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Just mounted the 6-24x50mm Vortex with MOA turrets and MOA reticle on a new Accuracy International AT.  Extremely pleased with the results.  I have only had time to zero at 100, but the glass clarity was excellent and I think I prefer the finer MOA reticle to the mil reticle now that visual...

I don't recall ever seeing or hearing of any indirect fire method for the .50 caliber.  The T&E mech wouldn't be very well suited to this, as there was no integral means to level the cradle and firing tables were not kept with the tool kit, nor taught during the MG course.  The modern...

I can't remember the correct nomenclature, but the plate that retains the firing pin at the back of the slide, I've had two crack. Steve

See if there is a reputable carbine course offered nearby.  A new shooter would benefit from some solid instruction. Steve

First Bin Laden and now this, what a week and it's only Monday!

I was interested to read that post and I think it good advice to all Canadians travelling abroad to check for warnings in any country they will be entering.  That said, every warning posted on the GC web site specifically notes that tourist areas have been safe and that the threat lies in the...

The only time I read about the CF in Afghanistan, someone has died a futile death and we should pull out.  ::) By now, we should all be taking a v. large grain of salt with our MSM reports. I'm not saying that bad things don't happen in Mexico but, once you leave Canada, you are in someone...

As an aside, who won the Queen's Medal? Also agreed that CFSAC and the team training therefore is an excellent tool to improve marksmanship forces wide.  I only wish that the CF used the oportunity to develop more shooters and techniques. 

Well, I was in the reserves for 7 years, and quit 2nd year university when the army made me a better offer.  I don't regret that but, I went to college for three years after I got out. The reason for my post is, years after I left the military, I was the chief pilot of a small air charter...

I wouldn't put much faith in the C79's BDC.  In my experience, the 400 and 500 meter settings were off. I think that 400 meters is about the max effective range for most trained infanteers.  I would say that on a known distance range most guys would achieve around 50% chance of a hit on a fig11...

Bullet hose?  A shorter barrel of a given diameter is stiffer than a longer one and, therefore more intrinsically more accurate.  Barrel manufacture and installation will have a greater effect on accuracy.  Shorter barrels tend to mean a shorter sighting radius, this has no impact on scopes or...

Well, CANSOFCOM aren't the only ones who could offer comment.  I went for a ride along with an old friend who is now with the OPP.  They have started to replace their Mini-14s with C8cqbs.  He still hadn't done his conversion course at the time so he didn't have an opinion, I'll see if he has...

Why waste bandwidth and time on a post that is either not serious or, asinine?  ??? Why the discussion of a CC150 replacement?  As far as I know, no request has been put forward by the CF for a new airliner.  The A310 purchase was politically driven and though the 707s that they replaced were...

Thunderchild, as to your first question, no, turbofans are not more efficient at altitude due to the cold air.  The gain in efficiency is because they are operating closer to their design point.  To simplify somewhat, these engines are at their most efficient when operating at their highest...

I have a question about the user interface issue.  As a pilot, I understand the difficulty different switch locations, system architectures and display systems pose.  That said, in civilian flying they are a part of life.  Recently Cargo Jet purchased 767s with the new -400 cockpit and the...

I can't believe the mag on the ground/off the ground argument is still on.  It was running nicely in '92 when I first started getting serious about shooting and I guess it will never end. I will state categorically that resting the mag on the ground will provide a steadier rest and improve your...

I own a BHP and used to have a Sig226.  Though I have a lifetime supply of 9mm brass and reload in 9mm, I truly love the Sig 220 in 45.  I can't take a Sig 228 home from the US so my favourite Sig 9mm is now denied by my ever caring federal government.  I bought the BHP because I was hot to...

You must have missed my smiley face. :'( You are of course correct, most infanteers don't have a pistol, though many more do than was perhaps once the case.  You did ask I-6 were he was going to pick up the club and, though he may not have a handgun, he did read an article on-line about them...

No, as a well equipped and properly trained individual, he will transition to his pistol. ;D

Most Sigophiles I know think the 225 is one of the best in the family.  I've never even handled it but, its double stacked brother the 228 fits my hand like it was made for me.  I love the 220 and the 226 but it can't stand the fact that I didn't buy a 228 before the Politburo decided the barrel...