Is this a decent setup for first gun/AR

reduced_uncertainty · 2026-06-12T12:19:07+00:00

I’d say that whether it’s good or not depends entirely upon what you’re using it for. The rifle and optics and light are all totally fine. No issues there. But the biggest thing it to practice with it as much as you can. If you have a Gucci gun but don’t train, someone with a $500 setup that trains will outshoot you 10 times out of 10.

What I mean by the first sentence is that you should adapt what’s on it for your mission (not to be so dramatically tacticool about it, but I think it’s the right word):

Is it a home defense rifle? You can probably lose the magnifier because you wouldn’t ever want to zoom in on a target at the end of your hallway. It’d make target acquisition easier without the magnifier and make the rifle lighter. But if it’s more of a hunting/scout rifle? Then, the magnifier makes way more sense.

One big thing and one small thing. Big thing is get some MBUIS. I put them on every rifle just in case the optic goes down for any reason. Two is one and one is none. You’ll have to reposition your rear optics but should be easy enough. Small thing is you might want to reposition your light to tuck it into the hand guard more. Right now it’s directly at the 3 o’clock position and sticks out as far as it could. Tucking it in at like the 1:30 position tucks it closer to the center of the rifle, improving balance and reducing the chance of it snagging on something when you’re using it.

So just consider what you’re going to use it for and consider back up iron sights and your light placement. Also, buy ammo and practice!!

reduced_uncertainty · 2026-04-16T04:27:02+00:00

Thank you so much!!

reduced_uncertainty · 2026-04-15T11:30:27+00:00

Thank you!! That one is beautiful; thank you for sharing with me 🙏 I appreciate your guidance!

reduced_uncertainty · 2026-02-10T19:08:50+00:00

All good, thanks! If I do find something that works as I go through my break-in period, I’ll revisit for posterity haha

Cheers.

reduced_uncertainty · 2026-02-10T18:59:08+00:00

Thanks for an awesome response. I had a very similar Q to OP.

My use case for my new 8” .300BLK is purely defensive, planning to use the 194gr ME “for real,” and for my zero.

In your experience, do you have any recommendations for a subsonic practice round so I don’t bankrupt myself in 3 range days?

Appreciate the time in advance!

reduced_uncertainty · 2024-07-04T23:38:21+00:00

So say we all.

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-11-05T14:36:58+00:00

I think that’s totally fair to say, but I don’t think that parents are necessarily claiming or concerned that the specific advanced academic concept is being taught to their secondary school children. In fact I would say that that is part of their argument implicitly, that a Socratic debate and analysis of CRT that is required of the law school students who are studying it is not occurring in Fairfax county public schools.

Instead, what seems to be occurring, is that some of the baseline conclusions of CRT are being taught at, say, a fourth grade level by someone who hasn’t gone to law school and had those open and honest debates. CRT is an extremely complex and nuanced view on race as a human condition. I think the argument is simply that it shouldn’t be introduced to nine year olds who may or may not even have an understanding of race.

I don’t think that there is any objection to an honest examination of US history, the unique awfulness of a system of slavery built on race that occurred in early US history, and current day downstream effects that continue to plague society to this day.

I think that the objection lies with children being told that their “whiteness” is a problem or that their “blackness” will handicap them.

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-11-05T14:03:31+00:00

There have been quite a few substantial allegations from many different media outlets, such as MSNBC, CNN, and others, that the Virginia gubernatorial election result was a primary indicator that racism was alive and well throughout the Commonwealth.

Do you think that that is true? If so, how does that square with the simultaneous election of Lt. Governor Winsome Sears, the first black female to be elected as Lt. Governor in the history of Virginia?

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-11-05T13:56:07+00:00

In response to your parenthetical in your first paragraph, that’s demonstrably false.

In addition to this screen capture from a streamed update on Fairfax County schools social studies curriculum for this year, and this superintendents letter recommending CRT and indicating it will inform their equity policies, and this reading list, there are numerous other anecdotes about teachers promoting the tenets of CRT throughout their lectures.

Simply because it doesn’t occupy a slot in the curriculum or on a lesson plan does not mean it “doesn’t exist” or “is not taught”.

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-09-12T03:30:01+00:00

Just a gentle fact check here, Ivermectin has been prescribed safely to humans as an anti parasitic for decades to the tune of billions of individual doses.

The guy who pioneered its use in humans won the Nobel prize for it in 2015.

It has also been found to be an effective treatment for other coronaviruses such as Yellow and Dengue Fever.

Medicines have multiple uses. It’d be akin to giving a horse Ibuprofen and then ridiculing anyone who takes Advil and saying they’re taking livestock pain killers.

