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Posted: 5/23/2017 10:40:57 AM EDT

Kris 'Tanto' Paronto Has Used the Same 'Frankenstein' AR Since 2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7YbuK8SAfU

And we're off...

Posted: 5/23/2017 10:45:59 AM EDT

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I still have my first AR too, although last year I replaced the rail.

Am I supposed to know who that guy is?

Posted: 5/23/2017 10:47:45 AM EDT

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Um...yes. You should know who he is.

Posted: 5/23/2017 10:47:53 AM EDT

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One would hope you know who he is. He's one of the guys that fought off the muslim terrorist hordes trying to overrun the US compound in Benghazi.

Posted: 5/23/2017 10:48:17 AM EDT

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'Tanto' was one of the CIA guys in Benghazi when the attack happened.

Posted: 5/23/2017 10:48:20 AM EDT

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Benghazi

Posted: 5/23/2017 10:52:34 AM EDT

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I have a very similar Bushmaster. It has a Daniel Defense Omega rail, and the standard M4 buttstock with a saddle attachment. I use an EOTech instead of an AimPoint. It's been in that configuration for over a decade and I have no plans to change it.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:05:03 AM EDT

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My LMT carbine (2008) was similarly equipped with an Omega carbine rail until I made it a 10.5" with a different barrel.

I couldn't afford to keep the original barrel for it and make it a SBR, so I sold the 16" barrel and bolt.

I might have to find a way to build my original carbine in the coming months. That was a fun rifle.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:12:01 AM EDT

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I believe he was working for a private firm. The CIA was calling the shots.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:13:27 AM EDT

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HOW DARE YOU NOT KNOW EVERY NAME OF EVERY PERSON FROM EVERY BATTLE EVER FOUGHT EVER

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:13:34 AM EDT

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Okay, bushmaster has had problems but it's not like every gun they made sucked.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:14:01 AM EDT

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I saw the movie but had no idea who he was.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:18:37 AM EDT

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Out of all my AR's my "go to" gun is my oldest AR. Big MI quad rail, Eotech 512 and all. It works so I haven't had a need to change anything.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:20:09 AM EDT

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Didnt they get bought out and then started having problems? He might have got one made before that.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:24:21 AM EDT

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Some good advice in that video

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:26:05 AM EDT

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Global Response Staff members are in fact employed by the CIA.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:26:40 AM EDT

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The older ones of the "ABC" days were decent.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:27:51 AM EDT

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I meant that he was one of the guys working a contract with the CIA, not necessarily FOR the CIA.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:28:01 AM EDT

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I've been equally pleased with my old Bushmaster as Tanto is with his. I'll never get rid of this rifle.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:28:09 AM EDT

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'Tanto' was one of the CIA guys in Benghazi when the attack happened.

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And he is on again and off again smearing the reputation/ legacy via social media of what happened there.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:28:16 AM EDT

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I've had 3 or 4. Still have 1. I'm a fan of Bushmaster. Never had any problems with them.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:29:49 AM EDT

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I know him because he is local to me and he does a fair amount of speeches and presentations , but I could not tell you the names of any of the other guys from Benghazi

Kind of feel bad about that

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:30:57 AM EDT

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As always, it isn't the arrow, but the indian.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:31:43 AM EDT

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What?

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:32:34 AM EDT

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My first AR was a Bushy. It was solid.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:34:55 AM EDT

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Still have my first two Bushmasters. Only thing still original on them is the lower.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:35:59 AM EDT

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He might be a member?

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Posted: 5/23/2017 11:36:19 AM EDT

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This. Given a baseline of reliability and accuracy, mindset and tactics will win every time.

I have tinkered with ARs a good bit, but my 16" carry handle Bushmaster (from the ABC days) is still part of my battery.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:37:54 AM EDT

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Didnt they get bought out and then started having problems? He might have got one made before that.

