<2022-06-12T03:52:32.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Dude the pedos….I wanna go to their <redacted> and <redacted> them.
<2022-06-12T03:54:24.000Z> GabeLakmann: Yeah, I cannot understand why they're so bad today. They're proud of it too.
<2022-06-12T03:55:12.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Line them all up at the ditch.
<2022-06-12T03:56:20.000Z> GabeLakmann: I hope there is a good way to recognize them once laws don't matter
<2022-06-12T03:57:14.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: No kidding…
<2022-06-12T03:57:55.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've thought about pretending to be one of them and getting a trend started where they get a tattoo in an obvious place to show they're anti nazis or pro pedos or whatever
<2022-06-12T04:01:12.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Gross dude I could never pretend to be them
<2022-06-12T04:06:03.000Z> GabeLakmann: It would be hard to be around them long enough to learn their ways. They'd probably bust me out if I said too much. What I'd do is just say something like "hey we should all get tats in a visible place so we can identify each other and Nazis easier" that way when it all kicks off they won't be able to hide their loyalties
<2022-06-12T04:08:23.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Lol yeah…or “hey guys I’m throwing a party on this roof!”
<2022-06-12T04:20:02.000Z> GabeLakmann: Too bad the muslims here don't protest against the gays. IF we have to have muslims here they need to be anti gay and anti semitic ones at least
<2022-06-12T10:32:56.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Troof
<2022-06-18T00:01:30.000Z> GabeLakmann: I forgot to tell you but I'm trying to go to medical school. I looked into it and the rates for out of state people are pretty high so I don't think it will be an option for me. I was really wanting to go to school somewhere up there and start building a life in that area.
<2022-06-18T00:02:48.000Z> GabeLakmann: They have programs where they pay people's loans off if they sign a contract to work in an "underserved" area so I'm hoping if nothing else I can do something like that and be a doctor for rural white people who need good advice and someone who cares about them.
<2022-06-18T00:31:27.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: What kind of doctor do you want to be?
<2022-06-18T00:37:41.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Where you go to school typically determines your residency and any internships; if you want to go the GP/FP route you can skip the internships and go straight to work after residency. Or do like an OB/GYN or Internal Medicine one and add some value. The loan forgiveness thing is gold if you’re going to work in a small community as a GP/FP
<2022-06-18T00:41:18.000Z> GabeLakmann: GP is something I only want to do if I can do it in an area like in Idaho/Montana/Wyoming where I can be around white people and help them. So far, I think I'd like to work in the ER or be a surgeon. I'm about to start job shadowing and take the MCAT towards the end of the summer.
<2022-06-18T00:43:46.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'd like to make decent money so I can have a family and buy land and help whites so the money isn't my main goal but as expensive as student loans and medical school is it is definitely a consideration. It sounds like you have some insight on this so if you have any tips or advice, please let me know.
<2022-06-18T00:49:17.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: A lot of the rural hospitals just have a hospitalist and may do diagnostic procedures like EGD and send patients out to the cities for surgery. I don’t know that the bigger towns (Billings, Missoula, Kalispell/Whitefish, Helena, and Butte) are part of the Critical Access system; but Deer Lodge and Anaconda are; as well as White Sulphur Springs,  Livingston, and some others. What kind of surgery are you thinking of? A lot of general surgeons are on trauma call; out here it is rare to have dedicated trauma surgeons. The ER docs and general surgeons will stabilize and take the less serious cases; then they’ll bring in specialist fromSeattle, Denver, or SLC. 
<2022-06-18T01:03:48.000Z> GabeLakmann: Most likely general surgery. I'm probably intelligent enough to do just about any specialty if I would have had guidance when I was younger but I'm older than average and wasted years of my life on jewish schemes so I have to be realistic. From what I can tell I'd most likely either end up in general surgery if I did surgery, "emergency medicine," or GP. No matter what I'd prefer working in a white area, especially in the northwest. It seems like you've worked in or around the medical field or know people who have. I don't really know anyone except for a childhood friend that is a doctor but I haven't spoken to him since before he finished medical school.
<2022-06-18T01:40:22.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I have a lot of contacts with general surgeons really throughout the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest. If you want to get in touch with someone in the area, I’d be happy to make an introduction.
<2022-06-18T02:27:28.000Z> GabeLakmann: That would be awesome. I'm going to try and figure out a way to go to medical school in that area but I'm not sure how that would work since I'd have an out of state degree. I've got kind of a redemption story and I'm pretty sure that if it were a black in my situation they'd have scholarships thrown at them while I've only had a couple of very small scholarships which I'm still thankful for.
<2022-06-18T02:28:39.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Just go in your current area.  There are probably better schools. The only thing out here is the WWAMI program through UW.  Roughly where are you at?
<2022-06-18T02:30:56.000Z> GabeLakmann: Arkansas/Oklahoma/Texas area
<2022-06-18T02:31:51.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Oh, okay. I know a couple ENTs in Tahlequah; that's about it thought. Used to know a surgeon in Rogers, but he is in Denver now.
<2022-06-18T02:31:51.000Z> GabeLakmann: I saw the WWAMI when I was researching it, I figured there'd be more medical schools out there but I guess it really is that sparsely populated isn't it?
<2022-06-18T02:32:57.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: a DO school wants to open in Billings; but IDK about it. A girl from my old church did WWAMI as a OB/GYN
<2022-06-18T02:33:14.000Z> GabeLakmann: Rogers isn't too far from me and Tahlequah is a few hours away. I hear Oklahoma has some good schools as well as Texas but I'd rather not go to Texas
<2022-06-18T02:34:13.000Z> GabeLakmann: I like the idea of DO and there are a few in my area but I hear it is easier to become a surgeon as a MD. Wonder if the one that wants to open in Billings is connected with the DO schools that opened around here recently.
<2022-06-18T02:34:20.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Well in Texas I know a few surgeons; they're in Houston though.
<2022-06-18T02:34:49.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Beats me. I'd rather be an MD going through all of it. I know good DOs, but....more faith in MDs
<2022-06-18T02:36:14.000Z> GabeLakmann: It seems like in my experience the best GP's I've dealt with were DOs but the surgeons were mostly MDs
<2022-06-18T02:36:27.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah
<2022-06-18T02:36:46.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I used to date a DO who is a surgeon. She was crazy wild
<2022-06-18T02:37:26.000Z> GabeLakmann: Haha
<2022-06-18T02:38:36.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'm hoping that I'll be able to find a good wife in college or medical school but I'm not sure how that'll pan out. I'm tempted to go to church but that feels sleazy to me even though I'd consider myself a Christian.
<2022-06-18T02:39:34.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Did you say you are going to start shadowing?
<2022-06-18T02:42:07.000Z> GabeLakmann: Yep. i'm planning on shadowing a surgeon of some sort, an ER doctor, a GP, and maybe "internal medicine" since that should give me a good idea of what I'd like to do. I'd like to see how bad things can get to make sure I can handle it. I've been in the military though so long hours, stress, and bad situations aren't new to me.
<2022-06-18T02:42:39.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: lol same. 
<2022-06-18T02:45:27.000Z> GabeLakmann: That's one good thing about the military is you deal with a bunch of stressful stuff with little sleep and all that so when people complain about situations at work that didn't serve it is kinda funny.
<2022-06-18T02:46:36.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've worked in the oil field too and it wasn't too bad either. Seems like a lot of military guys end up out there because they're good at dealing with "hard labor" like that.
<2022-06-18T02:46:44.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: No kidding. That's another route that a lot of guys take-you give six years as a doc and your loans are paid. Come in at O-3 leave O-4 or 5
<2022-06-18T02:48:22.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've thought about that but I don't know what the age cutoff is and I'd much rather have some loan forgiveness helping small town whites than serving ZOG. I got out about ten years ago and the military has changed A LOT since then from what I've heard and seen.
<2022-06-18T02:49:45.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah, I got out in 09, went back to USAR in 2018...immediately put in a request to get out. It's soooooo GAY now
<2022-06-18T02:52:19.000Z> GabeLakmann: Those were the last "good days" of the Army. I'm not going to say that I had it hard because I've heard some stories from old timers but it was definitely hard than what's going on now. All the LBGTK stuff they push and anti white stuff is going to make them weak..and that is a good thing at the end of the day since they might try to use them on us.
<2022-06-18T02:53:20.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: We had black boots and starched BDUs when I joined and it was AWESOME. We said nigger and faggot
<2022-06-18T02:58:51.000Z> GabeLakmann: Haha, we did too but we had 0 niggers in my unit when I was in and maybe only ~5-10% mexicans. There was only one and he was getting out on a medical discharge because he is a lazy nigger. When we went to draw weapons from the arms room they'd give him a plunger or a broom. I never had to polish boots though.
<2022-06-18T03:00:10.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: lolololol Polished boots and starched BDUs were sharp. Switching to desert boots was cool buuuut
<2022-06-18T03:01:50.000Z> GabeLakmann: The desert boots were the only good part. ACUs sucked. The uniforms felt plasticky and they tore easily and the most important part of using camo, the camo itself, didn't work very well except for in gravel.
<2022-06-18T03:02:15.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeeeep. We got issued those doing a workup at NTC.  EVERYONE blew the crotch out.
<2022-06-18T03:02:26.000Z> GabeLakmann: I didn't get but one or two sets of BDUs and I wish I still had them.
<2022-06-18T03:03:07.000Z> GabeLakmann: I think I was the only one I knew that didn't have the crotch rip on my ACUs. Ft Irwin was pretty cool. That's where I learned what "dry heat" was.
<2022-06-18T03:03:17.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah all of mine were RAID modded.
<2022-06-18T03:03:37.000Z> GabeLakmann: What is that? I don't guess I ever heard of that
<2022-06-18T03:04:22.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: You took the bottom pockets off and moved them to the sleeves, and slanted the top pockets. Unit SOP for field uniiforms
<2022-06-18T03:05:42.000Z> GabeLakmann: Ah, was that with BDUs or the ACUs? Seems like the ACUs weren't easy to modify like the BDUs and other gear of that era
<2022-06-18T03:05:52.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: No, the BDUs.
