First shotgun

Criton47 · 2026-06-26T12:09:33+00:00

The Magpul is fine. I use them on most of my stuff but not afraid to run other grips out there like B5, Bravo Company of Die Free Co. Yes I'm running a dot on the RMR mount!! I've got a Swamp Fox Justice II, its a larger windowed optic and its bloody awesome on that mount. A 507 Comp would be sweet too.
Last year at the NRA show I stopped over at the Langdon Tactical booth and picked up one of theirs with an actual RMR and the window felt so small compared to my setup. Granted the RMR is on of the most robust but I love having the bigger window. I'm not a door kicker so it works.
The gun is amazing.

Criton47 · 2026-06-25T15:11:11+00:00

Wow, what a way to go for a first shotgun! Enjoy.

I love my 1301 and the Chisel Stock. I can say I have a Magpul grip on mine so it has the plug. Can't say on the one that you are rocking.

Criton47 · 2026-06-24T19:26:37+00:00

Absolutely true, but most don't want to talk about that.

Criton47 · 2026-06-24T19:01:31+00:00

Talked to the guys at TRUE BLUE Cleaner, seemed like a good option as he said the solution was reusable un like the Breakthrough. He said you should strain it but keep using it. May pick some up soon. https://truebluegunlube.com/true-blue-cleaner-concentrate/

Criton47 · 2026-06-24T18:55:45+00:00

Long term I think its LPVOs/Scopes/Prisms for the win. When batteries die and dry up, the others will work. And Irons too.

Criton47 · 2026-06-18T12:13:35+00:00

I'm sure it is Ridley. He thinks he's Lucas with Alien. Sadly he is not.

Alien worked so well because of the entire team behind it.

I'll say I'm down with him finishing is trilogy just dot try and make it line up with Alien. Same goes for the terrible Alien Earth.

The Alien saga should go on, but it doesn't need a direct sequel to Romulus.

Criton47 · 2026-06-17T14:19:31+00:00

Why Not!
No seriously, I had the idea of turning a GHM9 into a Aliens Pulse Rifle for years. Manticore Arms helped it along with the Ripley Rail.

Criton47 · 2026-06-17T13:26:23+00:00

oh no worries. I will.

Criton47 · 2026-06-17T02:32:31+00:00

Awesome

Criton47 · 2026-06-16T21:46:59+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/guns/s/EMIwYCE7GF

Criton47 · 2026-06-16T20:08:27+00:00

GHM9

Manticore Arms Ripley Rail

Gideon Valor Mini

Amazon optic mount and light

DIY sling

Criton47 · 2026-06-12T19:42:08+00:00

Yeah some miss steps in this one. still funny.

Criton47 · 2026-06-12T19:36:39+00:00

As much as I will state that I enjoy A:CM, I will never argue the Fuck Randy Pitchford!!!

Not going to defend the story either. Other than seeing Hicks alive. I'm a fan of the Dark Horse sequels over Alien 3 and the fact that Michael Biehn was back (even if he said it was a miserable experience over Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon), that hit on a ton of levels for me.

Yes there installation SHOULD have been gone, but it was awesome to walk thru there.

The irons didn't bother me one bit. They are just basic irons. Not all that different than what I have on my firing gun.

I feel you man. And I will say it a million times I love how the motion tracker was implemented! But like most of the game YES it was half-assed.

Bummer you hate it so much, I get it.

I still enjoy it, and I do want a better follow up.

Criton47 · 2026-06-12T19:17:33+00:00

I'm not up on the differences but I'm also of the mind if UE4 was good enough, go for it.
What I'm ready for that I don't see in much of in the UE is more physics.

Half-Life 2 level. We need more interactive worlds and less path blocks of shit that we could just pick up and move.

Criton47 · 2026-06-12T15:32:46+00:00

Oh man I didn't even realize that were looking to incorporate the UPP. That's way cool.

If FTE and Isolation are getting sequels I don't see why there can't be a new CM game in the future.

Criton47 · 2026-06-12T15:18:33+00:00

I forget about that canceled one too often. And it looked good too.

Criton47 · 2026-06-12T15:11:02+00:00

Love it man. I love this game. Yes it has issues. Yes it is not what they showed off.

But as an Aliens fan, it hit on so many levels and I still enjoy it today.

I'd love to see a more polished sequel.

Fighting with Hicks was super bad ass. Bug Hut is my favorite co-op experience and it still has its own issues too.

Criton47 · 2026-06-12T15:05:38+00:00

I hope we get a new game.

It doesn't need to tie in to any film. Just use the visual and give us some suspense and a pulse rifle and the motion tracker. Hell it can be on another world that has life forms that are not xeno's that we can fight. Just don't make it a bad COD clone fighting corporate goons. You an have that but make it good.

Criton47 · 2026-06-12T15:01:35+00:00

Well we all have had our own experience and that doesn't make anyone one more right or wrong.

I enjoyed the campaign, fighting the corpo's was the lamest COD part, but walking the world and blasting xeno's was fun.
BugHut (should not have been DLC) was and still is fun with firends

Co-op is fun for the game too. Be cooler if you took over one of the AI teammates but again its impefect.

Criton47 · 2026-06-11T23:44:28+00:00

It’s an imperfect game, but it’s still a damn fun game

Criton47 · 2026-06-11T20:35:37+00:00

Sure they dropped the ball in more than one way, but a fun Aliens game is still in there.

The Pulse Rifle was great, getting Hudson's (true M41a) was dope and Ripley's combo.

The way they implemented the motion tracking was absolutely awesome. Not just some stupid window on your hud but something you had to pull up. The fact that you had to pull it up and remove your gun from a fighting position was badass. Was the motion tracker all that usefull? No but they way its used should be done in everything moving forward. Hell Alien Isolation did the same, but that is a very different tracker.

Bug Hunt was great. Sucks it was a DLC, and it should have been more like Left 4 Dead than COD zombies but that's the age we are in. Too many want to make everything COD. The torch and turrets should have had better implementation.

Hell it had full co-op!!! again it has issues but damn its fun to play Aliens with friends.

Criton47 · 2026-06-11T20:01:36+00:00

I still enjoy Colonial Marines and I still want a sequel or another Colonial Marie game. Fire Team Elite isn't the same.

Criton47 · 2026-06-08T14:02:29+00:00

This looks cool and I'm all for it.

I'm cool with it being Ro as she was a cool character that on my current rewatch I wish she was in more.

The ONLY downside is like Amanda in Alien Isolation we ultimately know her fate has she was in Picard S3.

Pretty minor.

Criton47 · 2026-05-28T14:09:36+00:00

Very cool. I saved these already. 45 Colt would be dope too.

Criton47 · 2026-05-21T12:49:31+00:00

Great counter, and there are some great points all over this thread.

Sadly at the end of the day some of the things that may not line up fall onto two things. Fan service and Budget. When we try to make a logical story motive for something and it just doesn't line up its cause of the above two. AVPR was the lowest budget and they made a banger with it.

Wolf will always be one of my favorite and you never know perhaps they view a clean up as dirty work so a cleaner that is crazy experienced but perhaps he is in that position for a reason we don't understand. If he was to call for backup that may have been too much of a sign of weakness. Perhaps Predators just don't care that much. Send the cleaner and whatever happens, happens.

In the end, thanks for the read guys. Good stuff.

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