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They were bought by Remington but had problems before

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:38:37 AM EDT

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I still have the first Bushmaster complete lower I bought back in 1996. Mt Spikes dedicated .22 upper sit under it. I SBR'd it in 2005 and had a 10.5" LMT upper on it for a while. Never had any issues with Bushmaster.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:38:59 AM EDT

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I have a camo'd Bushmaster from about 2006 or so. JP trigger springs, otherwise bone stock. One of my best rifles.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:39:15 AM EDT

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Meh, I mean they weren't hesse but there has been kind of a rewriting of history about the Maine bushies

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:40:07 AM EDT

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My first AR was a Bushy. It was solid.

http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb428/GreybullPrecision/JohnBobcat.jpg

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So was mine, they still put out too much junk.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:40:33 AM EDT

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I saw a huge amount of problems around the Y2K/California ban timeframe
guessing they were of the opinion just get um out the door we can warranty them later

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:40:39 AM EDT

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I know him because he is local to me and he does a fair amount of speeches and presentations , but I could not tell you the names of any of the other guys from Benghazi

Kind of feel bad about that

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I saw the movie but had no idea who he was.

I know him because he is local to me and he does a fair amount of speeches and presentations , but I could not tell you the names of any of the other guys from Benghazi

Kind of feel bad about that

I'm proud to know them all by heart.

Thought to be fair, I actually got to meet Tanto. He reminds me of me, only tough.

Though now that I recall, one of the guys names was a fake.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:41:06 AM EDT

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You don't see that old school Dieter CQD vertical grip very often.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:41:39 AM EDT

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If you have a rifle that is reliable and does what you need it to do, I don't see any point to constantly changing it for every new fad.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:42:10 AM EDT

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Met him at Hoover Tactical to get his booked signed. Amazingly nice guy. He had a massive line but got up and shook the hands of everyone he met. He smiled for pictures and talked with everyone. Near the end his handler tried getting things moving quicker so she said he wouldn't do the standing and photo ops, he ignored her and continued taking his time with everyone. Incredibly humble and nice guy.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:43:33 AM EDT

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My first I built in '95 100% DPMS, not franken but supposedly garbage. Still works great did finally break a firing pin a couple years ago. Just replaced the A2 upper receiver so I could put a scope on it.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:44:15 AM EDT

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Met him at Hoover Tactical to get his booked signed. Amazingly nice guy. He had a massive line but got up and shook the hands of everyone he met. He smiled for pictures and talked with everyone. Near the end his handler tried getting things moving quicker so she said he wouldn't do the standing and photo ops, he ignored her and continued taking his time with everyone. Incredibly humble and nice guy.

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I read the book, then saw the movie, then saw him speak. I'm kicking myself for not standing in line to shake his hand and have him sign my book.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:44:17 AM EDT

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I'd take a frankengun I built myself over a factory gun, because I know it was built right.

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:45:39 AM EDT

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I'm proud to know them all by heart.

Thought to be fair, I actually got to meet Tanto. He reminds me of me, only tough.

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He really stirs the shit on FB which amuses me
especially when some SJW accuses him of being a racist as he is Indian/Hispanic or something like that and he loves to hammer um over the head with that fact

Posted: 5/23/2017 11:53:03 AM EDT

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Wonder what the FSP looks like through the aimpoint. . .

Posted: 5/23/2017 12:42:32 PM EDT

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Probably like a FSP through just about any red dot. Was that a trick question?

Posted: 5/23/2017 12:54:33 PM EDT

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The older ones of the "ABC" days were decent.

Meh, I mean they weren't hesse but there has been kind of a rewriting of history about the Maine bushies

They went through that purple anodizing phase. The disturbance on arfcom was huuuge.

Posted: 5/23/2017 12:59:32 PM EDT

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For the old farts (i.e. more than 10 years ago), Bushmaster was synonymous with Blackwater.

Posted: 5/23/2017 1:00:56 PM EDT

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Probably like a FSP through just about any red dot. Was that a trick question?

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Wonder what the FSP looks like through the aimpoint. . .

Probably like a FSP through just about any red dot. Was that a trick question?

Slightly blurred I imagine. I have one with a red dot(cheapo)and one with a 1-4x variable.
The front sight post is slightly blurred on both, on the variable at 4x it can not really be seen.

Posted: 5/23/2017 1:02:00 PM EDT

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Um...yes. You should know who he is.

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I still have my first AR too, although last year I replaced the rail.

Am I supposed to know who that guy is?

Um...yes. You should know who he is.

I have never heard of the guy and don't recognize his face. He seems like a pretty nice guy though. Much easier to listen to than some of the self proclaimed youtube experts.

I sold my 20" Bushmaster to a member here. It was an accurate rifle for sure and seemed well put together. Even if it wasn't tier 1. I hope she's still running.