Missing The Concept
The 3D printed Liberator is overcomplicated and doesn't adhere to the Liberator concept.The original gun was made as cheap as humanly possible and if it survived to fire all eight rounds included in...
View ArticleCalm
Calm is strange to me.I am almost never calm.The misophonia always makes me agitated.I can appear calm, but I am on the edge of "or flight" pretty much all the time. There's no fight, how do you fight...
View ArticleHow'd That Happen
I am a fairly big fan of SKA and punk.How is it I don't have any SKA/Punk for mainstream audiences like Blondie?As an aside, SLC Punk is a near documentary of my non-gaming life in Ames, Iowa.Can you...
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Vest Pocket Disassembly
When you field strip your FN 1905 or Colt 1908 .25 you should pull the trigger so the striker spring is unloaded.If you forget, don't freak!The sear will pull out the striker, spring and spring rod out...
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Subtle Change
Changed over to an arched mainspring housing on the .38 Super Gov't Model.Can you see the difference?I can sure feel it. The flat housing always felt like there was something poking me in the palm,...
View ArticleMoar Pressure
Today's other "gunsmithing" adventure is the installation of a Wolff 18-1/2 lb. recoil spring in the Browning.Ayup, that's a stronger spring than the one in it. Longer too. It's longer and stronger...
View ArticleEconomy.
The Federal Government has a program that "loans" surplus military gear to police departments for the war on (some) drugs and such.One of the items are M16A1's.I've seen a couple of these guns out...
View ArticleColor Me Corrected
I was complaining about the TV movie Bonnie and Clyde because Frank Hamer was using what appeared to be a FN Model D (Not available in North America in 1934).Got a better look at some stills.William...
View ArticleAmateur Standing
If you are writing professionally make your point in the beginning so I know what you're going on about.I don't write for a living. I don't record videos for money. My stream of consciousness style...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Mom
Today is my mom's 72nd birthday.She didn't make it.She was 65 when she died.If you'll excuse me, I'm sad and will lash out at random if poked. Our birthdays are very close together and very close to...
View ArticlePotential
Just because I could, does not mean I did.Just because I can, does not mean I will.However, just because I haven't does not mean I won't.Try to keep that in mind while you're blaming me.
View ArticleTerm Of The Art
Anglave provides us a new description for the precise moment that an internet forum discussion becomes pointless."Then the Cessna hit the treadmill."Ref here.
View ArticleTalent
I braced in the small space behind and between the pilot's and navigation couches.I knew I should be in a couch myself, but there was no station for me to man. Every once and a while I could actually...
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Pistole Modele Ein
Also known as the Walther P1.I mentioned to a friend that I'd never fired a P38 and he brought over his P1 for me to play with.The P1 is in essence a post-war manufactured P38. The very earliest were...
View ArticleEvidence
Perhaps the best evidence that both the AWB and NFA are chickenshit massive wastes of time and effort is the recent turn-in of an StG.44 at a California gun "buy-back" (itself a chickenshit term).That...
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P1 Firing Pin Blockage
Here is the firing pin block in position in its slot in the firing pin.The block is moved up and out of the way by an arm to the right of the hammer that is raised by cocking the hammer. It falls when...
View ArticleConsistent
A person of a given faith pointing out that their faith defines a particular activity is a sin is only being consistent with their faith.Becoming angry about it when it's a behavior you engage in says...
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Contemporary
The Fabrique-Nationale Hi-Power is nearly the same age as the Walther P.38.While features of the P.38 live on in the Beretta Model 92, the HP is still made and is indistinguishable from guns designed...
View ArticleTolerance
I was going to be specific, but then I realized it was more general.If you want to be tolerated, you have to be tolerable.You also have to remember that tolerate is not a synonym for "like".
View ArticleGaming Guest Post
FuzzyGeff was kind enough to do a write up of the Eye Spiker for me. His invention, he deserves all credit and blame.The eyespiker may be my most feared creation, which is odd, since I wasn’t the GM...
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