Recent content by LiquidTension

My 700 AAC-SD was $595, no rebates or anything. Of course the X-Mark trigger was recalled so figure that in :rolleyes:

Pat Rogers has passed. Words cannot describe the loss to the law enforcement, military, and shooting communities. Pat was a world of knowledge packed into a Warrior Sized package and he shared his experience freely with anyone that was willing to learn. It is truly a pleasure to have known...

As always, mission drives the gear train. If I were in the sandbox where the bullets go both ways, yeah I'd run BUIS. Since I'm not .mil and my department is state-of-the-art circa 1955 (hence, no rifles), I don't run them. In none of my personal scenarios does it make sense to run BUIS...

The RTV sealant method works well. I also have an Innovative Arms Warfighter Adjustable Receiver on my 11.5" and it helps a lot. It's not really an option unless you're building an upper from scratch, though.

As always, mission drives the gear train. If your only use for a flashlight is inside your house at night after your eyes have adjusted then sure, 200 lumens will suffice. My weapon lights are all 500 lumens. My handhelds are 600 and 1100 with a backup of 110 just because it doesn't take up...

For an occasional plinker PSA is a good bargain. For a serious use gun BCM is the best value. I get excellent groups out of my regular 14.5" BCM upper. I can only imagine what one of the FN CHF barrels could do.

He used to be. He now uses an M&P. Pat's main thing is to bring quality gear and practice with it before you get to class so you know that it works. If you're constantly fighting your equipment it holds up the whole class, pisses other students off, and is just plain unprofessional. And...

I run one in my class gun. Definitely worth the $45 over stock triggers.

Especially since the first run the Fernandina store just got had to be sent back due to headspace issues...

The AR is more ergonomic, has less recoil, better sighting options, and a much better trigger. Reliability is a wash if you have a quality gun. ARs will run dirty all day long, they just won't run dry. I haven't cleaned an AR in several years including my class gun. It just gets lubed and...

I tend to stick with the Federal bulk packs in my .22s and don't have many problems. I ran the 15-22 for about half of the last two carbine courses I took and had ~6 malfunctions in ~1000 rounds running the gun pretty hard. I'm looking at a bulk pack of golden bullets that nobody wanted...

And an acquaintance of mine had to send a brand new one back that wouldn't cycle just last week. We can go back and forth with anecdotal evidence all day long. In the interest of full disclosure, the two uppers that I've purchased have been 100% - albeit with a very low round count. I'm...

The issue with PSA is not the quality of their parts. Those they get from the usual sources - FN, LW Schneider, etc. The problem is with the assembly of said parts. I've seen some really stupid stuff come out of their assembly shop. A2 flash hiders upside down. Carbine gas tube on a mid...

I don't care much for the Magpul videos. A lot of flash that looks good for the camera but wastes movement and time and doesn't work in the dark. I did however like Haley's Adaptive Handgun quite a bit. Pat Rogers' carbine videos are also very good. It was very helpful to watch them before...

I had no idea these things were going for that kind of money. I picked a nickel one up locally for $175 a few years ago. I was thinking of doing an integrally suppressed build on it but now I might just sell it...