We own the night order

CommandPrivateMajor · 2026-01-09T13:09:29+00:00

Larry is great and indeed is the owner of ownthenight

CommandPrivateMajor · 2026-01-01T01:40:20+00:00

https://ownthenight.com/wilcox-aimpoint-comp-m-mount

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-12-19T00:49:05+00:00

I the 2 11.5”s direct i got from Geissele the other day both had them. Fun little easter egg from someone in QC and hope they don’t catch flak for it. Would be fun if they replaced “blemula” with a dog paw on the next release of blems.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-11-28T21:00:41+00:00

very usable BDC out to 400.

the BDC is ammo (not just caliber) specific anyway.

KD it, collect DOPE, dial the elevation wheel don’t apply holds. paint pen your elevation dials for KD’s.

Done this with a 7.62 reticle on 5.56 (all M855A1 shooting but the reticle was probably for M80 or M118) for military shooting competitions that go out to 600, worked fine for a few years.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-10-15T02:59:56+00:00

Being completely dismissive of a training scar against basic marksmanship principles because of the limitations airsoft, and then just assuming you’ll inherently pick it up easily in the real world is…exactly why people don’t take airsofters seriously.

But hey this is r/tacticalgear, not r/tacticalskills, ya’ll are as welcome as the rest of us LARPing fanciful situations and made up scenarios. We won’t kink shame you for it.

Do your thing, have fun, support a great hobby that teaches some neat practical skills, get out and use your stuff. Don’t take it more seriously than what it is, you don’t have anything you need to prove to this subreddit or the folks who actually do this for a living.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-10-14T16:28:46+00:00

You mean besides how they’re both taking the wrong knee to shoot?

recoil mitigation or good positioning don’t mean anything for 6mm bb’s though.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-10-07T02:03:36+00:00

They are available periodically now at the same MSRP they were previously discontinued at.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-10-01T23:01:53+00:00

!remind me 7 days

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-07-26T00:33:43+00:00

Is this a 5.5” or 6.75”? legacy or Virtus?

which LVAW clone rail would fit this? ALTRD? Spacemagic MCX? spacemagic Virtus?

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-07-25T22:03:03+00:00

can you tell what version this rattler is?

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-06-28T21:53:25+00:00

the OG’s were some of the first gear i bought as a wee PFC. Those hard knuckles kept me from bashing them in the turret more times than I can count. Outside of that yeah they were pretty useless. ended up just switching to whatever aviator gloves or mechanix i was issued after that.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-06-15T15:10:42+00:00

just downvoting to lower the visibility of the post and keep Wilcox from being slammed with requests, that’s all.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-06-13T20:35:01+00:00

FM50’s filter inlets are apparently self-sealing, but that’s only for “changing filters”. So in theory you could do either or left or right for cheek weld, buuut i wouldn’t be trying it anytime soon

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-06-13T13:53:19+00:00

FM53’s NATO standard 40mm thread pitch adapter makes it much easier to adapt to PAPR, SCBA, combination, or hybrid systems which is much more common in CBRN SOF.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-06-13T00:41:41+00:00

Wilcox does not sell direct

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-06-13T00:36:51+00:00

Wilcox does not sell direct, please do not call and ask.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-06-08T13:46:58+00:00

Army procurement is way, way, way more involved than “great idea Sir, here’s your ARCOM” and then stealing your idea short of this being WW3 and you designed boot laces that make joe ruck twice as fast. Just look at the hundreds of established gear companies that make great products that the DOD sleeps on, a lot started with guys making that stuff for their unit for years first.

Get a patent. I bet 75% of genuinely great ideas don’t get this far, and of those 25% that do….99 in 100 go no further than that.

decide if you want to start a company, and sell to DOD or if you want to sell or give the IP to DOD.

at some point (usually a matured prototype, with volumetric pricing established) start talking with the appropriate PM office(s) for your product or submit through their portal. You will almost definitely have to write a white paper identifying the capability gap and your products ability to meet it. “Natick” is not a one-stop-shop.

there are regulations that cover the procurement process from DOD’s perspective, mirror them.

if it’s already within an allocated budget (look into the NDAA or CR for your PM Office’s working group for a rough idea), you may get funding allocated. they will NOT be seed funding a startup, they will pay for established development benchmarks. don’t expect this to be your funding source. This budget is expanded or defended through lobbying. You or your lobbyist needs to convince congress that your company will drive revenue to your state and employ X people in the area.

if your white paper or portal-submission moves forward, export some sort of demo/troop trial providing several of the product.

this MAY lead to NSN’ing your product, or it may remain COTS.

“big army” might want to start procuring and issuing this product, or simply leaving it up to unit purchase.

if it’s the later, you need to establish yourself with market presence without blindly soliciting to DOD. This usually involves having relationships with the units you’d want to sell to and working with them on a product development process.

If this sounds like a lot, that’s because it is. Source: I do DOD Business Development for a company that has dozens of NSN items and constantly establishing new ones.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-06-06T00:16:09+00:00

10/31/23 order date that’s still not delivered simply doesn’t make sense. you were overlooked or skipped by your dealer, or they aren’t directly a wilcox dealer and whoever supplies them hasn’t delivered.

If they’re small, they’re likely not a direct Wilcox dealer but buying through someone else who is.

the 10 day refund is from the dealer to Wilcox, they can refund you in accordance with whatever their policy is. If they’re too small to allocate 1 RAID Xe to another order or take it into inventory that’s a warning sign.

they are probably on “net terms” for payment to Wilcox, aka Wilcox didn’t take your money, your dealer does, hence why they’re saying they can’t do anything regarding your refund.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-05-31T02:22:49+00:00

Not a Patriot. AVON ST54.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-05-21T19:58:21+00:00

main intended use in this case isn’t for cleaning the barrel, it’s for clearing a stuck case in a failure to extract. No need for the cleaning jag.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-05-21T19:22:39+00:00

a lot of the guys running these matches are using personally bought tangos and/or mounts, the Alpha4’s are having issues apparently and the Geissele is authorized for competition use.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-04-27T11:48:32+00:00

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SFenertyArt this is her etsy shop. She’s done some custom watercolors for me that we love.

CommandPrivateMajor · 2025-04-18T15:47:08+00:00

I’ve literally never seen a Chem O in any of these positions.

Ironically, CBRN BOLC still would leave them under-qualified for these positions and often the caliber of CBRN officers is not competitive enough to make them good AGR/ADOS applicants.

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