It was a learning experience after all.
Fellas, I finally did it. I touched grass.
Relatives of mine finally let me shoot on their land. It’s one state away, so not too far. I’ve been stalking this sub for about a year now and collecting gear, mostly on the budget side of things, but I’ve learned a lot about the gear I chose after actually taking it outside and using it.
A few takeaways that I’ve learned: 1. One of things that stood out to me the most is comms. Skipping past the fact that I don’t even have a comms pouch on my gear at all, I’ve been lead to believe that the Baofeng UV-5R is “just as good” as many other choices in comms, but me and a buddy could only effectively use our comms at roughly 1/4 mile away. I’ve already considered that it may be due to the stock antenna, as well as our lack of knowledge on how these things actually work.
Plastic parts on a gun are not so great. Not so much as the BCM Vert , but the mount for my light is a Magpul Polymer Mount, and it broke on a tree. I didn’t think I hit the tree THAT hard, but it snapped clean in half and left the light dangling.
I’ve been very pleased with the SIG LPVO. Haven’t had issues with holding zero (yet) and I’ve gotten the eye box down pretty well.
The brain bucket is a cheap amazon bump helmet that I only bought to train with. Now that I have used it, I think it’s makes more sense to just not use it at all, as it doesn’t quite make sense to have a practically pointless bucket on your head.
There a few more smaller things that I’ve learned, but the point of it is, my favorite part about the whole experience was learning things about my kit that I never would have learned if I stayed indoors dry-firing.
Please feel free to comment any pointers and tips.
Fellas, I finally did it. I touched grass.
Relatives of mine finally let me shoot on their land. It’s one state away, so not too far. I’ve been stalking this sub for about a year now and collecting gear, mostly on the budget side of things, but I’ve learned a lot about the gear I chose after actually taking it outside and using it.
A few takeaways that I’ve learned: 1. One of things that stood out to me the most is comms. Skipping past the fact that I don’t even have a comms pouch on my gear at all, I’ve been lead to believe that the Baofeng UV-5R is “just as good” as many other choices in comms, but me and a buddy could only effectively use our comms at roughly 1/4 mile away. I’ve already considered that it may be due to the stock antenna, as well as our lack of knowledge on how these things actually work.
Plastic parts on a gun are not so great. Not so much as the BCM Vert , but the mount for my light is a Magpul Polymer Mount, and it broke on a tree. I didn’t think I hit the tree THAT hard, but it snapped clean in half and left the light dangling.
I’ve been very pleased with the SIG LPVO. Haven’t had issues with holding zero (yet) and I’ve gotten the eye box down pretty well.
The brain bucket is a cheap amazon bump helmet that I only bought to train with. Now that I have used it, I think it’s makes more sense to just not use it at all, as it doesn’t quite make sense to have a practically pointless bucket on your head.
There a few more smaller things that I’ve learned, but the point of it is, my favorite part about the whole experience was learning things about my kit that I never would have learned if I stayed indoors dry-firing.
Please feel free to comment any pointers and tips.