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For reference, the vehicle is the tiny Nissan Versa. If necessary, the rifle can be brought to bear and fired on a driver-side threat with one hand.
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What other .308 autoloader can be deployed rapidly from a subcompact car?
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Don’t end up like Reginald Denny.
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SU16D12 The rail was designed by a Kel-tec employee and is one of several made for evaluation. The carbine can be fired with one hand if necessary and runs great with the 60-round Surefire magazine. I’d probably prefer a lighter 20-rounder for vehicle use, but 60 rounds are nice to have if you have to dismount without web gear for spare mags. Parallax free EOTech helps get hits on the move.
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New on CTD: The Great Marginal Utility of the First Gun.
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Matthew 25:36 (nsfw)
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The Bible urges us to clothe the naked, so I offered the fence climber my neck tie. Not being a corporate creature anymore, I don’t wear it anyway. It fit her well, being precisely the right length to ensure a degree of modesty and warmth. Its busy pattern also proved excellent for testing the resolution and the anti-aliasing filter of my camera.
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Tricking out an AK
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My friend’s Bulgarian AK clone with Insight MRDS on Ultimak rail, Ace M4 SOCOM stock. It remains streamlined and AK-simple, but the speed of target acquisition and recoil control improved. The changes added very little weight.
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Who wants to share a hotel room with me for the NRA Convention?
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A friend transferred a reservation at the Hilton to me. It’s a 10 minute walk from the Convention. The cost of $125/night (plus applicable taxes) for April 12-15. I reason that the proximity to the convention is worth the price. Does anyone still need lodging for this event and want to share?
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Short shotgun comparison
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Another lightweight carry option, Bersa BP9CC
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Pluses:
- good trigger
- very thin
- comfortable grip
Minus:
- magazine disconnector
Shown with Viridian C5L.
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Taurus TCP738 with Crimson Trace laser in a Dragon Leather holster
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I am not a fan of driving long distances by myself. So the opportunity to ride to the NRA show with my friend Dennis Badurina was eagerly seized. He brought several of his holsters along and one of them caught my attention. It holds a Taurus TCP 380 with Crimson Trace laser.
This holster comes with a removable panel which makes it look like a wallet when placed in a back pocket. For front pocket carry, the panel can be removed. This one has been carried for a while and still looked really nice. I recommend it highly.
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Microsoft mouse problem with Windows 7 (64bit)
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Today, my mouse started producing double-clicks when the left (single click) button is pressed. I have two USB Microsoft IntelliMouse opticals and both are misbehaving the same. I updated the drivers and checked mouse settings, no improvement. I click once and it becomes an automatic double-click. Suggestions on fixing this problem would be much appreciated.
Update: Logitech wireless mouse doesn’t have that problem.
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The amazing Kathy Jackson
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Not only is Kathy the editor of one of the best magazines out there, Concealed Carry, she’s the author of the book Cornered Cat and a co-author of Lessons from Armed America. At the NRA show, her table was constantly surrounded by old fans and new readers alike.
She also maintains the excellent Cornered Cat web site.
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New on CTD: Guns of Color
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Read about Ceracoated firearms.
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What kind of frog is this?
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Found it on my deck chair.
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OK, maybe this wouldn’t stop a riot…
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…but it would certainly end one fast!
STG58 with Cyclone muffler for hearing protection and 100rd Beta magazine for lead sufficiency. Ear muffs have built-in radio jack and stereo microphones that improve on un-amplified hearing, wearing eye protection is just prudent safety practice. Armor goes under the shirt for everyday wear during civil unrest. STG58 has an integrated bipod, so the full weight of the loaded rifle doesn’t have to be held aloft when firing from cover. The only down side is that a FAL would get quite toasty after a hundred rounds fired rapidly…but still less toasty than a Molotov Cocktail tossed into your home by a rampaging mob.
Of course, I personally live in the land of accord and brotherly love, but I hear that’s not true for everyone.
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Mordor of the Midwest
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On the way to the NRA convention, my friend Dennis and I wound up cutting through about twelve miles of Illinois territory and went through the main street of Cairo.
The entire town looked like this or worse. The only buildings in good repair were government offices. Most houses are dilapidated, with windows broken or boarded up. We saw only three people, two of whom moved rather furtively. The entire place reminded me of a post-Apocalyptic movie set, except that it was real. We didn’t have to stop the vehicle and so were spared the worst of it…I can’t imagine living in that town or that state, unarmed by law and trying to get through the day in an place that was depressed both economically and culturally.
It’s bad enough that violent crime exists. It’s worse when the state government sides with the criminals and makes the rest of us easier to victimize. Not that Tennessee is perfect in that regard — we have far too many exclusions to legal carry and the law also discriminates against people under age 21, though they happen to be at very high risk of victimization relative to the rest of the population. But they can at least have the protective umbrella of older friends and family, whereas the residents of Illinois have no such advantage.
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American White Ibis
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This bird lives on Kel-Tec factory grounds, along with numerous other birds, turtles and (until recently) an alligator.
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Active and passive safety devices.
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Obviously, the rifle would have to be wrapped against dust.
