Thorough Cleaning
The Hi Power has been detail stripped down to the last pin.Whomever refinished this gun didn't bother cleaning out the blasting media from all the small crevices.Those nooks and crannies are now...
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Dammit.An interesting tidbit of making odd connections.The reason the Japanese folded the metal for Katana was to compensate for their miserable iron ore.Western sword makers didn't bother once...
View ArticleTomayto Tomahto
Cyclic is pronounced "sigh click" not "sick lick".The root word is cycle (sigh cull) not (sickle).My skin itches every time the "expert" shooters in The Jackal say it wrong.
View ArticleThere's No Spell For That
GURPS: Magic doesn't have a spell to recharge a battery.Repair or Rebuild might work, but the descriptions are such that there can be debate about if a discharged battery is actually broken.
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USS Arizona
Yesterday was the anniversary of Pearl Harbor.I got asked by one of The Lovely Harvey's friends, "what's the big deal about that ship?"They get the sneak attack and that got us into the war part, but...
View ArticleCompromise
In analogy:Gun Control Congresscritters (GCC): We're going to anally rape the gun owners!"Pro Gun" Congresscritters (PGC): Will you use lube?GCC: Sure, why not?PGC: We have a compromise!Gun owners: We...
View ArticleOne Thought
While I can use shape metal to get the mix of elements for steel correct, I don't know if it can be used to make the crystalline structure correct.We do that with heat and pressure in conventional...
View ArticleDesign Theory
If you leave the magazine disconnect on your Browning Hi-Power, the magazine notoriously does not drop free of the gun when the slide locks back.I was speaking with a buddy about it and he thinks it's...
View ArticleDear Sirs
At A&E, History and Lifetime Networks...Please remake the Bonnie and Clyde miniseries and this time get the guns right.Also, feel free to make it not boring.PS: The show to commercial ratio is...
View ArticleCan't Leave Well Enough Alone
Because an 18-1/2 lb. recoil spring is recommended for the Hi Power should you shoot "self defense" ammo, I decided to grab one from Midway.Then comes the mad search to save the $4 special handling...
View ArticlePut Your Flag Back Up
There's no fucking reason at all to have the flags at half mast for a FOREIGN politician.No reason at all here in America to give this honor to Mandela.
View ArticleWorthless
There's nothing in the world that boosts ones self esteem like people responding to anything you think is interesting or stressful with, "So?"I totally get why suicide rates spike during the holidays...
View ArticlePicky
Should we have fought the passage of the Undetectable Firearms Act?On one hand it's really unconstitutional because the Gov't has been granted no power here.On the other, which was pointed out in...
View ArticleGood
At long last our national struggle is over!We've sold the last share of General Motors stock and only lost ten billion dollars!I guess I can feel less guilty looking at the C7 with lust now.
View ArticleTrigger Why
Why does the trigger pull get so much lighter on a Hi Power when you remove the magazine disconnect?Because the plunger is attached to the back of the trigger and it moves up and down as the trigger...
View ArticleRecurring JMB Meme
This time meme was spread from the Bayou Renaissance Man.Fired is underlined. Owned is bold.U.S. M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun (Potato Digger)FN Browning M1899/M1900Colt Model 1900Colt Model...
View ArticleFirst World Problem
We have water delivered in 5 gallon jugs for drinking because our tap water is "flavorful". The tap water is perfectly safe to drink, and we use it for coffee and cooking (the heat seems to kill the...
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The Things I Do
Weer'd mentions the magazine disconnect on the FN .25...So I completely tear down both my FN and Colt Vest Pockets.On the Colt I am glad because it was very ugly inside there.It's fascinating stuff,...
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