Random pic thread.

LBarr2002 said:
There's also a 2.5lb. I'm only short a buffer kit and lpk to finish a balistic advantage / aero precision valkyrie. I'll have to watch for those to go on sale again. I've placed 2 orders with primary arms this week.
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I edited above to include the 2.5lb, I wouldn’t want that on anything but a 3gun stick or precision rifle, anything that may be used in the field in a semi-auto I stop at the 3.5.

I have been researching all the large frame info. Ordered mags and Magpul bipod from PA this week. Ordered a David Tubb flat wire AR10 buffer spring and a H3 5.4oz buffer last night. Also have Norrell’s Moly Resin in Coyote Brown and some satin black coming to spray the new CM like this.

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Lot of good info here and a video, springs are very important on big ARs

Tubb Precision AR-10 Stainless Steel Buffer Spring (Fits both Carbine and Standard length stocks)
 
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CasterTroy said:
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The wife's car went to the dealer for takaga airbag recall and a wiring harness recall. So I schedule it so I can get a loaner car because of meetings. The day comes (today) so at 7:30 I go up and drop it off. Service writer asks if I can drive a stick

o_O

A stick? I've never DRIVEN a BMW stick actually. Even at the Driving school in Spartanburg they don't have sticks. Well HELL YEAH I can drive a stick!

BIG mistake..HUUUUGE mistake!

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"Be careful..this one has the Dinan flash and Dinan full exhaust"​

Who in their right mind decided to make THIS a loaner car?

Anyway...dealership is like 5 miles from my office....all stoplights, near downtown. 3 of those miles are on a 6 lane "parkway"


I pulled to the exit of the dealership. Clicked "Sport + mode" and turned off ALL the nanny's. Pulled onto peters creek and saw 72mph as I shifted from 2nd to 3rd. This exhaust is SICK....popping and cracking at shifts, and it revs itself as you come to a stop once the clutch is engaged. I never got the car into 4th coming to the office.
I took a few little short cuts at the ball field. I.E. shooting up 1st street to Fayette, over to 4th street, by the filling station then ping-ponging onto 5th street, like I was a steel ball in a 70's Playboy pinball machine. Total disregard for "stopsigns" and rolling right on red like it was a suggestion rather than a statement to STOP.

So instead of parking in my usual spot, I park this RED rolling felony at the front corner next to the front door with the ass hanging out enough to be seen street-side (to run in, show the boss and share my excitement)

I kid you not....7 minutes after pulling up to my office I'm standing there in the front of the office by the big windows telling my boss about this car that FAR exceeds the M4 we drove at the BMW driving experience....and I look out the window in front of us and a COP pulls up with lights on (solid, not strobe) to the curb 90 degrees from said loaner and walks into the office.
POO CAME OUT!!!!

I did the STUPID thing and went right up to him instead of duck out the back.

I all BUT put my hands in front of me and tell him to "take me away"

He smiles and says "do you know anything about a missing phone"

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!

Apparently some middle school child had her phone stolen and it's pinging in our building (condo's above my office) and he was there to "find the phone"

HO
LEE
CRAP

I thought for sure THIS was where I finally paid for all the stupid things I've done in a car (and @Jason W. truck) all my life. But thankfully....he was a fan as well, and we went out so he could admire it as too :huggy::rockon::rockon:
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ponykilr said:
I edited above to include the 2.5lb, I wouldn’t want that on anything but a 3gun stick or precision rifle, anything that may be used in the field in a semi-auto I stop at the 3.5.

I have been researching all the large frame info. Ordered mags and Magpul bipod from PA this week. Ordered a David Tubb flat wire AR10 buffer spring and a H3 5.4oz buffer last night. Also have Norrell’s Moly Resin in Coyote Brown and some satin black coming to spray the new CM like this.

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Lot of good info here and a video, springs are very important on big ARs

Tubb Precision AR-10 Stainless Steel Buffer Spring (Fits both Carbine and Standard length stocks)
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Thanks for the input. I'll probably go with the 2.5lb on the valkyrie, precision only.

That PSA EPT with the JP enterprises reduced power (yellow) hammer spring is pretty good for a $40 investment. I have 1 lower with that setup and 2 with the ept and enhanced reliability (red) JP spring.
 
