Rain! Rain! Rain! Plinking in the Northwest.

Burris AR-536  sights are waterproof..... I hope they are right.

Welcome to plinking in Oregon.  Yeah, it's wet.  :(

Glock 19(left) is my new gun.  Just shot it for the first time.  It hits really low, which is concerning.  USP on the right was dead on.

Thankfully, it stopped raining shortly.  It was really chilly before too, but the sun fixed that very quickly.  Fog forming over the ground was kinda cool.

Letting guys try out my Bushmaster, now equipped with Burris AR-536.  Cheap Chinese laser boresighter screwed it up really good, even before I got to sight it in for the first time.  While the scope isn't completely sighted in, red dot(on top of scope) now is dialed in!  So much fun.

I didn't take one selfie!  This shot is too close for mug like this, I agree.  It was the only shot  of myself I could reover from a video I took of the area.  Oh, well.

I wiped down the firearms real well when I got home, but I don't have it in me to clean them.  At least they are dry, I'll clean & lube them later.  :D

On Netflix: Train To Busan

Initially, it felt like a huge "World War Z" ripoff.  On how the zombies act, it is a ripoff of World War Z.  Where I thought this film excelled, pretty much everywhere else.  Direction, plot, acting, they were all above average to good.  It did knock it out of the ballpark in one area & that's this concept with the train ride.  It's a zombie survival on a frigging train!

I think my only gripe was how on a one key death, it took like five minutes for the character to turn into a zombie, when everybody else turned quickly.  In these zombie flicks, you have to set the rules, then follow them.  Also, no guns in this movie(not really).  ;)

Burris AR-536 "Tactical Kit"

I used to play first person shooters, mainly when Call of Duty was the thing.  CoD4 to Modern Warfare 3(never got into Black Ops).  Ever since the CoD4, I had a thing for red dot sights.  In video games, it made the target acquisition unbelievably easier.  I wanted this in real life, too.  :D

For while, I checked out the EOTech XR308.  EOTech of course is the name nearly synonyms with red dot.  While 1x red dot made sense for shorter range AR-15s, I was hesitant in putting that kind of limitation on my .308 caliber Bushmaster rifle.  

Next one I looked at were the ACOGs.... but those things are out of my price range.  They are typically $1,000 to maybe double that I think?  I believe I finally found the decent compromise & for good price.  

$470, shipped.....  It might've been $475 after the $5 charge for faster shipping(which absolutely failed!).  Unsatisfied with the seller, but happy with the item so far.  It features FastFire 3 mini red dot on top of the AR-536 scope with 5x magnification.  Not that I'm going to torture test it, but the scope is advertised as shock & weather proof.

Inside the Plano water/shock resistant case:  FastFire 3/AR-536, sunshade(attached on scope), red dot cover, anti-glare attachment + manuals, tools, etc.

Red dot cover.

Clear plastic windows at both ends.

Anti-glare/reflection device.

Sunshade is attached, focus ring is actually hidden with the rear flip-up cover slipped over it.  Very cool thing about this kit is that when I ordered mine, it was said to come with FastFire 2 red dot, not the FastFire 3.  After ordering mine, I read that with the FastFire 2, you have to remove the sight to change batteries & I was kicking myself for missing that bit of detail.  With the 3, you can change the battery from the top.  It was quite a pleasant surprise when the kit came with the FastFire 3, not the 2.  :D

I've never shot past 200 yards, so I will have very little use for those bullet drop compensation dots.  Reticle is normally black, but you can light it up in five different brightness, in green or red.  FastFire 3 red dot has three brightness you control with the on/off button.

From the right:

Left:

Top:

Bottom.  Sneaky "Made in China" sticker.  

FastFire 3:

I'm not gonna lie, red dot isn't as easy as it was in Call of Duty.  lol  However, it does seem to be heck a lot easier than other types of sights.  I'll know more for sure when I actually shoot with it.

