Sunday, October 12, 2008

Gun Pr0n: Boom!

by USCitizen October 12, 2008 Traction Control
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GBR-III Update: The Packing Rat goes Full Auto

by USCitizen October 12, 2008 Traction Control

The Packing Rat fires the Full Auto FN. [Video]

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Home Security: An important counterpart to gun ownership for self defense

by LearnAboutGuns.com October 12, 2008 Learn About Guns

advocate self defense with firearms for the simple reason that they are the best tools yet invented to stop a home invader or other criminal from committing a horrible crime.  Complementing gun ownership for self defense are home security considerations, as discussed below.
Dogs
I’ve had dogs for most of my life, and see them as valuable [...]

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A Dolorous Note

by Rio Arriba October 12, 2008 Outback Notes

Sad. I mean really sad.Tonight, at dinner, I ate the last tomato. There are no more. The season is over. It was good while it lasted, but it’s over.Sic transit gloria.

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Thoughts on different sports

by Of Arms and the Law October 12, 2008 Arms & The Law

The Armed School Teacher’s comment on the previous post brings to mind the nature of different sports.

Soccer: Soccer hooligans terrorize European games, tearing down goal posts, assaulting opposing fans, and rioting.

Shooting’s equivalent: Two spectators get dirty looks for muttering “Semper Fi” a little too loudly after a Marine takes his shot.

Football: Stars get busted for drugs, assault and battery, etc., etc.. Joke is that a certain team cannot huddle because it would violate their terms of probation, viz., not consorting with convicted felons.

Shooting’s equivalent: a Camp Perry winner almost gets a speeding ticket, but since he has no points on his record, the officer gives him a warning. (And if he did have points, he would have admitted it. You just can’t lie to an officer).

Tennis: Top ranked player throws a screaming fit when the ref calls his shot out of bounds.

Shooting’s equivalent: shooter is eliminated from finals at the Wimbledon, says “I knew I pulled that shot.”

Most sports: player is stopped by police after driving down the wrong side of the road, is found drunk as a skunk with a snoot full of cocaine, pleads guilty and is admitted to rehab for the third time.

Shooting’s equivalent: a shooter gives up coffee out of concern it might make his hands tremble.

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Todd Jarrett webpage

by Of Arms and the Law October 12, 2008 Arms & The Law

I didn’t know Todd Jarrett, our instructor at Blackwater, had his own webpage, but here it is. He was a superb instructor. Tho from my standpoint, I was like a high school student taking serious college courses; I really needed more experience and training to (1) be able to benefit more and (2) to save him the trouble of remedial ed. I’m a decent bullseye shot and plinker, but had little experience in drawing or shooting on the move. If you had decent skills in that, I’m sure he’d do a lot to move you from decent toward expert. As it was, I learned what I have to improve, and can now work on that, and maybe someday return.

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On the Road

by Murdoc October 12, 2008 Gun Pundit

Murdoc has taken time out of his busy schedule to travel to South Carolina’s Buck Ridge Plantation for Remington’s 2009 New Products Seminar.
Three days of presentations and range activities. It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it.
I’ll have more on this in the next few days.

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It’s that time again……….

by cemeterycas October 12, 2008 Cemetery's Gun Blob

……..to tear down, and clean my firearms.  Talk about a mucky mess.  And the typical sign that it’s time, is when they don’t function properly.  Just sayin’………………..
And another sign, is when you break the certain time barrier, start talkin’ big cause you pushed yourself, and got favorable results, then fate turns around, and hands you [...]

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NJ CCW revisited

by cemeterycas October 12, 2008 Cemetery's Gun Blob

Looks like a bill (NJ A1282) to stream line NJ CCW process is making the rounds.  Don’t know how it could affect me, but other people who require a CCW for employment of some type, might find the process easier.  After taking a *Use of Force* class earlier this year, with regards to NJ Law, [...]

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NJ District 9

by cemeterycas October 12, 2008 Cemetery's Gun Blob

Last time I checked, I live in NJ Congressional District 9, rep’d by Steve Rotham, and his seat is up for grabs in Nov, and I’m hoping to upseat him come Nov 5.  So far, it appears that his #1 opponent is Vince Micco.  Don’t know what all his views are on many topics, but [...]

