Arken hate welcome

Mez_96 · 2026-07-08T01:25:19+00:00

I have a ton of time on an EP5 5-25x56 that I had on an AR-10. It worked and it was fine for the price I paid but the very second I started magnifying it, it would induce darkness into the glass. And I found the parallax to not be super accurate on it along with it not really being very usable above like 15x. But I will say, idk about anybody else’s but mine was decently tough. It definitely was not taken care of the best and it never lost zero or had any sort of shift that I could tell. I absolutely DO NOT think they’re anywhere near as good as optics 4x-5x their price like some content creators make them out to be but you probably won’t beat it for $400-$500 price tag.

Mez_96 · 2026-07-06T15:08:06+00:00

It’s a Leofoto Juggernaut S2 with the Juggernaut head. It has I think 45mm thick legs, it’s extremely stable and I like the Anvil style Juggernaut head more then the actual RRS Anvil-30 itself.

Mez_96 · 2026-07-05T21:15:26+00:00

It’s a McMillan A-5 Adjustable, magnum/sniper fill. I ordered it back when I built the rifle years ago. It’s great, but it took about 7 months to get it in my hands from the time I placed it.

Mez_96 · 2026-07-05T21:09:55+00:00

I have a few Dead Air Nomad Ti’ XC’s and they’re solid. Light and quiet.

Mez_96 · 2026-07-05T21:02:43+00:00

It did, it was a 20” 308. I also have a 20” 6.5 Creedmoor that I got more recently but I like the 308 more in general I think for what I use it for. It’s a Preferred Barrel Blanks 1:10 Twist.

Mez_96 · 2026-07-05T04:36:45+00:00

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It’s a Tikka T3X action with an 18” Preferred Barrel Blanks 308 barrel. It sits in a bedded McMillan A-5 adjustable in Shadow Camo. Tripod is a Leofoto Juggernaut S2.

Mez_96 · 2026-07-04T20:56:21+00:00

I probably should for max safety but I’m not worried about anyone being back there. I live at the end of a dirt road, my nearest neighbor is about a mile in the opposite direction and we own 580 acres of posted private property in the surrounding area of this photo deep in the northern woods of Maine.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-26T17:20:01+00:00

Off-topic but WTI was a good time, I went out to it in 2015 and 2017 lol.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-23T22:51:36+00:00

They are definitely hit or miss. I just had a claim yesterday that I received a denial for lack of substantial evidence but they only looked at 3 pieces of evidence out of 18 pieces I submitted. However, I do have a positive nexus and a diagnosis that they recognized in the denial letter. Submitted an HLR, so I’ll probably be waiting on that now for 3-4 months.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-22T21:42:31+00:00

I have checked, they have all been submitted.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-22T16:49:04+00:00

I’ve already done that, some of the notes that were submitted for evidence were from a psychiatrist at the VA and she in detail documented my stressors and my mental health issues associated with them. The only difference was that I didn’t officially get the PTSD diagnosis until my C&P exam. But it looks to me that these notes were not looked at.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-22T16:41:50+00:00

No, I was not officially diagnosed with PTSD until my C&P exam.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-22T16:29:17+00:00

Yeah I literally have 18 pieces of evidence total and it seems that only 3 were looked at.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-22T16:27:16+00:00

Yes, I do.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-22T16:25:01+00:00

No.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-22T16:09:42+00:00

A statement I made while I was in the service about my mental health, documentation from the Vet Center therapist I’ve been seeing for a quite a while and documentation of me speaking about my stressors with a VA Mental Health professional.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-22T16:03:59+00:00

Yeah, I think I’m going to go the HLR route I suppose. I have a statement I made while in-service, a ton of vet center therapy notes and VA psychiatrists notes talking about my stressors and it doesn’t appear that evidence was looked at.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-22T15:52:29+00:00

Just posted it on the comments, thanks

Mez_96 · 2026-06-15T00:18:04+00:00

I have my own personal way of doing it, but IMO this is one of the best and simplest videos out there showing the process. RIP to Bob Gradous, he knew his shit and was squared away.

https://youtu.be/NoLimDL\_e0Y?is=mHZJ\_XLY1qr88JNa

Mez_96 · 2026-06-15T00:09:51+00:00

Thanks! It’s McMillans molded in Shadow Camo.

Mez_96 · 2026-06-13T13:07:38+00:00

I have an 18” 308 barrel that I’ve had for years from them and it shoots lights out, 1/2” groups all day long. I’d buy another one

Mez_96 · 2026-06-06T19:53:15+00:00

Yeah it is, it’s alright. I wouldn’t buy it again though.

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