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by MadMonkey
Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:09 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Dec 26, 2021
Replies: 15
Views: 4285

Re: Dec 26, 2021

This is the northern part of the country in Kurdistan, it's significantly different from the rest of the country. There's a section of the nearby city with a bunch of different non-Muslim places of worship. Haven't seen a synagogue yet though. That's probably pushing it a little too much :smilelol5:
by MadMonkey
Tue Dec 28, 2021 3:57 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Dec 26, 2021
Replies: 15
Views: 4285

Re: Dec 26, 2021

I've been busy at work, I'm contracting in Iraq now. I'll be thrilled when I finally have the brains to give this up :lol: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you :cheers2: Wait! You just got back to the States. At least it seems like "just"; barely in front of the massive Afghan...
by MadMonkey
Sun Dec 26, 2021 10:06 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Dec 26, 2021
Replies: 15
Views: 4285

Re: Dec 26, 2021

I've been busy at work, I'm contracting in Iraq now. I'll be thrilled when I finally have the brains to give this up :lol:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you :cheers2:
by MadMonkey
Sun Oct 31, 2021 6:54 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Different Triggers On Different ARs in Safe.
Replies: 5
Views: 7728

Re: Different Triggers On Different ARs in Safe.

I actually prefer 2-stage triggers for my combat rifles, and all of mine have a LaRue MBT-2S. My precision AR has a Hiperfire HPTE, so I'm kind of backwards from everyone else since it's a single stage ;-) To answer your question, yeah, it can be confusing dealing with multiple different setups. All...
by MadMonkey
Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:42 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: No place but Afghanistan- NYPost Taliban on roller blades with AR-47,s
Replies: 165
Views: 60153

Re: No place but Afghanistan

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/exclusive-giant-can-worms-some-afghans-leave-us-military-bases-before-2021-10-01/ WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Something unexpected is happening at U.S. military bases hosting Afghan evacuees: Many hundreds of them are simply leaving before receiving U.S. ...
by MadMonkey
Thu Oct 07, 2021 5:37 pm
Forum: Rifles & Shotguns
Topic: Why setting up your rifle based on the mission is wrong
Replies: 8
Views: 14775

Re: Why setting up your rifle based on the mission is wrong

Thank you for sharing this. I have run an ACOG for the past 12 years and think it works well from point blank to as far as a AR will shoot. Don't understand the need for the VCOG. My ACOG has the ACSS reticle which I find works just fine for close in shooting for me. The ACOG is slower with target ...
by MadMonkey
Sat Aug 21, 2021 12:30 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Red dot optic suggestions
Replies: 16
Views: 9448

Re: Red dot optic suggestions

I go for American-made first, non-Chinese second (which leaves out Holosun and most Primary Arms, not to mention dozens of other companies). That being said I'm extremely happy with my Aimpoint (Sweden) and Trijicon (almost all US) optics. The battery life on EOTech is terrible, I no longer own one....
by MadMonkey
Mon Aug 02, 2021 7:11 pm
Forum: Instructors' Corner
Topic: Time to modernize qual - allow Red Dots
Replies: 29
Views: 23188

Re: Time to modernize qual - allow Red Dots

I just acquired a Vortex Venom to mount onto my Ruger .22 pistol - an OuterImpact plate (to replace the picatinny rail and get the sight lower) should be here later today. Edit: Got it and installed; a lot sleeker than the Pic rail would have been: https://i.imgur.com/aeiSs32.jpg Should make for a ...
by MadMonkey
Mon Aug 02, 2021 1:28 am
Forum: Instructors' Corner
Topic: Time to modernize qual - allow Red Dots
Replies: 29
Views: 23188

Re: Time to modernize qual - allow Red Dots

We've all seen inexperienced shooters try to shoot with a laser and it didn't help them :mrgreen: Red dots are no different and the sole advantage they might have (over traditional iron sights) is a single plane of focus. Everything still comes down to trigger-control once the sight - in whatever f...
by MadMonkey
Sat Jul 31, 2021 6:41 pm
Forum: Instructors' Corner
Topic: Time to modernize qual - allow Red Dots
Replies: 29
Views: 23188

Re: Time to modernize qual - allow Red Dots

We've all seen inexperienced shooters try to shoot with a laser and it didn't help them :mrgreen: Red dots are no different and the sole advantage they might have (over traditional iron sights) is a single plane of focus. Everything still comes down to trigger-control once the sight - in whatever f...
by MadMonkey
Sat Jul 17, 2021 7:21 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Black Rifle Coffee goes Woke
Replies: 23
Views: 10806

Re: Black Rifle Coffee goes Woke

They did the whole "guns for me but not for thee" a while back, too.

Everybody needs to be careful of companies that pretend to be on our side :???:
by MadMonkey
Fri Jul 16, 2021 10:56 pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: No place but Afghanistan- NYPost Taliban on roller blades with AR-47,s
Replies: 165
Views: 60153

Re: No place but Afghanistan

https://www.overtdefense.com/2021/07/16/afghan-vice-president-pakistan-threatened-to-shoot-down-afghan-air-force-aircraft/ According to the First VP: https://twitter.com/AmrullahSaleh2/status/1415710708541673475?s=19 “Pakistan air force has issued official warning to the Afghan Army and Air Force th...
by MadMonkey
Mon Jun 28, 2021 3:03 pm
Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
Topic: History: How Texans Lost the Right to Bear Handguns
Replies: 8
Views: 4121

Re: History: How Texans Lost the Right to Bear Handguns

That was a great overview. I gotta brush up more on my Texas history.
by MadMonkey
Thu Jun 17, 2021 6:52 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Vacationing in gun free Mexico
Replies: 107
Views: 43266

Re: Vacationing in gun free Mexico

(Post from 2018) I spent a lot of my youth throughout the country as a missionary kid. No way I'd go back by choice now. So I'm in Mexico by choice right now... :smilelol5: In Playa del Carmen less than 300 miles from where I spent much of my childhood as a missionary kid. Still the exact same Mexi...
by MadMonkey
Fri Jun 11, 2021 12:50 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: No place but Afghanistan- NYPost Taliban on roller blades with AR-47,s
Replies: 165
Views: 60153

Re: No place but Afghanistan

If anyone is interested, I left Bagram today and am sitting in Kabul waiting for the plane to refuel. Lord willing I'll be having dinner in Dubai in a few hours. Thanks to all who have prayed for our safe return. Since I last posted we didn't get attacked again in Bagram and most of my guys are on ...

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