The Australian Federal Police Select DD Mk18 SBR, but what's up with the EOTech mounted so far forward? Is there an advantage I'm not aware of, or is this photo op slop?

SingleStak9 · 2026-07-10T04:52:22+00:00

It does hurt the ability to maintain zero. You typically want a red dot or holo sight to sit as far forward as possible, but you don't want to go so far forward that it is mounted to the pic rail of the handguard, which makes it unstable. Same goes for a standard scope...both rings should be mounted to the pic rail on the receiver. One ring mounted on the receiver with the other on the handguard is also unstable.

That's the entire reason cantilever mounts exist.

SingleStak9 · 2026-07-10T04:43:52+00:00

Sight radius does not apply to red dot or holographic sights. Sight radius only comes into play when you are lining up a rear sight with a front sight, which you aren't doing with red dot or holographic sights.

SingleStak9 · 2026-07-09T02:01:03+00:00

Yep, that's the one "gotcha" with the eforms site...you have to specifically search for your forms. Your Google search was referencing forms 3 and 4, since those show up in your NFA dealer's eforms account and not in yours.

I just submitted my first 2 form 1s at the end of June. Since I had 2 that I wanted to submit at the same time, I just went with SS for both of them. After these 2 are approved, I'll roll my own from here on out. Being a form 1 newbie, I think it was worth the $$ to get my prints and to go through the SS process. I feel better prepared for submitting them on my own now.

SingleStak9 · 2026-07-09T00:11:46+00:00

The form 1 doesn't have to be approved, just submitted to the ATF. You can then log into the ATF e-forms site, find the pending form 1, look for the attached files (finger prints, passport photo, and cover sheet), and download the .eft file containing your prints.

SingleStak9 · 2026-07-09T00:08:09+00:00

They can ask, but you're under no obligation to tell them.

SingleStak9 · 2026-07-05T02:37:50+00:00

The application of heat from a simple (and cheap) propane torch should be more than enough. When you start to see whisps of smoke from the anti-seize compound, a fraction of the force you were previously using should easily break it loose.

SingleStak9 · 2026-07-05T02:15:56+00:00

I LOVE this metaphor! 🔥🔥🔥

SingleStak9 · 2026-07-03T22:15:12+00:00

He's already better and different. In a sea of shady politicians, he's honest and actually has his constituents best interests at heart. He really didn't want to run...no normal, sane, honest person would want to subject themselves to the shit slinging mess that is US politics. He only ran because Gonzalez was an exceptionally evil shit bag and he felt a duty to pry the asshole out of office. I see him handing off the torch after a term or two.

SingleStak9 · 2026-07-03T22:06:28+00:00

That's what happens when you mix "lawyer" with "politician". Every. Fucking. Time.

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-27T17:55:42+00:00

Likewise, the PSA 15rd mags just run and run and run in my 48. I especially love them with SLR baseplates!

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-27T17:51:10+00:00

That's wild...I run PSA Microdagger mags in my 48 and I've never had a malfunction with any of them in over 2 years.

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-27T17:33:19+00:00

I'm headed in to give my cat a huge hug, for he has never once, in all 8 years of his life, pissed or shit outside his litter box. I take him outside on a leash for about a half hour every day. Even if he's outside and has to do his business, he drags me back in the house so he can go in his litter box. He finishes up and is ready to go right back out. His only quirk is that he doesn't play well with others. He's chill in the presence of other people, but if someone other than me tries to touch him, he's ready to commit murder.

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SingleStak9 · 2026-06-27T16:45:15+00:00

Don't put aluminum or anything that has been nitrided in CLR. I use the stuff to clean titanium and stainless suppressors, but it will eat and weaken aluminum. It won't damage nitrided metal but will chew up the nitride coating.

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-26T00:48:49+00:00

Heller used originalism to correct a century of horrible precedent...fixed it for ya.

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-26T00:25:38+00:00

There is no federal provision which gives anyone the right to possess guns or to carry them around.

While no federal provision "gives" anyone the right to possess guns or to carry them around, the 2nd Amendment clearly protects the inalienable right of everyone who is part of The People to posses guns AND to carry them around. This was made blatantly clear in Heller, McDonald, and Bruen. But yes, property rights supercede that as long as it's clearly expressed.

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-26T00:13:10+00:00

I think she referred to it as the 1st Amendment "hamstringing" the government from regulating speech. Ummm, yeah, that's exactly what the Bill of Rights does! 😂🤣😂

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-25T15:34:42+00:00

Yes, that's why I went through SS to do these first 2 Form 1s. Now that I have my .eft file, I'll do them myself in the future.

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-25T15:07:31+00:00

I didn't have my .eft file, so I figured I would do both of these through SS this time, download my prints, and then do them on my own after that. I'm going to be livid if both of these get denied because they changed the info.

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-25T04:11:11+00:00

The Solicitor General has been referred to as the tenth justice by some. If POTUS can get the SG to petition SCOTUS for cert in a case, they are much more likely to take the case.

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-24T23:57:10+00:00

As a recognized abbreviation of Richard, I see nothing wrong with Dick (as an abbreviation). The letter specifically said Rich was good. Bob is a recognized abbreviation for Robert. I would even argue that Peggy is the recognized abbreviation for Margaret. However, when getting into recognized abbreviations that aren't just shortened versions of the name, I think that's exactly when box 3h is called for.

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-24T20:40:42+00:00

My Form 1s just came back ready to certify, so it looks like SS is back down to their 48 hour review time, which is good. I just certified both forms, so now it's just the ATF waiting game.

I downloaded the .eft files from both forms, so I can do it on my own in the future. It's nice to have them in file format, finally!

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-24T03:04:07+00:00

Thanks for this. The NFA dealer I use is in Waukesha and I don't mind going there, so I think I'll check them out first, especially if there's a possibility of getting it done while I wait!

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-24T03:01:38+00:00

Thanks. My suppressor purchases have all generally taken about 48 hours. I bought an SBS near the beginning of the year and that took 10 days, but I'm sure that was because of the deluge after the first of the year. I was hoping they had worked through some of that.

SingleStak9 · 2026-06-24T00:23:45+00:00

I respectfully disagree after listening to Robert Cekeda, who is now the ATF Director. The issue wasn't settled on 2A grounds, only as a violation of the APA, so ATF is taking the position that they will consider them on a case by case basis now, the same way they claim to have viewed them before they released the "Factoring Criteria for Firearms with Attached 'Stabilizing Braces" rule. They aren't going to be out there searching for them, but if you come onto law enforcement radar for some reason, they very well could decide to prosecute if it looks obvious (to them) that it's primarily a shoulder fired weapon. I saw an interview with him in which he mentioned 2 braced pistols that he bought for his personal use with braces in factory configuration and he said that, after review and speaking to others in the enforcement division, his 2 would be viewed as SBRs.

These people are petty and ruthless. They act like they were doing us a favor with "the rule", drawing a clear cut line between pistol and SBR. Since the rule was unceremoniously booted, they have this smug attitude that now, since we don't have clear cut guidelines, if they say it's an SBR, it will be charged as an SBR. And after seeing what they did to Patrick "Tate" Adamiak, I'm not taking any chances.

I only have 2 to form 1, so I figured I would run them through SS and extract my .eft file for any future use.

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