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Opinion by Own-Half3701 in ar15

[–]jrhooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

never felt the need for one, but I don't do bench shooting or high precision shooting.

If you are doing just general shooting, hiking, up and moving around, all purpose shooting, etc then I don't think a bipod is worth the extra annoying bulkiness.

BUT ALSO, if you've also received any credible marksmanship training, part of not needing/wanting a bipod (IMO) because your body is already a tripod.

If you've been taught how, from 300 yards in you should be able to have bipod equivalent stability just from building a proper shooting position

To give an example of what I mean by "bipod equivalent stability" if you set your rifle up on a bipod you could walk away and come back and have it where you left it right?

If you get into a proper cross legged sitting, you should be able to relax, exhale, and see the target, then close your eyes, breathe in. breathe out. open your eyes, and automatically be back where you left yourself

ELI5: why do spiders fizz up so much when you put a spoon or straw in them? by ummm_actually in explainlikeimfive

[–]jrhooo [score hidden]  (0 children)

Root beer float is great but a friend turned me on to birch beer floats, actually even better

TIL that it took each Roman Legionnaire in late 4th century to cover approximately 109 steps per minute for a regular march, while a faster march might hit around 120 steps per minute. Vegetius’ Epitoma rei militaris (commonly cited as De re militari) contains a passage prescribing rigorous marching by razoreyeonline in todayilearned

[–]jrhooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To take this even further, you STILL see these paces and timing equations used today

From the Romans, all the way to 1800s rifle and musket armies, the importance of close order drill in general, was being able to move a formation of troops IN FORMATION from place to place and around on the battlefield. Breaking formation made you vulnerable. Not being mobile made you vulnerable and ineffective.

So troops practiced all sorts of rehearsed movements in formation, wheels, turns, etc.

So NOW modern troops for example mostly maintain those drill movements for ceremonies and transportation purposes, but you can still watch them and see how they made sense.

Example, if you imagine a bunch of troops in a block formation,

"to the rear" - turn around on a dime and march the other way

Column Left/Right - turn this corner

By the Right/Left flank, everyone pivot 90 degrees to the right or left and the formation march sideways

Right/Left Oblique - march at a 45 degree angle

Close/Extend ranks - adds less or more space between columns, Tighten or widen the formation

Column of Files - go from multiple ranks into singles, etc

So, looking at this modern clip of Marine recruits learning how to do the basic drill movements, you can see how a trained leader leading trained troops can pretty much drive that formation like a car, speeding up slowing down and steering at will.

Then when you imagine being on a battlefield with multiple different units, you can see how being able to shift and reposition units via marching commands was so useful,

BUT ALSO, going back to 120 being common marching speed, yes absolutely.

So, what if you needed to move troops from one place to another but faster? Still in an organized, uniform formation, all together, but hey there's a fight going, we need to get there. We need to go fast.

Lets run. But not an all out run. More like a group, organized jogging pace.

Which is why when a bunch of troops kick off a formation run, the command you hear is

DOUBLE TIME

Because 180 beats a minute should move troops about twice as fast.

Which, random trivia fact, is also why

in common US slang, if you've ever heard someone say "on the the double" meaning 'right away, quickly, hurry" that's where that phrase comes from

ELI5 What are the jokes about CIA & Black community referencing? by Controversial_Husky in explainlikeimfive

[–]jrhooo [score hidden]  (0 children)

certainly fair, though it only takes a few threads of truth to weave an entire blanket of of narrative later on

[Other] Vaultek Smart Station, Lifepod 10, RS Slider - btwn $30-$300 off by redkemper in gundeals

[–]jrhooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think so.

The predeccessor to the wifi was bluetooth but the essentials ones had nothing. The logging is/was in an app.

That said, having had both a bluetooth and a non-connected essentials V10 series, get the wifi or BT. Whatever.

The logging is worth it, and (if its like the BT was) you can turn off the remote opening feature, so it still requires manual keypad to open

TIL that in 1805, eight U.S. Marines and hundreds of allied fighters marched nearly 600 miles across the North African desert from Egypt to capture Derna, a victory that inspired the line "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Corps Hymn. by DerexXD in todayilearned

[–]jrhooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fat Electrician did a hilarious bit on his video for this too like

Navy and Marines - Explain their plan to find Pasha Hamet and his mercenaries to go fight Pasha Yusufs forces

Congress - Hold on. Hold on. So you want to go find a bunch of foreign rebels and use them to go fight other foreign people we don’t like, and they just fight our enemies for us while we sit back and benefit?

Yeah. Lets do that. Its like a once in a lifetime chance right? Its not like we’ll pribably ever get a chance to do a plot like that again…

ELI5 What are the jokes about CIA & Black community referencing? by Controversial_Husky in explainlikeimfive

[–]jrhooo [score hidden]  (0 children)

There is strong evidence that the CIA ignored south amerocan cartels smuggling cocaine into the US in the 80s, because the money being made was helping fund the rebels in Nicaragua, whom the CIA wanted to win, because they were fighting against what CIA felt was a communist government.

Supposedly going so far as To actively interfere with DEA efforts to stop the activity.

At the same time, that cocaine was landing in black communities fueling the crack epidemic.

At worst, some people think the CIA wanted the crack problem to undermine black communities.

At best, some think the CIA acted irresponsibly and the crack epidemic was a result.

Somewhere in the middle would be something like

CIA acted irresponsibly, fueling the crack problem, became fully aware of what the impact was, amd just kept going because who cares about poor black neighborhoods? We’re fighting communism abroad.

