Jon's AR build begins!

[processhead]

HerbcoFood said in Jon's AR build begins!:

Jonathon You’d think so, but it seems every year some hunter just shoots at something walking through the woods thinking it’s their desired target. Then there we have the hunting accident, even though that person was wearing the required hunter’s orange.

I do know my Texas Hunter’s Ed is good for Kansas because I hunted there back in 2019 with Jackie Bushman. It’s also good in other states but I can’t find the list at this time.

Regarding Hunter Education Reciprocity:

National Hunting Laws and Regulations
Who is required to complete hunter education in National?
Check your state law to see if you must complete hunter education before you can get a hunting license.

Is completion of the National state agency-approved course required in order to buy a license?
Yes, in many cases. In order to buy a license, states require that all first-time hunters must complete a course approved by the state agency and IHEA-USA.

Elsewhere
Hunting education is currently required in several U.S. states and Canadian provinces.

Reciprocity
All U.S. states, provinces, and other countries that have mandatory hunter education requirements will accept the National Hunter Education Certificate. Likewise, National will accept Hunter Education certifications that are issued by other jurisdictions that meet official IHEA-USA requirements. (This is known as “reciprocity.”)

[Jonathon]

Lower is all put together, waiting on one more delivery today!

[processhead]

Jonathon Austin let’s you work on that while your are in the office? Cool!

[bocephus]

Jonathon Won’t be long now and you will be out having fun.

[mac21st]

Jonathon got my wife the sig p365 and she absolutely loves it. Her first gun. 12 rounds in something that fits in my palm. A little snappy but fun to shoot.

[GWG8541]

Jonathon nice, just don’t bend that gas tube during the instal. We expect the next pic to be a GTG rifle.

[Jonathon]

GWG8541 I had the range I go to finish the upper. Figure too much of a risk that I might mess something up badly! mac21st yeah she specifically wanted this .380 because she shot a buddies and liked the lack of kick. O ly hold 7 but I’m just so happy she wanted a gun at all!!!

[GWG8541]

Jonathon its not that hard to put together, but definitely better to have someone who knows what their doing help out with some of the upper. Heck, one of the hardest parts on the upper is getting the dust cover and spring installed properly and without scratching up the finish on the reciever.
Tell your wife that G42 is a nice weapon to learn on and carry. Nothing wrong with a .380 I carry a G43 about 90 percent of my concealed carry because of how easy it is to conceal. I have several extra mags and one is only a bit bigger than a key fob for my F350. Just so you know I also own a G17, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 21 and 30, but prefer the 43. I carry the 30 if I am going out hiking etc… I like a few more rounds and the way the .45 hits if a bear or shark decides to try and eat me.

[bocephus]

Jonathon Be careful what you ask for, you may end up like me and just be a magazine loader.

[Jonathon]

Huh, I thought I included these earlier

[bocephus]

Jonathon I can see it starting, all you are going to be is a loader.

[cdavis]

Jonathon congrats to you.

[processhead]

Jonathon What is your optic on the AR? How did you decide which type to purchase?

[bocephus]

Jonathon Is that a shark fin I see in the picture with the pond?

[Jonathon]

bocephus That would have been amazing to photoshop one in! I should have done it and might occasionally now do so when showing my pond in the background! processhead It is a Vortex Crossfire https://palmettostatearmory.com/vortex-crossfire-1x-red-dot-sight-2-moa-dot-cf-rd2.html and I chose it because it came with risers, the reviews were good and it was on sale for around 30% off, seems like it still is too. I have limited experience with a red dot but so far I like this. I am going to go back to the range without my wife and zero it in, we were just putting some rounds through it to test it out.

[zbigjeff]

Jonathon I can see the smile on your face while testing it out. It is a piece!!!

[Grimpuppy]

I had to quit using red dots. Apparently I have an astigmatism and red dots look like starburst to me.

[processhead]

Jonathon
I have no experience with red dot sights. Would like to hear your impressions with it out at 100 yards.

[Jonathon]

processhead I can already tell you I will struggle at anything beyond 50 probably with it. I am going to site it in at 50 but at 100+ I don’t think it is going to be terribly effective with my eyesight/steadiness

[PapaSop]

Jonathon
Hope you’re enjoying the fact the Mrs. got to this point. You must be beaming! Awesome. I’ll take a guess and say she’ll out shoot you. If she hasn’t already.