<2022-06-18T03:06:06.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: ACU already had those features.
<2022-06-18T03:06:33.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Our CSM had been a CAG guy and so he made us do all this different stuff.
<2022-06-18T03:08:16.000Z> GabeLakmann: We had Rangers so we didn't have to deal with some of the bullshit stuff but they were kinda by the book on a lot of stuff it seemed. Rangers are great but they don't get as much "freedom" as SF guys, especially CAG types.
<2022-06-18T03:10:24.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah, our scout platoon didn't have a mission for that deployment, so we got pimped out to an organization as meat shields; no uniforms, relaxed grooming standards-Smaggie hooked us up.
<2022-06-18T03:12:54.000Z> GabeLakmann: That sounds like a nice setup. When you get attached to SF guys as infantry or cav scouts sometimes you end up getting to ignore stuff like that for a bit since it doesn't really matter out there
<2022-06-18T03:13:22.000Z> GabeLakmann: I hated shaving so much
<2022-06-18T03:14:25.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I switched MOSs after that and spent three years in a non-uniformed unit.
<2022-06-18T03:14:38.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: But now I shave-I got tired of beards a few years back.
<2022-06-18T03:14:42.000Z> GabeLakmann: Looking back I know I could've made it to SF if I had tried. Back then I didn't push myself as much and realize that the main difference between me and those guys is that they would rather die than give up
<2022-06-18T03:15:12.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Exactly.
<2022-06-18T03:15:31.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I got to go to Robin Sage as a G and it was soooo much fun.
<2022-06-18T03:15:37.000Z> GabeLakmann: Yeah, don't get me wrong..I don't let my beard get long especially like a lot of the posers do I just don't like shaving daily or trimming it too close.
<2022-06-18T03:16:11.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah, I get that.
<2022-06-18T03:17:14.000Z> GabeLakmann: There was some kind of incident fairly recently with a Robin Sage exercise where they forgot that there were people pretending to be guerillas and got shot I think
<2022-06-18T03:18:17.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'm trying to find it and so far I see where it happened in 2002
<2022-06-18T03:18:17.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I heard about that...like in the 90s. Which is nuts because they get the information OUT
<2022-06-18T03:18:31.000Z> GabeLakmann: Yeah, the whole towns are in on it.
<2022-06-18T03:19:19.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yep
<2022-06-18T03:20:27.000Z> GabeLakmann: I like field exercises and stuff like that. I wasn't as good at being a "garrison soldier" as I was in the field. Towards the end I figured out that I could push myself farther than the guys who worked out a lot more than I did just because they were weak willed.
<2022-06-18T03:21:52.000Z> GabeLakmann: Maybe I was wrong about the Robin Sage incident because 20 years ago isn't very recent haha.
<2022-06-18T03:23:29.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I think it's happened more than once, too
<2022-06-18T03:25:24.000Z> GabeLakmann: The Army is at the point now to where their gear is better than their troops. They have some nice stuff now but they have a bunch of ding dongs and weak people physically and mentally
<2022-06-18T03:25:42.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yes they do man. It's insane
<2022-06-18T03:30:35.000Z> GabeLakmann: It's too bad that the Army has changed because it used to be good at straightening people out who needed a little guidance
<2022-06-18T03:35:00.000Z> GabeLakmann: Do you remember when they took up the ACOGs to grind off the bible passage on the side?
<2022-06-18T03:37:10.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I remember hearing about that, but I think it happened after I got out.My ACOG has the verse on it
<2022-06-18T03:43:15.000Z> GabeLakmann: Ah, yeah I guess it did happen right around that time. The guy who runs the "military religious freedom" group threw a fit so they spent millions to gather them up and grind it off...no one even noticed before he made a big deal.
<2022-06-18T03:43:36.000Z> GabeLakmann: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L._Weinstein
<2022-06-18T03:43:58.000Z> GabeLakmann: That is the guy...later on I figure out that all that was because of a scumbag kike
<2022-06-18T03:46:46.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Lol (((yup)))
<2022-06-18T03:52:12.000Z> GabeLakmann: That is one cool thing about Trijicon is that almost everything they make has a bible verse concerning light or seeing clearly on their optics. I just hope they're not zionist Christians
<2022-06-18T04:01:05.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: They probably are 99% have been hoodwinked into jewcuckery
<2022-06-28T21:55:12.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'm almost 100% certain he moved to Northwest Arkansas or Missouri near that zionist pastor "viking preparedness" a few years ago
<2022-06-28T21:56:53.000Z> GabeLakmann: I remember reading his blog where he talked about moving from the PNW and then his weather and stuff lined up pretty close to mine to where I knew he was within a couple hundred miles of me at least.
<2022-06-28T21:59:21.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: He did move out there, he has a ton of family there. But bought a place out West again last year. He and I talk about horses a lot; we text almost every day. If you have the chance to take one of his classes, jump on it. 
<2022-06-28T21:59:53.000Z> GabeLakmann: I thought he quit giving the classes
<2022-06-28T22:00:21.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: He still does. I went to a rifle class in Idaho Falls last September.
<2022-06-28T22:00:48.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: He might do another this fall, he’s got a lot of projects he’s working on
<2022-06-28T22:00:56.000Z> GabeLakmann: I really think he ended up living within about 45 minutes of me either north or north west of where I am when he lived in the south
<2022-06-28T22:01:20.000Z> GabeLakmann: now that I know that I need to save some back and go to one
<2022-06-28T22:02:17.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Probably. Yeah you should, if it’s in ID Falls let me know; I can bring guns and ammo for you and pick you up at the airport
<2022-06-28T22:04:11.000Z> GabeLakmann: Wonder what a plane ticket would cost..if I could do it for less than $1000 I'd do it and it'd be worth it
<2022-06-28T22:06:14.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've been meaning to get a case of 5.56 and 9mm to set back just for training and then save back the cost of the class so I can be ready when the timing is right. Most classes say they go though about 1,000 rounds
<2022-06-28T22:06:41.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Kris shot maybe 200 rds
<2022-06-28T22:06:47.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I shot maybe 200
<2022-06-28T22:07:03.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Damned autocorrect 
<2022-06-28T22:07:25.000Z> GabeLakmann: That's not too bad then money wise
<2022-06-28T22:07:30.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I shot maybe 200 rounds at his last class. Wasn’t a high round-count deal
<2022-06-28T22:09:23.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'd like to learn more about getting good with pistols and more field craft from him. He really knows his stuff on all of it
<2022-06-28T22:10:19.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: His rifle class is very basic, but I’ll be damned if I don’t learn great stuff at it. haven’t taken his pistol course-would like too
<2022-06-28T22:11:34.000Z> GabeLakmann: Yep, there's no way you could go to any of his classes and NOT learn something and get your money worth
<2022-06-28T22:30:15.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I've taken the basic class twice, lol. Had a lot of fun at both. For one of the barricades, I backed waaaaaay off the obstacle to take advantage of micro terrain and have a better angle underneath it. One of the other students complained, lol.  "Look at how far back he is from the barricade!"  "Yeah, he's using his head."
<2022-06-28T22:37:52.000Z> GabeLakmann: He's ex special forces so he specialized at "thinking outside the box." I sounds like they just got jealous they didn't think of it first. Can't be mad at someone for taking advantage of "open" rules
<2022-06-28T22:43:55.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah the guy was a total chode. He and his brother were both fat tweedle-dees from Washington with 16" Daniel Defense rifles and suppressors...they were like muskets. 
<2022-06-28T22:46:43.000Z> GabeLakmann: If they had that kind of money you'd think they'd have had a SBR too
<2022-06-28T22:47:31.000Z> GabeLakmann: Those are the type of guys who buy super nice stuff and get shown up by people who really know what they're doing
<2022-06-28T22:48:18.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I took two SBRs, a suppressor, and my main 16" rifle....guy next to me had a 7" upper and was shooting steel-cased ammo which kept jamming his gun; finally I gave him my SBR and can and used my 16" rifle instead, lol.
<2022-06-28T22:51:29.000Z> GabeLakmann: I wouldn't take steel cased AR ammo to a class without making sure the combo worked first. If I had the money I'd get a 12.5" and a can. If it was longer range outdoor stuff they could've just ran nice electronic ear pro and their 16" rifles
<2022-06-28T22:53:58.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I made him shoot my ammo, too...lol. He said "You want some of mine in trade?"  lol no.
<2022-06-28T22:55:57.000Z> GabeLakmann: Brass AR ammo never was that much more than steel and it runs so much better and is worth picking up to reload or give/sell to those who do. Steel case is for AKs only pretty much
<2022-06-28T22:56:30.000Z> GabeLakmann: Its so weird that someone willing to spend money on a class is a fudd enough to buy steel case ammo and bring it to class
<2022-06-28T22:58:20.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah, no kidding. This guy's 7" AR was his "truck gun" lol
<2022-06-28T23:00:27.000Z> GabeLakmann: Like a tiny clown truck? Even a standard can tacoma can hold a 16" barrel AR. The whole purpose of having a "truck gun" is having something kinda fun size that fits behind the seats that you can use on coyotes and other stuff 
<2022-06-28T23:03:31.000Z> GabeLakmann: full size haha
<2022-06-28T23:03:36.000Z> GabeLakmann: but fun size works
<2022-06-28T23:06:10.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah John and I were both telling him about using 14.5" M4s out of vehicles and how it's not a hindrance.
<2022-06-30T09:31:44.000Z> GabeLakmann: I think for 85% or more of all applications a 14.5" mid length with a suppressor is ideal. I'd like to get some NFA items but it'd probably only be for cans since there aren't too many SBRs I'd want aside from a "honey badger" 300blk or an mp5k pdw. By the way, I was sick the last day and a half so while I laid in bed I went through Mosby's patreon to see if I could find when he moved and I saw your replies in his posts. It's wild to find someone who reads him on here since not as many people know about him. Small world I guess.
