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We have problems.Lots of them.What I've noticed about many of them is a flat refusal to even consider the measures that worked previously, that when suspended, allow the problem to reoccur.When...
View ArticleRacist
Let's take illegal immigration from first principles. First we must dispense with a couple of arguments. If a person is fleeing their native land because of political strife or war with no intention of...
View ArticleInteresting
"We were surprised to find that we had suddenly gone weak, and we were surprised to discover how much fire men can move through without getting hit."--S/Sgt Thomas B Turner quoted in The Soldiers Load...
View ArticleWorth A Click
Soldiers Load from 1066 to 2014.As an aside, don't Google "soldier's load". Just don't.
View ArticleJim Brady, Yes THAT Brady Is Dead
Poor guy. To be married to his wife and then get shot. You have to wonder what he did in a past life to deserve that.Speaking of karma, Sarah gets points for the next life if she does Sati.I've never...
View ArticleApex Spring Kit For S&W Sigma
Because Willard is such a nice guy, I bought him an APEX Sigma Spring Kit. I got a second kit as well since both The Lovely Harvey and FuzzyGeff have Sigmas as well. Harvey refused the kit, citing...
View ArticleExceeding Our Mandate
Knocking almost a pound off FuzzyGeff's Sigma and an unmeasured but similar amount off Willard's wasn't enough!The grit was appalling!So Marv and I (mostly Marv, blame Marv) took apart the sear housing...
View ArticleProcess
I will accept that the the no subsidies for those on the Federal Obamacare exchanges is a typo and that everyone was supposed to be subsidized regardless of where they bought their insurance.We'll call...
View ArticleLittle Details
How the hell do you forget red beards and eye-liner?How the hell did I forget that?
View ArticleDisservice
There's an infographic going around talking about the interchange between .308 Winchester and 7.62x51mm NATO.The max pressure for 7.62x51mm NATO is not 50,000 psi, it is 50,000 CUP. 50,000 CUP, in...
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Murder?
James Brady death ruled homicide.I wonder if this means we're going to test double jeopardy.It seems unseemly to me to come back 33 years and charge him with murder after finding him not-guilty for the...
View Article.308 or 7.62x51mm NATO
An important consideration.Which one is your rifle chambered for?If you built your gun from a surplus kit, you're probably running the 7.62x51mm NATO chamber. There are a lot of kit built FAL's out...
View ArticleLoad Out
Reading about soldiers loads has got me looking hard at several characters.My Rhodesian snake-chimera in particular. Gotta pick Willards brain over that...He's got an FAL Para, mag in the gun, five...
View ArticleOK, Candidate
I will tell you what, Mr/Ms Candidate for office: You say you're pro-gun, you even have a top rating from the NRA.Well after taking it in the shorts about so many other things with Harry Reid, the NRA...
View ArticleRange
I just notice something amusing.The M16A2 rear sight is marked out to 800m. 5.56x45mm NATO is often derided for it's lack of authority at those ranges.The FAL, whose 7.62x51mm NATO round is regarded...
View ArticleWisdom Heeded
I was a sort of professional race car driver once.Had the NHRA license and everything. Not sure the class we raced in even exists anymore.One piece of advice I heard over and over was, "unless the...
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