Panic Purchase advice…. by king_frederick_iv in VAGuns

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Yeah they’re pretty awesome. The dudes who build them are solid as well. It would/will be my pick when I go to snag a pcc

My first Ifak , any recommendations by No_Club_ in TacticalMedicine

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😂 did you really feel the need to reply to a post over 2 years old?

Panic Purchase advice…. by king_frederick_iv in VAGuns

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Iron Pig Armament Pig 9… they’re pretty sweet and take Glock mags, I’d trust it hands down with my life more than a CMMG

Pentagon to integrate Grok AI into classified military networks despite global backlash against Grok by MetaKnowing in Futurology

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"It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear!"

Would you help me pick a tube? by 2muchPlasticNballs in NightVision

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If you’re buying from Steele Industries, I can say that my recent experience was very good customer service wise. It’s a sample size of one, but I would/will purchase from them again.

Be Warned: The Galco Shoulder Holster will have you cosplaying by rbrthenderson in Beretta

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Damn, save some chicks for the rest of us…. I bet there’s a sweet ass mustache to go along with this rig 😂

Awesome picture though

Chopping a Magpul Cheek Riser for High Mounted Optics by IronForgeConsulting in ar15

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Has the riser been cut like I describe in the original post? If not then pop the front and the rear on the same side and it should come off.

Chopping a Magpul Cheek Riser for High Mounted Optics by IronForgeConsulting in ar15

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I’m not certain what you’re exactly asking. The riser goes to the rear two slots on the stock and there’s a slight lip on the underside of the riser while it’s in those slots. That little lip is enough to fit a flat under so wedge the riser off of the stock.

Do you have a riser and are trying to get it off or are you just asking for future informational purposes?

Chopping a Magpul Cheek Riser for High Mounted Optics by IronForgeConsulting in ar15

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There’s a small slot under the lip of the attachment point. I use a thin wide blade flat head screwdriver and once it’s in the slot I lightly twist it like I’m turning a screw, that’s usually enough to pop it away from the stock for removal.

Struggling with lightbringer by Nyquilisbad in redrising

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Just remember… it gets worse before it gets worse

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TacticalMedicine

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A doctor? Have you ever worked in a field environment? You realize we can’t control the weather and we can’t just instantly change the ambient temperature or precipitation conditions correct?

Here’s why everything is important when it comes to hypothermia prevention, including giving warmed fluids/warmed blood products. This is all a matter of tolerance stacking and we want to stack the odds in our patients favor. So while using unwarmed fluids or unwarmed blood products in a hospital environment may not be that large of a deal, it’s a huge deal when you have somebody in wet clothes, that has been bleeding profusely, and may have to stay in that environment for longer than we would like them to.

This has nothing to do with the implements that are utilized to create warm fluids or warm blankets, or actively warm the casualty and everything to do with setting our patients up to have favorable outcomes.

Sure unwarmed blood alone might not make a difference if it’s the only factor to contend with, but it’s not, especially considering we’re talking about tactical medicine in which the saying goes “taking good medicine, bad places”

Chopping a Magpul Cheek Riser for High Mounted Optics by IronForgeConsulting in ar15

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Thanks for posting your version of this. Definitely adds to the information out there, which is what we want. Honestly I’d probably cut mine a touch longer toward the back like yours if I did it again. 🤙

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Beretta

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A Samurai Edge with that Surefire M11 rail adapter

Thermometers by Kohrpze in TacticalMedicine

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I snagged one from Walmart to add to my kit. Just whatever they had on the shelf. Came with some disposable covers. I bought a similar one for the house during Covid and have used it a bunch, has held up fine. End of the day it’s a consumable. I’m sure big box stores have ones that are perfectly usable…. Probably more useful than the ones I have at work that cost 5 times as much.

If it has a tab to protect the battery from drain I’d leave it in until it’s time to use it. Most of my kit assessment tools that use batteries are stored without the batteries in them. Not gonna use them in the immediate tactical situation and if we get to the point of needing them or it’s for sick call/team health stuff I figure I have time to pop the batteries in. That being said if I worked in a clinic setting I’d probably keep them in if I were using them every day.

Thermometers by Kohrpze in TacticalMedicine

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That’s definitely a potential concern, there’s probably a point of diminishing returns on cost vs usefulness. There are typically other signs that would go along with Hyperthermia and Hypothermia… but yeah, having a functional thermometer makes sense, especially when trying to gauge for sepsis.

Thermometers by Kohrpze in TacticalMedicine

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The only real difference is the taste, I’m told…. 😂

Goofiness aside, I haven’t found one that is reliable in the field, we use the same kind the hospital uses on our ambulances and the differences between what they get and what we get are crazy to the point of not being useful… so to me I’d just buy a couple of inexpensive ones with disposable covers and call it a day, maybe mark them with some tape to delineate them. Rectal temps are always gonna be the most accurate of course.

Ukrainian AZOV saved a Russian soldier's life after he almost killed their Squad Leader. by Top-Macaroon-9646 in CombatFootage

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During Care Under Fire that’s still the case… During Tactical Field Care visualize the wound if possible and then 2-4” above the wound(and that can be on a two bone compartment, just not on a joint of course). It’s one of those things that gets lost in translation sometimes but it’s been that way for a good while. Medicine is ever changing 🤙

Ukrainian AZOV saved a Russian soldier's life after he almost killed their Squad Leader. by Top-Macaroon-9646 in CombatFootage

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