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Sabrina Gets Around
Way back in 2009 when the tax stamp was still wet from the Ted Cutter's saliva...She was in GAU-5A configuration.And I took that photo to show her off.I did a good enough job of cloning a GAU-5A that...
View ArticleSomething I Hate
I am the person that many of my friends go to with gun questions.That also makes me the first stop when someone wants to sell a gun. Quite often I am offered quite a deal because they're desperate for...
View ArticleGood News Bad News
Good News!If you bothered to get a carry permit, you are very unlikely to be the kind of person who breaks the law thus generating a search warrant for your house.Bad News!If you are one of the teeny...
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Omega Alpha
Comparison between clones. Top is an M16A2, bottom is an XM16E1. Being the last and first M16's issued by the US Army. The XM16E1 replaced the M14; the M16A2 was replaced by the M4. Between them is...
View ArticleTry This At Home
Take a five pound pack of chicken thighs and put them in a crock pot.Add a jug of Pace Medium Picante Sauce and a cup of black beans.Cook overnight.The results are surprising and good!The character is...
View ArticleNot This Again...
Note: this is a free-form rant/vocalization not a mission statement or manifesto. Actual position on this topic might be more fluid/flexible than it may appear.I get that abortion is a hot button...
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Still Junk
In the way-back days just prior to the AWB I bought two +2 magazine extensions for my Glock 21.Good news! They will, indeed, allow you to insert 15 rounds into what was previously a 13 round...
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Pirate Cannon
Actually, it's age of sail guns.Gun on HMS Warrior. Photo by rebmilc.Have a look at that gun. It's a much larger cannon than was common during the great ages of piracy, but it's mounting is...
View ArticleGun Broker
I'm selling a couple of things to cull the parts bin.If I don't sell those things, they can sit in that bin until the heat death of the universe and I will not really be adversely affected.I set the...
View ArticleOooooh Burn
I found this article.Via The Firearm Blog.It's very interesting reading.I've got two rifles in 6.8x43mm SPC II. My investment is small compared to what an Army would have to plunk down to change...
View ArticleSomething Just Occurred
The Son Tay raid was Army Special Forces for the ground component.They used the GAU-5A instead of the XM177E2. The only difference between the two is the forward assist, but the XM177E2 was the Army...
View ArticleWe're Not Going To Panic
Oh, lookie, 9mm is now acceptable as a self defense round.Good!And it's real, 9x19mm performance has improved dramatically since I was young.What I am not going to do is run out and replace any guns...
View ArticleForgiveness
To be forgiven you have to first admit you've done wrong. Then you have to say you're sorry.Then it's up to me to forgive.Without the first two steps it's not being forgiven, it's getting away with...
View ArticleMidwesternism
I caught Marv flat footed with my quaint midwestern speech patterns.I used "he's".It's a contraction of he is or he has.Apparently in use since 1588 and much hated by journalists and english teachers....
View ArticleQuote Of The Day
The biggest joke is that the “problems” that people bring up that would exist without a coercive, violent government are generally so much less than the “problems” we face as a result of our coercive,...
View ArticleCourt Strikes Down "May Issue"
Woo hoo!Indeed a victory!Wait... WHERE?CALIFORNIA?!?!OK, it must have been a local court decision then, San Diego is generally less liberal than the other cities because of the veterans and military in...
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Hopping On The Bandwagon
Displaced Louisiana Guy has issued a challenge. Post a pic of the everyday carry and link back.Dan was forced by Blogger and in turn I was compelled to add. It might not be blue steel and wood, but...
View ArticleGot It
I've watched several vids that were featured on a few blogs lately.They're nominally about something else, that was the hook that got me to click on the link and start watching.Notice I say...
View ArticleCoefficient
Blah!I say again BLAH!Ballistic coefficients are based on a bullet form factor.The traditional form is known as the G1.A newer form that more accurately reflects the shape of modern boat-tail bullets...
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