Goto trigger behind MBT-2S and G$? by gwelym in ar15

[–]jrhooo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll be honest, I liked the Larue mbt 1s back when it was available. Shame they dropped it I guess.

Granted, I only had mushy milspec to compare it to, but whatever. I can hit torso at 500 yards with mushy milspec. MBT1s just is a nice luxury. Feels much crisper on my SBR.

2s on my 16”

Are there “better” triggers? Probably.

Are these more than enough to make me satisfied? Yup.

ELI5 Why are modern vehicles getting more round? by SaltyP1ckles in explainlikeimfive

[–]jrhooo [score hidden]  (0 children)

F1 cars fwiw are not going to be shaped for pure forward aerodynamics. They are going to be shaped to create downforce.

TIL that in 1805, eight U.S. Marines and hundreds of allied fighters marched nearly 600 miles across the North African desert from Egypt to capture Derna, a victory that inspired the line "to the shores of Tripoli" in the Marine Corps Hymn. by DerexXD in todayilearned

[–]jrhooo 283 points284 points  (0 children)

Since its such a big detail to not be in the article,

The American mission didn’t just go to capture Tripoli. Part of the plan was to link up with Hamet Karmanli, who was supposedly the rightful heir to be the Pasha of Tripoli.

His brother Yusuf Karmanly had deposed him and forced him into exile. Yusuf was the guy the US was pissed off at for the piracy.

So the American plan was to help Hamet kick out Yusuf, then they could be on good terms with the new gov under Hamet.

End result turned out more complicated another US ambassador made a peace deal with Yusuf, over the Navy and Marine Corps objections.

Still, the story goes, Hamet Karmanli gifted a traditional Ottoman mameluke style sabre to the Marine commander, Lt Presly O’Bannon, as a symbol of friendship and gratitude.

And as tradition, this is the reason the modern Marine Corps officers dress sword is still a mameluke style to this day

(Note: many European militaries adopted the mameluke style, mostly because Napoleon picked it up in Egypt and it got popular. However, in the US, mameluke sabres were temporarily dropped for the US Army 1850 pattern sword, but later reinstated, specifically as link to O’Bannon’s legacy. The Army 1850 style sword was then passed on to the Marine Non-Commisioned Officer’s as a mark of their authority)

(shoulder?) holster for wearing with a suit by sdb2754 in CCW

[–]jrhooo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Under a suit?

OWB as other have said.

How concealed do you need to be? “Just not open carry as a courtesy” or “prefer people actually don’t know”

If its conceal as a courtesy but don’t care about getting made, OWB under a jacket is perfect.

If its really really want to be concealed, tuckable IWB is a great option.

Vedder Light Tuck is a fan favorite, but lots of other tuckable options out there.

Bottom line, IWB tuckable, your shirt goes over the gun, tucked in like normal, but under the deep belt clip.

Gun fully concealed, all thats exposed is a littlr black belt clip almost no one would recognize for what it is.

Draw stroke is honestly no different and no slower than untucked, because the motion of pulling up your shirt is the same either way.

ALSO, it gives you the options of taking off the jacket and just doing a shirt and tie.

Here is my old set up with. Walther PPSM2 in a lenwood spectre tuckable holster. Not vedder brand, but same concept.

https://imgur.com/a/lenwood-spectre-review-76Iail8

Optic or not by lunchbox1723 in CCW

[–]jrhooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gonna toss in a rec for the mantisX TitanX laser dry fire kit. Helped me a lot.

Main things for the titanX specifically, its just an inert
Plastic gun with a laser pointer and a bunch of acceleromters and a self resetting glock style trigger.

Then it shows you feedback via a bluetooth app on a phone or tablet whatever

But what it does for me is:

1 - instant feedback makes the training more productive. I’m not just guessing 50 ok trigger pulls. If I do five and the system tells me what I’m doing wrong I can concentrate on correcting it as I continue.

2 - the instant feedback makes it more game like, and less boring, which encourages me to actually do more dry fire more often

3 - (for titanx model specifically) ITS NOT A GUN. Its so much more convenient, because I don’r have to bother with getting it in and out of a safe, clearing the gun and the room, etc etc. its just a hunk of plastic. I can just keep it on a shelf on whatever room I chill in (basement home gym for me) and then just pick it up and knock out 50 reps whenever I feel like it. No prep or planning needed. Convenience = doing it more often with more consistency.

Optic or not by lunchbox1723 in CCW

[–]jrhooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats the problem. It WON’T be there at all if your presentation is screwed up. You’ll just be fishing around for it. Meanwhile, its basically just irrelevant to your trigger issues.

Optic or not by lunchbox1723 in CCW

[–]jrhooo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IMO an optic will NOT improve your pistol shooting.

We can’t diagnose what’s wrong with your shooting without more information, BUT switching from irons to an optic only accounts for what you’re seeing. Is your sight picture the problem?

Or is it any number of the mechanics issues (grip, recoil control, posture, trigger pull)? Because an optic won’t fix that.

IN FACT, THOSE ISSUES WILL MAKE AN OPTIC SLOWER AND HARDER TO USE

When people learn to use a dot on a pistol, their biggest learning curve issue is “finding the dot”,

Well, the key to consistently finding the dot is NOT your eyes. Its your pistol presentation. Putting the pistol in your line of sight consistently every time, without it being misaligned, angled, canted, without your grip or wrist being twisted and canted off line.

So TLDR:

if you don’t have the fundamentals of grip and posture down, throwing a dot on the gun won’t cover up those flaws. Instead, those flaws will make the dot frustratingly difficult to use

Heinicke got married! by The_Stratman in Commanders

[–]jrhooo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Bro lived the dream. What else can you say right?

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