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    Kudos to Cabelas

    I don't think this is consistent as I bought a new 9mm pistol from Cabella's near me a month ago and when I asked if they had any ammo, the guy selling me the gun just laughed.
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    The Best Defense television show on Outdoor Channel

    Just to add one thing, if you are an Amazon Prime member you can add just the "MyOutdoorTV" as a Prime Video channel. It has a 7-day trial and then it's $10 a month. I didn't count all the shows, but there are a lot.
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    Why should I care about buying a better charging handle?

    Well, I enjoyed reading all the opinions on this and it's helped me quite a bit. I took the mil-spec charging handle out of my other AR and put it into the new one to see how I liked it and decided I do want something with an extended handle. Based on some of the recommendations, I'm leaning...
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    Where to mount a red dot?

    With most red dot's there's no magnification which usually means you have unlimited eye relief. That makes it easy since you can put it pretty much anywhere you like for your own personal preference. Many optics have only 2 or 3 inch or some other length eye relief meaning you have to put them...
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    10.5 inch Barrels in 5.56: Gas system length, twist rates, etc.

    So most of the parts came in. Looking pretty good so far. Got it mostly put together. Still waiting on some parts.
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    Significant Changes in Perspective?

    My parents were not gun people, but despite that my dad purchased me a bb gun when I was 14 or so, that was used to hunt squirrels or various birds. My friends and I would set up capture the flag games on an acreage/adjacent public lands, one flag for each participant (usually 3) each a mile or...
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    New Member? Introduce yourself here (just intros, questions get answered elsewhere)

    Hello everyone. I live on a hobby farm in Minnesota. I grow a lot of food and have some animals, I also work a day job doing work in IT. I have a 1 lane range that I just put in this year, only 100 yards, but I hope to extend it eventually (have a large tree in the way). I recently took a...
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    10.5 inch Barrels in 5.56: Gas system length, twist rates, etc.

    Some parts are beginning to trickle in! I might have most of the rest by Monday if the estimates are correct.
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    Need help understanding Bores.

    Also related to twist rates, different grain ammo works better at different twists. If you are like me and a marginal marksman, it probably won't make a whole lot of difference, but if you want to try to at least try to use ammo that works better with your twist and barrel length it's worth...
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    Why should I care about buying a better charging handle?

    I almost bought one of the Strike Industries latchless handles, but in the product details from SI they said they were not recommended on AR pistols, I think due to the potential higher gas and potential for blow out? Have you ever heard that or ever had a latchless handle pop out while...
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    Why should I care about buying a better charging handle?

    So I get that some are made with 6061 instead of 7075, but what are the use cases that make you really "NEED" the fancy Radian Raptor or some other expensive alternative to the cheap mil spec ones? What are your general rules on when you might need to get a gas buster if you don't plan to shoot...
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    10.5 inch Barrels in 5.56: Gas system length, twist rates, etc.

    So with availability issues and stocks in the product getting lower and lower, I think it's been getting harder and harder for me to be choosy about my selections. All I had initially was an Anderson stripped lower. I decided to just go with my best options right now just in case I...
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    10.5 inch Barrels in 5.56: Gas system length, twist rates, etc.

    You make a good point about the muzzle device, I didn't mention it here but I have been thinking a lot about that too. My problem trying to decide whether I care more about the noise than I do about recoil and follow up shots. I've narrowed down devices I'm interested in for either a can or a...
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    Have you purchased anything gun related in the last three days?

    I found 500 rounds of 55 grain 223 today, the first time I've found any ammo that will work in my rifle for months. I prefer 62 grain 5.56, but I'll take what I can get at this point. 3 days ago I picked up a Sig Sauer Romeo5 red dot, finally going to give red dots a try after being a die-hard...
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    10.5 inch Barrels in 5.56: Gas system length, twist rates, etc.

    I'm working on a new AR pistol build and need some help. Without going into all the details, I have settled on 5.56 or Wylde after considering 5.56, Wylde, 300 blk, 6.5 Grendel, and 6.5 Creedmoor. With that decision made, I still have a lot more things to consider before buying anything -...
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