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Where could I get a few Medieval-looking arrows and/or bolt for a photo shoot? They don’t have to be functional, but have to look old rather than modern in construction. I’d like to have them by January 20th.
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While still sorting the many good photos that came out of the photo shoot at Will M-Four studio, I’d like to post a shout-out for Will and his site.
Will’s kind invitation provided me with highly productive work day, new connections with awesome people and a very enjoyable experience. Looks like some of the other participants also had a good time.
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Imagine a most upstanding human, righteous, kind and lawful. That human gets elected to hold some office. Should that person not worry about government spying because they would never find anything compromising about him?
Surveillance can be used for more than just discrediting imperfect people. Even meta info, much less whole texts of email, can be used to learn who is important to your target. Then pressure would be put on those important people to make the target — their father or spouse or friend — comply with some government dictate or another for fear of harm to those he loves. Typical mafia approach made even easier by NSA and their handlers.
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Not quite as cold out today, so CZ527 came out to play. With iron sights, it’s a fast and handy brush carbine. With an optic, it’s set trigger allows considerable precision.
Not warm enough to stay out long though…
…so back to Neverland with locked and loaded Peter Pan. Sig M1911 Scorpion with X5L.
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One of my closest friends had a USP 9 compact that he wasn’t carrying. Turns out the holster he had were either uncomfortable or too obvious to observers.
Enter Sideguard holster and mag pouch. Problem solved. I borrowed that USP for a few days and, several time, had to check that the holster was actually in place. With a sturdy belt, the weight was that imperceptible. Concealment was also top-notch, with the gun and magazine invisible under just a tshirt.
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…last year, I needed holsters for two FMK pistols. Turned out that Alessi is one of the very few companies making them. Since I carry Kahr P9 often and G26 sometimes in their leather — and it’s still like new after 14 years, that was great news.
The quality, predictably, is top-notch. The design is very comfortable to wear and doesn’t print much. I really like that Alessi marks the holster with the pistol model. I spend far too much time trying to figure out which leather fits what pistol.
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Some of the 357Mag ammo options
Coonan pistols in particular are very accurate, have good triggers and tame the .357 recoil well — especially when compensated. Absence of barrel to cylinder gap means no pressure loss, so muzzle velocity of 1400fps with 158gr and 1600fps with 125gr ammunition is typical.
Compensated Coonan with private label ammunition
Bonded 158gr at 1400fps means not having to choose between expansion and penetration.
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Sig M1911 Scorpion, Viridian X5L light/laser, Skallywag Tactical dagger.
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I am in Las Vegas for SHOT show. I brought two studio flashes with me but managed to leave out my hot shoe mount flash. I can try to have it shipped but I am not certain that the package would arrive in time and not be lost — the level of competency of the hotel isn’t very inspiring. Buying another one locally is an option but I don’t really need a second hot shoe flash, and the cost isn’t trivial. My current flash was purchased used for $200, buying a new one would set me back a minimum of $400, a bit steep for the one day use I have in mind.
Does anyone have an ETTL swivel flash for Canon (550EX/580EX or similar) that I could borrow by Wednesday evening and return before my departure from Las Vegas?
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A friend is sick this morning and needs to postpone a flight with Frontier. Their hold time is in the “40 minutes range” but they always drop the call at about half-hour mark. The web site doesn’t offer the option to make changes.
Any suggestions on reaching them, short of going to the airport and possibly running into the same problem live?
(Update — got through to them after 1h30m wait)
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BayouRenaissanceMan talks about the challenges of finding affordable defensive arms for his disabled trainees. If you are able and willing to help out, I think this is a project worthy of support.
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Special effects make-up artist Tirzah Julius-Burns.
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A friend lend me Sony Alpha 77 to try out. I noticed that the viewfinder brightness is proportional to the exposure. If the ambient exposure is insufficient, the viewfinder turns black. The camera doesn’t know that I have studio flash set up. Since the hot shoe is the Minolta type, I will have to plug in the radio controller into the PC socket on the side. I read the manual, but still not sure how to make the viewfinder look bright regardless of the exposure that I select? Does anyone know?
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Looking at the videos and photos of the street fighting in Ukraine, it would seem that the riot police formations would be quite vulnerable to arrows, bolts and slugs even if fired from extreme range. And yet I see nothing but gasoline in bottles and rocks but not the more conventional munitions likely to penetrate light armor. With all the noise, even an unsuppressed 22 rifle could have been used to great effect from within a building to hide the report and flash. It’s almost as if the protesters aren’t seriously interested in hurting the cops. The cops also seem more interested in hurting and maiming people than in actually killing them. Odd.
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The original 7.62×39 M43 round was made for the SKS and later AK47 rifles. Since I have a vz58 compact rifle also chambered for it, why would I want a slower bolt action carbine?
For one, it’s a work of gunsmithing art, well-finished and pleasant to handle.
It is fairly light, well balanced and easy to carry in the field. The express sights are excellent for close-range snap-shooting, but it truly shines out at longer ranges up to about 250 meters. In the terrain where we walked yesterday, the longest unobstructed shot was below 50 meters at best.
CZ527 comes with a single set trigger. Pull it, and it’s crisp but heavy enough for field use, push it forward and it’s set to a lighter pull for a more precise shot from a supported position. With quality ammunition, it’s a very accurate gun. I plan on scoping it at the next opportunity, probably with a 3-9x Accupoint.
The difference between the carbine and a full-size hunting rifle becomes very obvious on broken terrain. Likewise, light recoil allows safe firing from perches on which .308 would give the shooter too much of a shove.
I am a big fan of removable box magazines. They make it easier to safe the rifle than blind magazines, and also allow switching ammunition types quickly.
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Some sort of a Marlin .22 bolt action.
AK74 with TWS forend and rail.
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6.5Grendel is a fast, dense round with good ballistic coefficient. In the last half-dozen years it has become a lot more popular. To me, it would make more sense scoped — but people have achieved great accuracy with similar 6.5mm Swedish Mausers which barely had more sight radius than this bullpup.
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I’ve always liked these drum magazine for providing a comfortable hand rest of firing standing.
