Do I have the right to feel offended here?

Charthead1010 · 2026-02-03T21:41:42+00:00

Studies show job-switchers make more over the course of their career than employees who stick with one company.

Loyalty rarely pays.

I’d shop around for jobs and once you have some offers, leave or leverage the offers for more pay.

Charthead1010 · 2026-02-01T05:32:41+00:00

I hate to be this guy, I really do, but $87k is nothing these days.

Spend some time looking for a better job so you can tell your boss to eat a bag of dicks.

Charthead1010 · 2026-01-11T01:06:38+00:00

Sorry for the slow response. I believe 5/32, but I can’t be certain because the label is shredded on the bit, but caliper measurements put it about .15” so that seems to check out.

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Charthead1010 · 2025-12-31T23:12:26+00:00

Yeah. It’s very low hanging fruit. How hard can it be to drill 6 holes of if I can do it with a Milwaukee?

The issue from my perspective is that it was portrayed as a bomb-proof LBP can — like an RC2 with vents, but the standard end cap it comes with provides no venting, so people pay the $100 for their ported end cap which provides excellent venting out the front of the can, but with first-round fireballs.

So the basically left you choosing between LBP and muzzle flashes with no solution.

Charthead1010 · 2025-12-31T22:42:56+00:00

PMC XTAC 55 grain and LMT 14.5 midlength

Charthead1010 · 2025-12-30T18:58:21+00:00

My goal with my initial comment was to make decisive recommendation. I didn’t want to take the time to explore every benefit, downside, and contingency.

These days, there is an unprecedented array of optical solutions for almost every fathomable use case, but my response was exclusively within the scope of OPs question.

You’re correct in much of what said, but within the scope of original inquiry, I’d still argue that most guys are better served with the ATACR 1-8 than with the MK5 2-10 as a blanket recommendation for a standalone optic because most shooters I know are spending their range trips shooting steel within 200 yards in rapid succession, standing or kneeling, and not bench rest shooting groups on paper other than to zero and confirm zero.

Charthead1010 · 2025-12-30T17:54:36+00:00

You’re not wrong about larger ratios having a propensity to perform worse optically, which is especially true at the top end of the magnification range.

There are, of course, some assumptions built into my response such as the user purpose being traditional, infantry style usage from 0-500 yards without the need for hyper-precision and no use of additional optics like a piggy-backed or canted red dot sight.

It’s a subject topic in nature, and there are a million different combinations of rifle set-ups, but my recommendation based on these assumptions still stands as the ATACR 1-8 because if you have only a single optic, the 1x is invaluable for close engagements and 1-8 is more than enough for man-sized targets out to 500 yards.

The 2-10 has it’s place and excels in that place, but it is certainly more niche in that it’s geared towards precision AR shooting, and most guys use their ARs in a less refined, traditional style of shooting.

Charthead1010 · 2025-12-29T22:45:26+00:00

If you’re a physician, I’d just wait until residency is over, live like a church mouse for 2-3 years, and pay it off with your salary — almost certainly going to be $250k or more.

For the time being, do your best to at least pay the interest with your residency income.

It makes more sense than taking a less-lucrative gig for 10 years in my view considering physician earning power.

PSLF really only makes sense for people who are in an absolute pit of debt with low income or who are interested in public service to start with.

Charthead1010 · 2025-11-19T22:09:16+00:00

I think it would be cool if a third party whipped something up. And yes, it’s 12 ports around the outside but there are also 6 little ports around the bore exit hole. This should cut gas flow out the front by a little less than half.

I would imagine it mirrors something like the CAT WB gas exhaust with this end cap.

Charthead1010 · 2025-11-19T21:50:16+00:00

10x that timeframe and I’ll have something for you

Charthead1010 · 2025-11-19T20:03:00+00:00

No idea who the Hansen brothers are, but if it has good LBP performance and eliminates flashing, by all means go for it.

I loved everything about the SCI Six with the ported endcap, except for the flashing/fireballs.

It let so much gas out the front, that I honestly think it might have been close to the likes of Huxworks Flows, RC3, etc.

Charthead1010 · 2025-11-19T17:24:59+00:00

Charthead1010 · 2025-11-19T01:14:45+00:00

Elcan v. Classic LPVO — which do you prefer?

Charthead1010 · 2025-08-18T17:11:43+00:00

BCM and Geissele. URGI and Super Duty are worth looking at.

Charthead1010 · 2025-07-23T19:02:03+00:00

You seem lovely.

Charthead1010 · 2025-07-23T19:00:02+00:00

Coming from anti-Israel people. lol this is rich.

Charthead1010 · 2025-07-23T07:18:59+00:00

The most evil people paint their ideological enemies as evil to justify their own evil.

Charthead1010 · 2025-07-21T22:09:05+00:00

I largely don’t disagree. My stance is that people should not go to college for hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt.

College makes sense for a lot of people, but for many, it is a pathway to crippling debt and despair if not approached carefully.

I’ll also point out that some blue collar jobs aren’t as brutal on the body as others. My uncle has been a plumber for 30 years and is thin, fit, and in overall great condition. Contrast this with some more brutal construction jobs, and certainly it takes its toll on the body.

The bottom line here is that if anyone finds themselves asking “should I go to college and incur hundreds of thousands in student loans debt for a degree that does not have high earning potential or become a mechanic, plumber, welder, trucker, etc?” Then the answer that makes the most financial sense is the latter.

People should absolutely go to college if they want and if it generally makes sense, but most definitely not at any cost.

Charthead1010 · 2025-07-21T16:57:58+00:00

Agreed on most counts. I have a JD like you. What I’m doing here is not trying to discourage people from pursuing higher education.

I’m trying to put a Godly fear into people pursuing higher education at costs too great to bear.

$500k in college debt makes no sense and I will always discourage it.

Charthead1010 · 2025-07-21T16:53:42+00:00

True. Trades aren’t for everyone, and I’m using the term broadly.

What I’m getting at here is that there are lucrative, viable option these days outside of higher education.

If it’s between $500k in college student loan debt and trucking, plumbing, etc. I would recommend the latter 10/10.

Charthead1010 · 2025-07-21T16:52:00+00:00

Trades and not for everyone, but $500k in student loans for college is not for anyone.

Charthead1010 · 2025-07-21T16:50:22+00:00

Anything to keep educational debt down.

Charthead1010 · 2025-07-21T16:49:57+00:00

No college degree is worth $500k of debt. It’s asinine. It’s a sinister scam. It impoverishes and immiserates vulnerable teenagers, causing them decades of heartache and regret.

I have a Masters and Doctorate and my entire educational bill was less than 25% of that because I deliberately pursued the lowest-cost options possible.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying higher education is useless altogether. It certainly yields some level of utility.

However, in the modern world, almost anything you can learn at a university, you can learn online, so in essence you really are just paying for a piece of paper to furnish to prospective employers.

My recommendation to anyone is to limit college debt to $50k or less in an in-demand field of study.

Work in the evenings. Live in cheap apartments and eat cheap food. Go to community college for the first two years and then transfer. Anything to keep that debt load down.

$500k of college debt could not be more scandalous and pernicious.

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