The SWFA 1-4xHD FFP scopes on 2 of my carbines are great optics. They perform much like a RDS on 1x and have a usable MilRad reticle as the power goes up. They are truly great for a do-it-all carbine. They are no longer made but the 1-6 now made is better by 2x anyway. SWFA SS HD 1-6x24 Tactical 30mm Riflescope

I still like RDS for the simple nature on AR pistols especially but good luck with any target ID with a RDS unless you have young perfect eyes.

Here is the reticle

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Loganwayne said:
he's acting like a typical engineer. tells how great it is and gives you a picture but no specs :flipoff2:
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Now if only he will copy and paste 12 pages of specs that still fail to mention the necessary details and also refer to drawings not included with this project we will be golden.
 
Ron said:
Now if only he will copy and paste 12 pages of specs that still fail to mention the necessary details and also refer to drawings not included with this project we will be golden.
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That would actually be an improvement over mentioning the wrong city/county/division of government because of being rushed by ridiculous deadlines to meet particular board meetings for funding approval :rolleyes:
 
CasterTroy said:
That would actually be an improvement over mentioning the wrong city/county/division of government because of being rushed by ridiculous deadlines to meet particular board meetings for funding approval :rolleyes:
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Just this AM I bid a job
In specs 'Sized as indicated on the drawings' On the single line 'Size per spec section XXX'
 
CasterTroy said:
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The wife's car went to the dealer for takaga airbag recall and a wiring harness recall. So I schedule it so I can get a loaner car because of meetings. The day comes (today) so at 7:30 I go up and drop it off. Service writer asks if I can drive a stick

o_O

A stick? I've never DRIVEN a BMW stick actually. Even at the Driving school in Spartanburg they don't have sticks. Well HELL YEAH I can drive a stick!

BIG mistake..HUUUUGE mistake!

View attachment 284935


"Be careful..this one has the Dinan flash and Dinan full exhaust"​

Who in their right mind decided to make THIS a loaner car?

Anyway...dealership is like 5 miles from my office....all stoplights, near downtown. 3 of those miles are on a 6 lane "parkway"


I pulled to the exit of the dealership. Clicked "Sport + mode" and turned off ALL the nanny's. Pulled onto peters creek and saw 72mph as I shifted from 2nd to 3rd. This exhaust is SICK....popping and cracking at shifts, and it revs itself as you come to a stop once the clutch is engaged. I never got the car into 4th coming to the office.
I took a few little short cuts at the ball field. I.E. shooting up 1st street to Fayette, over to 4th street, by the filling station then ping-ponging onto 5th street, like I was a steel ball in a 70's Playboy pinball machine. Total disregard for "stopsigns" and rolling right on red like it was a suggestion rather than a statement to STOP.

So instead of parking in my usual spot, I park this RED rolling felony at the front corner next to the front door with the ass hanging out enough to be seen street-side (to run in, show the boss and share my excitement)

I kid you not....7 minutes after pulling up to my office I'm standing there in the front of the office by the big windows telling my boss about this car that FAR exceeds the M4 we drove at the BMW driving experience....and I look out the window in front of us and a COP pulls up with lights on (solid, not strobe) to the curb 90 degrees from said loaner and walks into the office.
POO CAME OUT!!!!

I did the STUPID thing and went right up to him instead of duck out the back.

I all BUT put my hands in front of me and tell him to "take me away"

He smiles and says "do you know anything about a missing phone"

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!

Apparently some middle school child had her phone stolen and it's pinging in our building (condo's above my office) and he was there to "find the phone"

HO
LEE
CRAP

I thought for sure THIS was where I finally paid for all the stupid things I've done in a car (and @Jason W. truck) all my life. But thankfully....he was a fan as well, and we went out so he could admire it as too :huggy::rockon::rockon:
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I was thinking Andy and Barney must've clocked you when you went by the filling station.....
 
jcramsey said:
I was thinking Andy and Barney must've clocked you when you went by the filling station.....
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That was MY fear as well. The loaner was neat, but a very uninteresting "story" to anyone other than myself, and a couple of other guys in the office...the COP part of the story was what I thought made for a ironic twist
 
jeepinmatt said:
It would be hard to have given a more useless answer. I already knew it was a red BMW :rolleyes: M ?
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I wanted to wait until I dropped it back off before being specific. Just in case....and man was I right!


