Jon's AR build begins!
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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. -
Jonathon Be careful what you ask for, you may end up like me and just be a magazine loader.
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Huh, I thought I included these earlier
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Jonathon I can see it starting, all you are going to be is a loader.
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Jonathon congrats to you.
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Jonathon What is your optic on the AR? How did you decide which type to purchase?
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Jonathon Is that a shark fin I see in the picture with the pond?
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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.
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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.
Jonathon I can see the smile on your face while testing it out. It is a piece!!!
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I had to quit using red dots. Apparently I have an astigmatism and red dots look like starburst to me.
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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.
Jonathon
I have no experience with red dot sights. Would like to hear your impressions with it out at 100 yards. -
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
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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.
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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.PapaSop said in Jon's AR build begins!:
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.“Jon, Sweetie, I keep telling you. Keep your cheek down on the stock, and just squeeeeze the trigger, and you’ll be shooting 10s and X instead of 5s and misses”
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Placed my order at https://www.righttobear.com/vorte-micro-3-magnifier/ for a Vortex Magnifier. I wanted the ability to quickly engage and disengage and since my red dot is a Vortex, I figured safe to keep it in the same brand and I got advice from our shipping manager on it as well. I chose Right to Bear for this over PSA because of the speed difference in shipping. Plus, I forgot to use the code for a free mag, sent them a message and they were actually able to put the mag in the order. So, big fan of that!
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I had to quit using red dots. Apparently I have an astigmatism and red dots look like starburst to me.
Grimpuppy they are also an issue with some people who are red/green colored blind.
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Jonathon nice build! Do you shoot at Range 54?
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PapaSop said in Jon's AR build begins!:
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.“Jon, Sweetie, I keep telling you. Keep your cheek down on the stock, and just squeeeeze the trigger, and you’ll be shooting 10s and X instead of 5s and misses”
processhead amen, its always fundamentals.
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Jonathon
I have no experience with red dot sights. Would like to hear your impressions with it out at 100 yards.processhead Jonathon there are many different red dot sites that work fairly well. Most are meant for quick acquisition and room entry. To be more accurate at distance, make sure to only have the brightness up as bright as you need it for the lighting conditions you are in. If you run the brightness all the way up, it makes your dot appear bigger and harder to be discriminate at longer distance. Even if you have a Red Dot, get a quality built flip up mechanical site as a back up, and in my case I use it at longer distance. I’ve been an iron site shooter for a day or so and still love and believe in starting there. One thing about any optics, but especially electronic ones, they fail much easier than good old Iron sites. I do like my red dot for low light and anything inside 100 yards.
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Placed my order at https://www.righttobear.com/vorte-micro-3-magnifier/ for a Vortex Magnifier. I wanted the ability to quickly engage and disengage and since my red dot is a Vortex, I figured safe to keep it in the same brand and I got advice from our shipping manager on it as well. I chose Right to Bear for this over PSA because of the speed difference in shipping. Plus, I forgot to use the code for a free mag, sent them a message and they were actually able to put the mag in the order. So, big fan of that!
Jonathon I don’t think you can go wrong with Vortex, I have a few and have friends that swear by them.
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