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It's Fahsion Dahling
Going out of your way to have color matched PMAG's can only result from being a fashion victim.It's FAHbulous!Now I need to score Harvey a flat-dark earth PMAG for her Kevina.
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Should I Have Just Bought The SCAR-16?
Something to keep you honest about your low-cost AR.Make a spreadsheet and list EVERYTHING you've added to the gun.It's actually an accounting ledger.Count the things that are present, subtract the...
View ArticleBecause I'm A Fashion Victim
Magazine segregation!20 rounders are separate, but equal...Wait, wrong kind of segregation.This is about keeping the wrong ammo out of the wrong gun.Because I have 1:12, 1:9 and 1:7 twist guns and have...
View ArticleThe Military
People who're in the Army say, "I was in the Army."People who're in the Navy say, "I was in the Navy."People who're in the Marines say, "I am a Marine."People who're in the Air Force say, "I was in the...
View ArticleRibbons
The ribbons on your uniform tell a story.Make sure you want to tell that story before you post the pic of yourself in uniform.When the tale of your ribbons says, "I graduated basic," you might want to...
View ArticleEbb And Flow
Battle has a pulse.Intensity builds and fades.It goes from complete sensory saturation to serene calm.It's both odd and makes perfect sense.Odd that in a battle still raging, there's nothing...
View ArticleScientist
I don't think Mr Adams is entirely certain what constitutes a scientist.He makes an interesting case about climate science's opposed positions.The neat thing about science is that anyone CAN do it.This...
View ArticleRapid Fire
When the range officer comes up to your lane and informs you that the range has a "no rapid fire" policy where none existed before...It could be because you weren't hitting the target at all at 7...
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One For Each Hand
One of the local pawn shops has had a .25 ACP 6.35x16mmSR Mauser model 1910/14 for as long as we've been making the rounds at them.At least three years.It was busted, so we kept passing it by.After a...
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The Ugly One
Actual red rust inside there!Giving it a good soak in some Clenzoil and going to attack it with some brushes to see what I can get off without hurting anything.Because it's a Mauser, damn near every...
View ArticleOh Noes!
An 8-year old "independent" Office of Congressional Ethics, voted in largely on partisan lines by the newly Democrat majority House of Representatives is being eliminated by the same body that created...
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A Bit Better
The ugly one responded to oil and nylon brushes like you'd expect.But the powdery red rust is now gone and the pits it left behind under the grips are soaked in oil.That's in the win category.It's also...
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Sizes
The pretty one was made in, going by the serial number and making a couple of specious assumptions about production rates, 1925.That makes it near contemporaneous with my Colt 1908 Pocket Hammerless in...
View ArticleHelpless
There comes a point in being the parent of an autistic-like retarded "child" where there is literally nothing you can do to make the situation better during a meltdown and you just have to wait and...
View ArticleThe Scent Of Clenzoil
Clenzoil reminds me of something...I can't place where I've smelled something like it before.I want to say it's something I've smelled around aviation museums, but I'm not sure.Any of y'all aviation...
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Slightly Different Approaches
I made good my threat to get The Lovely Harvey an FDE PMAG for Kevina.It even has Windows installed!As you can see from the pics we agree about some features and disagree about others. We even differ...
View ArticleWhy Yes It's Convoluted
The .25 ACP model 1910 is derived from a 9x19mm design that wasn't working out.Who knew?
View ArticlePocket Revolver
This is a GURPS post, so real life could be significantly different.S&W has made a five shot .357 Magnum J-Frame for a long, long time.With magnum ammo it does 2d+2 pi out to 180/2,000 with ST 10...
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