<2022-06-30T09:40:34.000Z> GabeLakmann: I used to read his blog when I had down time sitting in "heavy equiment" doing summer farm work and in between classes in college but he switched to patreon not long after I went back. He doesn't have many "open" posts on patreon and I don't check his wordpress much since he stopped posting to there so I didn't realize that he moved back to that area. The land where I assume he was keeps going higher and higher due to it being a decent city and wal-mart headquarters being close. I don't blame him for moving though, the summers here suck and that area is getting worse crime wise due to mexicans and niggers. By the way, if you think you'd want that A1 length stock I'd probably give it to you if you paid shipping..might not be worth it since you'd probably want to sand it down and paint it due to the rough texture from sandblasting and cerakoting it. I don't know why they went to the A2 anyways since it's too long for most people.
<2022-06-30T10:22:04.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah that whole Rogers/Fayetteville area has just exploded. Pretty crazy. 14.5” pin and weld is pretty good length.
<2022-06-30T10:24:59.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: My first approved NFA item was a .22 suppressor I built. $200 tax stamp, $50 for the engraving…$17.99 for the solvent trap kit from China via Amazon, back when I still used them. The Form 1 eFile is really quick; I used it for that can and then later for two SBRs I made. All of them took like ten business days. It’s gay doing it though.
<2022-06-30T10:26:05.000Z> GabeLakmann: I wish I'd had been able to meet him when he lived closer. When he mentioned "pastor joe fox" and talked about the weather I knew he was close. I don't blame him for moving though, it seems like it'd be easier to deal with winter out there than the summer here if electricity went out. I tell people to get a small generator capable of running a window unit AC just in case but people do not listen to me. The summer can kill you here, especially the young and old.
<2022-06-30T10:28:00.000Z> GabeLakmann: I didn't know that they actually got their shit together on the NFA items. People used to say it took like 6 months to a year to get the paperwork approved. I'd like to get a couple of .22lr cans, a 5.56 can, a .308 can/.300wm, and a 9mm/.45 can although I doubt I can afford all of them before they change the laws. 
<2022-06-30T10:28:46.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: He’s a guy who loves the mountains and the West; had some family things he needed to take care of back home, and once those were resolved he and his family wanted to go back
<2022-06-30T10:30:23.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: The Form 1 eFile, for items you make yourself, is really fast. There is a Form 4 eFile now for items you buy; apparently that’s at sun-90 days. I did a paper Form 4 in early January and those are still at a year out
<2022-06-30T10:30:56.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: If you want to make one of your lowers an SBR, it’s really easy.
<2022-06-30T10:36:31.000Z> GabeLakmann: Ah, ok, I didn't make the connection that they were different forms for made vs bought. Due to current laws I want to buy super durable cans since it's a hassle. When those don't matter anymore a lathe can make nice stuff but it's probably hard to buy inconel, stellite, titanium etc. If they change the "pistol brace" laws it might be worth doing an SBR. What they should do is charge $200 for NFA and do it like a form 4430 or whatever it's called. It's unconstitutional but people would pay it and not complain if it were easier.
<2022-06-30T10:37:00.000Z> GabeLakmann: I remember him writing about taking care of his sick mother I think. Did she pass away?
<2022-06-30T10:39:12.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I’d like the whole NFA to be repealed; that would be awesome. I’m comfortable making cans for low-pressure rounds like .22 and .45 ACP; I don’t have the expertise to make other stuff out of better materials. Though I have a neighbor who is a retired machinist and has all kinds of tools…
<2022-06-30T10:41:33.000Z> GabeLakmann: Yup, the .22 and pistol stuff wouldn't be bad but 5.56 and above would be iffy. You could probably do it but they'd wear out sooner. Those old machinists will be very handy to have around if things keep getting worse. I tell people to follow the laws for now since we'll be scrutinized more than others but when the country fails, it won't matter anymore.
<2022-06-30T10:43:23.000Z> GabeLakmann: When I see those mountains and prairies it makes me want to go west. I've only been to states neighboring mine and to Georgia (Ft. Benning) and California (Ft. Irwin) so I haven't traveled much.
<2022-06-30T10:45:25.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: My veterinarian is a really good friend of mine, and pretty young, loves to shoot. He cracks me up about "end of the world" stuff and getting to be all "tactical" and I tell him "Bro, if it all goes down THAT hard, I'm not letting you do any of this shit. I can train other guys to run guns; I can't train another veterinarian. You're literally too valuable to be in harm's way except for the most dire circumstances." lol
<2022-06-30T10:48:12.000Z> GabeLakmann: That's the situation I'll end up if I finish my studies before things pop off. I'd like to learn how to save lives since that's a little harder. If I had the money I'd like to open up a hospital in an area like MT, ID, WY, etc. and have someone else open a school. It'd be nice to have a whole town dedicated to getting away from weimarica.
<2022-06-30T10:49:03.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Best part of being out here...people mostly talk about local issues and not so much about DC and that circus. They lose power and influence here daily.
<2022-06-30T10:50:18.000Z> GabeLakmann: After reading about the population density of Montana I wondered if that would be how it is out there. It takes more resources that it's worth to mess with people out there.
<2022-06-30T10:50:41.000Z> GabeLakmann: *than. I make more typos on here than anywhere else for some reason.
<2022-06-30T10:51:38.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Well...we have a shit ton of city refugees who flee the paradise they made, complain about it non-stop, and then demand that we all change how we're doing things to do it how they remembered in San Fran or Seattle or Portland or Chicago.
<2022-06-30T10:53:08.000Z> GabeLakmann: We get that too and with wal-mart hq it makes the NWA area worse and worse each year. I hear they have a big building full of indians up there for a call center. Do those "city folk" leave after one harsh winter?
<2022-06-30T10:54:02.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Sadly, our winters really aren't even that harsh. I don't know where a call center full of indians is; I haven't heard of that.
<2022-06-30T10:55:08.000Z> GabeLakmann: It is in my area. Supposedly the indian company "Tatra" has a call center up there. They'd surely only mess with those on H1B visas and screw all of us on pay
<2022-06-30T10:59:58.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Oh, okay. Yeah that's some bullshit right there. Import a bunch of foreigners to take away American jobs.
<2022-06-30T11:02:55.000Z> GabeLakmann: That's why I don't shop at wal-mart. Haven't been there in 5+ years. They have facial recognition cameras there now too.
<2022-06-30T11:15:40.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I don't shop there either. I think it's been...3-4 years for me now. Oh, except once in Craig, CO a couple years back. I forgot to pack toothpaste and had to meet a client.
<2022-06-30T11:21:30.000Z> GabeLakmann: That's about the only time I'd shop there is if it were an emergency type situation. I don't buy anything on Sundays anymore even because I'd like to bring back the "blue laws."
<2022-06-30T11:40:28.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Agreed.
<2022-06-30T19:10:02.000Z> GabeLakmann: london bridge trading has had some decent deals on their backpacks and plate carriers lately. One of my friends gave me a usmc issue arcteryx design ruck but i need to get another assault pack. the blackhawk i have isn't designed all that well even though it seems rugged
<2022-06-30T19:13:17.000Z> GabeLakmann: usmc had better rucks and assault packs than the army did although i hear SF got mystery ranch stuff. I think that is what I'll probably get from now on.
<2022-06-30T19:24:24.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: So...I've tried all kinds of rucks in the last couple years.  MR, Stone Glacier, Savotta, TT...and I keep going back to the medium ALICE on the 1606 AC frame lolololol
<2022-06-30T19:36:42.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I got this one for $10; had the frame and Mountaineering pad set, sent it to TT for Fastex buckles, storm collar, reinforced stress points, and attachments to add a CDP-90 patrol pack to the top
<2022-06-30T19:37:50.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital attached file https://ncd.nice-cdn.xyz/e2996bac16791742904ba8abec7c55b8c11ae8ab53e89697a009746f21d5aee5.jpeg
<2022-06-30T19:37:59.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: CFP-90 pateol
<2022-06-30T19:38:08.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: patrol pack on top
<2022-06-30T22:16:46.000Z> GabeLakmann: I think that is like the one they issued us in basic. That one was better than the molle one we got later in my opinion. Does it have a metal frame?
<2022-06-30T22:18:19.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've heard a few people say that the older alice packs are their favorites with a few minor modifications but that surprises me that it's better than something like a mystery ranch pack
<2022-06-30T23:22:29.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Naw mine has the plastic frame
<2022-06-30T23:23:40.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: https://downeastinnovation.com/product/mountaineering-style-pad-set/
<2022-06-30T23:33:47.000Z> GabeLakmann: That's cool. The metal frame of the old alice was shaped alright but rubber my back raw. The frame on the molle pack wasn't bad but the main pack sucked. So you basically took the best parts of both and combined them then, right?
<2022-06-30T23:54:05.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Essentially
<2022-07-01T00:06:29.000Z> GabeLakmann: I might have to try that if the usmc pack I got given to me doesn't work out well. I always liked the pouches on the outside of the alice to put my wet weather gear in, socks, t shirts, and some snacks so they're easy to get to. I have a military sleeping bag kit but I need to get a 2 person 4 season tent. I don't know if I'd need the "4 season" capability but I'd like to be able to winter camp up north if I wanted to.
<2022-07-01T00:08:50.000Z> GabeLakmann: ebay.com/itm/295068354393?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D240039%26meid%3Db231ce9b148e4aab9a9897befa98aa1f%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D295054112904%26itm%3D295068354393%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bAndUBSourceDemotionWithUltimatelyBoughtOfCoviewV1&_trksid=p2047675.c101196.m2219&amdata=cksum%3A295068354393b231ce9b148e4aab9a9897befa98aa1f%7Cenc%3AAQAHAAABMIep8YrnpoI5Ip1Fr26ya5Zdwg2V78Yl01uYLsdPZcFTvxKxDts2M2LiSIpUM3yyPCg4I%252FI%252F%252BBr%252B3lbC%252BxYqInYGBmzIxc4EMw3YF0EDxTKyaHfk4EAt556kpzQMEL5xkTJ3AKZtha9tGPifbBFn%252Ff80iatYdmyaEIa7vwJZI2u3%252FAQnSEH98t28eX6Pq1JFgtQK4L4VXa85ueApuCa1%252FT88Vs144KlXJ8fVO2pjzr6nEHOhMkdfA2%252FSdhm%252FqJ69gBaZY3eAWyKEu2BhuR0%252BFFyrJLXNh6mDHK8K%252BsVxPOBzljatp7NPLOtY4JjBk5RoEJJ9Cb9XzEel2zw%252FE2R5KV5cfCGxrqr6hJ%252BM%252BU%252BrwPhq8qEw%252BqzELyExrUKjJed1KSuJZwPBuPr69G40q3H3jO0%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2047675
<2022-07-01T00:11:23.000Z> GabeLakmann: That's what I got given to me for free. They seem to go for around $200-250 and if I had to pay that much I'd probably choose something else but for free it isn't too bad. I need to get the matching assault pack for it or put some molle pouches on the outside for wet weather/gore tex gear and such.