On my Bushmaster MOE 308.  I'm going to shoot with it positioned here, at least at first.  Eye-relief is better if I take that Magpul backup sight(far-left on the picatinny rail) off & position the scope way at the back.  I'm tad hesitant to take the backup rear sight off, but we'll see if the scope work well enough where it's at.

Many reviews I read complained of canted(crooked) reticle.  It looks funny here, but when I'm not looking through my smartphone camera, it looks perfectly fine.  

I removed the sunshade & side picatinny rails from my scope.  I think it looks good!

With the 25-round mag.  With the .308/7.62x51, it looks big for AR. lol

I was hoping to sight this in yesterday, but I wasn't ready & didn't have the time.  Maybe next weekend.  I'm going to get the laser bore sight tool out & get it close before taking it out to the range to sight it in properly.  

Edit:  Got to finally test it out.  Weather resistant.  :D

Edit 2: Over a year of ownewship, I've come up with 3 major gripes:

1. Eye-relief.  I cannot use this scope with the rear Magpul MBUS backup flip sight due to eye-relief.  I have red dot sight on top of the scope, it's not a deal breaker, but it would've been nice to have that insurance.
2. One day, I find the scope moving around a tiny bit.  It turns out the screws that attaches base to the scope has come loose.  I can't believe they weren't secured with some kind of thread lock.
3. Rear lens flip-up cap.  This thing comes loose every chance it gets.  It can seem like it's coming off every frigging time you handle the rifle.  You can't tape it up, because it slips over focus dial.  I'm thinking about maybe adding tape or something inside the ring to tighten the fit. *rolleyes*

Shooting Fire Extinguishers...

I didn't get to go, but my buddy & people from his department at work went shooting over the weekend.  I guess they shot some fire extinguishers & this is what happened with one of them.  Little hard to see(not as clear as original video), so watch in full screen:

Kevlar helmets anyone!?

FT Bullseye Micro Optics Sight by Mako Group

Well, this is interesting.  This red dot-looking rear sight actually eliminates the front sight!

Customer reviews on their website seems promising, but I'll have to see more reviews from third party sources.  Apparently starting at $199.

Gerber Sheath for my Leatherman Tool

I have this Leatherman Tool(Wingman) that was gifted to me, but this particular model didn't come with the pouch/sheath?  Found this Gerber one in digital camo(I think called ACU).  It's super sturdy & I only paid about $7 on eBay.  

It looks so much cooler than the Leatherman sheath I have for my other Leatherman Tool, I think I'll buy another one!  If you don't mind how it says "Gerber", it's a perfect fit.  I think I read the Gerber is the official multi-tool for the U.S. Army.  Both are based in Oregon, so I have no bias.  :D

Molle loops in the back.

Nintendo Classics Mini Family Computer... The Japanese Twin Brother of the NES Classic Edition

By now, you've probably heard about this.  Little miniature NES, preloaded with 30 classic Nintendo games.... Racking up so much $$$ for the scalpers on eBay:

I scoffed at the 30 titles preloaded in the NES CE(Classic Edition).  "If it came with 100 games, maybe!" I said.  Then the hype.  When I found out how Nintendo was releasing the Japanese version in Japan, I was starting to get interested.  

Japanese "NES" was called Nintendo "Family Computer", or Famicom for short(pronounced 'famicon').  It was better than the NES.  Okay, maybe that's my nationalism talking, but srsly, it was much cooler:

Famicom came wired with two controllers, with two slots where you can rest the controllers when not in use.  Player 2 controller also had built-in mic, which was very rarely used.  Okay, maybe it was kinda lame.  lol  While I still have one of the full-size originals that was given to me, when I saw the mini classic edition of the Famicon appeared online, I had to order one!

When I discovered that this little thing priced at roughly $65(before shipping) came without the power adapter, I wanted to rage-quit even before I got the darn thing(if you don't know what rage-quit is, go play Call of Duty online please).  Good news: It comes with the USB cable that serves as the adapter.  Besides, I think the American NES CE comes only with one controller?  Two controller's a good deal.  Maybe I'll let my nephew play with me, as long as he doesn't make fun of the cutting edge 8-bit graphics from 1980's. lol