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Threaded Glock factory barrels for sale (posting for a friend)

December 1, 2014, 11:36 am
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I like silenced pistols. Since Glock doesn’t sell threaded barrels anymore, I had to find another source of sufficient quality for mounting suppressors on Glock 17. A friend started eleven with 5-inch G34 barrels and threaded them 1/2×28, standard for US sound suppressors and flash hiders. They cost $230 shipped, $12 more with a thread protector. If interested, email Hermes at motionforwardtechnology@gmail.com

If you are still waiting for a sound suppressor, extended barrel gives about 50fps extra (or as much as going from regular to +P ammo would). It will still fit any open-end holster. If you live in a no-suppressor state, you can still gain a little velocity and a lot less flash with a flash hider from 9mm AR. Functioning wasn’t affected, other than a slight decrease in the muzzle rise.

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Accurate rifles are interesting. Accurate shooting is more so.

December 1, 2014, 12:55 pm
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Let’s say we have a target one second of flight time away. For 62gr .223 that would be about 650 yards. Aim, correct for drop, fire…not even close! 10mph side wind will take the center of the group more than five feet to the left or right. With the group being somewhere in the 10 inch range for a 1.5MOA rifle/ammunition combination, a human-sized foe is within range but only if atmospheric conditions are taken into account.

LUCID L5 Reticle

Using a ranging reticle, it’s possible to know where calculated drift and drop fall within the sight picture. At 100 yards, bullet drift would be 1.5MOA but 4MOA by 400 and just over 10MOA at 650. For a 100 yards zero, the 650 yard drop would be 21.5MOA — much too high to just estimate with a duplex of crosshair reticle. “Hold two body heights high” doesn’t work well if you only see part of the foe. 4-16x and 6-24x Lucid scopes both use the same reticle. Horus Vision reticle follows a very similar concept, but it’s a lot more busy.

PS: Out of curiosity, I just looked up 6.5mm Creedmoor and the wind drift with it is 33% to 40% of the value for .223Rem. But that’s a longer action cartridge than AR15. Compatible 6.5mm Grendel (middle of the line-up load) still only has half the drift of .223 and about half of the drop as well. It makes no difference when making a beaten zone with a machine gun, but improves hit probability with rifles…and reduces your own exposure to return fire.

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Washington State descends into legal savagery

December 1, 2014, 4:59 pm
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The foes of individual liberty have finally figured out that restrictions on adults are hard to implements, so they try to go after kids or those new to the shooting sports. The obstacles in the path of teaching gun safety and self-defense skills are a re-hash of the old laws which prohibited training Negroes in the use of gun or sword. Learn what I594 wrought and why it should be repealed.

As an aside, the conservative side isn’t above trying to restrict dissemination of knowledge either. I designate gun control as the more pressing problem because it would easier to face hordes of right-winders with a rifle in hand than to face hordes of left-wingers with nothing but a condom for a weapon.

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RDB in OD Green, 17.2″ barrel

December 1, 2014, 9:44 pm
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Rimfire trainers have been popular for a long time.

December 2, 2014, 1:08 pm
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Santa’s little helper says

December 2, 2014, 2:38 pm
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A Case for Mounting Lasers Above the Bore Line: New on AllOutdoor

December 2, 2014, 4:55 pm
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Ignorance of the law

December 3, 2014, 4:24 am
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One of the pivotal court cases restricting the rights of Americans was the 1939 US vs. Miller. It’s quite obvious from the evidence that Miller had no idea that he was breaking that specific law at the time he was arrested with a short-barreled shotgun. Moreover, the arrest was for a different transgression, and gun charges were added onto it.

As things stand now in Washington state, everyone who has a firearm at home or has some remote connection to shooting is at risk of prosecution under the broadly written, pervasive and completely unreasonable new restrictions on a variety of normal, everyday and entirely benign actions that are legal pretty much everywhere else in the country. If the state wants to prosecute a person, they will be able to find a suitable portion of I-594 to use against him. I don’t think enough of the Washington residents are aware of the size of the bludgeon they just voted to their rulers.

 

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Casting call: Apopka, Florida, Monday Dec.8

December 7, 2014, 1:21 pm
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I just had a last moment request for 3-4 article photos for a magazine. The topic is defense against home invasion. If you are available tomorrow evening, please drop me a line with a link to your profile or an attached photo. Ideally, I’d like to have a couple-three different people to photograph for variety.

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Dressing for the weather

December 14, 2014, 5:45 pm
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There’s much to be said for dressing the model for the weather. Even when it’s 50*F, adequate furriness of the outfit makes for much happier collaborators than a bikini or natural pretty skin.

The rifle is a MAD33, an American-manufactured roller-locked 5.56mm.

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Pure Estrogen 5.56mm rifle: new on AllOutdoor

December 15, 2014, 8:47 pm
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HK VP9 review: new on all4shooters

December 17, 2014, 6:02 pm
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HK VP9 review: new on all4shooters

December 17, 2014, 6:25 pm
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A good friend, then and now

December 19, 2014, 7:50 pm
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(Early 1995)

Some people don’t change at all in nearly twenty years.

(Today)

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Studio space around Edina, MN?

December 23, 2014, 8:07 pm
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Earlier this week, I did photo shoots in Cannon Falls, MN. The studio was provided by a friend. Unfortunately, the drive takes almost an hour, and close to hour and a half for some of my friends. I’d like to find some space for picture-taking — large enough to fit people — closer to Edina or Hopkins. If you have any leads or ideas, please chime in.

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Best place to make panoramic photo prints?

December 25, 2014, 9:34 am
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I am looking for a lab that can make very tall (12″x36″ or larger) pillar prints. Any suggestions? Even better if local to Minneapolis, MN and can do foam-backed prints, but plain photo paper by mail would be fine also.

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A problem with dust on the camera sensor.

December 28, 2014, 8:10 pm
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My A7R developed a persistent piece of dust on the sensor that’s resisting dry (with Dust grabber) or wet cleaning (with Eclipse liquid and Pec pads). Short of sending it to Sony for service (slow, expensive, uncertain of the results), any suggestions on what I can do more locally to Nashville?

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Happy New Year!

December 31, 2014, 5:33 pm
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I wish a happy 2015 to everyone! May you have a healthy and peaceful year — all other good things will come through your own efforts given these two conditions.

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Film review: Populaire

January 2, 2015, 3:47 pm
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An excellent modern parody of the 1950s films,  Populaire is a classic romantic comedy differentiated by excellent acting and lighting, good camera work and a cute plot. Plenty of oft-used tropes, but they work because of the parody angle.

Lighting: 10
Acting: 9
Plot: 8
Overall: recommended!

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Just returned from Minnesota

January 2, 2015, 6:25 pm
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