Paint for bare metal on AR15 barrel

Firefly · March 13, 2019, 3:35pm

Eurodriver:

I shoot at night, a lot. Actually, not as much as I used to but at least once a month. Based on my discussions with people who actually own NV that still qualifies as “a lot”. Most guys are lucky to get trigger time in seeing green once or twice a year.

I needed a laser to shoot at night, so I needed a rail to put it on. I also needed a WML, and with the two I needed a tapeswitch to control them properly. I also needed a suppressor because gunfire at 2am attracts undesired attention, even in the darkest, most inaccessible reaches of the swamp. I wanted a short barrel because a 16" barrel plus a suppressor is unnecessarily long. Finally, while I never use passive NV (what’s pictured) I figured for an extra $1,000 for the PVS-14 mount and T2…why not? I got a graduate degree for a reason.

If I wasn’t shooting under NODs I would take a 6920 with Magpul MOEs 999 times out of a thousand. In fact, NVG setup notwithstanding, I would sell my entire firearm collection right now and only own a 6920 and a G19. I feel so passionately regarding the merits of a simple 6920 and G19 because I own and have owned so many other badass instagram worthy AR15 combinations, not because I haven’t.

That rifle has banged a 2" gong at 625 yards in a storm relatively consistently, shot a hog at as near as makes no difference 700 yards in the heart and dropped it where it stood but I took it to a PRS match last weekend and placed 16th out of 37 shooters because it’s so freakishly heavy. Several of the stages were to test your ability to shoot your rifle at “practical” distances of 100-300 yards while standing (which I did relatively well at even still), but that rifle isn’t the easiest sucks to hit 600 yard movers from in between the rungs of a shitty ladder in wind that is blowing from 2 opposite directions. I bet I could’ve placed ~20th or better with a 6920 and a 1-4x optic. Is 4 positions worth the additional $4,000?

Nah.

I know you weren’t exactly asking for a rant, but I figured it’s my thread and I wanted to opine on a subject that I am very passionate about.

To internet rando’s reading this - Put Instagram down. Buy a 6920. Put a DD fixed rear sight and Magpul MOE handguards on it, and then put an Arisaka 300-series light in an IWC Scout Offset mount on the handguards. Get a Vickers sling and go shoot it until you start seeing bullets impacting the target sideways. Spend time not at the range with loved ones and laugh at your friends who have a down payment on a house invested in guns yet still spend all of their free time scouring SHOT show news for the latest kit.

Epic post. Needs a sticky. Needs saving for posterity. Waaaay too much dragon chasing. I have some toys but not crazy money tied up in either.

Like My SR25 does all a Remington does and my.

My slut colt is so named because it is down for whatever.

I sometimes hum and doodle that I only need 4 guns. I have toys and heirlooms but am over guns.

I’d rather go hog hunting and enjoy life than be some dude going on about how Colt is going to the dogs and being some lardass whining about castle nuts.

I care more about Bailey Jay and AOC. Dead stop. No sarcasm.

I have had guys over the years freak the F out that I put rancid Soviet ammo through my Kimber, take an SR25 in the woods when it is wet, and have run my Colt raw.

When it needs rebarreling I may just get a CQBR barrel and have a full time suppressor host for hogging.

I figure an MRP upper and and MWS lower for “putting away” is all I care to get in the future.

Improve yourselves, not your guns.

TomMcC · March 13, 2019, 9:06pm

Some guys are collectors (guns and gear), some are shooters and some are a little of both…to each his own…but having guns and gear and not having some proficiency with those guns and that gear seems a bit sub-optimal.

jpmuscle · March 13, 2019, 9:39pm

Straight flexing

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pinzgauer · March 14, 2019, 12:56am

Roger on all, makes sense. Appreciate the explanation as I’m NOD ignorant. So did not read it as a rant. Knew you probably had a specific reason given the past 6920 positions (ok, those were semi-rants, or at least the echo comments were ).

I’ve always been a kiss carbine + aimpoint kind of guy, so I’m with you on the 6920 aspect. I went LMT lowers, and built DD based FFB uppers at the time because 6920s were still high/unobtanium back then.

As soon as the cheap 6920s hit I picked one up, and kept it stock with a surplus carry handle sight as the basic M4’ish pkg is pretty amazing even stock. Fun to shoot and hand it to someone to try instead of their dream rifle, and they nearly always comment on how fun and easy it is to shoot.

So I get your points

MegademiC · March 14, 2019, 2:12am

Firefly:

Epic post. Needs a sticky. Needs saving for posterity. Waaaay too much dragon chasing. I have some toys but not crazy money tied up in either.

Like My SR25 does all a Remington does and my.

My slut colt is so named because it is down for whatever.

I sometimes hum and doodle that I only need 4 guns. I have toys and heirlooms but am over guns.

I’d rather go hog hunting and enjoy life than be some dude going on about how Colt is going to the dogs and being some lardass whining about castle nuts.

I care more about Bailey Jay and AOC. Dead stop. No sarcasm.

I have had guys over the years freak the F out that I put rancid Soviet ammo through my Kimber, take an SR25 in the woods when it is wet, and have run my Colt raw.

When it needs rebarreling I may just get a CQBR barrel and have a full time suppressor host for hogging.

I figure an MRP upper and and MWS lower for “putting away” is all I care to get in the future.

Improve yourselves, not your guns.

This.
One thing I’ve noticed over the years… when I’m shooting a lot - I couldnt care less about gear - assuming its quality (reliable/accurate/efficient).
When I take time off - I start looking at buying shit - a lot of which I dont need… start shooting again and realize I’d rather have ammo.

Eurodriver · March 14, 2019, 2:21am

Ditto.

When I’m not planning my next range trip is exactly when I start shopping. It’s been at least 8 years since I was at the range and actually needed to change something.