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I agree! I have lots of ideas now! |
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+1 for Kyle. Bought two cases from him (pistol and rifle) and he's a great guy to deal with. Highly recommended that you support this guy. No, I don't work for him. Just had a great experience. And I'm new to the whole AR/case scene. |
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Regardless of the dessicant, open cell foam will collect moisture every time it is exposed to air. |
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"I don't hate them for killing my boys. I hate them for making my boys kill them."
-Golda Mier كافر |
This is just an observation, but why do you guys have your rifles pointing to the right? Is there a reason why or just a preference?
Thanks. BTW - the pics I have seen are great, and the information has been great too. I hadn't considered on buying one until now. |
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As far as pointing to the right, it is an inherent thing that is done instictively. There are many discussions in art appreciation/art psychology classes regarding this very thing, not that I would expect anyone to take one of those BORING SOB's to learn that... My question is as to why all of the weapons have been put into cutouts with the sights down when being carried by the handles of the case. It is not wise to pack your weapons in the plane of the case which makes the most ammount of damage to the sighting system possible during mishandling. I know it loses some cool factor points as you slowly open the case to admiring onlookers, but it is not the ideal choice for load integrity, which is the reason you bought that expensive case in the first place. I learned this lesson the hard way while having some very expensive camera lenses damaged during air transport to a shoot. In my case, heavy lenses should have been packed with the barrel of the lens paralel to the spine of the case, not the camera mount. Wherever in the cargo hold the cases were stowed apparently had enough vibration to eventually wear most of the way through the foam and allow the lens mount to almost rest on the spine and be impacted when pitched by the baggage handlers. I'm quite sure that the magwell/handgrip will absorb far more impact with less potential damage than the sight system.
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I can think of one practical reason to point the rifles right: verifying the weapon is unloaded when traveling. It's been my experience that usually the least qualified individual will have to check to see if my rifles are unloaded, so I make it as simple as possible ( both for them and for me). |
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That is a great point Erik_0.
Thanks. |
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I look at pointing the rifle to the right this way....I'll see if I can put this into words
If the rifle is facing the right...as shown above (assuming you're right eye dominant) then you can grab w/ your strong hand (pistol grip hand) and quickly pull the rifle up naturally. Now if the rifle was facing to the left you could still grab the rifle by the pistol grip but your hand placement wouldn't be in it's natural resting place and you would have to do a little more to get your weapon in the ready position... Hope that makes sense and just another way to look at it. Sorry if this has been mentioned already as I didn't see it. |
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My How To on Multicamming your rifle!
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=139&t=565579&page=1 |
I would also have accepted "Staging the weapon for rapid deployment" as a reason for facing the rifle right Speaking for myself, weapons are cased when I'm traveling, racked, slung or holstered when "in play" and otherwise secured the rest of the time. On a different, but related, topic: I've seen a couple of posters mention how they are cutting their foam but no mention on how much time it took. I've cut two different layouts now and each took about two hours. I've been using a $18 hot knife designed for Styrofoam, which I suspect is just not hot enough for the heavier closed cell foam. I cut my foam out on the back patio using a Workmate bench as a work surface. I've experiemented with mounting the hot knife to the Workmate to make a poorman's hot knife scroll saw, but it didn't work as well as I had hoped ( edges were still sawn instead of smooth ). I suspect the hot knife just needs to be hotter. |
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I cut it with a snap-off razor. |
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The Marine Rifle Company exists to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy
by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy's assault by fire and close combat. FDT<font color=white>08</fo |
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It's not easy to find romantic matches for a moody loner with an assault rifle - Rodent
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My Pelican opens to 180, maybe I am misunderstanding you. What exactly do you mean and where did you get this info? |
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My pelican open 180 as well in desert tan.
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LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL PRESERVED BODY,
BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT SHOUTING "HOLY $H!T...WHAT A RIDE"!! |
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The Marine Rifle Company exists to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy
by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy's assault by fire and close combat. FDT<font color=white>08</fo |
Oh. Thanks, I must have been mistaken. |
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very nice
anybody use a 1780? Or too big? |
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You suck! |
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"I don't hate them for killing my boys. I hate them for making my boys kill them."
-Golda Mier كافر |
That looks like a bundle of fun! What kind of grenades are those? |
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AR15 Build Project:
http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=293296 |
It's all airsoft gear. I know I hijacked the thread with non real steel, but I just wanted to show the results of my case. I couldn't have done it (the foam cutting) without this forum. So thank to all for the tips and advice.
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I, for one, applaud you for having the balls to come out and admit that. I think Airsoft would be a good way to get into guns if you're scared or live in an unfriendly environment. Welcome to the site and please get into actual firearms ownership. It's very rewarding and a lot more practical than Airsoft. ( and in true ARFCOM fashion, keep both ) |
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thats crazy looks real hasa gas tube and everything down to spec...
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Everything was built to scale and to real steel standards. The gun was originally designed just for military/law enforcement training. Needless to say, it's the ferrari of airsoft guns--and it costs relatively as much too. |
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best prices on cases?
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What? No more cool cases all decked out? |
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No shit, let see some more!
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Where can I buy replacement foam for a pelican case?
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"Buy American while there is still time"
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"Buy American while there is still time"
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Here is my 1750 that I did last night.
http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb5/FRIED303/Pelican_M700003.jpg Here is the link to the post that I show all ther pictures on making it. Check it out. |
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On no the Toes! |
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AR15 Build Project:
http://ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=4&t=293296 |
Now that's slick! |
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It's not easy to find romantic matches for a moody loner with an assault rifle - Rodent
Join the dark side - Drink Guinness! Proud member or the SWFL Single Malt Scotch drinking team. |
that's pretty baddass. another reason to pick up that damn stamp.
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Say HELLO to my littl' friend! Nice! |
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If guns kill people, do pencils misspell words?
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wish pelican made something a little linger to fit my 16" upper in.
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A 1650 will work it's 28" inside diameter |
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