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05-18-2020, 06:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-19-2020, 01:08 AM by cwo4uscgret.)
Tim here, aka cwo4uscgret for Chief Warrant Officer 4 U. S. Coast Guard, Retired. I am also a retired Customs and Border Protection Officer. I was assigned to the Port Huron, MI Border Crossing with Canada; as soon as I retired and regained my health (I had a heart attack in April, 2014 and the had to retire) my w Ive said lets move somewhere warm - so here we are in San Antonio!
Long time collector and shooter of guns; I also buy, sell, and trade custom made knives.
Looking for something different I bought a Bear Creek Armory 20 stainless heavy barrel upper with a right side charging handle. Ive merged it with a DPMS A1 lower; now the wait begins. I ordered 200 rounds of Hornadys American Gunner 123 gr. Ammo; three 17 round magazines (as soon as I ordered them they were backordered), and 2 magazines from another source.
I m thinking of putting my Leupold Mk AR scope on it; now to convince the wife it will be ok to go shoot!
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Welcome to the clan, c4uscgr, from a native Texian! Thank you for your service, on both "tours". I suspect that you have found that San Antonio is a mecca for retired service folks! you are off to an interesting start. Tell the spouse that, other than the excitement level from the fun it is, the Grendel is absolutely harmless, as long as you're behind it.
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Welcome to the horde sir.
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Welcome to the forum cwo4uscgret! Thank you for your service and in regards to your thoughts on using a Leupold Mark AR optic I have a 3-9x40 mil dot first gen. The scope is clear and tracks correctly but the scope is poor in low light. I took several of my scopes out one evening and did comparisons in low light conditions. My scope has the mil dot reticle with MOA turrets which many people dislike. Im using my Mark AR scope on a 16 6.5 Grendel and put it in a 20 MOA mount. This rifle has proven accurate but ran out of elevation around 800 yards so I decided to use a 20 MOA mount. The prices are very similar or the same for a 20 MOA mount compared to a zero cant mount. You might consider a 20 MOA mount for a 20 6.5 Grendel. I have recently bought a couple of Warne SKEL 20 MOA one piece mounts and found them to be good mounts for approximately $100.
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CWO4......thanks for you service to our great country.
You fly helos???
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Welcome from Floridas Spacecoast
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Welcome from down da bayou!
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Welcome. Trying to get the pass to go shoot too.
"I rarely give a definite answer" - TG
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Welcome from just up 16 in the Hill Country. Shoot at the Bandera Gun Club often-great range and folks, rifle range is limited to 100yds in 7 stations in two separate bays. 5 pistol bays, skeet/trap as well. Come on up...and appreciate your service as well. Lots of retired military shooters in the area.
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Welcome! Nice to have another member in the Alamo City.