<2022-07-01T04:35:14.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah those are good. I stay away from internal frames though; just for air circulation 
<2022-07-01T11:56:04.000Z> GabeLakmann: It has padding that is supposed to help but I don't think it does as well as the external frames do
<2022-07-01T12:19:33.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Nope-the internals are more ergonomic and comfortable, the external get better air flow.
<2022-07-01T12:24:33.000Z> GabeLakmann: I might have to start piecing one together and sell the usmc one I have since I'm pretty sure it's internal frame like you said. Do you need 4 season tents up there to camp in the winter? I want to buy a 4 season tent instead of getting a 3 season and finding out the 4 season upgrade kit is discontinued when I finally get to camp up north a couple years down the road.
<2022-07-01T12:28:15.000Z> GabeLakmann: I went on a hike recently to see how I'd do since it's been a while since I did much walking and I did 4.5 miles in two hours through snakey terrain with half of it being close to dark..I need to get back into hiking and running more. I enjoy hiking so much more than running though haha 
<2022-07-01T12:30:18.000Z> GabeLakmann: I heard a rustle in the leaves then a tap tap tap tap tap like a rattlesnake without the rattles and saw this guy out of the corner of my eye https://i.poastcdn.org/ea7712be9e7d353d910d0d4fb5d1035b8712b2eff95670ef8f5323ddb7598658.jpeg
<2022-07-01T12:30:51.000Z> GabeLakmann: A couple days later I got to see a small-medium sized cottonmouth eating a fish at the same park.
<2022-07-01T12:31:46.000Z> GabeLakmann: I always make really good time until I see a poisonous snake and then I go a little slower and look at everything closely
<2022-07-01T12:46:05.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Is that a copperhead? And I don’t use a tent unless I have a chick with me…and the amount of extra shit I have to carry for a woman is insane. For snow camping I just build a fort.
<2022-07-01T12:48:15.000Z> GabeLakmann: Yes it is, it had beautiful coloring. They're one of the prettiest poisonous snakes in my area. Cottonmouths are similar to niggers - dark brown/black, stink when you get close enough, and aggressive for no good reason. Haha, Unless it's absolutely nasty I use the gore tex bivvy cover and a poncho or something to keep the dew from landing on me.
<2022-07-01T12:52:09.000Z> GabeLakmann: Honestly, in this state you'd probably be fine with a "2 season" setup if they made one.
<2022-07-01T13:04:37.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Poncho, gore-Tex bivy…good to go
<2022-07-01T13:22:37.000Z> GabeLakmann: I started out packing kinda light but it doesn't bother me to carry the weight up to a certain point (~50lbs to move fast, ~100lbs for slow long marches), the things with tents is the hassle of setting them up and tearing them down. I like the idea of ultra light hiking but I also like having things to make me comfortable now that I quit smoking, drinking soda and stuff. I think people usually have some sort of "vice" and I used to see some guys bring stuff to make pb&j sandwiches into the field. They weren't smokers so I think food was their thing.
<2022-07-01T13:23:34.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I draw the line at 50 any more. Try to stay below 30
<2022-07-01T13:23:45.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: in the summer, 40 in the winter
<2022-07-01T13:27:15.000Z> GabeLakmann: There isn't much reason to go above 50lbs for civilian side. The extra weight before was from water, food, and ammo. I was light infantry though, I'm not sure what other guys carried. I'm guessing they didn't ruck much unless they were airborne, ranger, sf, etc. I figure those guys might have packed lighter to move quicker though.
<2022-07-01T13:29:30.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Depending on the mission, I’ve carried up to 120lbs. Fuck that static.  And lol on the American idea of “light” infantry humping 100 pound rucks.
<2022-07-01T13:31:22.000Z> GabeLakmann: I don't remember weighing our packs but I'd assume we were closer to 75-80lbs usually unless you had to carry the tripod for the 240 or something.
<2022-07-01T13:32:41.000Z> GabeLakmann: What is funny is that as everything keeps getting lighter due to advanced materials they never cut weight, they just add more shit to carry to equal their pre figured weights. I saw the math they did before to figure up pack weight vs miles troops could cover at what speeds and it was kinda interesting.
<2022-07-01T13:37:49.000Z> GabeLakmann: They wonder why airborne guys leave around 30 years old with fucked up knees and backs and regular infantry guys 5-10 years behind them. I got lucky I guess, I only did 6 years and got out because things started getting PC and they cancelled our deployment. I hate hate hate paper work and cleaning. I got to where I only liked being in the field.
<2022-07-01T13:58:14.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yep. It’s all a joke.
<2022-07-01T13:58:59.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: The Taliban understood light infantry: AK, three mags, a grenade, an extra RPG rocket, some dried goat, and rice.
<2022-07-01T14:05:36.000Z> GabeLakmann: I hate that so many people don't give them credit. They were cowards in sending children to do shit but other than that they outlasted us and dollar to dollar spent they got damn good results.
<2022-07-01T14:08:42.000Z> GabeLakmann: I always liked the idea of moving fast vs having a bunch of armor. I really belonged in SF because I hate when they don't allow you to think for yourself. Those guys and the rangers seem to move light and fast. I was just light infantry and nothing else really, no other ASI, just 11B. I wanted to go to sniper school and air assault but back then I doubted myself more than I should have.
<2022-07-01T14:10:46.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: They have a lot of leeway.
<2022-07-01T14:15:21.000Z> GabeLakmann: It wasn't as bad as it could've been because all of our senior NCOs and officers were ex ranger or SF so most of the stupid shit we had to do was because of "big army" requiring it. We had to do SHARPs training and we were an all male unit before DADT was repealed...if anyone sexually harassed another dude they'd have got their ass beat by the whole company.
<2022-07-01T14:18:12.000Z> GabeLakmann: The only time that ever happened was when we caught some guy from another unit that got folded into ours for a deployment stealing money from another dudes wallet. We held him down and beat his ass with soap in a sock. You have to be able to trust people next to you.
<2022-07-01T15:37:04.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah you do, lol
<2022-07-06T15:26:55.000Z> GabeLakmann: Do you bother with taking workour supplements? I used to use pre-workout, creatine, and protein powder but I never noticed much of a difference with the creatine
<2022-07-06T15:34:57.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I really don't.  If I paid more attention to nutrition, Adonis would kill me.
<2022-07-06T15:39:53.000Z> GabeLakmann: I try to take a multivitamin, vitamin d, fish oil, and sometimes pre workout and protein powder but I try not to get carried away. The best thing I've done for my health was quitting smoking, quitting fast food, and quitting sodas.
<2022-07-06T15:50:32.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah...those things kill ya. I stayed with some friends for a night while I was in Colorado, and the daughter ordered McDonalds via Doordash or whatever...lol I got a sausage muffin thing...she got two of them, two burritos, hash browns, and orange juice. She weighs 130 lbs and is tiny. I'm a 230lb guy and it just made me want to cry lol; it's a whole fourth of my net calories for the day. I do take a joint supplement.
<2022-07-06T15:55:33.000Z> GabeLakmann: Haha, I could eat whatever I wanted until recently and stay right around 200lbs. It's been 5+ years since I've eaten Mc Donalds now. After stopping for a month (I used to get a couple dollar menu chicken sandwiches for lunch or burgers) I went back and ate there and felt sick for 2-3 hours. Now I cook my own food or eat at "real" restaurants but that's rare since I'm a poor college student. I thought about getting some CoQ10 I think it is for joint supplements. Can you feel any difference? Sometimes I think it is placebo effect on some things.
<2022-07-06T16:11:36.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: It's really hard to tell. It always cracked me up in the Army since I'd get 275+ on my PT tests (100 p/u, 100 s/u, 75+ on the run) but they'd have to tape me. My CO would always sign and say "You again." I'd get on the scale and be 224-227 and have to be taped, so then he'd tell whichever NCO "He's got an 18" neck and his waist will be 35.5"...like it always is." lolololololol they'd always double-check but he was always on the money.
<2022-07-06T16:25:42.000Z> GabeLakmann: That was my same story. I maxed the pushups and situps but got between 70-75% on the runs since I couldn't get under 13 minutes or so and always had to get taped for height and weight. My neck saved me as well. When I left Benning I weighed 180 and probably had 32" waist but I am barely under 6 ft tall. I have the feeling due to you being able to weigh 220+ and pass that you're taller than 6 ft. We had one guy that was fat but could run faster than some of the skinny guys. He never made height and weight.
<2022-07-06T16:28:16.000Z> GabeLakmann: I think I had a 17 and 3/4" neck so I was always ok. I understand the purpose of it because it makes the soldiers look more professional but some guys failed height and weight and passed the PT test
<2022-07-06T16:29:12.000Z> GabeLakmann: Wonder if they do height and weight now...professionalism goes out the window when you have trannies serving...it would be so ironic
<2022-07-06T16:31:51.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Dude it was insane how cut I was back then…and they still had to tape me.
<2022-07-06T16:32:55.000Z> GabeLakmann: 270+ is airborne standard for PT and I think ranger and SF as well isn't it?
<2022-07-06T16:33:35.000Z> GabeLakmann: or is it 70% in every category?
