Mix 'N' Match
I've mixed magic into historical gaming before.Magic and pirates in the 1650's was natural.Magic and cowboys didn't quite go so well, but that had more to do with mismanaged expectations. I think the...
View ArticleTactical Sales
With Wal Mart discontinuing tactical gun sales I decided to ask a couple of the local gun shops what's selling.Pistols are what's moving.AR's not so much as before, but still some steady sales. It's...
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Range Time
Willard asked if I wanted to go shootin'."But of course," I replied.The "reason" was his new-to-him S&W 39-2. If you find that you want a Model 39-2 and can't find one, it's because Willard is...
View ArticleLove Reading Snobs
My problem with most conceal holsters isn't the cost.No amount of money is going to fix this.Nobody makes a comfortable holster that accounts for being fat that goes inside the waistband. For anyone...
View ArticleFeed
Found something kind of interesting.The Star B has many fewer misfeeds when fed Federal aluminum cased ammo (CAL9115).I've read that the original magazine design assumed that the cartridges would be...
View ArticleEveryone Should Own One
Something I've noticed about being a Corvette owner...People walk up and ask, "what year?"For the most part, corvette drivers wave at each other.For the most part, we're geezers.There's a fair number...
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Two Many
Anglave sent me that.Origins of the word two.I noticed no Scots-Gaelic, and postulated that Scots can't count. There's One then Many in their numbering "system".Then it hit me..."E Pluribus Unum"...
View ArticleThis Has To Stop
Tam is now claiming that a 1911 has fired 300 rounds without jamming or needing the extractor replaced.I cannot take this any more!What's next, a test where a Glock doesn't explode?
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Finally Some Good News For H&K
Heckler and Koch has been awarded an exclusive contract to supply the US Army with new M240G general purpose machine guns on an as required basis.
View ArticleIt Occurs
Playing with Willard's 39-2 made something apparent to me.Colt and Smith and Wesson competed for the handgun market in the USA with everyone else being a very small percentage of the market.I notice...
View ArticleAddendum
One reason you need to be innovative is the economic assumptions that are presently successful may not remain so forever.The Colt Python is a wonderful example.It was economical when it was introduced,...
View ArticleResearch
I've occasionally been chided for making characters with unfair advantages.I say I've just done the proper diligence.Because I was "the gun guy" in our group I was constantly able get a better weapon...
View ArticleRifle Grenade
There's astonishingly little information about rifle-grenades out there on the internet!So my Rhodesian mercenary gets three Energa-75's because I have stats for them. I think the Energa is...
View ArticleBeen Thinking
Remember this?I might have figured it out.Everyone forgets that the 40x46mmSR illum rounds have a black powder ejector charge. ATF has been hard on black powder transportation and storage for a couple...
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Speaking Of Rifle Grenades
Jasmine now has grenade sights.Hard to see, huh? Well they're meant to be out of the way when folded down.To deploy them, you press the button on the side of the gas plug, rotate the sight 180˚...
View ArticleScandal
I was going to compare the scandals of the Bush II administration to the Obama administration and note how often Hillary Clinton is attached to them...I can't do it.About midway into it I realized,...
View ArticleGods Be Damned UPS
Willard's parts attempted to arrive today.I was home at 1138.Stupid adult signature required and UPS hiring ninjas meant I didn't hear them attach the "we missed you" sticker to the door.I am really...
View ArticleDell
I found a great tear down guide for Willard's laptop.What they forget to tell me is the two short screws are to hold the hard drive I am replacing in place and that it will flop out of reach of those...
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New Gun News
Willard's GAU-5A clone is finished!My XM177E2 clone is on top, his GAU on the bottom.Come a long ways since its baby pictures in April.The Anderson Mfg lower's holes are just a bit undersized and...
View ArticleUnreal
I'm encountering a feeling that the people on the other end of the computer screen aren't real at all.They're becoming simulacra who only appear during normal business hours and disappear until the...
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