Seen Any Combat
I've seen more than a couple of products touted as the next big thing because they were developed by combat veterans.While you're thinking about the worth of that kind of experience and a firearm...
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Beretta Pistole 38
Thirty eight?I meant to say 1951!It's a Beretta model 1951, aka M1951, aka M951, aka Brigadier. This one is a late '50's police contract gun made for (and refurbished by) Israel. It's led a hard...
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Retro Score
The XM177 series has a unique stock. It's similar to today's carbine stock, but it's made from aluminum instead of plastic.Despite being the carbine stock from 1964 through 1985, they're quite rare...
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LaRue Tactical MBT-2S First Impression
After four months of backorder, my MBT-2S trigger arrived from LaRue.It comes as shown and includes two trigger return springs.It installs just like a normal trigger, except you don't have to keep the...
View ArticleThems The Breaks
Except they're not.It's muzzle brake, not break.Just like the brakes on your car.
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In Use
The Harvey Platoon carbine is one more step towards authenticity.The "spare" vinyl-acetate stock is now part of Cheyenne.It's really only a matter of time before we do another Form 1 and put a 14.5"...
View ArticleFly On The Wall...
I can imagine a day in the early 1950's when the Warsaw Pact was trying to standardize things...In Czechoslovakia...Pact Standardization Officer (PSO): Nyet! We are telling you to be making SKS!Brno...
View ArticleThe Army Is A Bad Teacher
There's a whole slew of things that gets taught about the AR15 that's simply using the weapon in ways unintended by the designers!I learned a lot of these bad habits in Basic, and I see these lessons...
View ArticleSinister Friendly
There seems to be a misunderstanding about what ambidextrous means with regards to firearms controls.Mirrored controls where they're identical on both sides of the gun is the obviously ambi...
View ArticleUnexpectedly
Oh look, someone else noticed the models don't predict successfully.I've said over and over in this tiresome debate.They've made models that are supposedly predictive of climate changes for the next...
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Handgun Cartridge Carbine
A 1965 made Ruger .44 Carbine.Link to Ruger's instructions.You get 4+1 shots of .44 Magnum for all your deer murdering needs. Ballistics by the inch says that a Federal 240gr Hydrashock round should...
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For when Willard's urge to collect gets the best of him again.The later version of the .44 Carbine is based more along the lines of a Mini-14 and uses a detachable rotary magazine instead of a...
View ArticleNote To Self
Before working on a car, remove your wedding ring.It always distorts it into an oblong instead of round and that pinches your ring finger.Good thing I have a mandrel.
View ArticleAm I High
Note to self two:High Standard and High Point are not related concerns.They're the polar opposites with regard to accuracy expectations.Engage brain before mocking someone who's proud of their High...
View ArticleOverall Length
As I sit here waiting for my Form 1 approval...I polish the cannonballs to a mirror sheen.While the HEL E4A clone I've planned is designed for the M16A1, and thus the rifle I already have...It will...
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Excessive
Is the excessive and blinding muzzle flash from .22 Long Rifle in your Ruger Mk II too much to handle?Then MarvCoIncLLCGmbh has the solution!No more will you be blinded by the muzzle flash of your .22...
View ArticleWisdom
“Before some audiences not even the possession of the exactest knowledge will make it easy for what we say to produce conviction. For argument based on knowledge implies instruction, and there are...
View ArticleSadness
There's something really depressing about walking out of the party and nobody noticing for more than an hour.More than an hour and counting.Like you're not missed at all.Someone remind me why I'm not...
View ArticleDick Size
I've been reading "Curse of the High IQ."Well, that certainly explains a lot.Among my friends I tend to be the "stupid" one. My IQ is a mere 139.Tasty chess club brained Marv is 152 (almost literally...
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