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Range Report
Molly has now been to the range since her return from Palmetto (where they did nothing).It's a zero I can live with. 17 roounds into the top glob.Finally took my Mauser 10/14 shooting as well.It is...
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Once upon a time, I was going to be a ranger... but the party really needed a thief so...Hanging around with Willard wearing his Ranger hat is informative.People ask him if he was really a Ranger and...
View ArticleWrong List
When looking up how many emotionally upsetting cosmetic features Mollie Bean has I was somewhat dismayed to see that "barrel shroud" wasn't a banned feature on a rifle.It's a pistol feature.I also look...
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You Can't Get There From Here
Continuing the Rit Dye experiments, this time trying to get to flat dark earth.I can't make FDE with Rit on a sand PMAG.The magazine on the far right looks closer in person than on camera.Formula...
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Leave Well Enough Alone
You cannot fix a PMAG that has been dyed by trying to dye it again.My attempt to add a little green-gray to make them more like FDE has resulted in dark gray.Left to right...The goal, the result, gray...
View ArticleDone!
I finally have all of the posts I want to save moved from LiveJournal to here.That only took me seven years! A year longer than it took to write them all. One reason it took so long was the loss of...
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Maybe He Was Just Really Observant
Picture from story linked below.Kansas City Jimmy John's worker calmly hands over cash with gun to his head.If our counter clerk noticed that the gun was out of battery, it's a lot easier to remain calm.
View ArticleNRAAM
Hating crowds like I do, I'll probably never go to one...But I am curious.Have we reached the point where the number of attendees who go to watch the protests exceeds the number of protestors?
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Here's One For All Y'All
I direct your attention to the rear of the slide where it appears to be contoured differently from a normal 92FS. Also note the screw near the safety.Botach calls this a Beretta 9mm 92FS "Police...
View ArticleConcern
Palmetto went with a cast steel bolt carrier instead of the preferred forging the Soviets pioneered decades ago.The whole cast vs forged debate on guns goes way back.Forged was a non-negotiable and...
View ArticleOh The Joy
We've been fighting bed bugs here since January when Harvey found them in her bed.Black Flag's Hot Shot brand seems to slow them down, but doesn't finish them off.So we ended up with a mass of bombing...
View Article25 Years
While dealing with the bed bugs, I missed my intent to comment on the LA Riots.I was living in Des Moines (West Des Moines actually) at the time and the chance that the rioting would spread and happen...
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A Good Day
Marv (finally) got to shoot his AK.First with irons...Then with some cheapo red dot on an airsoft siderail mount.I'd say that it doesn't shoot too bad...At the 21m he zeroed it at.
View ArticleFuck Communism
Today is what I think of as International Fuck Communism Day.I indulge in whatever capitalism I can contrive, just to piss off whomever that will piss off.I'm a generous soul I am!Go! Go forth and...
View ArticleИрония, мы снова встречаемся!
I rag on Communism then get an email from Capitalists in Russia Belarus.I've read a couple blogs whom review stuff."How do you get that stuff?" I ask."Call up the company and ask," they reply.So I...
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Lengthy
Both with a 16" barrel, the AK and AR have similar overall lengths when they're both Magpulified.But since the stock doesn't contain the recoil system in the AK, it can be folded and thus can be made...
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