u/ghunt81

I grew up out in the sticks where I could just step off my back porch and shoot all I wanted, so I'm new to this range stuff.

I was out of guns for a lot of years but finally got an AR and would like to shoot it a bit, and I live in town now. The closest range is a members-only place that is $40 a month, and beyond that there's basically nothing for 20ish miles. I see one that is free but takes almost an hour to get too, and one that is a 30 min away but is indoors and says 5.56 is soft point only (which I do not have). Kinda slim pickings anywhere nearby.

I'm thinking I may be better off to just go out and visit my dad and just go up in the woods.

I see a ton of backpacks with molle webbing on them- aside from military packs, there's even a bunch at Walmart nowadays with molle on them. But I don't know if I've ever seen pictures of anyone with stuff attached to backpack molle. Is there a practical application for it or is it more "just in case you might need it?"

Wondering if anyone has any insight on this one. 2021 Explorer ST, gets a TPMS fault on one wheel after driving for 20 minutes, every time you drive it. What would be causing this?

On Mossberg's website, they show several of the 20" barrel 590's with bayonet lugs on them- besides the Retrograde, they also show one on the 50694 "Persuader" and on the 50693. Yet, if I look up those SKU's on the google and go to some of the places that sell them (Sportsman's Warehouse, for example) their pictures show no bayonet lug. What's the deal?

I have never bought a gun outside of walking into a store and buying one.

So let's say I find a gun online that I want to order. How does that work? Do you have to order the gun online and then make arrangements with your local FFL? Do you only pay after everything is set up for the transfer?

I should have picked one up years ago, but at any rate I want to get a Vernier caliper, in metric, probably digital. Should I just go ahead and get a good one like a Mitutoyo? Or are the cheap ones just as good? I want something that isn't junk and will give me accurate measurements.

Edit: ok guess I meant digital calipers then,my eyes suck to read a standard vernier.

Oh and, I take it the $40 Mitutoyos on ebay are counterfeits then? No wonder they seemed so reasonable

I opened my gmail app last night to send an email, as soon as I hit "compose message" it said "gmail cannot connect to google play services" and kicked me back out.

I deleted the cache and that caused the app to just open to a blank screen, so I uninstalled and reinstalled and got it set back up, but now it's just saying "Retrieving messages" and has been stuck on that since then. What do I do? I can still access it via the website, just not the app.