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Yeah, I had those laying around so I tossed them in for comparison purposes.
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I still need to take a drive out to a wooded area to get a good feel for how each of these will perform in a more practical environment but here is a photo from further away for now.
The colors/patterns from left to right. Woodland, multicam, dark green, apple green, "light" dark green, taupe, and standard UCP.
I had high hopes for the taupe, I wish it had turned out a little darker, I may try it again with a small amount of dark brown tossed in. I may also try some more brownish colors, but I've heard it tends to give UCP a pink or orange tint. -
I wonder if by taking the lighter colors out, if you won't "blob" when seen from a distance. Meaning just look like a dark blob.
I'm not sure, I'll try to get some pics from further away and see how it looks.I like the dark green in a less than 10 years old pine thicket or the apple for this time of year when the leaves are just budding out and are still bright green.
The dark green initially came out verrrry dark, like you could barely see any pattern at all. It lightened up quite a bit after drying and a few washes. Initially I hated it but I actually kind of like it now.
The apple green looks surprising good against the current bright greens of spring. This is the apple green while drying.
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I had some old worn out ACU's that weren't serviceable for work anymore so I decided to try my hand at making the UCP not suck so much for this area.
Here is the outcome;
On concrete
Starting and the bottom left and working clockwise the colors are; unaltered UCP (ACU), Apple green (I call this one zombie green), Dark green, dark green again(Less time in the dye), and then taupe.
In my weed filled back yard
I may try to get some more photos with different backdrops if anyone is interested.
Here is the dye I used
It can be found at hobby lobby, Walmart, ect.
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You can't practice landing a chopper on a plywood building and expect it to be the same as an urban rooftop. The updrafts and wind currents between the buildings make for a very unique flying enviroment that must be practiced in to become proficient. These highly skilled pilots have to do this all the time to keep the skill up, regardless of whether they are working for the military or an air evac.outfit locally. They frequently do it right outside my office window to the point that I end up wearing my hearing protection more at my office than at the range. From talking to the pilots there is just no other reasonable way to train for this type of flying without being over real buildings that give real control feedback and visibility limitations.
Practicing at Vanderbilt
Don't waste your time. Some people want to act on emotion instead of logic, kind of like libs. -
I found out why I don't have power.
About a 1/4 mile of power poles snapped like toothpicks. Also there was a metal pole bent in half.
This poor person had 15-20 good size trees down in their yard as well as some damage to their barn roof.
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According to the phone call from my wife our area is still without power. (Just north of Clarksville) I hate being away from home at times like this.
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Meh, I'm done. This will be forgotten about in a couple of days. Until the next time they do it.
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Do you really think one is needed? There is such thing as too much room, if you tried to use an entire city for training, taking the time to actually train it would take months if not years to knock down all those doors and to recon all those buildings, etc. I have been thru a training site that had several different types of buildings all with different profiles, floorplans, entry/exit strategies and after so many its just repitition, I agree there needs to be training but I think there is a point at which it becomes too similar to that last house, or this is just like that building yesterday, and that leads to complacency and complacency kills, it hurts your head when you stand up under the armored door of a HET not wearing your Kevlar because "youve done it a hundred times" too, still got the scar!
Of course I don't think they need to built a mount site of that size, they can just use existing urban areas to train in. ;)
You do realize they are not training to take down the whole city, right? Taking down a target area in a built up urban area is very different from taking down a target in a rural area. Realistic training means that the approach and departure from the target area need to be as realistic as possible, not just the target itself. (Read up on the way wind moves around large buildings) Not to mention I don't know of any mount sites with a metro rail, which was one of the reported targets.
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They have several, twenty nine palms, bragg, etc., etc. Hell twenty nine palms has a freakin city, and LAPD along with state, fed law enforcement and the military actually use an abandoned town.
Twenty nine palms and Fort Bragg are not mount sites. Not to mention not one of the sites you mentioned is anywhere near the size of a major city with tall buildings (skyscrapers). You are comparing a tiny mount village with a major urban area, apples and oranges. It is simply not feasable to build a mount site of that magnitude.-
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Check your reading comprehension. Didn't say anything about the military being responsible for Fast and Furious.
I guess I should have laid on the sarcasm a little thicker. -
If anyone doesn't think governments or even our own government don't have nefarious motivations, you need not look any further than Fast and Furious, and the many tramplings of our Constitution by this current administration. I'm so glad many people here are just so comfortable with what's been going on in our country the last few years reducing our liberties and freedoms. Apathy is why we won't be having 2nd A rights too much longer or 1st A rights, or even any Constitutional rights at all.
So the military is responsible for fast and furious? Good to know.
I don't think anyone is saying that you should have complete trust in the government, god knows I don't. However, people trying to spin normal military training into some government conspiracy come off looking like a bunch of tinfoil hat wearing simpletons. The guys taking part in this training risk their lives every day to protect this country and it's citizens and honestly it's disgusting that some of you want to take away the training they need to come home to their families because it somehow hurts your delicate psyche. Simply pathetic.-
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Then build a facade town in the barren desert, and do it there!
Do you have any concept of how much money it would cost to build a replica urban skyline?-
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No reason what so ever for the military exercises of these types to go on in American city urban populations.
So how do they train for operations in other countries city urban populations? In case some of you've forgotten, America isn't the only country with urban areas. -
I will go so far as to say military exercises of this type are unacceptable over any Metro area.
So I assume you would be ok with the government spending the millions if not billions of dollars it would cost to build a Mount site of the needed size to conduct the needed training. Or would you prefer that these military members don't receive the proper training and come home in body bags? -
I will go so far to say if they have a drill like that over a major population center they really need to publish ahead of time in the news to keep panic down.
They did. http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/22/3194357/miami-police-announce-military.html-
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Welcome to TGO! If you are looking for an indoor range check out the shell shop in Hopkinsville. They have a small two lane indoor range, pistols only. Also look into Montgomery County Shooting Complex (MCSC) and Golden Pond range in LBL for outdoor ranges.
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Still in stock at Midway USA. http://www.midwayusa.com/find?userSearchQuery=Magpul+pink
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I got my wife's set from primary arms. It ended up being just over $100 for the whole set. https://www.primaryarms.com/Magpul_MOE_Stock_Mil_Spec_Version_Pink_p/mag400-pnk.htm Sadly it looks like they are already out of stock.
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Just got my wife a set for Christmas. It's a limited run so get it while you can!
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I'm in if my schedule allows!
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I picked up a sharp pointy thing for my tantal.-
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My wife hit one just over a week ago. Two grand in damage and I was still deployed at the time so we didn't even get any meat out of the deal. -
Will do! Thanks
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First is a Hogue Monogrip for an S&W N frame round butt. I got this in trade and have no use for it. It appears to be unused.
Second is a tango down battlegrip for an AR, this is used but in like new condition.