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New on CTD: The absurdity of zero tolerance policy, illustrated.
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An excellent range day
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For once, I went to the range without a camera. With several guns to fire in a limited time and poor lighting available, I concentrated on having fun. We set up at 25 yards and played for a while. One gun to try was the traditional “girlfriend carbine” M1 .30 caliber, this one from Auto Ordnance. Steel-cased Tula ammunition fired and grouped fine but cycled properly less than half the time. Remington SP worked fine and grouped better. Four of the 15rd magazines (three from Auto Ordnance, one surplus) worked fine, one surplus mag of unknown provenance wouldn’t function because its locking tabs were placed much too high. M1C is fun. Though I love the traditional look, I see an Ultimak rail with a red dot in its future.
Since the defective magazine wasn’t useful for much, I shot it up to test 22WMR penetration. Gold Dots were spaced out to provide a better picture of the results, and all of them penetrated both sides and pulled the mag springs out of the massive exit holes.
Next up was the Teppo Jutsu .338 Specte AR. After firing several shots without a suppressor to verify stabilization, I out on the Gemtech multimount 9mm can and zeroed the scope. Note to self, replace the no-name 1.5-4.5x scope with something decent. Note two, replace the abominable plastic bipod with no means of correcting cant with a Harris or similar. I had to level the gun by putting an empty ammo carton under one bipod foot. Note three, stock Bushmaster lower came with a gritty, heavy milspec trigger. Something needs to be done about that. Hardware gripes aside, 300 grain Match King loads from SBR work really well. The gun has all the report of a pellet gun. I have not fired it past 25 yards yet, but at that distance the group is about 1/3″. I zeroed it 1.5″ low at 25, will make that right on at 75 once I put on a better optic. The practical limit for this round is about 125-150, but it retains velocity very well and 300 grains concentrated in a .32 caliber bore make for a decent punch-through. Recoil — what recoil? I’ve shot 9mm ARs with far greater kick.
Unsuppressed, 300BLK and 330Spectre approximate 7.62×39 in slightly more compact form and with better ammunition available, while the Russian round has the advantage of cost and availability. Suppressed, both 300BLK and 338Spectre come into their own, with performance meeting or exceeding the 9×39 Vintorez cartridge, sadly unavailable in the US.
Turns out that I have a house full of 20ga ammunition but only 25 rounds of 12ga bird shot. What 12ga I owned I gave away. Until recently, I owned only a 20ga, so that made sense. I did find about 800 slugs and 200 rounds of buckshot for the 12, so a few of those went to the range. MKA1919 runs fine with birdshot and also with heavier loads. Firing slugs and buck form a 6.5lb gun is interesting: the recoil is soft but noticeable. The best analogy is being pushed and then pushed some more. The cycle is fairly leisurely, so adopting a balanced stance is enough to counteract it. That said, five round can be fired as quickly as with an 1100 or an 1187. Makes sense, considering how similar MKA1919 is to the 1100 internally.
The shotguns allows single feed through the ejection port. With the exception of the charging handle, its manual of arms mirrors the original AR15. I think the sights work fine for slugs and buckshot but a red dot would work rather better for wingshooting. It grouped pretty well with rifled slugs and iron sights at 25, I’d like to try Brennekes next with a 1×42 Trijicon Reflex next. I also have a rifled choke for it, we’ll see if that makes a difference. 9 pellet unplated 00 buckshot went into an 8″ circle at 7-8 yards, standard for cylinder bore.
The patch is from Milspec Monkey, as usual.
Next, we shot PMR30 with a Burris Fastfire red dot. Sight acquisition takes longer than with the stock sights, but the ability to focus on the target means that accurate shooting part 10-12 yards is fairly easy. The main challenge came from the super light weight of the pistol itself. The sight adds almost no weight so as to not impede cycling. It worked fine with 30 and 40 grain ammunition. I am not the best long-range pistol shot, so I settled for being able to hit pop cans at 25 yards with every shot. With full cans, the terminal ballistics are spectacular. I think a reliable hit on a rabbit can be achieved out to about 45-50 yards, and that’s pretty decent for a kit gun. The separate power switch, effective auto brightness controller and locks for windage and elevation of the Fastfire impressed me favorably.
The 7.62x54R Vepr with 23″ barrel didn’t have to be zeroed, but it was too much fun to leave at home. RPK rear sight meant that windage could be adjusted without a tool, and the ladder rear sight allowed fine-tuning the point of impact for close range plinking. 300m setting also worked for 25 yards, so we turned a few small pieces of sandstone into smaller pieces and dust.
Predictably, it ran 100% with Wolf ball. Muzzle flash was visible even in daylight, so a flash hider/muzzle brake would be a good idea. Fortunately, the current Veprs come with threaded muzzles.
Of course, the integrally quieted 10-22 with an AAC barrel/moderator had to come out. It’s the gun that makes the Hollywood “whoosh” sound with subsonics and it makes certain friends go “squeee!” Eventually, it needs to get a lower scope mount.
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Horse face
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One of the residents of Horse Quarters farm.
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