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I find myself drawn to musical ballads, in whichever language they may be. I like stories in music. Some do a good job of messing with the audience’s emotions: Баллада о матери. Others are just engaging stories: The Ballad of East and West. I am just not a fan of meaningless jingles with neither good sound nor worthwhile plot.
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This kit improves balance and pointing without affecting trigger pull. I tried it at the Bullpup shoot last September and it improved my accuracy considerably over the base stock. Unlike P90, it separates support hand from the trigger guard and changes the safety to a more convenient design.
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As an aside, I’d like to note that the woman shown in the photos was kidnapped at 19 following an armed robbery of her workplace. The druggie criminal promised to rape her. She managed to get the kidnapper’s pistol from him, couldn’t make it work (turned out it was an Airsoft clone) and beat him with the inert gun until she could get out of the car. The perp got arrested later that day.
Her having the legal ability to carry at 19 would have made a great difference, both for her safety and for the safety of those that will likely be attacked by the same perp after he gets out of prison. She was both plucky enough to prevail and lucky that the criminal was inept. In the future, she may have less luck but can compensate with better preparation. Since she’s over 21, the laws here side with the violent criminals against her to much lesser degree. A carry permit in TN is expensive and requires costly mandatory training, but at least it’s available.
As another aside, she’s excellent with a rifle.
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Go ahead, tell me that real shotguns have heft and girth…
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Savage Lady Hunter with 2.5-10x Nightforce scope. The rifle is very light, and its hardwood stock has greater than usual comb height.
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Please email me if you live in Switzerland of have good friends there. I may be traveling in that direction later this year and would like to meet the locals. My interest is mostly in the culture and the people.
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With muzzle velocity near 1450fps with 40gr defensive ammunition and higher than that with 30gr varmint rounds, PMR30 shoots flat without much recoil. The lack of recoil is helpful considering the precarious perch a rise has on horseback.
Last summer, a friend was riding her pony and coyotes went after them both. She would have liked having something like this on hand, more for the high capacity. Those who have to protect sheep or other domestic animals may have to shoot at predators or varmints without dismounting also. Getting off the horse cuts down on the shooter’s visibility.
PS: This horse is gun-trained. Hearing protection for horses is recommended if high-volume firing is expected.
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The reason so many news accounts of self-defense mention pocket-sized pistols is their convenience. A .45 would be better than a .380 but the latter gets carried more, especially by people who don’t dress around the gun. A picket holster under a kimono sash or a tux cummerbund doesn’t print and still provides rapid access.
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.22 rifles are, by definition, rifled. In quite a few countries, that’s subject to a higher level of restriction than smoothbores. 22LR round is fixed ammunition, and that is also more restricted compared to loosely loaded black powder guns. The key is “fixed ammunition”, not smokeless…the old single action “peacemaker” Colts would be too modern for those who want us disarmed.
Looking at German gun control efforts of the 1920s, we see “liberals” trying to disarms the hardliners of both sides. A few short years later, the hardliners got in control of the enforcement mechanism and re-defined eligibility. Nazi gun control wasn’t all that onerous for the party supporters, but all others were severely restricted. Even sticks were considered prohibited weapons by 1938. American politicians followed the Nazi lead in exempting themselves from gun control laws.
Even without the accessories, this Little Badger would make gun-banners uneasy. It folds for storage. It has a threaded muzzle. It looks martial. That it’s a single-shot .22 wouldn’t stop them from making you ineligible to own it. The licensing scheme of New York City is the best illustration — they want to control who has any weapons at all, even a single-shot .22 rifle that would be considered a child’s learning tool in the rest of America.
Threaded muzzles are scary because they allow attachment of accessories. The amazingly pro-choice leftists aren’t in favor of choices we might make, only of those they would approve. Noise reduction isn’t one of them.
The current ammunition shortage is a great illustration of the marginal worth concept from microeconomics. If a 500rd brick of .22LR cost $15 at the store, how much would you pay for just one round when your rifle is empty and your foe is upon you?
While the oversized red dot is a poor fit for this small carbine, how long before optics become a target for the gun banners as well? They know full well that these are force multipliers. Some countries already ban gun-mounted lasers, could a ban on modern sights be far behind?
We are at war with those who would disarm us. Being deprived of modern defensive arms is the cultural equivalent of going to a secondary crime scene with the perpetrator. We don’t know exactly where that would lead, but we can be sure it leads nowhere good. Our chances of fighting back effectively diminish with every concession we make.
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An updated 6-24x scope, an updated HD7 with capped turrets and the little M7 with an AR15 riser. It uses an auto brightness sensor with a manual override.
The thrifty among us will like that it runs on a single AAA battery, cheap and easily available.
