I've had mine for about 3 weeks now and they're just starting to break in, walking around 8 miles a day. Still not the most comfortable thing but I've been told that because of the cork midsole and stiff leather, they'd be horrible at first and end up super comfortable

Yeah, all redwings are like that

Most good boots with natural materials from what I hear

I've heard it said that a bad shoe will be comfortable to start and uncomfortable after time, while a good shoe is uncomfortable to start but gets more comfortable over time. Then you've got custom stuff which is just always comfortable

but I'm not paying a thousand dollars for a pair of boots at my salary lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdfxmfXWSBQ

The Merrill 8" I got are comfortable all the way, had them a while now

I wear 5.11 boots. I like them, and they last a while. I have two pairs

5.11 makes decent stuff. I tried their pants and wore them out in two months though

a couple different ones. Right now I'm on a pair of duluth pants and they're holding up decently

I've never heard anything good about 5.11

I wear Blaklader x1600 pants for work, the only thing I can't destroy easily... blew out the Duluth fire hose pants in less than a year

I like the built in kneepad pockets on the x1600's though, I rock some heavy duty waffle style hard rubber with air in each square.

I blew out the firehose pants pretty quickly, but I wanted to try their jeans. So far they seem to be pretty good quality, and a bit better built than the firehose pants

I wanna say the firehose pants lasted me 4 months, which is longer than usual

it's always the crotch that goes

@EDDSkitz gonna be coming from Old hampshire 🙂 England

Nice. Welcome to the land of the slightly less oppressed 😛

ha

yeah well ive got to get there first

heres hoping all my meme-ry hasnt put me on too many watch lists

Nah, watch lists are a way of life here.... Obama isn't president anymore

And unlike literally every other country in the world, we let everyone in for the most part.

citizenship as long as you can afford the legal fees and wait times from what I hear

This may be a dumb question but would either of these be a problem running it without a suppressor

either of what?

Maybe the buffer. Your best bet is to get an adjustable gas block

running most suppressors will push more gas back into the receiver. The charging handle is made to direct it away from your face so it doesn't go straight up your nose, which is uncomfortable. The buffer is probably just heavier to take the increased backpressure

I'd probably suggest just going with a regular buffer, adjustable gas block, and suppressor optimized charging handle. Tune the gas block to work without the suppressor, so it'll cycle with or without it

Fair enough, I'd probably just be better off building it then. It's just a 3rd option bc I found a SOLGW m4 76 for a good price, and 2 BCM that I'm looking at

IMO building to spec is always better... most of those companies offer parts and some are better than others at different things.

I feel like I don't know enough about AR's to build one correctly yet

And I'm not looking for anything crazy just a solid rifle for close to mid range

That's why you build one, you learn everything you need to know

They are basic as fuck

I believe you, I just learn a little differently. I'm better at having something complete in my hands and gutting it to learn. Plus my only experience with AR's is with a very clumsy rifle so I'm not certain on which parts and tolerances I prefer

So long as it's actually certified as mil-spec it should be reliable. But some companies go above that mark.

You do need a couple tools to assemble one so if you're not comfortable, I'd suggest getting a complete upper with bcg and charging handle, and a complete lower

Agreed, if you don't have experience with ARs, get an already built upper and lower.

Firearms have an excise tax, but when it comes to parts, the lower is the only thing that makes something a firearm, so you pay less taxes if you get the lower separately