Finally built out my dream duty gun. 22 is the most deadly round and extremely cheap compared to everything else. I can get like 1000 rounds for $50. Optics are OP and basically a cheat code, the light is great for blinding my enemy, and with the suppressor they’ll never hear it coming!

SP-01 with TLR1-HL, LOK S2-style Veloce palm swell grips, and Holosun 507k with an optic cut/cerakote from Wager machine.

Gave it a 10 yard zero off a rest, target in picture was free standing shooting. Revealed that i still have issues with jerking the trigger a bit, but the group is way tighter than i was ever able to shoot with irons despite the fact i'm still getting used to the dot. Would absolutely suggest getting an optic on your handgun.

Pretty happy with the pistol itself from the few hundred rounds i've put through it, still want to get an extended safety and mag release (especially if/when i start shooting USPSA) but those are low priority.

I live in Fl, I need a good all rounder preferably something pretty affordable.

Hey there comrades <3

Moved up to the Seattle area recently, finances are stabilizing and I'm looking to maybe trade some gear for new stuff. I know nothing about the stores up here and don't have any local friends who shoot much. I know finding a "leftist" gun store even in SEA will be a long shot but I'd settle for places that at least don't keep the Trump-engraved Glocks in their front counter display cases, y'know?

Any recommendations for the SEA area? I wouldn't mind driving as far as Everett or Tacoma or Redmond even if it meant a store not obviously owned by turbo-chuds.

So I got a bore laser for my 9mm canik rival and I finally successfully zeroed the damn thing. I made a small jagged hole in a 2" target at 7 yards with slow deliberate fire, so I'm good to go in that regard.

One challenge I am facing is shooting small groups like that at greater speed. For the irons, I just focus on the front post. But I understand that red dots are best used by focusing on the target you are shooting rather than the dot. But when I do this, I feel like I have worse aim, similar to how when I get distracted from the front post and look at the target instead.

What is a good strategy for improving this?

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Hey! I'm thinking about working out wearing a plate carrier to get used to the weight, similar to how crossfitters do. I'll mainly be doing cardio (running) and boxing. Is it a good idea or will it put too much stress on my joints?

If your budget is really tight and you're looking for a solid value to dollar ratio with good broad capabilities I recommend...

A budget AR such as palmetto State Army or Anderson. My personal preference being a 16-in mid-length gas system so I can mount a bayonet cuz I still like bayonets

A budget optic such as primary arms vortex or Gideon. My personal preference being for a micro prism or a red dot and magnifier.

6 mags is or 3 sets of 2. Two mags available all the time one in the gun in the spare. The spare mag being not just about additional ammo but availability for malfunction clearances sometimes when cleaning the malfunction a magazine swap is part of it. The rest in reserve.

An Appleseed marksmanship course.

A stop the bleed or trauma tech class.

Then refine and reassess repeatedly and continuously.

Hello, everyone. Earlier I posted about being mystified by my red dot which seemed to make my aim worse. You suggested I try zeroing it, so I did. Can't really say the results are much better.

I used a bench rest and shot at 10 meters. No matter how many times I clicked the little dials on my Holosun 407K the closest I could get my shots was a good 2 or 3 inches from where I aimed, down and to the right. The shots grouped way too consistently to be my aim (and I'm resting it on a bench rest anyway).

I noticed when my dot was very off, I could see how the dot was not over my iron sights when I aimed the gun traditionally. But even when the dot seemed to be hovering right over my front post my shots still went low. I've spent about 500 rounds trying to figure this thing out.

Is this mechanical offset normal for a pistol dot? should I expect my shots to hit low closer than 10 meters? if so, it seems kind of pointless if I can only get the advantage of seeing where my shots land if I can only do that at targets at 15 plus yards.

Edit:

Thank you for your comments and advice! I ordered a bore laser that should be here tonight. I will use it to zero and then test it at the range.

As for my shooting skill, I will admit that I'm still a beginner. But I can confidently hit 4" targets at 7 yards and get 1" groups firing at a steady pace. I think I'm just doing a poor job zeroing the device. If I still can't get it to zero properly with the help of the bore laser I'll just put my irons back on and try later.

I know there's no chapter out here.

I split time between RC/Brookings. Looking for some folks to go shooting with.

Are there any central Florida comrades who want to get organized, I live near Orlando and there´s not a chapter close by and I want to start one up.

If we know that there are lots of broken ones

What radio communication devices do you guys, gals, and inbees recommend? I know Baofeng is a good brand, but don't know what model, package, or accessories to get with them. Get in depth as you would like. Also would appreciate any other brand recommendations.

I'm going to bed soon so I'll read your comments I'm the morning.

Goodnight comrades!

I am looking for books that are written from a pro-Soviet/pro-Stalinist perspective on the history of the Soviet Union. I'd prefer books based specific historical events in the USSR such as World War I; Russian revolution; the Russian Civil War; Brest-Litovsk; War Communism; the New Economic Policy; Stalin's collectivization of the countryside (dekulakization); the Great Purges of 1937-38; the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact; World War II and defeating Nazi-fascism; the Krushchev era from a Stalinist perspective; the Brezhnev era from a Stalinist perspective; thr Gorbachev era from a Stalinist perspective; glasnost & perestroika; although overviews of Soviet history will suffice.

Thank you for taking the time to review my inquiry and I look forward to your book recommendations!

Zach

IFAKs.

In the military and police it's common practice to have matching IFAKs carried in the same location - this makes locating it when needed much simpler.

When you're a civilian paying for gear out of pocket you get what can afford, or what fits your kit best. Freedom to choose your own equipment is a blessing and a curse. With a recent influx of new members our range days are growing in size and we needed a way to make sure we could find everyone's IFAK quickly in case of emergency. The solution we came up with is a $5 roll of florescent orange survey flagging. Tying a strip of flagging around everyone's IFAK makes them immediately identifiable and very easy to locate - we feel like it was a simple solution to make our range days safer without asking our comrades to spend money or alter their kit to match each other.

How do you carry your IFAK?

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Looking for an SRA morale patch specifically but any other cool patches will do.

I had a bottle of Hoppes leak a while ago and some of it got onto a box of ammo. I have a handful that look like this one and a few where the case itself looks etched.

I'm not about to send these downrange but I'm curious... would you?

I am looking to join the PDX Sra chapter, however i could not find very much information about the Portland chapter. Does anyone have any information/resources i can use? especially an address of the chapter's local hq would be useful.

I've been looking all day if you know the name I'd appreciate it