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More important than all the tactical ninja stuff is understanding the law of self defense.

Comparing a puppy mill course to a check the box course isn't a particularly useful exercise. Nor is expecting the level of dedication of personal time of a competitive shooter. Not having a clear, and realistic expectation of the course's output is part of the problem with the current M9 program.

AF M9 qual is the puppy mill of firearms training. I'd bet the cop shop could get volunteers from on base to get checked out and teach a course of some sort. And it would be better than the M9 qual course.

The issue with the flimsy nylon holsters is they collapse after you draw the pistol. Reholstering requires two hands and is difficult to do without sweeping your hand with the muzzle. Kydex holsters are nice and very fast to draw, but like the super stiff belts, take some getting used to. Same story with appendix carry.

For a first belt buy a quality leather gun belt of "medium" stiffness. You're going to want something stiffer than your average belt, but the steel core or even worse the hoola hoop like webbing are an aquired taste.

Stay away from the gimmicky crap. If you've never carried before, I recommend a good leather IWB plus a good belt. Unless you tuck in your shirt frequently stay away from j hooks.

It isn't Friday, but 46 years ago today a task force of helos, prop aircraft and Special Forces raiders took off, blacked out and off comm under the cover ESCORT and SEAD, a distraction provided by the largest carrier night operation of the Vietnam war, and penetrated into North Vietnam to a target less than 25nm from Hanoi, arguably the densest integrated air defense then in existence.

ATIS, are you looking for something in particular or just trying some shit out?

Common phrases versus Quotes ... hmmm

Looks like it would be difficult to get a good grip during the draw.

For now, there aren't many guidance kits in the inventory. They were purchased from the Navy to answer a UON, there's more coming but they're a POM cycle out.

I wasn't kidding about pilot absorbtion. That's probably the only reason this is gaining traction again.

I thought they just sent a private out to catch it. ETA: Pretty sure brabus is talking about APKWS not GBU-12

While everyone is day dreaming about cheap planes. Don't forget to dream up some cheap munitions.

I haven't heard anything on that front.

11F pilot absorbtion capability.

On full auto AKMs there's a rate reducer in the trigger group that delays the reset to allow the bolt to finish any bouncing before letting the hammer go again.

This is how I'd probably go about it: Find a kitchen scale and weigh the LWRC buffer. Buy the carbine buffer that weighs the same as a starting point. Assuming the LRWC buffer has a roll pin holding it together like a normal buffer, you could take it apart and see what type of weights are in it and compare those to what's inside a normal buffer. Or call LRWC. Standard carbine buffer is ~3 oz, H1 is ~3.8, H2 is ~4.6, H3 is ~5.5

Something else to consider in this mess is why the "spring guide" in an AR-15 is called a "buffer." The BCG will tend to bounce or rebound out of battery slightly after chambering a round. It's not a huge deal in semi-auto unless the the action spring can't push it back closed, in full auto or other shenanigans that replicates that rate of fire it could cause a round to fire out of battery. The weights in the buffer give the ass end of the carrier a slap as it starts to bounce to keep the bolt closed.

Huh?

In general, the buffer weight has more to do with gas port size for length. Most barrels are over gassed to allow it to work with all ammo. If it were me, I'd buy an adjustable gas block and a carbine buffer.

Ref the ghost guns thing: If you like tinkering, you'd probably be better off in the long run buying a decent mill and building a cnc conversion. At least you can sell an actual mill once you get bored with it.

LAAR makes a shit load of sense to increase absorbable cockpits.

I actually really like the idea of the sabbatical program. LIkewise, being able to leave active duty and move the the reserve and back again. I think the biggest thing is killing the golden path, early or on-time, up or out system. Then again, O-6 pay is shit compared to what a comparable job pays working for Lockheed

Like Warrior said, it's way cheaper. It's also easier to work on some skills when you get rid of the recoil and ear pro, etc. Plus I can dry fire for 15 minutes, go do something else then come back again later for another 15 minutes.