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I had a chance to test fire the Rossi .410 revolver shotgun last weekend. Not much kick, easy manual of arms. Brenneke 3″ slugs cloverleafed at 15 yards, which was expected. Tried S&B five-pellet 00 (actually .31″) buckshot…mostly horizontal dispersion right of the point of aim, and the casings wouldn’t come out of the cylinder. Tried that ammo in a .410 Saiga, had to use tools to get the casing out after the first shot. So thumbs down on S&B. Brenneke 3″ through the Saiga also cycled fine and also cloverleafed (at 25 yards with a 4x scope).
The bag is just a nice, well-padded way to carry a 16″ AR with spare mags, or something like the Circuit Judge. It’s generic enough to attract little scrutiny.
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I recently mentioned having a black Tavor on hand.
It’s now up for an auction. Get your own!
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For several days now, I am having Firefox freeze up for 20-30 seconds at a time every several minutes. Can’t figure out what’s causing it. Other programs appear unaffected during that time. Does anyone know if it’s caused by something common or obvious?
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The technology behind this carbine is 1860s. The design is 1870s. This one is in .44Mag, but they are also available in .45Colt — again, 1870s technology that can work even with black powder and cast lead bullets. As we have seen with the recent drive to make more and more people outright ineligible for legal gun ownership, the anti freedom forces have dropped the pretense of being concerned with modern weapons alone.
States like New Jersey regulate air guns as firearms without as much as an exemption for very low power models. Anything not under their direct control that can throw an aimed projectile is anathema to them. Air guns and .22s are useful for training and, in a pinch, they are better than nothing for defense.
So the current push is to prohibit “crazy” people from having guns, then to expand the definition of crazy as extensively as they can. Then they exempt themselves and their political supporters from the onerous laws and restrictions. The classic 1930s recipe used by Nazis and Communists both. It’s all about power over others, and that power is easier to maintain and to wield with impunity when the commoners are unprotected and vulnerable.
This would also give our rulers every excuse to raid anyone they dislike. One important difference between the war on privacy (aka “war on drugs”) and the war on personal guns: it’s harder to use a pot plant to defend yourself than a rifle. And if you think that pot growers are enthusiastic about protecting their patches, just wait what gun owners will do to protect their families from raids and to avenge raids already conducted.
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In Medieval Europe, several countries banned crossbows and arbalests for civilian use. The reason was transparent: protecting the monopoly of armored knights and soldiers on effective violence. Crossbows were far easier to learn than longbows and quite effective against armor at close to medium range. In our days, crossbows are still banned in quite a few places.
American government hasn’t banned the modern equivalent of the crossbow, the rifle, yet. But they did quietly ban bullets that are relatively effective against armor last year. Used primarily for dangerous game hunting, lathed brass bullets are no longer legal for civilian ownership. Even the hollow point bullets designed for controlled expansion such as shown above are considered AP based on the alloy used.
You can see the result of having only low-penetration ammunition available: most American rifles won’t defeat cover effectively. They can still penetrate soft vests but not even the wimpiest of the hard plates. In the video, the only good penetrator ends up being imported 5.45×39, mainly thanks to the relatively thick jacket. But .308 bullets available today are much less effective against cover, vehicles and armor than WW2 vintage 30-06 AP ammunition was. In combat, that puts American civilians at an added disadvantage relative to the various enforcement agencies who have armor and aren’t so handicapped in the choice of munitions.
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Putting the MARS on the little single-shot .22 was a joke. The sight was too big and it sat much too high over the bore. The little Lucid M7 is smaller and much cheaper and so a closer match to the survival rifle. It’s still waterproof and the dot-circle reticle allows for rough ranging and bullet drop compensation.
The other recipient for the sight is Barrett REC7 in 6.8mm. The rifle feels very light but that’s mostly the result of a good balance. It’s not front heavy like too many ARs.
The riser has standard Picatinny rails on top, so it can be used for any compatible sight, not just the M7. Personally, I think that the new HD7 with capped turrets would be more appropriate for the AR, but I’ll have to post the photos of that later.
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I happened to have two examples of LCP-compatible lasers on hand. Pistols with fixed sights of indifferent visibility definitely benefit from lasers for low-light use. I have seen more than one person go from 8 inch scatter to a tight 2 inch group with laser-sighted P3AT and LCP.
Viridian Reactor R5 is a green laser for LCP or LC9 and has considerable daylight visibility. With batteries, it adds under an ounce to the weight. Production units are days away and will retail for about $176.
Several holsters are available, such as this Springtach universal IWB.
However, Viridian’s own holster has an extra feature (ECR) — it turns out the laser automatically when the pistol is unholstered. Manual on/off switch also works. Below, ECR-capable holsters are shown with Ruger LC9 and M&P Shield. A holster adds just $24 to the price of the laser when bought with it.
A cheaper red laser alternative, not as bright and without automatic switching, is already available from Lasermax. The on/off switch is an ambidextrous cross bolt. Being red, this laser is for low light situations only.
Both devices appear to be of good build quality and both were easy to zero.
