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Not mine originally, but it’s too good not to share to the rest of the class.

So long story short, we built a new garage a little while ago, mostly for my man toys; cars, guns, old stuff from when I cleaned out my parents’ house after my dad died, etc.

Well I set up a radio, but that gets old because it’s on old dial turning one with a long antenna, so I’ve got one station. It dawned on me that I still have my parents’ TV, and I found my NES, SNES, and N64 and all my games in my parents’ house.

And viola:

Apparently they’re making it a thing now, like “12.5” on 12/5” or whatever. So here’s mine that I used on some hogs last night.

Not my picture originally, but couldn’t resist.

I’ve been having so much fun with this new (to me) caliber, I finally decided to do a proper build for it and not just a spare parts one.

The upper is still the same, so Aero, 18” Odin barrel, Cherry Bomb with Trash Panda. But swapped it to a 15” BCM handguard, True North hand stop, CMC BCG, and a BT10 Atlas bipod. Even threw in some of those Magpul MLOK pop in rail covers to give it some texture.

But I picked up a new BCM lower for it. Kept the RA-535 trigger (I won’t lie, I’m a fan of them), Super 42 and H2. Put a Luth AR precision stock on it (my first one, digging it so far), and a Magpul grip.

I have thought about upgrading the Vortex Venom 5-25 to something bigger, but I think I’m liking it as is. If I do anything to it, maybe an RMR on a 45° or something, but I don’t really think I’ll need it for anything. This thing is light enough where I could run and gun at a PRS match with it if I wanted, and don’t want to ruin that.

…so I did the irresponsible thing and just got both. Carrying the Tekto today, so I’ll probably carry the Kansept tomorrow.

Just got my birthday present from my wife. I already have the green faced Weekender, but I won’t lie, I’m digging the white faced one.

Side note, and I apologize for the rant, Citizen’s leather bands absolutely suck. Yes I know it’s leather, but they’re overly stiff and extremely small. Granted I’m 6’10” and 275lbs, but I have to crank on it to get it on the last hole. Their canvas bands are the same way.

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.