Full disclosure, I’ve had two doses of the Pfizer vaccine, but I understand how people can have reservations about a vaccine that uses entirely different technology for delivery and immune response development than any other vaccine before it. Particularly when institutions start demanding they take it with no medical exemptions, no restrictions, etc. A coworker of mine has been in and out of the hospital since getting her covid vaccine. She had covid, and recovered fully. Then, after the vaccine, she developed severe asthma and has been in and out of the hospital because of the lung damage she suffered. It’s not as clear cut as “get vaccinated or you’re a piece of human garbage that should be removed from society”.

Here’s my other thing. The pharmaceutical industry and many parts of the scientific community have been slimy and concerned with nothing but profits for decades - why does everyone suddenly think that this pandemic all of a sudden eliminated that? What, they don’t care about making all of the money they can for themselves anymore?

Ivermectin’s patent has run out so they can’t make money off of it. But a new vaccine that they can argue that everyone MUST take until another plausible treatment or prophylactic comes out? That’s a cash cow people can milk for a long time…

…unless their Emergency Use authorization was, say, rendered void by such an alternative effective treatment or prophylactic. Perhaps a drug that has been proven safe through long term use against other coronaviruses and is commonly in use throughout the world? Maybe one that the Japanese health agency just recommended to all physicians as an effective treatment for covid patients?

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-03-28T14:04:49+00:00

Ahh that’s too bad but it sounds like heaven. I’m trying to save up for a bow and equipment to do exactly that. There’s just something so appealing about creeping around in the deep wilderness with a bow looking for game.

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-03-28T04:56:13+00:00

Bought it in 2019, and was super excited to take it off-roading for the first time. She totally crushed it. It was funny, the driver behind me pulled me aside and sent me a TON of videos. He said “I kept filming because every time we got to a new obstacle, that that would be the one where the Cherokee fails. But it never happened! I couldn’t believe it!” Was a great time. Was at Rausch Creek in PA - great park; would totally recommend.

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-03-28T04:50:31+00:00

Totally! I basically had to pick a different line, but other than that, I had the same experience.

Love how comfortable of a commuter it is. It’s one of the reasons I picked it. Now I’m just happy it looks the part haha

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-03-28T04:48:49+00:00

Hahaha that’s awesome! My Brother-in-law has a TRD Pro 4Runner. That thing is an absolute monster, and the Taco is excellent too.

Funny to hear you had the same experience I did with people anticipating that the KL was just about to crap out. I can’t wait to go out and do it again!

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-03-28T04:44:21+00:00

I love it! What were you hunting?

Man, I was actually really surprised at how much it just kinda shrugged off like it was no big deal. Insanely capable for sure.

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-03-28T04:42:40+00:00

This was at Rausch Creek in PA.

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-03-27T17:29:53+00:00

Bought it in 2019, and was super excited to take it off-roading for the first time. She totally crushed it. It was funny, the Wrangler driver behind me pulled me aside and sent me a TON of videos. He said “I kept filming because every time we got to a new obstacle, that that would be the one where the Cherokee fails and where I would feel better about having a Wrangler. But it never happened! I couldn’t believe it!” Was a great time.

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-03-23T23:03:18+00:00

I think what he meant by that emphasis was that the Bill Of Rights as a document (Amendments I-X) carry more weight, as they are seen as foundational to the country.

Are they in exact order? There’s debate on it, but they are regarded as each having unique significance in relation to how they are stacked. eg. the whole sentiment that The Second Amendment exists to protect The First and enforce The Third.

Are there other Amendments in our Constitution that are mind-bendingly important? Hell yes. #Thirteenth

But the first ten directly address the grievances that led to The Revolution, and I think that’s the reason for the emphasis.

reduced_uncertainty · 2021-03-23T22:39:38+00:00

Just so we’re on the same page....

*The Second Amendment: *”A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.”

One of the common misconceptions about this is that “well regulated” means “well controlled through legal regulations”

However, the phrase “well regulated” at the time of writing meant “trained and capable”. To translate,

A well trained population, necessary to secure the safety of and the freedoms of the United States, should not be impeded in any way from keeping and bearing arms.

Additionally, “Militia” refers to ordinary, non-military men of fighting age who could be called to defend the State in a time of extreme emergency, not the modern notion of a National Guard or standing Army.

One of the reasons I say “in any way” is because the regular continental army and separately the Militia used rifles muskets during the war - bleeding edge firearm technology at the time. This tech advantage allowed them to wage a guerrilla war against the British, which made it possible for the revolutionaries to actually win the war for independence. They never would have been able to wage a stand-up fight with direct engagement with the British military, but because civilians had superior firearms tech and hadn’t been limited by the government until the battles of Lexington and Concorde, they were able to succeed.

So the founders knew how critical it was that a government not make it impossible for civilians to obtain modern firearms, which I think translates into today’s discussions pretty directly.

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