<2022-07-06T16:34:08.000Z> GabeLakmann: either way, that always made me laugh when they did stuff like that. it makes you lose faith in the Army due to the beuracracy
<2022-07-06T16:34:43.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Beats me. Back then you had to get a 90% in all three categories to wear that stupid PT badge
<2022-07-06T16:38:12.000Z> GabeLakmann: the presidents PT badge? I think it is 70% in airborne/air assault/ranger and SF but obviously the better you can do the easier selection is
<2022-07-06T16:39:23.000Z> GabeLakmann: the only guys i saw get that badge were the fucks who gamed the system on pushups and didn't do the full range of motion. They should've made everyone touch their chest like I had to
<2022-07-06T16:53:25.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Lol yup
<2022-07-10T03:03:17.000Z> GabeLakmann: I forgot about showing this to you. Pat MacNamara said he likes these and I've heard they're good from others as well. ads.midwayusa.com/product/1025298360?pid=257671&utm_medium=shopping&utm_source=bing&utm_campaign=Shooting+-+Holsters+%26+Belts&utm_content=257671&cm_mmc=pf_ci_bing-_-Shooting+-+Holsters+%26+Belts-_-NeoMag-_-257671&utm_term=4584894776053433 https://i.poastcdn.org/9e01b1c2b2943b6d2e48252a80d27ec7bded56705a63f31c98b48eb11d4438a7.jpeg
<2022-07-10T03:10:16.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've been wanting to get a Glock 20 MOS with one of these for hiking. gunfightersinc.com/shop/custom-light-bearing-kenai-chest-holster/
<2022-07-10T03:20:32.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I made a chest holster like that for a neighbor. Realistically, bear spray is more useful than a 10mm! Which optic are you thinking of?
<2022-07-10T03:39:42.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'd get an ACRO P2
<2022-07-10T03:40:32.000Z> GabeLakmann: I know 10mm isn't as good as a SBR/pistol grip 12ga like some people say they carry for bears but is bear strength pepper spray really that good?
<2022-07-10T03:40:40.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Good choice
<2022-07-10T03:40:54.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: It is very effective, yes.
<2022-07-10T03:41:41.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I have an RMR and for a field pistol I wish I had gone with the aimpoint.
<2022-07-10T04:12:56.000Z> GabeLakmann: was the aimpoint out when you got the RMR? i used to want the RMR but the emitter is exposed and I don't think they're NVG capable
<2022-07-10T04:17:22.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: It being exposed…sucks for a field pistol
<2022-07-10T04:23:49.000Z> GabeLakmann: yeah, it's better than nothing if you have back up irons but it would be too easy for it to get covered or affected by other things
<2022-07-10T04:25:01.000Z> GabeLakmann: I wish they had the glock 13mm left hand threaded barrels. i'd like to get a can some day and those work better since they self tighten kinda. Nowadays all barrels should come threaded from the factory
<2022-07-10T04:34:03.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I’ve thought about adding threaded barrels for my pistols. 
<2022-07-10T04:52:43.000Z> GabeLakmann: The glock OEM ones are polygonal and cold hammer forged I think but people say you can't shoot lead through them. If I reloaded I wouldn't use non jacketed bullets anyways. The KKM threaded barrels are nice and more accurate with match ammo but not as accurate with bulk stuff. glock is the only one I've seen making 13mm LH and the rest use 1/2 by 5/8 or something
<2022-07-13T18:30:43.000Z> GabeLakmann: probably will not see me post much and go several days with no activity. I am going to do about 5 months of class work for one class in a week or so.
<2022-07-13T18:47:22.000Z> GabeLakmann: by the way, be careful around that "kashkustomer" fella. he's connected to "johnny monoxide" who is trying to turn on guys at therightstuff.biz and NJP. Kash got doxed a month or so ago as well so they're following him.
<2022-07-13T19:11:25.000Z> GabeLakmann: accollective.noblogs.org/post/2022/06/24/washed-up-rocker-dan-muench-is-racist-poa-st-user-kash-kustomer/
<2022-07-13T19:11:35.000Z> GabeLakmann: it says he had a black girlfriend too i think hahaha
<2022-07-13T19:24:26.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah Kash is someone I donMt really interact with
<2022-07-13T19:25:50.000Z> GabeLakmann: I forgot that he was being watched otherwise I wouldn't have said anything in reply to him. My username here was in one of the screenshots in that article. Probably no big deal but who knows
<2022-07-13T19:27:11.000Z> GabeLakmann: I assume he still is anyways, maybe they doxed him and moved on to the next target of theirs. One they've figured out their real info maybe it's not worth reading everything they do after that..?
<2022-07-13T19:46:21.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yikes dide
<2022-07-13T19:46:25.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Dude
<2022-07-13T19:47:31.000Z> GabeLakmann: yeah, what do you think? you think they still watch him or have they moved on since once he's been "exposed" anything else he says isn't important?
<2022-07-13T19:48:56.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Dude beats me. I don’t pay as much attention to all that as I should
<2022-07-13T19:50:01.000Z> GabeLakmann: I found out about it and started trying to warn people and apparently they already knew and it was old news. I guess they get "insider" news before I accidentally find it.
<2022-07-13T20:22:56.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: lol there a lot that I'm left out on as well.
<2022-07-13T20:24:52.000Z> GabeLakmann: I understand why I'm left on some things but you'd think they'd have spread that around more since so many of us have been in the same screenshots
<2022-07-13T20:28:45.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: No kidding.
<2022-07-20T20:07:54.000Z> GabeLakmann: I started out as a history major... wonder what it is about Army guys and history majors... maybe the history and pride makes us patriotic? I lasted a year as a history major/college student and quit. Then a few years later I joined the military so my story might be a little different than yours.
<2022-07-20T20:36:36.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Lol kinda similar. I started college, had no idea what I wanted to do…still didn’t know when I took a break, joined the Army, and went back to finish.
<2022-07-20T20:43:07.000Z> GabeLakmann: Long story but the third time I came back as a pre-med I had a sub 2.0 GPA from the times before when I skipped classes and from two semesters worth of classes I thought I dropped but didn't. Since I never thought I'd go back I didn't bother with the paperwork. I pulled it up to a 3.25GPA and had a 4.0GPA until the first fall after quarantine. I still have a 3.7 or 3.8. I hope my redemption story is able to inspire some of the guys like me who made mistakes. You sound like you did things right the first time around for the most part which is what I should've done. I tell my nephews and nieces that these days they will not be able to make big mistakes like I did and recover so make sure to do it right the first time around.
<2022-07-20T20:44:00.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Nah dude I fucked around a lot too.
<2022-07-20T20:45:56.000Z> GabeLakmann: I feel like the 6 years I spent in the military was wasted except it taught me lessons my dad should've taught me. Stuff like not quitting, pushing yourself harder than you think you can which I guess is part of not quitting, not being afraid to fail as long as you keep going and make it right, plus it got me interested in medical type stuff since I was able to give an IV do a pitch black negro the very first time I practiced IVs on the first stick.
<2022-07-20T20:46:44.000Z> GabeLakmann: Maybe, but I bet you didn't waste years of life due to a jewish scheme like I did. I'll tell you more about that sometime but you might be able to figure it out
<2022-07-20T20:53:17.000Z> GabeLakmann: and the jewish scam isn't supporting ZOG like we both accidentally did haha. I signed up under Bush and hated him and the war but I figured if I wanted to talk about being anti-war and call out the "chickenhawks" neo-cons who never met a war (for israel) they didn't like for being hypocrites I should serve myself. When I got in I found out a lot of guys didn't like the war but instead fought for their friends serving with them instead of against the Iraqis and Afghanis
<2022-07-20T20:53:55.000Z> GabeLakmann: It made me sad when the super squared away soldier I looked up to most told me it was a waste and his friends died for nothing
<2022-07-20T20:54:51.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: That's pretty much how it was.  Every day more guys realize this...and get more pissed off.
<2022-07-20T20:57:01.000Z> GabeLakmann: He had a CIB, EIB (I think), air assault tab, mountaineering tab, ranger school tab, pathfinder tab, basically everything but airborne since our unit didn't really let many people go. He was a great leader too, knew how to talk to people to get the most out of them, never let it show if he was in a bad mood (I didn't either and I helped keep morale up by making jokes and reminding people whatever it is, it's temporary), he was the best NCO I've ever met.
<2022-07-20T20:57:56.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: There are a lot of good guys like that
<2022-07-20T20:59:09.000Z> GabeLakmann: He was a good Christian too, didn't really drink or smoke, didn't do promiscuous stuff. A damn good role model. I bet he might have stuck it out for retirement but a lot of good guys like that got out
<2022-07-20T20:59:50.000Z> GabeLakmann: one thing that is really sad is that is probably why the suicide rate is so high... guys get back, don't fit in, can't find brotherhood elsewhere, and realize they did all that for nothing..
<2022-07-20T21:00:04.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: They want trannies and niggers; let them have them. I went back to the reserve after a ten year break and I got into the IRR again two years later. It was horrible.
<2022-07-20T21:00:33.000Z> GabeLakmann: That's the way I look at it. It'll make em easier to defeat when the time comes and laws no longer matter.
<2022-07-20T21:01:14.000Z> GabeLakmann: The only thing they have on us is high end gear and air support (arty too). A lot of people have NVGs now and thermals are getting easier and cheaper to get too
<2022-07-20T21:01:38.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: They have something even better: a logistics train.
<2022-07-20T21:01:59.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: All the ammo I have won't stop a sick cat if it comes down to kinetic action.
<2022-07-20T21:02:06.000Z> GabeLakmann: Ah, yeah. That's true. You have to remember to think about logistics not just tactics
<2022-07-20T21:02:35.000Z> GabeLakmann: a sick cat?
<2022-07-20T21:03:16.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: It's an expression.
<2022-07-20T21:03:24.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: "He couldn't fight off a sick cat"
<2022-07-20T21:03:47.000Z> GabeLakmann: Oh, I thought it was code for something I hadn't heard before haha
<2022-07-20T21:04:46.000Z> GabeLakmann: That type of stuff is one of the reasons I want to finish medical school before things get bad. There are a lot of dudes that can fuck shit up in the middle of the night but not nearly as many guys who can patch them up if they get hurt bad.
<2022-07-20T21:05:31.000Z> GabeLakmann: Speaking of which, I have to go study for a bit. Sometimes I wish I had poast on my mobile but I'd get less done. After quarantine I have a bad habit of getting sidetracked looking at stuff on the internet.
