So after getting home from Dune last night I finally popped this disc in, which leads us to a kind of lengthy thread about movies, preservation vs restoration vs enhancement, and the whims of collectors. Your man Hank is not what you'd call a SERIOUS collector. I prefer physical media for reasons I'll state in a moment.

Even if I own something on DVD, AND on Blu-Ray, I will still buy the 4K disc of that movie if it is a noticeable upgrade in picture and sound (200 BDs not shown)

Why I'm an armor snob and is good enough actually good enough

The civ market has exploded over the past few years and consumers have more options than ever

For now

Body armor is already an export controlled product and there have been continued calls to stop sales to civilians There are three commonly available types of hard body armor in the civilian market
*UHMWPE
*Ceramic
*AR500 Steel

and realistically three protection levels offered
*LVL III
*LVL III+
*LVL IV

Get Home Bag MK3 Mega Thread.

I've just finished building the 3rd iteration of my get home bag and this will serve as a fairly long thread around bag philosophy, contents, etc. First off, what is a Get Home Bag and why would you need one?

We are all familiar with the idea of a Bug Out Bag, but not everyone is familiar with the idea of a Get Home Bag.

The idea of a Get Home Bag is having essential life preserving emergency gear with you if you are faced with an unusual situation in which it becomes a priority to get home and, in some instances, have to separate from your primary transportation.

What commonly comes up in these threads is "what is the scenario you think is going to happen where you need this stuff"?

Real scenarios happen every year in this country or others where you might want to have a full life preserving kit available if you need to make your way home to loved ones, or meet up with them at a pre-designated location.

Here's a few:

1. You are in an urban area and there is a terrorist attack or natural disaster which incapacitates local infrastructure, leaves roads blocked and you have to make the decision between following the orders of local authorities to "stay put" or choose to make your way home, potentially without a vehicle.

2. You are caught up in a mass civil unrest situation in which you might be robbed or killed if you aren't able to adequately protect yourself.

3. Breakdown of law and order.

These scenarios and others can happen suddenly and you might choose to have equipment to protect yourself and others as you make your way back to your home or a pre-designated meeting place that is part of your natural disaster plan.

Now I’m gonna tell you all about why I like BCM uppers. First off there are tons of very high quality options now for AR parts/rifles/systems compared to even a decade ago.

BCM though have been doing this for 20 years and are pretty good at it.

Better than your fill in the blank budget parts company? Maybe, maybe not, you decide.

Magazine Monday: M4 edition

A mag fed weapon is only as good as the magazine feeding it. That $3,000 Gucci AR15 can become a jam-o-matic with an inferior magazine

So what are the differences in modern AR pattern rifle magazines? We'll take a look at three of the best today Before we get into the differences on these three particular magazines a very brief history of the M16 magazine follows:

STANAG pattern magazines were proposed in 1980 by NATO to standardize multiple countries using 5.56x45mm ammunition across different weapon systems.

The M16 magwell dimensions were used for the standard.

MOST but not all 5.56x45mm boxfed weapon systems use STANAG compatible magazines.

Fun bonus fact, STANAG is a draft that while widely used across the billions dollar arms industry, was never ratified and remains in draft status.

“$20”

A Twitter Short
By Hank

When my brother and I were little, before we became estranged and resentful towards each other, my single mother would take us to the local bowling alley. With the very small amount of fun money she had, she participated in a bowling league. Couldn’t afford a baby sitter so her two sons got dragged along to wander around, watch old geezers bowling, share a soda and

Reading this thread that @orangepartisan quoted has put me in a really black mood and I'll tell you why with my own thread.

Buckle up cuz Hank is really pissed off.

https://twitter.com/OrangePartisan/status/1402855442389295104

It is becoming increasingly clear that the "American Dream" that has existed more or less in its present form for over 200 years is either dead or on life support.