To give you an exact answer: 340Xi Msport


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Just dropped it off. Decided to go "the long way" around from downtown to Flow BMW. Drove down by Baptist, and jumped on Business 40 west and do the loop to 40 East.
Took the exit to 40 east and threw it into the corner, then hammered down. I saw triple digits as I merged with 421 at Stratford and started closing FAST on a dodge challenger with black windows in the middle lane.
Decided to back off considerably to avoid a ticket.
Challenger gets over into fast lane and I'm in the center. I pass him SLOWLY.
Then traffic from Hanes mall so I get over in the fast lane.
I move back to the middle lane and my exit is coming up but a truck and 3-4 cars are in the slow lane. So I speed up (a little) and get by them.
Out of NOWHERE said challenger is all up in my rear window, and I can't see his grille. But..I CAN see those damn lights (not lit up at this point) just below his sun visors.
DANGIT!!
He tails me like a fart in an elevator all the way down the ramp, and turns right as I do. On me like a democrat that smells a kickback.
I have dealer tags, and I see him doing his laptop work behind me at the light. I'm now pooping Trumps wall for him.
As I turn right onto peters creek I decide to NOT turn left into the dealer and get busted in the parking lot of the BMW dealership, but turn right and take my lickin' in the bowling alley parking lot. But...at the last second the officer pulls off of me and goes straight thru the light

HOLY CRAP!!! 2 times today!!

These khakis can never be worn again
 
CasterTroy said:
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The wife's car went to the dealer for takaga airbag recall and a wiring harness recall. So I schedule it so I can get a loaner car because of meetings. The day comes (today) so at 7:30 I go up and drop it off. Service writer asks if I can drive a stick

o_O

A stick? I've never DRIVEN a BMW stick actually. Even at the Driving school in Spartanburg they don't have sticks. Well HELL YEAH I can drive a stick!

BIG mistake..HUUUUGE mistake!

View attachment 284935


"Be careful..this one has the Dinan flash and Dinan full exhaust"​

Who in their right mind decided to make THIS a loaner car?

Anyway...dealership is like 5 miles from my office....all stoplights, near downtown. 3 of those miles are on a 6 lane "parkway"


I pulled to the exit of the dealership. Clicked "Sport + mode" and turned off ALL the nanny's. Pulled onto peters creek and saw 72mph as I shifted from 2nd to 3rd. This exhaust is SICK....popping and cracking at shifts, and it revs itself as you come to a stop once the clutch is engaged. I never got the car into 4th coming to the office.
I took a few little short cuts at the ball field. I.E. shooting up 1st street to Fayette, over to 4th street, by the filling station then ping-ponging onto 5th street, like I was a steel ball in a 70's Playboy pinball machine. Total disregard for "stopsigns" and rolling right on red like it was a suggestion rather than a statement to STOP.

So instead of parking in my usual spot, I park this RED rolling felony at the front corner next to the front door with the ass hanging out enough to be seen street-side (to run in, show the boss and share my excitement)

I kid you not....7 minutes after pulling up to my office I'm standing there in the front of the office by the big windows telling my boss about this car that FAR exceeds the M4 we drove at the BMW driving experience....and I look out the window in front of us and a COP pulls up with lights on (solid, not strobe) to the curb 90 degrees from said loaner and walks into the office.
POO CAME OUT!!!!

I did the STUPID thing and went right up to him instead of duck out the back.

I all BUT put my hands in front of me and tell him to "take me away"

He smiles and says "do you know anything about a missing phone"

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!

Apparently some middle school child had her phone stolen and it's pinging in our building (condo's above my office) and he was there to "find the phone"

HO
LEE
CRAP

I thought for sure THIS was where I finally paid for all the stupid things I've done in a car (and @Jason W. truck) all my life. But thankfully....he was a fan as well, and we went out so he could admire it as too :huggy::rockon::rockon:
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My truck is probably missing your driving shenanigans , by the way , I figured out full hoonigan mode... rear locker is allowed unlimited speed also.
 
Had a good night at the burn building in Dobson.

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