<2022-07-20T21:05:36.000Z> GabeLakmann: Talk to you later friend
<2022-07-20T21:05:40.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Lates
<2022-07-23T03:00:13.000Z> GabeLakmann: scatteredshots.com/ I forgot to tell you about this website. It's pretty cool but you might have already seen it.
<2022-07-23T03:42:34.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Cool thanks Inwill check it out
<2022-07-23T03:49:48.000Z> GabeLakmann: you're welcome. he has some interesting stories he wrote from back when it was "looserounds.com" like shooting a m16 to 1000 yards using m855 and match ammo. he thinks like us on politics now too haha
<2022-07-23T03:50:18.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Lol 5.56 goes a lot farther than people think
<2022-07-23T03:52:31.000Z> GabeLakmann: i was impressed. they used iron sights too i think. it isn't super deadly at that point but i also don't think it went subsonic and keyholed
<2022-07-23T03:56:56.000Z> GabeLakmann: looserounds.com/ar15-at-1000-yards-can-a-rack-grade-ar15-and-m855-make-1000-yard-hits/
<2022-07-23T03:57:58.000Z> GabeLakmann: the old looserounds.com website isn't owned by him anymore since his old friend let the payment lapse and wouldn't give him the password but i guess the article is still up
<2022-07-23T05:54:17.000Z> GabeLakmann: youtube.com/watch?v=saZgZ9Nslpo i'm getting really tired of jewTube pushing this fat fucking nigger anytime I try and look up other stuff
<2022-07-30T17:37:13.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: The Baltes German jungle boots are good-just wish they had the Panama or a Vibram sole. I'll let you know how the Altama ones are; with their military discount and free shipping they're $150/pr.
<2022-07-31T02:31:46.000Z> GabeLakmann: Are they resoleable? It kinda sucks to have to immediately resole them but it might be worth it if you like them enough. Altama usually makes good issue boots, I bet they turn out alright.
<2022-07-31T02:56:16.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: The Baltes…I got three pair off
<2022-07-31T02:56:38.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: of EBay-the 46s and 48s from
<2022-07-31T02:57:41.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Lithuania; got to me in a week. The 47s came from Belorussia; like a month into the Ukraine Gayop. They took maybe ten days to get to me.
<2022-07-31T02:58:05.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: The 47s fit the best; all were under a hundred bucks each.
<2022-07-31T02:58:38.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: The sole isn’t bad, it’s just not for mud like the Panama sole is
<2022-07-31T02:58:38.000Z> GabeLakmann: I totally understand buying extra pairs when you find something you like. So they use german boots too in lith. and belarussia?
<2022-07-31T03:02:58.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'm thinking about buying some magazines and maybe a lower just in case... I need to get something in 6.5 or .308 or maybe .300wm
<2022-07-31T03:04:51.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've been getting stuff except lights and optics that I think will be gone later. The lights and optics should still easy to get later on.
<2022-07-31T03:16:42.000Z> GabeLakmann: I was hoping to be able to get a few cases of m855 and make some mk262 clone but reloading components are expensive and hard to find now. I've considered pulling the m193 and making it 262. Golden Tiger came back too but I bet it's gone before I can get more. I know I can't use all of it but right now there is someone out there who can't afford to buy anything or maybe they're not old enough yet and it'll be unavailable when they get older..
<2022-07-31T03:20:08.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I would keep the M193; personally I don’t use it but there is no point that I can see in taking it apart and swapping to 62gr.
<2022-07-31T03:22:38.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'd swap the m193 to 77gr cannelured match king. the m855 is good enough that I'd leave it alone. Honestly, for the money I'd rather have almost twice as many m855 than mk262 rounds.
<2022-07-31T03:23:00.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: This is where the German boots came from; unissued brand new but made in like 2008
<2022-07-31T03:23:04.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: https://www.ebay.com/itm/264892973051?hash=item3dacd9fffb:g:ps8AAOSwJCRfgFrJ&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA0B0ru7Ce%2FeZsQ8HHbLF%2FyfbaUfClNEGSPeM9EB0qHv9xV6w%2FUjkQhi9CzMGvP6FN0FXGDcPuj5ZJyNRfZitdC4LQoH7uTDBydEy10M8cIKaUdBolw2zaZuZzU5VvtOMGE5%2FLJiqpoTg0CSZr9j2sUcg5qAztRa9zmvE2JF5K2YTpH8MyV9XQTySZzkcCO1MGtq0rX7rOmSzZ3ylT0Xe0Lx%2BS7r7Gzyk9cwi752h6JOqyBJRifKBbZtBw98K%2BkxtACwfNQGE33xKOnE8Sx4QHVhU%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMwMa0pMpg
<2022-07-31T03:23:48.000Z> GabeLakmann: wolf used to sell brass cases that were primed and crimped. I was going to get imr 8028 xbr powder and 77gr matchkings and make my own mk262 but it's hard to find the brass and powder now plus the matchkings are like .40 a piece now
<2022-07-31T03:24:58.000Z> GabeLakmann: Now I have to see if they have any of them in wide sizes. Those jungle boots look to be better made than ours
<2022-07-31T03:33:54.000Z> GabeLakmann: I have a picture of a target I used to zero where I mixed different brands of m193 and m855 together to get a worst case scenario and ended up getting ~1.25 moa with a non free floated 16" carbine so they can be plenty accurate
<2022-07-31T03:44:17.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah exactly most of the M193 and M855/SS109 does pretty consistent groups.
<2022-07-31T03:45:12.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Wides on the German boots…Idk if they make them. With the Danner Rivots; I had a pair of D and a pair of E and I could barely tell the difference. The German boots work fine for me
<2022-07-31T03:45:19.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: In the normal size
<2022-07-31T03:56:42.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've noticed that some of the European stuff isn't offered in wide... I wish they were. Is it hard to return stuff from where you bought them? seems like it might be more hassle than it's worth
<2022-07-31T04:03:04.000Z> GabeLakmann: If I had the money I'd buy all Mk262 but since I don't I only buy m855 now. I wish I had bought it instead of the m193 although it isn't too bad. I'd like to build a 20" m16a4 clone with a A1 stock and daniel defense ddm4 12" free floated picatinny rail sometime. They built some DMR rifles kinda similar to that a while back and put ACOGs on top.
<2022-07-31T04:03:35.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I think that shipping back to Lithuania would be insane.
<2022-07-31T04:03:36.000Z> GabeLakmann: the m193 does well with a longer barrel but I stick to 14.5 pinned or 16" barrels now
<2022-07-31T04:04:13.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Check out Swiss link.com, they are in California. Their inventory kinda sucks but they get boots periodically
<2022-07-31T04:04:15.000Z> GabeLakmann: yep, that's what I'm worried about... getting the wrong size and it being more to send it back than buy another pair or just the hassle of it even waiting to go through customs and stuff
<2022-07-31T04:05:18.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: That was why I bought three sizes. Gave the 48’s to Goodwill; kept the 47s, the 46’s are going to a friend who wears a 12.
<2022-07-31T04:05:31.000Z> GabeLakmann: nice, thats a cool website. varustaleeka is cool too. looks like ian is starting to distance himself from karl.. karl mentioned that ian doesn't have anything to do with inrange anymore haha. i hope its not just for looks
<2022-07-31T04:06:37.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: M855 and a 68/69gr load is all I use anymore too; aside from the Hornady Black SBR load that’s strictly a combat load
<2022-07-31T04:06:43.000Z> GabeLakmann: ah, that makes sense.. I usually wear a 12wide unless it is military boots. then its 11.5 wide I think. The people who size shoes at 30th AG can just look at your feet and get the right size 90% of the time
<2022-07-31T04:07:14.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Lol cool I always had trouble with getting the right size
<2022-07-31T04:07:24.000Z> GabeLakmann: those 69gr match kings seem like they'd do real well but they don't have them in cannelure
<2022-07-31T04:08:57.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I loaded a ton of 68gr Hornady and 69gr SMKs; also I get the Hornady Frontier 68gr. My main rifle really likes them; they match up well with 855 also. 
<2022-07-31T04:09:24.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: SGAmmo.com is where I get M855/SS109.
<2022-07-31T04:11:26.000Z> GabeLakmann: Hornady and Sierra seem to be the best for rifles. I've heard berger is good too but I've never used them. SGammo is a great place. I don't buy boxes at the local places like I used very much since I discovered them.. I'll just wait and save for a case.
<2022-07-31T04:11:48.000Z> GabeLakmann: I tell people they should buy their ammo and mags like they do beer....by the case and 12 at a time or more.
<2022-07-31T04:12:07.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Lol yup
<2022-07-31T04:13:04.000Z> GabeLakmann: I got a rockcrusher press and never used it.. I wish I could find the components and make mk262 style rounds because anything isn't really worth messing with.
<2022-07-31T04:14:09.000Z> GabeLakmann: I want a 6.5cm or .308 semi auto too but the good ones are expensive. I want an LMT, KAC, SCAR17, or HK 417
<2022-07-31T04:19:31.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: My list of “wants” is so long…behind the even longer list of “needs”
<2022-07-31T04:22:32.000Z> GabeLakmann: yup. it pisses me off that we have to prioritize things in order of what might be banned next too. I've bought stuff I should've put off until later sooner because of that shit.. oh well. I bought a case of m855 at ~.55 a round 6-7 years ago when it got scarce because some incident happened (don't remember what it was now) and my friend asked if I thought I'd regret it.. I said I'd rather regret buying it later than regret NOT buying it later
<2022-07-31T04:23:30.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've been thinking about getting a Ruger American in 6.5cm until I can get something better later on. It takes AICS magazines and has a threaded barrel. Magpul makes a decent stock for it too.
<2022-07-31T04:29:00.000Z> GabeLakmann: a G3 or FAL with an ACOG would be pretty cool.. too bad most of them here don't have chrome lined or CHF barrels like the originals did
<2022-07-31T10:49:16.000Z> GabeLakmann: I started to buy some mags yesterday and held off because I had some homework to finish..when I went back to buy them they were sold out. I'm wondering if there isn't a run on standard capacity magazines now..
