u/Mightknowitall

Built my first real dedicated “night vision” gun. What do y’all think of it?

Build list:

Upper - Centurion 11.5” FBI Profile “blem” barrel, 10.5” “blem” C4 M-lok rail, thermal fit upper w/alignment pin, tabbed gas block, E4 tapered bolt Microbest chrome bolt carrier. Geissele Airborne charging handle.

Lower - Aero M4E1 lower, Geissele SSA-E, Geissele Super 42 w/H1, Sparrow Dynamics ambi selector.

Accessories - Surefire RC4 suppressor, Holosun IRIS3, Surefire 340DFT, Sig Romeo 4T Pro w/Scalarworks 1.93” mount, Sig Juliet 4x magnifier, B5 Sopmod stock, Magpuk K2+ grip, BCM foregrip, Sparrow Dynamics silicone rail covers.

2026 Bronze Oxide Tacoma w/TRD Offroad Premium package. This is my first ever Toyota product and i’m very impressed so far. Time to hit some trails!

14.5” is also acceptable if you have a non-hub compatible suppressor.

11.5” NV rifle - 10.4# - Centurion arms 11.5” FBI profile barrel, Centurion 10.5” C4 Mlok handguard, Centurion sandcutter and/ E4 bolt, Aero M4E1 lower, Geissele SSA-E, Super 42 w/ H1 buffer, Geissele Airborne CH, Sparrow Dynamics ambi safety, Surefire RC4 suppressor, Sig Romeo 4T Pro w/ Scalarworks 1.93 mount, Sig Juliet 4x magnifier, Holosun IRIS3, Surefire M340DFT, B5 Sopmod stock, Magpul K2+ grip, Magpul sling

16” GPR - 11.5# - 16” Geissele Super Duty upper, SOLGW lower, Geissele SSA-E, Super 42 w/H3 buffer, Sparrow Dynamics ambi safety, YHM Fatcat suppressor, Comstock RPA hub adapter & mini brake, Eotech Vudu 1-10 w/ Badger Ordnance 1.7” mount, Aimpoint Acro, Holosun IRIS4, B5 Sopmod stock, Magpul K2+ grip, Daisho Tactical sling

Rebuilt a 16” rifle about a year ago and made a promise to myself that it would be the main rifle I used/trained with for a year. I kept making little tweaks here and there as I found limitations and now it’s just about “perfect” (although i’m sure i’ll want to change something again soon). Definitely glad I decided to so that as the rifle is now mostly an extension of me and I am very comfortable running it in various scenarios.

Still have a couple things to re-paint, but I’m waiting to make sure I 100% like how they work.

I’m planning a nice ruck/hike this Sunday. Might try to take this out to 300+ yards too depending on if I can find a good enough spot or not.

Memes aside, the range was surprisingly quiet today given it is Father’s day. Pretty happy with my groups from my 16” Geissele Super Duty upper. Averaging 1.5-1.9 MOA depending on the ammo, very acceptable for a high durability barrel IMO. It definitely shoots better than I do!

Note, I pulled one of the 75gr Gold Dot shots HARD. That’s why I omitted it from that grouping.

PLEASE VALIDATE MY DECISIONS! I can’t possibly run my rifle if it’s not exactly what the internet hivemind and guntubers think is right!!!

Working specifically on my transitions and slowing down just a touch on further targets. Last time I was out on the range I was running the gun way too fast trying to make it look cool for the ‘gram. Looked cool, but my scores were absolute 💩. Working on dialing it back about 10% to ensure good clean A zone hits.

Picked up the helmet, PVS-14 and CTF-2 for $3750. I’m feeling pretty good about it honestly, the tube does have a pretty decent pepper spot towards the middle, but I lose it pretty quickly unless I’m staring at a flat surface for a long time.

* PVS-14 - Res: 64 SNR: 33 EBI: 0.51 Halo: 0.79

* Team Wendy Exfil bump cap - Trex Arms lanyard, Wilcox J arm and mount, Streamlight Sidewinder II, EOG counterweight

* Phantom Hill CTF-2 - BE Myers Kiji & Malkof E1HT heads.

Picked up my first night vision setup yesterday on GAFS. Can’t wait until it gets here on Tuesday!! Paid $3750 for the entire package, which all my buddies who run NV say was a great deal. I’ll list the package contents in a comment for anyone interested.

My only real thing left to figure out is what my passive aiming option will be for my primary rifle. Right now I run a Vudu 1-10 on a 1.93” Badger Ornance mount with an offset Acro P2. Everything i’ve read/heard says that a top dot is the best option, but how bad would this set up actually be? Is it something I should change up before my first night shoot in a couple weeks or can I let it ride and build out my actual night gun later? (Already have a T-2 incoming for it from GAFS).

EDC: Sig P365X - Radian Ramjet, Wager Machine Works “K” cut slide, Holosun EPS Carry, TLR-7 Sub light, T1C Xiphos holster, Tenicor Abdo mag pouch.

Nightstand/camping/“heavy carry” gun: CZ P10C frame W/ P10F slide - Taylor Freelance black brass backstrap, Overwatch Precision TAC trigger kit, Wager Machine Works “K” cut slide, Holosun EPS, Surefire X-300 Turbo, currently use T1C MSP IWB/OWB holsters.

Competition: CZ Shadow 2 - CGW reach reduction kit, 13lb hammer spring, 11lb recoil spring, Lok palmswell bogie grips, Holosun 507 Comp

Yesterday I was out running some pistol drills with my Shadow 2 and had about 10x rounds fail to extract from the chamber. This is the first time i’ve had any type of hiccup with my Shadow 2 at all through about 2500 rounds. Ammo was Blazer Brass 115gr and it is my first time using this ammo in this gun.

Anyone have an idea what it could be? I know extractors are an issue on these, but everything I’ve heard said that is an issue at ~10k rounds, not 2500. I have a match in a couple weeks and would like to know this gun is not going to shit the bed on a stage

Few notes to help:

* The gun was relatively clean, maybe had 200 rounds through it from a previous range trip. Nothing was crazy dirty.

* The issue was not mag related as all 4 of my mags had an issue at some point.

* I kinda scraped/poked around the extractor a bit with what I had on me and it seemed to clear up for a few mags, but then it was right back to doing this again.

Got to take a couple days to get out and actually USE my equipment this weekend!

First day was with a buddy doing some pretty fun move and shoot drills incorporating lots of 50-100yard dashes to get the heartrate up. Targets were anywhere from 50 to 200 yards away. Let me say, hitting a 6x9 torso target at ~150 yards after a 100 yard sprint in kit is a challenge!

Second day was solo and spent doing mostly pistol work, but I also got some rifle work in at the end. I’ll link a few videos below that I took. Targets were at 125-150 yards, mix of 6x9 and 10x12 torso steel targets.

Reuploaded since Imgur links weird.

Full Imgur album link (with bonus doggo pics): https://imgur.com/a/aD3yKwn