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If it works as advertised, pretty damned impressive.
Tag: guns
Out With the Old, In With the… Older!
About seven years ago, I bought a Winchester 94 for BAG day, the 24″ blued version, chambered in .45 Long Colt. Nice rifle, but the 24″ barrel was a bit unwieldy and I really wanted something in stainless, but at the time those were rare as hen’s teeth.
Well, my favorite Merchant-O’Death dropped me an email last night to inform me that they’d just received a stainless Rossi M92 carbine in .45LC, if I was interested.
So this morning I trekked over to the shop, hunted for a place to park, (thanks, Obama!) and went in and made a trade. Almost seven years ago I dropped $399 on the Winchester. I got $400 for it today on trade, and dropped an extra $105 to pick up the Rossi. Two model years older (Winchester ’92 vs. ’94), but much handier with a 16″ barrel, and the action is quite smooth. Now I’m looking at modifying it with a peep sight to replace the bolt-mounted safety and a metal magazine follower to replace the plastic one. These seem to be the most recommended modifications made by the Cowboy Action shooters. Very nice piece!
Well, I Recommend the AZ Blogshoot, but…
I just received an email from the Arizona State Rifle & Pistol Association (of which I’m a member). To wit:
AR15-101
The safety and information class for all you new AR15 owners….yes all 7,000 of you in Arizona which purchased Americas Most Popular Rifle in the last 10 days!
Join us for this informative and fun seminar this Saturday.So….why would you not attend this fun and informative class?
When: Saturday, January 5th.
Where: Ben Avery Shooting Complex
(I-17 & Carefree Highway)
Phoenix Police Department Rifle Range #1
Time: 9am to 12noon
Cost: *$10 (includes range fees, Safety Device, Study Materials, etc.)Equipment: Your UNLOADED and CASED AR15, 40-50 rounds of ammunition, eye and ear protection, appropriate clothing, water and sunscreen.
* This class is free to ASRPA members.
Seven thousand AR-15s in ten days. In one state. And this doesn’t include the M1As, AK-47s and -74s, Mini-14s, etc. Just ARs.
Yeah. Americans want more gun control. Right.
National Ammo Day
I missed it by a day, but I put in an order today for 200 rounds of Federal Premium 168 grain .308 Match, and 200 rounds of 175 grain 7.62×51 Match. That ought to cover it. And it should let me test the accuracy capabilities of my 700 5R and my M25 (I hope).
We’ll see if this stuff shoots any better than my handloads, anyway.
Oh, and I also ordered a single-set trigger for the Remington a couple of days ago. We’ll see if THAT helps reduce group size any, too! At some point I’d like to be capable of hitting paintballs consistently at 200 yards with either rifle.
Trust Me, I’m an Engineer
Field expedient Glock Holster:
Had to share that one.
Somehow I don’t think Dennis will be adding that model to his catalog.
Birkenstock might, though.
Interesting Data Point
I have the day off, and during a spare few minutes I decided to run over and visit my favorite Merchant O’Death. I noticed a sign I hadn’t seen posted before, and asked about it, then asked if I could blog about it. Their response, “It’s there for public consumption. Go ahead.” So I shall. The sign in question:
What’s the deal? About 80% of the guns that come back due to reliability issues are not due to gun problems, but ammo problems. The customer is advised to pick up a box of PMC or CCI or anything on the shelf not from WalMart, and try the firearm again, and then if there are still function problems, then bring it back.
The overwhelming majority don’t come back.
Doing a little Violence Policy Center Research™ (a Google search), I turned up a few links looking for “WalMart ammo quality,” like this thread from Cheaper than Dirt’s Forum from 2009. Excerpt:
I recently talked to a shooting range owner about this issue. He told me they had noticed more issues with ammo bought at Wal Mart (misfires) than ammo bought at other retailers. He had heard the the major U.S. manufacturers actually set aside ammo that wasn’t perfect (i.e. discolored) to sell to Wal Mart at a discounted price. This person’s info is generally accurate so, who knows? — “Speed Biker”
The next few replies were in defense of reputable ammo manufacturers and their quality control, and that’s what I’ve found over most of the web, but I like this gunshop, and I trust the guy behind the counter when he tells me that they’re seeing people have a lot of trouble with Wally-World ammo not functioning well (FTF, FTE, misfires, etc.) I don’t know if this is a recent development, influenced by the massive ammo orders placed by the federal .gov, or what, but I found it interesting that it was such a problem that they felt they had to put up a sign to preemptively stop “warranty” repairs that weren’t, in fact, warranty repairs.
Anybody have any similar stories?
German Gun Control
Seems to work over there as well as it does everywhere else:
Perverted gynaecologist who kept sick photos of his patients also owned nearly 1,000 guns
Police have discovered a gynaecologist was storing nearly 1,000 guns as well as keeping photos of his patients’ private parts.
The medic, Dr Christian Koller, stored the pictures in hidden cupboards and safes in his Munich office and apartment, alongside machine guns, rifles, pistols and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
The officers were conducting a raid on the surgery after former patients made a complaint of malpractice against him and were not expecting to find over 700 guns.
Police say the doctor – who has surrendered his medical license – told them he was an ‘obsessed collector.’
‘He has a collector’s licence to keep some of the weapons as historic firearms but nothing on this scale,’ said a police spokesman.
His junk-on-the-bunk picture actually qualifies as an “arsenal” for a change!
There look to be several select-fire and full-auto weapons in there, too. I see only sixty or so guns in that shot, so there has to be 10x that many we haven’t seen. Obviously enough to get the Daily Mail editor’s knickers in a twist, since “over 700” and “nearly 1,000” are separated by, oh, about 300.
This is a Gun Blog, Right?
So here’s some gunny content for a change.
This guy channels Breda, Tam, oh hell, pretty much every gun blogger with ladyparts on the subject of Women and Guns. Specificially, male significant-others giving women advice on their first gun:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmulG3zKfiU?rel=0]
Just because he was born with a penis doesn’t mean he knows about guns.
Can’t say I disagree with any of that.
Happy 10/22!
Here’s mine:
Same as last year. This is the rifle my wife gave me on Father’s Day the first year we were married. That makes it 17 years old, now. Of course, when she gave it to me, it looked more like this:
Now the only things on it that are original are the receiver and bolt group.
M4? No. The 10/22 is Barbie™ for men!
Gunsmithy Update
I hate roll pins. Lost the one for the bolt catch tonight. Damn, those little suckers can fly! Everything else is together. I discovered the rings I had for my Tasco ProPoint are WAY too low for the rifle. Ordered some more stuff. It’ll be 3-5 days until I get it all in. Maybe some bloggy this weekend.
Anyway, it’s past my bedtime. G’night!