<2022-07-31T12:43:42.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yikes dude-glad I have more than five ;-)
<2022-07-31T12:44:39.000Z> GabeLakmann: Well I probably don't need to be buying anymore but since I haven't ran out of room yet I don't technically have enough or too many
<2022-07-31T12:45:20.000Z> GabeLakmann: It was a certain kind too, polymer steel reinforced bulgarian magazines
<2022-07-31T12:57:49.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah those tend to go quick
<2022-07-31T13:00:30.000Z> GabeLakmann: They're lighter and less noisey. I like them better. I wish I had a sidefolder 74 though
<2022-07-31T13:02:03.000Z> GabeLakmann attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/783d598ed44d7b2e6fa425e08fb4b48119fa24a9a1b22259c8e6073289ade707.jpeg
<2022-07-31T13:02:22.000Z> GabeLakmann: guess it only allows one at a time https://i.poastcdn.org/dd60202c9d6e717fc0de5e2e3ba2c9ab7d1fe6f48f1dfa00e6fef8d1854e4b3f.jpeg
<2022-07-31T13:02:31.000Z> GabeLakmann attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/ccca0e5989d16f197bb4b47fc5d7db79d31e3c4df473905932e64658426c051f.jpeg
<2022-07-31T13:02:38.000Z> GabeLakmann attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/577c981e0a5a570a04e7f268353f03b23c787f9ee6c3bc12960ab311e9e2a917.jpeg
<2022-07-31T13:04:49.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'd like to get some of the 20rd lancer translucent FDE mags
<2022-07-31T13:16:50.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Aim surplus has Magpul 5.45 AK mags; $15.15.
<2022-07-31T13:18:02.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: They have Lancers too https://aimsurplus.com/products/lancer-systems-l5awm-30rnd-223-5-56-magazine-translucent-dark-earth
<2022-07-31T13:18:39.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I see the 30’s; didn’t look for 20’s. I’ve got a bunch of Colt 20 rd mags. 
<2022-07-31T13:19:30.000Z> GabeLakmann: That's what I have.. the colt 20 rounders. I would like to get more. I just bought a few for a SPR type rifle I'm building that I showed you. I guess the pic isn't very clear though is it?
<2022-07-31T13:20:01.000Z> GabeLakmann: and the ones I wanted were these gunmagwarehouse.com/bulgarian-ak-47-7-62x39mm-30-round-reinforced-steel-lug-polymer-magazine.html
<2022-07-31T13:20:47.000Z> GabeLakmann: I wish I had a 74 though. I'm probably good on 30 rd AR mags but since they have some on sale I ought to get some if I don't get some of the polymer x39 mags
<2022-07-31T13:25:51.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Nah it was clear.
<2022-07-31T13:26:13.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I have a B5 stock like that’
<2022-07-31T13:26:29.000Z> GabeLakmann: I clicked on it and it looks fuzzy but I guess the preview in the chat box is lower quality than what it actually sent
<2022-07-31T13:26:39.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: ended up putting CTRs on all of mine except the SBR
<2022-07-31T13:27:06.000Z> GabeLakmann: I like it. The "real" sopmod stocks that LMT makes are like $200. I got that one on sale for about $60
<2022-07-31T13:28:07.000Z> GabeLakmann: The CTR is nice. Lightweight and has the locking feature. I'm probably going to get one for a lightweight rifle I'm building.
<2022-07-31T13:29:10.000Z> GabeLakmann: I have an ACS stock but I'd rather have a CTR or STR I think.
<2022-07-31T13:29:44.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I’ve got flippin’ boxes of parts that I’ve tried and put aside. Local store had a 20% off parts sale so I bought a UBR, and hated it.
<2022-07-31T13:30:00.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I have an ACS too and don’t like it. 
<2022-07-31T13:30:02.000Z> GabeLakmann: I have a VLTOR EMOD, a BCM one which is nice and tight
<2022-07-31T13:30:50.000Z> GabeLakmann: and something else too that I can't remember
<2022-07-31T13:31:11.000Z> GabeLakmann: a fixed A1 that I liked too
<2022-07-31T13:31:25.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah the A1 is a good size 
<2022-07-31T13:31:49.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I’m also a fan of the polymer CAR-15 stocks. The original aluminum ones suck
<2022-07-31T13:34:49.000Z> GabeLakmann: I like those but unless they're on a period correct setup they look odd to me. I've seen them on mk12s and it looks so weird with that larger rifle and the tiny butt stock haha
<2022-07-31T13:51:37.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah very true
<2022-07-31T14:04:01.000Z> GabeLakmann: If I knew back then what I know now I'd have probably not built an 18" SPR but instead made a 16"-18" or maybe even 20" AR10 type rifle. I think a 16" 5.56 recce probably makes more sense than a SPR
<2022-07-31T14:06:01.000Z> GabeLakmann: You ever messed with the Aero Precision M5 .308 rifles? I've thought about getting the recievers and BCG and then buying a criterion barrel for it along with a Centurion Arms rail..
<2022-07-31T16:48:02.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Ummm…the two people I shoot with that have Aero M5 uppers have had tons of problems…but they’ve also changed barrels and gas blocks and all that, so I don’t think Aero is at fault.
<2022-07-31T16:48:24.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: 5.56 really does 95% of what 7.62 NATO can do, also. Even at range.
<2022-07-31T17:05:06.000Z> GabeLakmann: You'd think if they got a quality barrel and a good adjustable gas block it would run as good or better. I'd probably get a complete M5 setup except trigger and barrel+gas block. The price on the LMT isn't bad IF you can find them in stock
<2022-07-31T17:05:44.000Z> GabeLakmann: but like you say, for most of what I need a good 14.5"/16" with good ammo would work fine out to 500-600yds
<2022-07-31T17:28:09.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: A lot of my friends standardadized
<2022-07-31T17:29:38.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: on the MRO for red dots, with DD fixed sights as well. This is one of my Form 1 SBRs. Ejection port is open because it doesn’t stay shut on the Bootleg adjustable BCG, which I have because I also use a can on this rifle
<2022-07-31T17:29:55.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital attached file https://ncd.nice-cdn.xyz/54360fd8d2f1c3f09d7ac0549329810cefe85a1b3ea283d747fed0621aa1be7b.jpeg
<2022-07-31T17:36:23.000Z> GabeLakmann attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/274d496ce157ec202fdbdff481cfc3557962e0a803819f164d7d9499d054ed83.jpeg
<2022-07-31T17:37:51.000Z> GabeLakmann: MRO with DD fixed sights isn't too bad. I'd like to get an ACOG+T2 combo, Comp M5, or PRO along with a "RailScales LEAF PEQ" front sight. They've been sold out since like 2019 though.
<2022-07-31T17:38:51.000Z> GabeLakmann: railscales.us/leaf-peq-iron-sights/ it's stupid expensive but I'd pay it if they ever had it in stock. pisses me off that they can't figure out a way to make enough to sell some to civilians but they can supply ZOG evidently
<2022-07-31T17:39:32.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've thought about asking them if they need access to a CNC machine to call their bluff because I think they just don't want to sell it to civilians. It looks like it would be a good money maker at $250
<2022-07-31T17:40:56.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah no kidding. My magnified optic rifles has either Surefire M600s or Streamlight HLs mounted at 1-2 o’clock. 
<2022-07-31T17:41:53.000Z> GabeLakmann: I used to have a SureFire x300 with a unity tactical cover in front on the front sight
<2022-07-31T17:42:34.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'm going to switch it to a different rail when I get a m-lok mount for the SureFire or just buy a newer surefire with the built in mlok mount
<2022-07-31T17:42:43.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I should really just give all my guns away and be a pacifist
<2022-07-31T17:43:15.000Z> GabeLakmann: I dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.
<2022-07-31T17:43:47.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Lol
<2022-07-31T17:44:27.000Z> GabeLakmann: I also would like to get a unity tactical hot button for the surefire to put in front of the mod lite button for the atpial
<2022-07-31T17:44:55.000Z> GabeLakmann: a lot of that was paid for with covid stimulus check money hahaha
<2022-07-31T17:45:26.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah dude joke’s on them.
<2022-07-31T17:47:24.000Z> GabeLakmann: I don't know if you can see it in the picture but I put a radian raptor SD charging handle on it and forward controls parts except for the trigger, trigger guard, and safety
<2022-07-31T17:47:59.000Z> GabeLakmann: i like that charging handle as much or more than the geisselle one on the other picture i sent earlier.
<2022-07-31T17:49:13.000Z> GabeLakmann: i use the vltor a5 buffer system in everything I have and the cheapest trigger is the alg act in that rifle i just now sent. They're great for the money.
<2022-07-31T17:49:41.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I have the BCM MOD 4B charging handlec
<2022-07-31T17:50:01.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I think. Left-side latch only, and the BCM PNT triggers in all mine
<2022-07-31T17:50:13.000Z> GabeLakmann: is that the newest one? I have the bcm/vltor ambi one and it is decent
<2022-07-31T17:50:20.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Buddy has the ALG and the ALG is a little nicer
<2022-07-31T17:50:42.000Z> GabeLakmann: i figured they'd be about the same between the pnt and act
<2022-07-31T17:51:44.000Z> GabeLakmann: I have a bcm bolt carrier and criterion barrel in the fde one and the black one is dd bcg, dd chf mid length barrel, and dd slim rail
<2022-07-31T17:52:43.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: They are very similar; the ACT is just a biiiiit smoother.
