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You're defintely entitled to your opinion Rick, but your career is in the medical sector, not the LEO/Military sector. How many law enforcement agencies have you interviewed with? It doesn't sound like many.

Off Topic: Maybe I didn't catch this - but when and with what branch did(do) you serve that has given you such a warped view? Please don't respond with what you've heard or what your friend's uncle's dad has heard. I think you are very out of touch with what LEO's look for. Your description is more fitting for security firms like Blackwater. On topic: Sorry to hear, hope for the best.

That includes extensions for the 2.x?

Is there an SDK available?

Did I hear the voice of Bob Lee Swaggar aka. Mark Whalburg?

I just wanted to let you know that she is indeed, a female.

You do realize she is the other half of the relationship equation...

All I have to contribute to this thread is: Sorry to hear about this, hope for the best. I have a girlfriend, I love her, dare I speak of it but if she decides to end up in another man's bed, she's made her decision. I'll probably turn gay after that

Before you jump on Phil and beat your war drum he was just wishing he had a source for the poor man's race gas. He's a pretty bright young lad.

Ohio Valley Tactical comes to mind, there are few others.

I think that's cool and scary at the same time. I can't tell you how many people have a problem terming every rifle with an optic a, "sniper rifle". For us gun nuts its cool that the staff at Activision spent some time with people in the field and gave us the option in virtual land to pimp out an M4 with an ACOG and pistol grip, pimp out that M14, and gold plate that AK. Who knows, maybe someone playing will look up what an ACOG is on Wikipedia and end up a member of AR15.com? On the other hand, it kinda scares me that after playing the majority of these types of games, you have the knowledge to operate a readily available assualt rifle. Think how many times the animation of reloading an AR is played? Hell, I think in one of the American Army games they show you the components and tear down of an M16A2? In this day and age with the powers of the internet and hands off parenting, that scares the shit out of me. This is just a personal thought and I don't claim to have any answers. I don't believe that obscuring fire arms from the younger generation is the answer. I like Sweden's way of doing things: join a club, develope that you actually can shoot the rifle and understand basic saftey concepts, test out, be able to buy gun. If you mess up or are charged with a violent crime, they have the right to take them away.

I'll tell you what my brothers have told me: know Mil Dot by heart...or commendare some poor rich bastard's expensive range finder.

I think the first time you try to shoot 300m+ something clicks in your mind the realization hits how far that actually is (a standard silhouette is roughly the size of the front iron sight on a regular AR at that range). The reality of it: we'll say the zombies attacking you have an approximate hit area of 20in L x 12in H making up the waist to shoulder upper body area and 3in L by 5in W area for a motor control-drop-you-where-you-stand head shot. At 500-600M with a 1 MOA rated setup you have a very high chance, even cold bore, of scoring a hit in the upper torso. It wouldn't be a good idea to try and save your bud who's being held hostage at that range though, but at 300M you atleast have the potential from the equipement. Regarding quality items, I personally like to stick with names that have been in military/law enforcement or just simply precision target shooting. I have a very limited experience with the hunting world vs the tactical world, but I like to stay on the tactical side of the fence. There are a few sights out there like snipercentral.com and snipershide.com where some military and LEO folk hang out. I feel abit spoiled coming from a family of two brothers who both are gun nuts and have alot of experience in long range shooting. The neat thing about getting out to the range is you'll never know who's going to be in the lane next to you; e.g. this past trip to the range we met a marksman of Delaware Police's Tactical Unit.

Sorry didn't see it was protected, HTML Link: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/23-10/index.html PDF: http://www.zeroriflescope.co.uk/Sniper-Guide-Table-Contents.pdf Google FM 23-10 and you can find them out there, it's free and declassified. The Navy SEAL Manual is floating around out there also. Forewarning: Reading these does not entitle you to term or compare yourself to those who;ve actually gone through an associated scout/sniper/SDM training course.

Some reading material, dated, but still decent: http://www.enlisted.info/field-manuals/fm-23-10-sniper-training.shtml

Work on your shooting skills with a .22 first - both physical aspects and "class room", ballistics, optics, ammunition loads, etc. Strongly consider long range courses from training centers. As much as shooting is a science, it is an art. The price will out weigh what you spend in ammo. Practice, practice, practice, practice. If it were me I would agree with Austin and go with 5.56. I can tell you I've had my doubts with it, but like he mentioned, for paper at 500-600m they aren't a bad choice. The largest problem your going to fight is most likely that of the weapon - .308 has a larger casing and there's been some discrepancy on how well the actions are designed to accommodate it on the AR platform, mainly the low repeatability of exactly how the bullet strikes the rifling during operation. It seems most of the AR10/SR25 setups average between 1.5-2 MOA. That possibility of spread can be somewhat disheartening at ranges like 500-600m. I would recommend a bolt if you want to produce repeatable BOOOOOOOOOM, headshots at those ranges (that includes .223+)

Happy Birthday old timer! I think I read something about Ray being the first to spray his Model T and lift the front wheels.

Weld a bead on the pipe ends -- trust me, it saves you from many headaches.

Easy for a blow through guy to say , all OEMs are draw through.

The key to success with a MAF based system lies within one thing: developing laminar flow. There are no limitations regarding distances from the throttle. Constant pipe diameter is optimal, no sudden transitions, and if transitions are used they should not have greater then 15 degree angles. The general rule of thumb is the MAF should be in a section of piping 2x in length as it's diameter. Like Hal said, you're going to have to watch how the car reacts and position from there.

Whiteboard, Scope, and IDA Pro

It would be nice if there was more data on print out. Great achievement none the less. The LSX block is a wet dream - cylinder sealing & cubic inches in a package that is very versatile - that's actually somewhat affordable.

CFM is volumetric flow, which only gives you one side of the equation. Air mass (lb/min, lb/hr or kg/m^3) is a better fit. What limitation are you reaching? Parametric VE was designed to be near infinite.

I'd like to see an emissions report.