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Ok, it’s official, I’m loving this cartridge more and more. What 2011s did for 9MM to make them cheat codes, 6ARC has done for PRS.

Since I last posted over the weekend, I swapped the handguard with a 15” BCM, changed the spring to a Super 42 with H2 weight, and replaced the Harris bipod with a Magpul I had on the shelf. I’ll probably still swap it out for an Atlas, but I’d have to take it off another gun.

I took off the rubber grip thing on the magwell like you guys suggested, and also removed the vertical grip. I don’t like where that hand stop is, so when I pull the Magpul bipod, I’ll probably pull that too.

But ran another 50 rounds through it today, and it literally prints the same hole at 100. It seems to like the Hornady Match 108 ELDMs the best, but is there another ammo anyone suggests?

So Friday night I was bored and went out to the garage to tinker. Ended up with this. Everything in this build aside from the barrel, BCG, and mags is stuff I already had laying in my spare parts cabinets.

It’s an 18” 6MM ARC and I was skeptical about it as I knew nothing of the caliber. Just got home from the range and each one of those groups in the target is 5-10 rounds, at 100 yards. Granted I was sitting at a bench in an A/C’ed indoor range, but still.

I built my 24” AR10 in 6.5CM to go the distance, but that may have just been moved down the bench. It’s so good, so smooth, and I’m loving it.

I’m probably going to get a 15” handguard for it (or a Mk12 Mod 0 handguard if I can find one), and swap the bipod for an Atlas, but yeah, I get the hype now, I’m just not loving the look. Looks like the doc took too much off the top when it was circumcised.

Need y’all’s constructive feedback because I’m not sure yet. Aside from the barrel and BCG, everything in this build was stuff I had laying on the shelf or in my spare parts cabinet.

It’s an 18” 6MM ARC barrel, 6ARC BCG, Aero upper, Bushmaster lower (long story on the lower - don’t ask), RA-535 trigger, Harris bipod, Trash Panda, etc.

What I’m not sure I like is the glass. It’s a Vortex Venom 5-25x56. Being an 18” 6ARC, I know it’s good for 1000+ yards, it just seems like a lot of glass for an AR15.

The only other glass I had on the shelf was a 1-6 Strike Eagle or a 3x Swamp Fox, so this seemed like the best bad idea. There’s a gun show tomorrow in Ft. Worth, so I’ll look around and see if something else blows my skirt up.

I just finished building it about half an hour ago, and I’m still waiting on the mags and ammo to come in, so no, I haven’t shot it yet. Once I get it tuned, I might swap out the handguard and bipod, but we’ll see.

Goes with the territory, “Diaper Man”. Happy first Father’s Day.

Is anyone up to snuff on good, quality axes and/or hatchets these days? I haven’t used one in 20+ years and took my son for his first proper camping trip this weekend, and the two I have are crap.

I’m not looking to break the bank and spend $500 on an axe, but I also don’t want some $50 Chinese crap off Amazon. Just made me realize I know next to nothing about axes now days. It doesn’t need to be something wielded by Meal Team 6 or a throwing axe. Just something strong, durable, can be actually used as an axe, but also do fine utility work (shaving a log for tender if need be).

I know there’s an axe subreddit, but it looks pretty inactive. And apologies for the attention picture. That’s one of the ones I’m considering.

Not mine, but figured it was worth a post.

Just came in. Well worth the wait. It’s not assisted, but I have never felt an action this smooth. Puts all my Benchmades, Microtechs, etc. all to shame.

So I’ve been going through all of my dad’s stuff after he passed, was unboxing a bunch of stuff I put in storage, and came across his 119.

This blade is older than I am (I’m in my early 40’s), it’s been up and down mountains and oceans, cleaned God only knows how many animals. I’ve personally used it to dress an elk, half a dozen deer (whitetail, axis, and fallow), a ram, and probably a dozen hogs.

First time it’s been out of the sheath in probably 10 years, gave it a quick try on a piece of paper, and it still cuts like a damn lightsaber. I’m just glad I found it. My son is 9, getting into Cub Scouts, learning about the outdoors, learning to shoot, and now I can teach him like my dad taught me.

So long story short, my dad collected every Hallmark Star Trek Christmas ornament since their release of the original TOS shuttle until he passed a couple years ago.

As I’ve been cleaning out my parents’ house, that was one of the things I was looking for. Well I finally got my new garage built, got all the stuff I saved out of storage, and found the box they’re in.

I’ve got probably a few hundred Eagle Moss ST ships I’m going to display in my office I’ve built above the new garage, so instead of waiting for Christmas, I’m going to find a way to display these along with my Legos, Eagle Moss ships, etc. Any suggestions?

Hey guys, I was wondering if you all could help me with something. I’m trying to get my wife to carry an OTF knife as an EDC, but the problem is she has bad thumbs.

The joints in her thumbs make it difficult for her to push or pull things with her thumbs (like an OTF button). I bought her a Benchmade Shootout a while ago (picture for attention, apologies for that), but she almost always keeps it in her purse instead of on her person because she says it’s too hard to open at times.

I used the Google on the internet machine and it said the Microtech Hera II has one of the easiest buttons to push and retract. I’ve got several Microtechs, and “easy” isn’t how I’d describe them.

Has anyone got any ideas? Another suggestion was the Guardian Tactical Recon 35, but I don’t know anything about them.

My wife just sent me these. Please no “wife’s foot” comments/jokes. She just found these in my backyard, behind my 6’ privacy fence. Before you guys ask, I have a little more than an acre, in a suburb north of Dallas about half an hour.

At first I thought coyote, but A) there aren’t any big holes in my fence and B) it looks like the claws retract (which I know could just be shitty impression of the foot into the mud).

I know it’s not our dog because her feet aren’t that big. We don’t have any strays running around my area, and I don’t know of any house cat species with feet that big (but again, don’t really have any strays). I mean is it possible for a coyote to clear a 6’ fence? I know some dogs can, but I’ve never seen a coyote jump that high.

I’ve seen coyotes walking down the main street that passes my house, and bobcats have been spotted in the town next to mine. But I haven’t heard of either actually going into someone’s backyard snooping around. We’ve had rabbits, skunks, opossums, the occasional trash pandas, but nothing like this before.