www.ironplanet.com/jsp/s/item/580238?utm_source=IronPlanet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=NA+052015
knew I should have bid on it.  775 miles....

You can probably find a re-furb'd Deuce for cheaper... just saying..

Also cough, cough, Chief there's one for $4,000 in Kentucky... cough, cough...

Establish good habits early with the AR.  Sweep the safety every time you bring it up to get on target and every time you lower it from the target.  It becomes instinctive after you practice it a while.

Yes.

Hmmm, I've been driving that AR for decades literally and in several shooting schools, and I never did that.

But it sounds like a good practice, good idea. Bobby, Blaine, Nate, you guys like that idea? Odd but having attended the SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Training) Shot with 5th SFG, 3rd SFG and 10th SFG, Three different Seal Teams, Marines, having attended BlackWater shooting courses twice, and another shooting school in the Va. area, none of them taught that, but I have to say I like it.

Me, I use the classic M1 trigger guard (Keep the finger out of the trigger guard and off the trigger.)

Yes. It's been crammed into my head. Why run the risk? Remember Murphy is always out there waiting.

The sweep of the safety and trigger finger discipline is the way to go.

Yes.

Pics or it didn't happen! Congrats on your new investment in freedom!

What he said.

Same advice as from Bobby.  Get ammo and practice.  That is a great platform.

Yes, and enjoy it.

For the lights, in my opinion, 2 closer to the center of the bumper, and the other to towards the other edges. That way, you'll get a wider area of ground/obstacles illuminated when using them.

if you told a grunt, we are moving out in 45 minutes, after our eyes get accustomed to the darkness, you would have literally 50% of your platoon asleep while the other half stood guard for the first 22.5 minutes and then they would swap.... I was once a wee private and had an old crotchety E8 tell me, if you are just standing around you should be sitting, if you are just sitting around you should be laying down, if you are laying down you just as well be sleeping... not sure what he was getting at really, but we were in a relatively docile training box... so I decided to take a nap while my battle kept an eye out... only to awake four minutes later getting my face ripped off because my battle had clocked out too... I should have known better...  I tried to relay the story the master sgt had relayed but he couldn't hear me because he was still screaming too loud...

Or more realistically, you'd have the experienced guys sleeping, some individuals would be smoking, the LTs would be messing around with some thing or another IOT appear important, some people would be standing around with their hands in their "air force gloves", and the NEW guys wouldn't know what to do..

That little saying means rest when you can because in combat, you don't know when you will get more.

Those 20 minute cat naps work wonders don't they..

Oh, Bobby, you're right in the Aviator's realm!

To night adapt takes humans 30-45 minutes. That is normally taken care of with the phases of the setting sun. Sunset then civil twilight, end of civil twilight, nautical twilight, end evening nautical twilight, then astronomical twilight. Each phase civil, then nautical, then astronomical twilight are 20 odd minutes in length.

Once fully dark adapted and exposed to more than a short duration high intensity light, you will require 5-45 minutes to re-dark adapt. Bobby's numbers are close and would work for the youthful person, and I'm sure using constraints derived by the Infantry center. The Aviation center uses my numbers derived by the Aero-medical board, a research arm of Army Aviation.

Daylight vision uses focused images on the Fovea Centralis, an area in the center of the back of the eye which has cone cells which distinguish colors. All around the Fovea centralis is the para fovea, an area that has great concentrations of Rod cells, These cells can detect light, but only in hues of gray, no color. This area is not in operation during lighted viewing so you can look directly at an object. However at night the cone cells do not receive enough stimulation (Light) so they stop working. When they do the eye excretes a chemical called Rhodopsin or more commonly known as visual purple.

VP stimulates cone cell activity and you start to see in the dark to some degree. Average human daylight vision is 20/20 which means an object at 20 feet has all the color, shape, texture, shading, and the like as an object which is at 20 feet, hence 20/20. Night vision unaided is 20/200. You can see how poor night vision really is! Also the para fovea is all around the centralis which is now a night blind spots (You have two!) so to see an object at night you need to use "Off center vision." Meaning that you look all around it, but never directly at it, where its image will fall upon blinded cells.

There are books written on the subject and in profession we had to study that in depth. On the annual check rides, one was always asked to explain something about night vision...Like PMS
Photopic  Day vision color, binocular vision (Think depth perception)
Scotopic  Twilight vision mixed but fading colors, binocular vision
Mesopic   Night vision, shades of gray, monocular clues, no depth perception!)

Prepare students, Bobby will be administering a test the end of next week!

Blaine's numbers, but way to expand the line of thought.

The test will consist of .... what you thought I was actually going to give the outline for the final exam? HA

I like that site. It has a lot of interesting articles, how to's, and general information.

RN, sorry for chattin' up your thread, not like that has ever happened to me or my threads!

Bobby, post up a pic of Bear, I'd like to see what he looks like now before he fills out into an adult. He's a handsome dog.

When I get back home I will.

Almost looks like chili, but regardless sounds good. And I concur about the sriracha.

Welcome bro.

Well, MOVE!

If you were down in the tucky near me, why today you'd be helping build an out house!

Think I'll DOT up Charles's thread some...

Wondering, what size is Bear? Ranger has some big feet. Vet says he is going to be a big one.

BTW, Ranger had surgery a couple days ago. Damm sled dog bit him in the eye! Tore the third eye all to heck and back. Had to have part of it surgically removed!

He's doing fine now

Moving requires a surplus of money.

Bear is 90lbs. Sounds like Ranger was pushing the puppy luck.

I'm a high gripper, as a matter of fact I bevel out my trigger guard to get the highest grip possible... So this is basically the constant state of my right thumb knuckle...  :-\ :)

'Tis but a scratch...

Its looking good, and the view behind it looks awesome as well.

I am just waiting for bobby to tell me he hates me

I thought it was understood that the last one was continuous and ongoing. lol  8)

However that pan of tasty smoked meat looks amazing. Plus you already pre-po'd a fork next to it, forward thinking Sarn 't..

I like it. I looked at one of those but they were asking WAYY to much.

Bobby, or anyone, have you shot one of those FN 57's? I want one just because.....pistol with rifle style round going 2000ft +.... how cool is that.

The FN 5.7x28? Yes I've shot them. 20rd mags, very little recoil.

Bobby, I checked out that XJ near my farm. Turns out the rockers in it are way rusty. I couldn't see the holes on a black jeep from the road at my viewing angle, but passing it Saturday, I slowed down the train and took a look-see.

Seems most of them have rusty rockers

Yea, the rockers seem to succumb pretty quickly to it.

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f37/xj-frame-build-741237/

I'll just leave this here...I think Don may have some time on his hands to help you with this project.....

Let me know if you need any body parts that are rust free.  Happy to keep and eye out and arrange shipping

Dang! XJ's going to get some new stuff put on soon. Stiffeners, some suspension stuff, possibly some lights. I'm waiting for a friend of mine to move back up here from GA, as her husband welds professionally, so I can get it done right, as opposed to me messing with it.

Lets let the boys hand dig it...builds character!

Weekend a no-go me thinks cause of the weather (Rain)

Those 2 statements are counterintuitive... JK