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No choke-tubes in the 1014. I have come to appreciate being able to fine-tune things. My M4 throws 12" patterns at 25 yards with 000 buck and the right choke.

When I ordered my new setup today, I spoke with Gene. I mentioned that I had an M60W-MCE at one point and he almost sounded wistfull "We...don't make those anymore." PS. Those are my pix above. If you can find an old MCE from Gene, they are like your own portable sun. It will dissappoint you during the day or at dusk, but in pitch black, it will light up an entire field with low-level light just all around. It's like carrying your own portable sun. FWIW, the new M61W is supposed to be brighter than the original M60, with a warmer beam (around 5-5500K as opposed to about 6K or so per posts I have seen on CPF), run 30m longer, and have almost 200% as large of a hot-spot at the cost of 10% throw. This is according to Gene, per our phone conversation. I will have item in-hand soon. Sorry I have been a bit absent, but I have been saving my coins for a new car next year and so I have really tightened down my spending. The only reason I ended up with the M61W/6P w/Z59 combos I bought is because my sales rep mentioned to me how much he hated his mag-lite and how clunky it was. I mentioned I could build him somehting 3-400% as powerful that he could conceal in one hand and shirt-cuff. He was astouned. $125 spent, and I think that he will more than make up for it when I buy my car from him if the light impresses him as much as I think it will. Considering his 3-4D-cell Mag-Lite, it will probably make him giddy. GM has dealer-cash coupons they can alot per their discretion... Anyway, I just had to buy one for myself, too! I loved my old M60 and M60W, although the M60W was only around 185 lumens.

Bring a heat-gun and some balls and you won't have a problem with it.

Selling FFT Ti handle. Currently using OEM handle. Will buy Kip's in the future. Still for sale, and I don't remember or care what I listed it as before. It is $35 shipped CONUS USPS Priority, payed via USPS MO shipped to me USPS Priority.

Buy extra springs, retaining pins, and O-rings. These are most likely to be lost or damaged by the user (Duggan...). Nothing on the M4 really breaks.

Correct as far as we are concerned. However, he also works for the DoD, as evidenced by the expendature on equipment vs. products WE see, etc. (A perfect example is the multi-thousand dollar heat-treating machine he bought for the A2 tang on the bolt-handles. Yeah. I don't think bolt-handles sold in the amount of MAYBE a few hundred is entirely all of what inspired that, lol) For 3-gun, Mr. Hill is the man.

Everything finally arrived and I had the time to put it togather. Diameter is 3/8", and texture is 40lpi. It feels about like skateboard tape. Blued Steel finish. Easy to find/hit, impossible to "slip" off of once found, and doesn't look as out of place as a 2 foot-high spoiler on a mid 90's slammed civic. Total cost of my project, presuming you do not wish to do ANY machining yourself/hire out, would be around $80. I of course took about 3x that much as I tried the CMM, the GG&G, the Nordic Components, etc. before finally evolving to what you see above.

Might work: http://www.jprifles.com/1.6.1a.php

One way or another, big changes are looming on the horizon for our nation. Will the tree of liberty be refreshed by the blood of tyrants, or will the only sound of the collapse of our republic be the applause of our own citizens as they slap their knees with one hand while holding out their other for government monies? Sadly, I fear the latter.

What kind of issues did it have? I have numerous friends who have 400+whp SRT-4's and the only breakage I ever heard of was a broken transmission from power-shifting while running slicks and cutting 1.8 60's and running numerous 11's@120+ hot-lapping the car. Fixed the problem in a day. The only mods to the driveline were a 6-puck clutch and polyeurethane motor-mounts. It sounds like an isolated event (except for the tq'steer, etc. That is just any FWD car with power. Civics do it too.)

SRT products are about as solid as you are going to get when you go looking for big horsepower. I have known multiple SRT-4 owners, and cruised the Viper forums a lot, as that is where my interest is, and neither have had anywhere NEAR the issues of the Ford/GM owners. Most foreign cars don't have the power, and those that do cost over 1/4 mil and are delicate as all get out. You are confusing a normal Chrysler product with something from the SRT division. It's like comparing an M4 to an M1. They look similar, but all the guts are different.

I am a fan of SRT products. I hope to own one in a year or so.

Stage II's usually run high 12's with a very competant driver and a tire, usually low 13's with a healthy bit of wheel-spin and a strong trap for the ET. If my SRT4-knowledge is still current : / The Dakota looks like a pure beast.

Duggan mailed me a USPS MO that took over 30 days to get to me. FAIL. I saw the "mailed" stamp-date also. He mailed it the day he said he did. USPS just shat the bed. This has happened to me on two occasions sending from that branch, and multiple occasions receiving mail.

The inbred hicks that run the post-office that delivers to my area are as incompetant as it gets. To be specific, it is the "Southfield" branch in Shreveport, LA.

Much crap with USPS went down and stuff was delayed. Pissed. Hopefully by the end of this week I will have it togather.

I am going to be using the OEM handle until Kip's hits the market sometime in the future.

OEM sucks, buy a Briley speed-wrench and you won't have a loose choke every 50 rounds.

FFT blamed paint thickness on their bolt-handle messing up a guy's finish on his Camo (factory) M4.

Like I said, FFT does not put as much R&D QA/QC into their stuff as CC.

Yes and yes. It is a PITA! to line it up and put it on. I recommend using loctite on the flat bottom of the sight. Lining it up, letting the loc-tite dry, and then installing the front-sight post and nut. That way you aren't trying to hold 3 pieces in alignment and torquing on them etc. while trying to keep the front-sight dead-center.

I am creating a hybrid from Dawson Precision and CMM (Tac2). Pix coming next week.

Part Two (2) There, all the BS, murkiness, and ambiguity removed and replaced with my indisputable opinion.

Part One (1)

My offer still stands for anyone else who wishes to try it. Got about 80 rounds on it.