Mosinday!
Willard, Marv, Young Thomas and I went shooting Mosins today.I don't think we missed many variations.I had the Type 53, Lei, and Kiv/28-30, Hanna.Marv had his 91/30.Willard had his 91/59 and a PU...
View ArticleKrag
I posted about an 1898 Krag the other day, and stumbled across this today.An article on the Krag from the Spanish American War.h/t Ace.
View ArticleCaseless Ammunition
Ask anyone who reloads. A not insignificant percentage of cartridges fired must be caseless as they simply disappear after firing.
View ArticleGay?
"Did you know these celebs are gay?" in the suggested "from around the web" articles.No. I did not know.Because I don't care. I do not care if any particular dancing monkey is a homosexual. Which...
View ArticleLow And Left
The Glock 17 shoots low and left.Front sight is (measured at the rear corners of the sight blade):Side of gun; 0.442"; sight; 0.3935"; side of gun (0.02425" off center to the right). And it's loose,...
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Imperial Battle Dress
At Traveller TL13 Battle Dress is introduced. GURPS (TL10) calls it Battledress.It's whiz-bang stuff.The Imperium is kind of light on the gun control, even if individual worlds might have severe...
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Who To Believe
I can't even trust my own lyin' eyes because I don't have any M882 nor do I have a scale that measures fine enough.According to TM 43-0001-27 (29APR94);Cartridge, 9mm, Ball, NATO, M882 is a 112gr FMJ...
View ArticleRule 34 Strikes Again
Because I am reading SLA Marshall's The Soldier's Load and The Mobility of a Nation I am reminded of a Civil War comic depicting "Johnny" and all the crap he started out lugging around and the steps to...
View ArticleExtreme Prevention
Castration prevents male pattern baldness if the procedure is done before you begin to lose your hair.
View ArticleWorking On This One...
My main drive to desire open carry is comfort not any sort of tactical advantage.But I keep reading over and over that open carry sacrifices a tactical advantage.OK. What advantage is that?Because I...
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K31 With Rail
I knew I'd find it ten minutes after the person I wanted to show it to left.And I was right that it was Oleg who took the picture.LINK
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Barely Legal
That's the minimum length barrel and minimum overall length there! We did not actually measure it, but "barely legal" sounds great as a title. And it is a title 1 gun, it was purchased from an FFL on...
View ArticleThe Conversion Process Has Begun
Marv and I watched the first seven episodes of season 1 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.He was disdainful at first, but I caught him digging it a couple of times.One of us.One of us.One of...
View ArticleAvoid
I think it might be a good idea to avoid Malaysia Airlines for travel, especially on one of their remaining Boeing 777's.Plus, WTF Russia?Story.
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