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Day at The Range

by jr October 12, 2008 A Keyboard and a .45

It is the second Sunday of the month, so it must be time for the Lone Star IDSA match, and today was a great day for it. Sunshine, mild temperatures and a slight breeze made for great conditions for running and gunning. This was my first match since the Gun Blogger Summer Camp, and is the last match before the club championship. I was looking forward to seeing if I have made any improvement with Todd’s instruction.

After watching a couple matches, V decided that I needed a tacticool vest like all the other folks shooting the matches. I generally just use the gear and clothing that I normally wear on the street in matches, but today I decided to use my new vest and my Blackhawk CQC Level 1 Holster.

I was the only stock single stack shooter today, and I had my work cut out for me. There were six stages, and the minimum round count was 22 rounds per stage. 8 rounds per magazine, minimum of 22 rounds per stage, it’s a good thing I have plenty of mag holders.

I shot the first three stages clean with good (for me) times. I was pumped. Then they called the first shooter for Stage 4, JR. This was a tough stage. Half the stage was strong hand only, and have weak hand only. Most targets were engaged from behind cover, a couple on the move. Oh, did I mention the “no-shoots”? This was an evil stage, and I was the first shooter. I was also the first one to put a hole in a “no-shoot” target for the stage, and the first to have a couple “failure to neutralize” targets on this stage. 40 seconds of added penalty time hurt. Over the next two stages I had one more failure to neutralize for a total of 50 seconds of penalty time for the match. One of these days I’m going to shoot a clean match, just not today.

Have I improved? Yes, very much so. I shot 4 out of 6 stages clean. I need to work on getting my mag changes done at the most opportune times, you know, follow my game plan. Focus, focus, focus.

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The Day of the Winter Plan

by Rio Arriba October 12, 2008 Outback Notes

Each year, on the first really miserable day of the coming “dark season” I take a sheet of paper and a sharp pencil and try to outline an action plan for the coming winter. Today, during a cold, gray, and drizzly morning, I decided it was time. I make …

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More thought on the Akins Accelerator

by Of Arms and the Law October 12, 2008 Arms & The Law

Reader Jedi-Unix (here’s his blog) has this thought:

“As much as I hate to…
ATF’s got a damn good case here.

Let me point you to Mike Williamson who detailed why, it changed my mind:

http://mzmadmike.livejournal.com/42839.html
http://mzmadmike.livejournal.com/43279.html

“This evaluation is valid provided that when the stock is assembled with an otherwise unmodified SKS semiautomatic rifle, the rifle does not discharge more than one shot by a single function of the trigger.” (emphasis ATF)”

It occurs to me that the difference may lie in the definition of the undefined “single function of the trigger.” Does that mean (a) its literal meaning, that the trigger itself must move once for each shot or (b) that the trigger finger must press the trigger for each shot or (c) the trigger finger MUST MOVE and press the trigger for each shot?

Under (a) and (b) the Akins is not a full auto; with it the trigger cycles once per shot and is pressed by the trigger finger once per shot. Under (c), it is a full auto; the trigger finger moves once and multiple shots are fired.

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Pain Ray Truck

by USCitizen October 12, 2008 Traction Control

Ouch.

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Chores for today:

by Tam October 12, 2008 View from the Porch

1) Mow the lawn so that ninjas, pirates, or killer space robots approaching the house will at least have to go prone, rather than being able to walk upright in the tallgrass prairie.2) Organize reloading supplies.3) Find all my ammunition and sort it. …

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Big bore thunder…

by Tam October 12, 2008 View from the Porch

TD gets ready to break out the big guns with some Eurometric chamberings. Makes me want a double in 9.3x74R really, really badly. Until then, my T/C Encore in .405 Winchester will have to do…

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Quote of the Day – Trying Times Edition

by Peter October 12, 2008 Firearms and Freedom

If I get a visit from the ATF or State Police, my reaction will be “Gun trafficing?  Hell no.  Have you been watching the poll numbers?!?!?”  In these trying economic times, the mildly pessimistic will hoard their money.  The real pessimists will hoard ammunition – Sebastian
      

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Sunday Music

by Rustmeister October 12, 2008 Rustmeister's Alehouse

Here’s a couple by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils:One of my favorites:Chicken Train, takin’ chickens away.

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In what has rapidly become a weekend tradition…

by Tam October 12, 2008 View from the Porch

…I’m sporting a blister on my trigger finger from several hundred rounds of double-action revolver work. Soon the callous there will return.I shot a little over 100 rounds of .22LR through my Model 34, and put probably 200 rounds or more of .38 Spl d…

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