<2022-07-31T17:52:46.000Z> GabeLakmann: I'm not big on keymod but midway usa ran a sale on it for like $125 or $150
<2022-07-31T17:53:26.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Damn BCM BCGs are nice…Inhave Toolcraft nickel plated ones in almost all of my guns
<2022-07-31T17:54:05.000Z> GabeLakmann: The ACT should come factory in all decent rifles. I have a G2S, ssa, and ssa-e as well
<2022-07-31T17:54:38.000Z> GabeLakmann: toolcraft makes good stuff, i hear they make stuff for other companies
<2022-07-31T17:55:49.000Z> GabeLakmann: those nickel boron coatings seem like they'd help quite a bit with clean up. I'll get one of those or a chrome one next. If I had the money and they were in stock I'd get a KAC sand cutter bolt carrier and a LMT enhanced reliability bolt
<2022-07-31T18:00:59.000Z> GabeLakmann: I priced it and it would be ~$500 for the whole BCG with those two parts... would it be twice as good as a BCM/DD/etc. ? Not really but it would be nice to have a rifle you know will last 20k rounds with only spring changes
<2022-07-31T18:03:15.000Z> GabeLakmann: Speaking of "best of the best" builds.. that WWSD rifle is a piece of shit. They should've used a mil spec lower with an A5 buffer, a medium weight barrel, and some kind of light weight metal rail
<2022-07-31T19:55:48.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: WWSD?
<2022-07-31T20:55:09.000Z> GabeLakmann: "What Would Stoner Do"
<2022-07-31T20:55:52.000Z> GabeLakmann: It's a shitty build that Ian and Karl the Kuck Kasarda did a year or three back and have been selling complete rifles now for a couple years
<2022-07-31T20:58:22.000Z> GabeLakmann: They use a one piece polymer lower with a fixed butt stock, an upper with no forward assist (I don't mind them since they weigh so little), a pencil barrel, a weak ass carbon fiber rail, and chinese optics. They weight they saved with the metal lower and rail isn't worth it and the pencil barrel is so thin it heats up quickly. They used a JP captured spring and I think a fancy lightweight BCG too
<2022-07-31T21:00:50.000Z> GabeLakmann: They could've gotten a regular lower, A5 buffer system, CTR type simple a light stock, whatever metal upper they wanted, mil-spec BCG, medium profile mid length barrel, and any of the lightweight m-lok rails with a full length pic rail on top.
<2022-08-01T03:53:20.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah those WWSDs are gay as AIDS
<2022-08-01T04:41:07.000Z> GabeLakmann: they really are. I'd never buy one for $1000 much less twice that. I don't think they even shoot any better than 1-1.5 moa with match ammo
<2022-08-05T04:35:34.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I'm excited to shoot my Garand next week. Ammo should arrive tomorrow; then I get home Sunday night
<2022-08-05T05:32:08.000Z> GabeLakmann: nice, did you have to pay extra for the low powered 30-06 ammo? smith enterprise, I think, makes an op rod or something for them where you don't have to worry as much about the ammo damaging the actions
<2022-08-05T11:32:48.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: The gas plug is what you wanna swap to use modern.30-06.
<2022-08-05T11:33:14.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: it was about a buck a round for Prvi Partisan M2 ball loading
<2022-08-06T11:33:39.000Z> GabeLakmann: Ah, I remember them getting bent op rods I think from hot rounds and couldn't remember if they changed the rod or gas plug. $1 a round sucks but these days I guess it isn't too bad..
<2022-08-06T13:37:25.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I’m probably gonna convert it to 7.62 NATO
<2022-08-06T13:46:49.000Z> GabeLakmann: It's about .75 a round for m80 brass isn't it? You'd have to get a different barrel and a magazine insert and maybe adjust the gas system. What else would you have to do?
<2022-08-06T13:53:10.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Technically just the barrel. It has a smaller gas port than the .30-06; plug and op-rod all stay the same. And I have a ton of 7.62 NATO. The mag insert I would probably get anyway just to eliminate any confusion about .30-06
<2022-08-06T15:02:28.000Z> GabeLakmann: Is it pressed and pinned in? I guess what I'm asking is how easy would it be to revert it
<2022-08-06T15:03:48.000Z> GabeLakmann: It's kind of a collectors item but not so much that it would be a shame to convert it. I had a woodsmaster with an interesting flip to the side 4x scope that would've been an excellent deer rifle and it was in 30-06. I like the round but it is kinda expensive and getting less common than it used to be.
<2022-08-06T15:08:52.000Z> GabeLakmann: atlanticfirearms.com/zastava-arms-M77-ZR77308BP did I link you to this yet? It's ~$1500 and does decent accuracy wise. I wish it took more common mags though. The bad thing is that for $2000 or so I think you can get - nevermind, DDM5 is $2600 and that's the cheapest decent AR style 308 or even semi auto period I can think of
<2022-08-06T15:23:22.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: This Garand is the “expert” grade; meaning it has a brand-new Criterion barrel, an old receiver, a new stock, etc. zero collector value
<2022-08-06T15:24:09.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: I wouldn’t buy that Zastava.
<2022-08-06T15:26:28.000Z> GabeLakmann: That's what I figured. There are so very few "matching numbers" Garands that it wouldn't hurt the value a whole lot to modify it. Would it still use stripper clips and function the same in every way except with a different cartridge? By the way, why do you say not to buy Zastava?
<2022-08-06T15:53:59.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Yeah, it would work the same way with the en bloc clips and all.
<2022-08-06T15:54:44.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Everything else aside...magazines are $49.95 each for the Zastava. Then spare parts, etc. 
<2022-08-06T16:00:07.000Z> GabeLakmann: Yeah, I was gonna say that I wished they had used AR10 style magazines so you could just buy magpuls or whatever. What kind of spare parts do you think you'd want for it aside from a spare bolt and replacement springs?
<2022-08-06T16:02:09.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Whole spare trigger group; the "gas tube" that the operating rod sits in (those get a good dent in them and the rod drags), magazine release (those mags are HEAVY and the releases wear out,) stuff like that
<2022-08-06T16:04:25.000Z> GabeLakmann: Ah, that's true. The mag release on those style rifles aren't as easy to change as an AR but they're not too bad either. I'd swap out the trigger for an ALG anyways and probably the gas tube as well and keep the stock stuff for spares
<2022-08-06T16:08:22.000Z> GabeLakmann: I have some stuff I bought on sale and have left over from other builds that I'm waiting to put together and primary arms has a 16" mid length chrome lined FN barrel they run on sale for ~$200 or sometimes less but it never times out when I have extra funds for it. I might just get another Criterion if their prices are still reasonable. They make a good chrome lined barrel
<2022-08-06T16:14:35.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've thought about getting a FAL or G3 but none of the ones I've seen recently have chrome lined or cold hammer forged barrels. I'd prefer a chrome lined CHF barrel or stainless steel match barrel for a .308 rifle. There was a semi auto .308 that shot 1-1.5 moa, maybe less, with m80 ammo and I think it was a LMT rifle but I can't remember. That would be ideal for me. ~1.5moa with m80 and sub moa with match ammo, semi auto, takes common mags, can suppress easily and not super heavy would be nice qualities to have.
<2022-08-06T19:51:10.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Gun shop in Port Townsend, WA this morning
<2022-08-06T19:51:32.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital attached file https://ncd.nice-cdn.xyz/9ee01e287d0a06124879614a1368419fdd2ffe1b49163bc5d98397ad4618b93c.jpeg
<2022-08-06T19:52:36.000Z> GabeLakmann: Haha, what I want on top, what you have below, and kinda what I have below that.
<2022-08-06T19:53:53.000Z> GabeLakmann: The panzershrek thing looks cool too. I used to want one of those keltec sub 2000s but I don't know if they're worth the trouble now.
<2022-08-06T20:03:07.000Z> GabeLakmann: I bought some mags from a guy in washington (sovietstocks.com) and I'm waiting to see if he fucked me over. I bought bulgarian ones with a steel reinforced feed lips and tabs and he sent polymer ones without the metal lugs and tabs. If he doesn't respond about trading me out for metal ones I'm going to make him do the right thing legally using another method
<2022-08-06T22:17:30.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Washington is 10-rd mags bro. Good luck 
<2022-08-06T22:24:17.000Z> GabeLakmann: Haha. That's the method I was thinking of using if he doesn't make it right... I hope I don't have to blackmail him but I'm pretty sure he knew what he was doing in selling me the wrong thing. 
<2022-08-06T22:27:24.000Z> GabeLakmann: I emailed him before buying to see if he had those specific ones in stock and he said yes. I half expected him to say he could sell them anymore. I'm thinking maybe he is trying to sell the last of what he has before it is too late. I'm *hoping* it's an honest mistake and he is going to make it right though
<2022-08-06T22:36:07.000Z> GabeLakmann: The dude has a russian sounding last name and they have a reputation for being shady. I hope it isn't the case because usually you get really honest people and great service in the 2A industry
<2022-08-07T00:53:48.000Z> GabeLakmann: Did I ever tell you about the time Botach tried to fuck me around?
<2022-08-07T18:23:13.000Z> GabeLakmann: I looked it up and it's ok for him to sell mags. Guess if he doesn't make it right I'll let everyone on the AK forums know he is a shitbag. It says no returns but that should only apply if he sent what you ordered
<2022-08-07T18:25:27.000Z> GabeLakmann: He asked for me to send him pictures and I did but that was yesterday and I haven't heard anything back. I'm not going to count sunday so if I don't hear from him by Monday or Tuesday I'll know he's trying to screw me over. Did you end up with a hangover?
<2022-08-07T18:28:17.000Z> GabeLakmann: And if you ever get bad service with Botach (I don't order anything from there since I know they're jewish) accuse them of not answering your emails or calls because you're jewish and they're anti-semitic. You'll get a reply within an hour after you do that.
<2022-08-07T19:36:18.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: No I didn’t go out
<2022-08-07T19:54:09.000Z> GabeLakmann: I wish I could still drink but the last time I tried it turned my stomach pretty quick
<2022-08-08T20:21:47.000Z> Berglander@nicecrew.digital: Hey bro this is my last day on Fedi. Berglander@hushmail.com is my email if you wanna keep in touch!
<2022-08-08T20:42:00.000Z> GabeLakmann: Damn, why are you leaving?
<2022-08-08T20:45:10.000Z> GabeLakmann: I've thought about taking a break or maybe deleting mine because you and Dan Hulson are about the only people I chat with. Plus I'm worried my "electronic bread crumbs" might catch up with me eventually. Hope everything is alright with you
<2022-08-08T20:58:53.000Z> GabeLakmann: I sent you an email (I think) so now you should have my email address. Good luck, hope everything is alright and you're not leaving for anything bad.