Like many of you I’ve spent years and ridiculous amounts of money chasing the perfect rifle build.

Settled on this milspec everything Colt M4 carbine 14.5 P&W, the only thing I changed was the ambi safety and a SF closed tine muzzle for my RC2. Haven’t changed anything in 8 years.

The bullet drop on this 4x ACOG reticle is factory fixed for M855 out of a 14.5” M4 and it took away my ability (curse) to fall into analysis paralysis.

Is m855 the best 5.56 cartridge? Hell no but my rifle loves it and the BDC holds are spot on.

Is 14.5” the optimal length for home defense? An 11.5 would be better but 14.5 is good enough. 

What about long range? Sure a fluted 18” or 20” would be better but I took this 14.5” to a long range class, the instructor looked at me funny but I was able to get good enough hits at 660 yds.

Why no piggyback red dot what about CQB? Learned to shoot ACOG both eyes open with BAC, it’s good enough. Inside your home you can basically point shoot no problem.

Milspec trigger not as as good as a geissle SSA but 3k rounds later it’s good enough.

The ACOG is apocalypse proof and no more worrying about dead battery or analysis paralysis about the optimal magnification level, 4x is all you get.

I won’t drone on I think you get the idea.

How I cured my restless rifle syndrome