My family will be taking a trip soon where i will be able to test the longer range shooting with this scope. And i understand its issues with close range, that is why i was considering getting this scope with a Laser on the side of my Quad rail with a button on the foregrip. Once i sight the laser in, it can be good for the ranges the scope could not cover (Or if constant moving an action happening) Then again, as you pointed out, I dont have as much experience with firearms as i should, so i cannot claim how effective this would be.
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Make sure your vest will work with your pack if you're going to be wearing both.
I just add a few pouches to my pack's waist belt and stuff things into my pockets if I absolutely have to. The amount of weight you carry counts everything from the top of your head to the soles of your shoes. Lighter loads mean faster travel and ultimately, your chances of success.
You can walk around your neighborhood with a pack. If you don't want to carry your weapons, carry their equivalent weight. If your neighbors ask, tell them you are training for an assault on Everest.
I just add a few pouches to my pack's waist belt and stuff things into my pockets if I absolutely have to. The amount of weight you carry counts everything from the top of your head to the soles of your shoes. Lighter loads mean faster travel and ultimately, your chances of success.
You can walk around your neighborhood with a pack. If you don't want to carry your weapons, carry their equivalent weight. If your neighbors ask, tell them you are training for an assault on Everest.
Ahaha, assault on Everest. Think ima switch to getting a MOLLE vest like Apex suggested. After looking at a few, they seem lighter and more customizable.Make sure your vest will work with your pack if you're going to be wearing both.
I just add a few pouches to my pack's waist belt and stuff things into my pockets if I absolutely have to. The amount of weight you carry counts everything from the top of your head to the soles of your shoes. Lighter loads mean faster travel and ultimately, your chances of success.
You can walk around your neighborhood with a pack. If you don't want to carry your weapons, carry their equivalent weight. If your neighbors ask, tell them you are training for an assault on Everest.
You've got to access your situation at all times. If you're evading someone and/or need to move fast and/or making a raised platform would be a bad choice in the noise made or trail left than you don't make one. But the snakes and bugs will still be there. Tents do help with that, but I don't like sleeping in a tent unless I'm in a secure, protected area where there's little chance of trouble before I can get out of it. Because a person in a tent makes an easy target. I know if I wanted to take out someone in a tent, I could be on them before they'd know it and ever get out of their tent while I could beat them with a club, knife them, pound them with a rock, shoot them or tie them up for later. It's no different than someone throwing a net on you technically. I normally sleep under my tarp, on my sleeping bag, fully dressed (except for my boots, sometimes), covered with my poncho liner and firearm by my leg, covered. I prefer a raised platform, but have sleep many times without. It's just more dangerous.
I like a tarp over a tent too. IF set up so you can still see around you while you're laying down, you can gain the advantage of being able to see someone (at least their legs) while they can't see you. Besides, they are lighter, easier to carry, and more versatile.
I've had a snake climb into my sleeping bag before, and it's not fun. Actually, it's kind of a funny story, so...
I was in the desert near Ft Bliss Texas in my tank on some training thing. It was raining, which is very rare for the area, and my gunner's position leaked. I was getting this drip, drip, drip right on my head, which was driving me nuts, so I broke one of the cardinal rules of armor and decided to sleep on the ground. I grabbed our driver and told him I was gonna sleep under the tank... another big no no.
Anyway, sometime after that I was under there dry and warm in my Army bag and was awakened by something crawling around near my feet. My tired brain processed this as a snake, so I sat up quickly, smacking my skull on the underside of the tank, BONG! This dazed me a bit and kinda knocked me back down. When I had gathered what little wits I have, I tried to sit up again... BONG. After the second time, it finally dawned on me that I was under a tank and couldn't sit up, so I rolled over and set the world speed record for a low crawl. I distinctly remember passing the road runner and Wiley E Coyote as I crawled across the desert at like 300 miles per hour.
I went back later and shook out my bag. The snake slithered away fast so I didn't see what kid it was, but it was probably a rattler. I never slept on the ground in the desert again!
I just ordered a Catoma Adventure Shelters IBNS mesh bivy! No more sleeping with the snakes for me.
I've had a snake climb into my sleeping bag before, and it's not fun. Actually, it's kind of a funny story, so...
