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Quote of the Day

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From Adaptive Curmudgeon:

A Federation of 50 states has an inherent range of options.  It allows people to move from places they hate (see: gun buffs in California) to places they favor (see: gun buffs in Texas).  It allows each individual to seek their own habitat (see: hippies in California) and leave places where they’re unhappy (see: hippies in Texas).  It’s bad to lock people in a place from which there is no escape (see: most nations in most of history).

That part’s serious.  The rest of the post is pretty humorous.  Because it, too is true.

Central AZ Blog Shoot AAR

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Well, I think everyone who showed had a good time.  I think there were about nine of us all told, unless I didn’t meet some people.  Lots of lead went downrange.  I shot the half-inch rebar support for the 100 yard steel swingers.  Twice.  My AR-15 Olofsoned on me because the hammer pin walked loose.  (It is disconcerting when your semi-automatic AR-15 rips off a three-round burst.)  I guess a loose hammer pin qualifies as a machinegun these days.  (Hey, if a shoestring can…)  I discovered that my 180 grain .40S&W loads don’t group, they pattern.  But my 155 grain handloads work pretty damned well.  That’s good, because I was prepared to sell the Witness until I managed to whack the 50 yard plate six times out of ten with the 155s.  (I could barely frighten the plate with the 180’s.)  I learned that a front-stuffer charcoal-burner actually doesn’t make that much smoke if you load it with Blackhorn 209 powder.  I learned that the action on a Swiss K-31 really is very, very smooth.

I’ve got some pictures up for you to peruse.

Got to do this again next year.

Last Call for the Central AZ Blogger Shoot

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If you’re going, it’s tomorrow at the Elsy Pearson Public Shooting Range just outside Casa Grande.  Take I-10 to I-8W, exit at Trekkel Road.  Turn South on Trekkel to W. Arica Rd., left on Arica to Isom, right on Isom at the Casa Grande Trap Club, and you’ll see the range on your left in about a half mile.  The first range you come to is the police range (not open to the public), but right next to it are the five bays of the Public Range.  We’ll be on the long one, which is 300 yards.

Range opens at 0700. Bring eye & ear protection, and something to sit on – the range has benches, but no chairs. The shooting line is covered, but sunscreen is still advised. Bring target stands if you have ’em. You won’t be shoving anything into the ground out there, it’s like concrete. If you want to shoot up cans or other junk, be prepared to clean up after yourself. I’ll be bringing steel AR500 plates that anyone can shoot.

We’ll be tailgating it for lunch. Bring (non-alcoholic) beverages, and something to eat. I’ll have a small gas grill. I’m bringing six rifles: my M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, Ted Brown M14, my target AR-15, 1917 Enfield and my Remington 700 5R. I should have at least 100 rounds for each of them.  I haven’t decided which handguns I’ll be bringing.

Hope to see you there!

5 Most Wanted

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Robb Allen asks,

What 5 firearms would I purchase, should price nor practicality be an issue?

Well, I’m a practical kinda guy, but here’s my list:

1) Single-shot falling-block type rifle. For me, this is a tossup between a Ruger No. 1 in a varmint caliber, or a Shiloh Sharps .45-110 Quigley. (Or, in AR15.com tradition, BOTH!)

2) A semi-auto combat-style shotgun. I’m not a shotgunner and I don’t follow 3-gun so I’m not really sure what’s hot right now, but I have only one scattergun in my safe at the moment – a Mossberg 590 pump. I’m open to suggestions on this one.

3) A 4″ barreled Colt Python in Royal Blue with the roller-bearing action job. (Did anybody ever make a 5″ version of this revolver?)

4) A really nice full-custom Browning Hi-Power, like this Cylinder & Slide Peerless Grade. After all, price is no object, right?

5) Uncle wants a full-tilt G.E. Minigun. OK, I can see that. But I think I’d really like something similar, but not as big. Lakeside Guns makes firing miniature replicas of 1917, 1919 and M2 Browning belt-fed machine guns that fire the .22 Long Rifle cartridge. I’d like a six-barreled 6,000 round-per-minute mini-minigun that shoots the .22 – complete with backpack power supply/ammo hopper so it’s man-portable. I want to carry it and to be able to shoot it like Jesse Ventura in Predator.

Damned Hughes Amendment….