Well? I had this planned for a long while, and finally got off my lazy tuckus and drove up to Scottsdale to their shop for some parts for my Scout.

I was amazed that their shop was small. An I do mean small... Talk about a garage operation. Even Spike's Tactical had, in their early days, had a bigger shop than they did, but they did take time to hook me up with the parts I wanted and even installed it all for me...

I was even able to play with one of their "Windtalker" Supressors, nice unit, hefty.

After that, I dropped by Dillon for a .40 cal conversion kit and some extras for my SDB. Then went to the Scottsdale Gun Club to test fire the new attachment on my Scout. I was pleased with the end result...

They were also showing "Lone Survivor" on their TV...

So, enough talk.., thanks to the miracle of iPotato Technology, I give you... PICS.







And because I had to...



Some M134D goodness from the SGC.

sounds like a good day!

It was, except for the heat. Can't wait for Fall/Winter to arrive.

I don't  know how any of you survive out there.  I've got step family in Phoenix and have visited at times and when I was young it wasn't so bad, but dang is it hot.  I hiked / climbed up to the top of squaw peak once.  It was awesome.

It's a dry heat, much like a convection oven

I'm not knocking the heat, but I am more comfortable in the cold. You can't dress down in the heat.

Needless to say; the SEI folks treated me very well. I'm hitting them up for some more stuff; maybe I will be able to convert my Scout to a Mk-14 Mod 1 after all.

Or having a blow dryer on HOT/HI in your face for about an hour.

The Mod 1 is very nice, but it gets heavy fast.

The basic stock weighs over 4 lbs.



The civilian Scout / Mod 1 barreled action is at least 6 lbs.

So it's a 10 pounder, not including scope or loaded 20 round magazine, so it's in the 12-15lb. range... No biggie. Humped an M60 in my younger days with Uncle Sugar, plus I'm a big boy (6'1" - 210lbs. Medium build).



Heavy is good, heavy is reliable. If it doesn't work … you can always hit them with it.

The weight doesn't bother me either, just posting some details.

My first SEI build was this MK14 Mod 0 with a medium heavy 18" tube.

Highly appreciated on the tech data. My next thing is to find the correct XS Big Dot front sight for the GLFS, my rifle is running a NM front sight and shoots straight. Which is good;I may get the USGI Fiberglass stock hydro-dipped in Multicam for the time being while I scrounge up funds for the Sage Chassis.

The weight probably makes shooting it from the bench or prone very enjoyable.  What does and M40A5 weigh?

Just shy of 19#

Well, removed the front sight off the stock SA muzzle brake. After shooting my rifle fresh out of the SEI shop; I noticed I was shooting low...  THen it hit me; the NM front sight I bought was made for a full sized M1A with the 22" barrel and not for the 18.5" barrel of the Scout Squad.

DERP!

Yeah; I noticed the front sight of my Scout is taller than the one I bought; so I slapped it on the GLFS and I should be solid.