I was in the desert near Ft Bliss Texas in my tank on some training thing. It was raining, which is very rare for the area, and my gunner's position leaked. I was getting this drip, drip, drip right on my head, which was driving me nuts, so I broke one of the cardinal rules of armor and decided to sleep on the ground. I grabbed our driver and told him I was gonna sleep under the tank... another big no no.
Anyway, sometime after that I was under there dry and warm in my Army bag and was awakened by something crawling around near my feet. My tired brain processed this as a snake, so I sat up quickly, smacking my skull on the underside of the tank, BONG! This dazed me a bit and kinda knocked me back down. When I had gathered what little wits I have, I tried to sit up again... BONG. After the second time, it finally dawned on me that I was under a tank and couldn't sit up, so I rolled over and set the world speed record for a low crawl. I distinctly remember passing the road runner and Wiley E Coyote as I crawled across the desert at like 300 miles per hour.
I went back later and shook out my bag. The snake slithered away fast so I didn't see what kid it was, but it was probably a rattler. I never slept on the ground in the desert again!
I just ordered a Catoma Adventure Shelters IBNS mesh bivy! No more sleeping with the snakes for me.
Lol, that's like a classic cartoon moment. :mrgreen:I like a tarp over a tent too. IF set up so you can still see around you while you're laying down, you can gain the advantage of being able to see someone (at least their legs) while they can't see you. Besides, they are lighter, easier to carry, and more versatile.
I've had a snake climb into my sleeping bag before, and it's not fun. Actually, it's kind of a funny story, so...
I was in the desert near Ft Bliss Texas in my tank on some training thing. It was raining, which is very rare for the area, and my gunner's position leaked. I was getting this drip, drip, drip right on my head, which was driving me nuts, so I broke one of the cardinal rules of armor and decided to sleep on the ground. I grabbed our driver and told him I was gonna sleep under the tank... another big no no.
Anyway, sometime after that I was under there dry and warm in my Army bag and was awakened by something crawling around near my feet. My tired brain processed this as a snake, so I sat up quickly, smacking my skull on the underside of the tank, BONG! This dazed me a bit and kinda knocked me back down. When I had gathered what little wits I have, I tried to sit up again... BONG. After the second time, it finally dawned on me that I was under a tank and couldn't sit up, so I rolled over and set the world speed record for a low crawl. I distinctly remember passing the road runner and Wiley E Coyote as I crawled across the desert at like 300 miles per hour.
I went back later and shook out my bag. The snake slithered away fast so I didn't see what kid it was, but it was probably a rattler. I never slept on the ground in the desert again!
I just ordered a Catoma Adventure Shelters IBNS mesh bivy! No more sleeping with the snakes for me.
Did they ever fix the leak in the tank?I like a tarp over a tent too. IF set up so you can still see around you while you're laying down, you can gain the advantage of being able to see someone (at least their legs) while they can't see you. Besides, they are lighter, easier to carry, and more versatile.
I've had a snake climb into my sleeping bag before, and it's not fun. Actually, it's kind of a funny story, so...
I was in the desert near Ft Bliss Texas in my tank on some training thing. It was raining, which is very rare for the area, and my gunner's position leaked. I was getting this drip, drip, drip right on my head, which was driving me nuts, so I broke one of the cardinal rules of armor and decided to sleep on the ground. I grabbed our driver and told him I was gonna sleep under the tank... another big no no.
Anyway, sometime after that I was under there dry and warm in my Army bag and was awakened by something crawling around near my feet. My tired brain processed this as a snake, so I sat up quickly, smacking my skull on the underside of the tank, BONG! This dazed me a bit and kinda knocked me back down. When I had gathered what little wits I have, I tried to sit up again... BONG. After the second time, it finally dawned on me that I was under a tank and couldn't sit up, so I rolled over and set the world speed record for a low crawl. I distinctly remember passing the road runner and Wiley E Coyote as I crawled across the desert at like 300 miles per hour.
I went back later and shook out my bag. The snake slithered away fast so I didn't see what kid it was, but it was probably a rattler. I never slept on the ground in the desert again!
I just ordered a Catoma Adventure Shelters IBNS mesh bivy! No more sleeping with the snakes for me.
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