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Single stack 9x19mm Glock?I'm holding out for a double stack .32 ACP.Fer Chrissakes, Gaston, Savage managed to do this more than 100 years ago!
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All of this mess about pistols made from rifles would not be a problem at all if they'd just ruled such guns to be Any Other Weapons and thus restricted by the NFA.Not that's any better, just bad...
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I've reached the point where I no longer consider a collapsable stock on an AR a desirable feature.It's beard ripping power is undeniable!For a while it was cool that it was a banned feature, and it...
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When asking someone whom you owe money for another loan; you should at least acknowledge the standing debt and express some form of remorse for putting your hand out again.Denying that the debt existed...
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Took the time out the other day to confirm that 62gr XM855 hits to the same point of aim as 69gr Sierra Match King (0.894" long).This isn't a stretch because the steel portion of the SS109 design makes...
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Sell Or Not
I am thinking I want a better example of a Finnish Kiv/39. It's "1942" made, 1942 marked like they all were, but most likely from the '50's. The B Barrel guns use barrel blanks purchased from Belgium...
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I think I am officially sick of the Florida NRA; which near as I can tell an entirely Marion Hammer entity when it's in Tallahassee with the legislature is in session.First there was this.Now there's...
View ArticleUncle Rolf's Estate
I've had an idea for a short Traveller campaign for a long time.It is 245-1120."Uncle" Rolf Haut Janisansen, Baron Efate, Colonel (Ret) Imperial Marines. Veteran of both the Fourth and Fifth Frontier...
View ArticleTo The Man In The Green Kilt
Scotland and Ireland are not the same.The "Irish" kilt is an affectation of Scottish kilts without a tartan for non-Scots Gaelic regiments.That nearly day-glo green plaid thing you're wearing is not a...
View ArticleBase Profit
I've been a long running fan of GURPS for a long time.I think it will now be a cold day in Hell before Steve Jackson sees another penny from me.On March 13th he says:See, this is why we need better...
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Tam reminds me that if I buy an AK with a stock and a 16"+ barrel... replace the barrel with something < 16" and remove the stock, I have made an NFA regulated short barrel rifle.But if I buy a bare...
View ArticleWelcome To My World Officer
Via PopehatWhat is most discouraging is that when police officers respond to a call, those officers must now be concerned that someone sitting in hindsight, from the safety of a courtroom, will not...
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Too Short
Got my MOE Fixed Carbine Stock.In a word, it's short.1.75" shorter than a CTR at full extension.One inch shorter even than an M16A1 buttstock, which is a good length for me.What this stock is sized for...
View ArticleThis Again
DSA has apparently changed over to a casting for their receiver.There is a predictable outcry about forging being better.If they are using the same steel as they did when they were making forgings...
View ArticleBecause Beer
Why do I prefer Finnish Mosins made by SAKO over VKT or Tikkakoski?SAKO started out in a brewery.
View ArticleIt Finally Clicked
Amazon has become what K-Mart, Sears and Target were when I was a child:A place to get what you want without going to ten other places; now without even heaving my fat ass out of my desk chair.
View ArticleBeing Blunt
Officer, when we rise up in mass and elect legislators and give them a mandate to pass a particular law... A law that you claim has a negative effect on "officer safety"...What we are saying is, "We...
View ArticleAw Darn
Reading The Firearm Blog and I discover that MSAR has stopped.While bullpups are something you either like or not, I'm still of the opinion that if more people doing more things is healthier than fewer...
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