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Range Report.

It's not a big range report. I only had 40 rounds of M1 Carbine ammo total. But here it is. 5 rounds to make sure it wasn't gonna blow up in my face. 5 rounds at 100 yd setting and 5 rounds at the 300...

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Patches...

My new moral patch.  Searched forever for this.   Someday, someone will translate it.

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Finally

It took a while, but I finally got the Rock-ola M1 Carbine all together. All parts are correct Rock-ola, although the serial number puts it as a first production run in '43 and I built it up with later...

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Range followup.

So, grabbing my meager supply of .30Carbine ammo, I, like the intrepid explorer I am, trudged my way to the range to see if the Rock-ola would shoot and shoot mostly... straightly. Here's the target,...

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I went to the store for a loaf of bread....

So, I'm running low on gun grease.  Not gun lube, gun grease.  When you have a few older rifles, you run into that.  Anyway, I ran down to the local gun range to get a jar and nearly 530 bucks later I...

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Here, have a clue. Free of charge.

Everyone keeps referencing al-Qaeda when they talk about ISIS or ISIL.  Has it gone over their heads that comparing al-Qaeda, a terrorist group operating in small groups with no easily visible support...

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Conversations we have.

Me: You know what I learned yesterday! Children are hereditary. If you're parents don't have kids, you're more likely not to have them either!Daniels: I.. Don't... Think... It... Works... That......

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Honest, it followed me home on it's own...

Can I keep it? Too late, I already am.She's a 1941 Kovrov SVT-40. Has the SVT not AVT stock. (No cut out for the full auto flip on the safety switch.) Really in great shape for a 70+ year old gun.Range...

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About that curtailed purchasing...

Okay, so I really didn't curtail it that much. But I did... a bit... honest... I can quit anytime I want. Stop laughing! I can quit!Anyway, I started saving up for a major purchase a ways back. I...

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And so it shall be written.

When I write my autobiography, I shall have flame throwers and hover boots.

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I need to organize

Today I found out my rifles are chambered in this:I didn't realize it was that many. But in my defense the first five were developed over 120 years ago.  

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Yes, I'm doing a gun review. The DP-12 by Std. Mfg. LLC of New Britain, CT.

Today we're going to look at the DP-12 by Standard Mfg. of New Britain, Connecticut.  Std Mfg DP-12It's the new large capacity bullpup shotgun on the market. Set to go up against the UTAS UTS-15 and...

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My new pretty.

Well, not pretty in the least. It's a Polish under folder kit (less the parts needed to make it 922r compliant), a NoDak receiver, and the smiffy magic of Randy in Jacksonville, TX. The kit is a...

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AK Range report.

Okay. So, I'm now about 500 rounds into the test run.  Another 500-1000 to go depending on how well I can survive the heat.  I got it rough sighted in last week and put a couple of hundred rounds...

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15 hours and counting.

Do you realize how incredible this is? And this isn't even the fastest man made object we've sent out.http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/

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Idle bets and range reports

So, when you're sitting around, as you do, and you make the comment that you bet you could build an entire AR just from the spare parts in your boxes...Don't.Because when you do, you'll end up with...

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That's curious

You know, of all the rifle builds I've done. I still haven't done a free float handguard.

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Gun Pron and Range Report

So a couple of weeks ago I threw a throw away bid on a Glock 36 on Gunbroker. The bid was really low and there was a week to go on the auction so I didn't even remember it after a couple of days.  But...

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New Build Complete

Just got the hand guard in today. Many thanks to DiamondHead USA for exchanging the low hand guard for their new high hand guard with no problems or hassle..308 built up on an AR platform using...

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Range day weirdness.

First off, sorry for the sparse posting.Today was .30-06 day at the range.  Well, to be more specific it was WW1 rifle .30-06 day at the range.So, I dug out my Springfield 1903(a3). (I haven't found a...

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It follows me home and be my presciousessesssssss

So yesterday, in a fit of pure evil the color of the blackest politician's heart, Old NFO forced me to go to the local bugscuffleville gun store. And then at virtual gunpoint, coerced me to put a 1916...

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Range day and new equipment review.

Seeing as how it's about time for my biannual (semi-annual?) blog post I thought I'd just do it about today's range day. So, July 28th... in Texas. It's a lovely, partly cloudy day, light winds out of...

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NRAAM 2018 – The NRA and me, a rocky relationship.

This year was my first time attending the NRA’s Annual Meeting. Not knowing what to expect I think I was pretty free of any preconceived notions as to what to expect.  But first, let me get you some...

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NRAAM 2018 – Saturday Review Day

            Not that I had a plan for ANY of NRA AM, but I decided Saturday that I’d revisit some of the products that I’ve reviewed over the years. So, after getting my voting out of the way and...

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Because none of you asked....

Based on my last post I figure you should know what my prime choices are for my AR builds.First off, KNS Precision for the pins and small parts and Wolff for springs. Both are well respected names in...

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