Jon's AR build begins!
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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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Jonathon I don’t think you can go wrong with Vortex, I have a few and have friends that swear by them.
bocephus The US military awarded them the contract for the new infantry rifle.
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RafterW I have shot at range 54, nice place with good help but Rainier https://www.rainierarmsfa.com/ is a lot closer to both work and home so it is easier. Plus, I know head trainer there so that helps. Ive also gone to Bullseye for their indoor 100-yard range.
GWG8541 Yeah, I am sort of figuring that out. I initially had it all the way up but then realized that is actually makes it harder at anything beyond 30 yards or so to hit a small target. Aim small miss small is a good idea in my mind (and just as importantly it was in The Patriot!) so that is what I try to do.
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Nice, I think Rainier used to be Thunderbird Firearms? Is that right? My wife and I did our CCW there, if that is the case. I may be mistaken.
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When I was shopping for an optic I wanted something that would work well at short range as well as medium ranges. What I settled on was a x1-x4 variable power scope with a lighted reticule.
It isn’t a high end name brand but is pretty bright and is gave me the versatility I was after.
The pictures I struggled to take with my phone show the reticule in daylight and a dim room with the reticule lit in the indoor picture and turned off in the outdoor picture.
The reticule light intensity is adjustable.![d12b3965-da32-4d06-b476-1ba6023ec42c-20220628_121529[1].jpg](/assets/uploads/files/1656438307902-d12b3965-da32-4d06-b476-1ba6023ec42c-20220628_121529-1.jpg)
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RafterW Yup, that is the place, they have done a great job in there. Dont know what happened to Thunderbirds, they weren’t there long but it seems to be doing really well now. Actually…I take that back, I do know what happened, not a good story.
processhead That actually would have worked really well for what I was wanting too…I am a big buyers remorse guy though, I always buy something and then see something else and think “oh, that was better wasn’t it?” I assume you like that though?
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RafterW Yup, that is the place, they have done a great job in there. Dont know what happened to Thunderbirds, they weren’t there long but it seems to be doing really well now. Actually…I take that back, I do know what happened, not a good story.
processhead That actually would have worked really well for what I was wanting too…I am a big buyers remorse guy though, I always buy something and then see something else and think “oh, that was better wasn’t it?” I assume you like that though?
Jonathon said in Jon's AR build begins!:
RafterW Yup, that is the place, they have done a great job in there. Dont know what happened to Thunderbirds, they weren’t there long but it seems to be doing really well now. Actually…I take that back, I do know what happened, not a good story.
processhead That actually would have worked really well for what I was wanting too…I am a big buyers remorse guy though, I always buy something and then see something else and think “oh, that was better wasn’t it?” I assume you like that though?
I try to avoid impulse purchases and do at least a bit of homework on stuff. I hate the buzz kill when something I think I want real bad turns out to be something other than what I was expecting.
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RafterW Yup, that is the place, they have done a great job in there. Dont know what happened to Thunderbirds, they weren’t there long but it seems to be doing really well now. Actually…I take that back, I do know what happened, not a good story.
processhead That actually would have worked really well for what I was wanting too…I am a big buyers remorse guy though, I always buy something and then see something else and think “oh, that was better wasn’t it?” I assume you like that though?
Jonathon A friend told me when I bought my first computer many years ago, once you buy one stop looking because in a week a better one will come out. It was good advice.
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RafterW I have shot at range 54, nice place with good help but Rainier https://www.rainierarmsfa.com/ is a lot closer to both work and home so it is easier. Plus, I know head trainer there so that helps. Ive also gone to Bullseye for their indoor 100-yard range.
GWG8541 Yeah, I am sort of figuring that out. I initially had it all the way up but then realized that is actually makes it harder at anything beyond 30 yards or so to hit a small target. Aim small miss small is a good idea in my mind (and just as importantly it was in The Patriot!) so that is what I try to do.
Jonathon I tell shooters that Mel Gibson shooting class “aim small, miss small” actually works. Great movie.
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Jonathon you got me thinking about AR’s and I just ordered a pistol kit in 300 blk. Complete 8.5" upper and lower parts kit, brace buffer tub…everything a guy needs but the lower housing.
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So my flip out 3x magnifier came in. Went and zerod the red dot and then the magnifier was basically already perfec!! Notice the star
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The sharks are in trouble now.
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So my flip out 3x magnifier came in. Went and zerod the red dot and then the magnifier was basically already perfec!! Notice the star
Jonathon pretty good shooting, the zombies better be worried.
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Anyone have a recommendation for a forward grip for my baby?
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Jonathon said in Jon's AR build begins!:
Anyone have a recommendation for a forward grip for my baby?
I just use the hand guard/ barrel shroud.
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Jonathon said in Jon's AR build begins!:
Anyone have a recommendation for a forward grip for my baby?
Take a look at railscales. My buddy owns the company. They manufacture everything in Tulsa. Good stuff. Will be putting some of their hardware on my pistol build. https://railscales.us/
The Karve-P is what I’m putting on my build, for sure. Maybe some of their railscales for grip texturing too.
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