M7 Bayonet
Numbers Compiled from here and here.US Issue M7's: Colt made 20,000 green handled ones from 1961. Marked "COLT'S 62316 HARTFORD CONN USA" on the blade.All other makes have black handles. Imperial...
View ArticleThe Camera You Have With You
I noticed that many of the pictures I took in Seattle and take at the range are with the camera built into my Motox.It's because I have it on me where I don't always have my Canon.The cameras on phones...
View ArticleMissed Opportunity
While it's likely a "Bad Plan", there's something compelling about naming your NFA trust, "Fast and Furious Arms Trust."
View ArticleObvious Really
There's jokes about giant belt-buckles and the south. Just about everyone has noticed that smart phones are getting bigger and bigger.Yesterday I saw someone wearing their giant smart phone on their...
View ArticleBottlenecked
Did you know that .38 Special is a bottleneck cartridge?No, not really..38 S&W on the left, fired .38 Special case in the center and an unfired .38 Special on the right.How did this happen?The gun...
View ArticleCower In Fear
Of the power of the Raven Arms MP-25.The first thing we learn at the range is the sights are off. It shoots 2-3" to the left at 5 yards.We also learn that my glasses prescription is teh suxxor with...
View ArticleCredit Where Credit Is Due
There's an anti-government, therefore anti-cop slant to this blog.Cops are part of the government, so when I bitch about the aspect of government that's in their sphere, I am bitching about cops...
View ArticleMaybe Pick Another Title
A reason that I am creeped out by some strains of Libertarianism is their frequent aspirations towards anarchism.I remember that anarchists were a spur of socialism once upon a time. Even as recently...
View ArticleYet More Consensus
Not that he's still reading here...LinkyI'll say it bluntly.Using the IPCC's science on climate change is akin to using the scientific studies that proved that blacks should remain subjugated.
View ArticleI Feared This
When I started collecting .25's, part of the allure was that "all of them were cheap!"It turns out that not all .25 ACP guns are cheap. But until today, all have been within the reach of prudent...
View ArticleUnconditional
Had another epiphany.One side of the political divide does not care whom is doing something if they don't want it done.The other side doesn't care if something is done as long as their guy is doing...
View ArticleBlueberry Muffin
Marv's Freedom 15 is coming along.The receiver extension doesn't cover the buffer retainer, so there's no buffer at all in there yet.He's planning on either cutting a section off an old commercial...
View ArticleTo Those Out There Without Hope
I want to introduce you to two words.Per Curiam.Never give up!
View ArticleLike Looking Through A Straw
While I am constantly on the hunt for less expensive things, Marv is positively cheap by comparison.It took a lot of research and reading to get me OK with the idea that Primary Arms was worth risking...
View ArticleSpeaking Of Inflation...
Economists like to say that 3% annual inflation is good.What that means is something that costs $1.00 today will cost $1.03 next year.What most people don't notice is how fast that builds up.Year 0:...
View ArticleWe Need To Be Sympathetic
Let's be nice to poor Willard.Marv and I roped him into making his own Freedom 15 plastic AR lower.He vows revenge on us for making him have another AR lower.In safety orange (10 drops orange, 4 drops...
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