Friday, February 27, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Estimated number of guns by state
and closest foreign country in ownership.
I am kind of surprised at the numbers for some of the gun control states like NY.
I am kind of surprised at the numbers for some of the gun control states like NY.
Jeff Knox
Picks 6 of my 7
If you are a voting member of the NRA, get out those ballots, and get it done. You do not have to vote for 25, just vote for those that you believe will do a great job!
If you are a voting member of the NRA, get out those ballots, and get it done. You do not have to vote for 25, just vote for those that you believe will do a great job!
Stop blaming the NRA
I would imagine a lot of those donations, were due to media coverage, promising more gun control laws.
While the NRA can raise nearly 95 million, from it's grass roots, and the anti's can only get 50 million from Bloomberg, as Julie Golob said we are millions with $25.
While the NRA can raise nearly 95 million, from it's grass roots, and the anti's can only get 50 million from Bloomberg, as Julie Golob said we are millions with $25.
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Take your gun to the mall
so says the Chicago Tribune, I'm surprised that CT published the article by John Lott.
Canik
May have a safety concern
We have only had 2 of these in classes, they seem to be pretty decent guns for the money, good triggers, accurate,it appeared to be a good gun for someone on a budget.
We have only had 2 of these in classes, they seem to be pretty decent guns for the money, good triggers, accurate,it appeared to be a good gun for someone on a budget.
Monday, February 23, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Gun Porn
Seen on Brownells Facebook page
How about a closer look at this 1918 Colt 1911 that Clayton, Brownells Director of Merchandising, just picked up! Grips are WWII era, holster shown was purchased separately, magazine is original and was issued with the firearm.
Ah the stories it might tell.
How about a closer look at this 1918 Colt 1911 that Clayton, Brownells Director of Merchandising, just picked up! Grips are WWII era, holster shown was purchased separately, magazine is original and was issued with the firearm.
Ah the stories it might tell.
OK we are 5 million "crackpots"
That represent 100 Million gun owners
Now if the other 95 million would join we could really shut them up!
Now if the other 95 million would join we could really shut them up!
This had enough elements of truth
to be almost believeable But in truth it is a satire, but so reflects some of the strongly held bias of certain things working better that others.
Impressed
8 of 7 students braved the storm yesterday, to attend their first day of NRA Pistol Instructor training, they seem to be to a person pretty dedicated, to being good instructors, you usually don't see 100% commitment to doing it right, but this class will I think be exceptional.
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Snowing like crazy
Have 900 foot driveway to clear, and need to get a path to the range, so posts might be light, at least the snow blower is self propelled.
Friday, February 20, 2015
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Side charger for
AR-15
Seems a bit pricey to me, but at the prices some get for "tactical" charging handles, may not be to bad. I'm intrigued.
Seems a bit pricey to me, but at the prices some get for "tactical" charging handles, may not be to bad. I'm intrigued.
Perhaps A Case Of
Over awareness?
I do prefer not to have my back to the door, but not overly picky at where they seat me.
I do prefer not to have my back to the door, but not overly picky at where they seat me.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Monday, February 16, 2015
Thursday, February 12, 2015
So you think you know the law
This guy did, sentenced to 70 years
Yes you need to train and prepare for the worst, and yes you really need to know the law. I'd suggest Andrew Branca's book the Law of Self Defense, and many of Massad Ayoob's writings
Yes you need to train and prepare for the worst, and yes you really need to know the law. I'd suggest Andrew Branca's book the Law of Self Defense, and many of Massad Ayoob's writings
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Win in Court!, Breaking News
Breaking News of a big, big win out of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Mance v. Holder. The federal interstate handgun transfer ban is unconstitutional on its face under the Second Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fifth. Unconstitutional as applied as well.
No more trips to range
Practice with your AR15 in the comfort of your living room
Kind of like a Sim round without the paint?
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Anti's only count defensive use of gun by deaths
Really it is better when no one dies
The vast majority of bad guys are looking for an opportunity, they are not looking for a fight, if it appears the intended victim is armed, the problem goes away.
The vast majority of bad guys are looking for an opportunity, they are not looking for a fight, if it appears the intended victim is armed, the problem goes away.
Monday, February 09, 2015
It appears the rumors are true
Concerning PARA
I'm not surprised PARA had been plagued with problems since it moved to North Carolina, and being bought up by what is now Remington Outdoor Company, that the brand will be discontinued. As there are mergers and acquisitions, I look for a thinning in the number of brands on the market A while back I read their were over 125 companies making AR-15's and at some point with market saturation it would likely drop to less than 25, it is not a bad thing, it is just what it is.
I'm not surprised PARA had been plagued with problems since it moved to North Carolina, and being bought up by what is now Remington Outdoor Company, that the brand will be discontinued. As there are mergers and acquisitions, I look for a thinning in the number of brands on the market A while back I read their were over 125 companies making AR-15's and at some point with market saturation it would likely drop to less than 25, it is not a bad thing, it is just what it is.
1911-Glock maintance
As Larry Vickers said in my 1911 class, "If you are going to treat your gun like a push lawnmower, buy a Glock". No denial that 1911's do require more maintenance. 1911's are heavy, and they hold fewer rounds. Whereas the Glock drop in parts truly means that, with a lot of 1911 drop in may mean some fitting required.
In all the years I've been teaching and training I have seen both 1911's and Glock's fail, so does that mean we shouldn't buy either one of them, Perhaps there is another?, A magical war club that will never break down, or wear out or fail? Well maybe a real war club made out of a hard enough material, since clubs have been around since nearly the dawn of man, we have made them pretty fool proof.
As mentioned above seen both of them fail, and likely seen more Glock's go down than 1911's, but there are more striker fired guns coming to class. I would place most of the failures on ammo, then on magazines, then lack of lubrication. (Yes Glock's are suppose to run dry, but they run better with at least a bit of oil.)
When I was in the Glock Instructor course 1/3rd of the guns failed (IE: Stopped working) on day one, came down to total lack of cleaning, and ammo being used. I have also seen issues with aftermarket magazines made for Glocks.
With the 1911's most of the time they are just dry, and even production guns are tight enough that spells trouble. Next in is magazines, and I've seen them right out of the box fail to run, switch out to a quality magazine and then they shoot. I really believe the manufacturers should step up there,, and supply at least one quality mag. with each gun they sell. One class I had 2 students with 1911's and both had ordered ammo from the same reman. company and neither gun wanted to function I finally put some of their ammo in my gun and it wouldn't work either, but it would run in a striker fired pistol. We didn't have a chronograph, but surmise that batch was loaded a bit on the light side, and just wasn't enough to cycle the heavier slide.
I've seen where both guns were run hard and put away wet, one 1911 in particular, it was a 38 Super that had been shot so much, you could run the slide back and forth with one finger. How the spring managed to get the slide back in battery is beyond me.
Another area I've seen failures is with the fiddlers, they start changing out parts, and springs trying to make it better, Come on guys run it a while before doing that. Also if the suppliers state if you change "this", you really should change "that", you really should change "that".
Are our choices wrong? Not at all, we just have to understand and know the limitations of your choice. You have to learn about your gun and how to maintain it, not just how to modify it.
Buy quality ammo, and magazines, change springs when you should, clean it when you should, not just when you get around to it.
I am pretty certain that If John Browning was around today with modern machining and materials the 1911 would not look like it does, nor am I inclined to believe it would look like a Glock (Even Browning saw the limitations of the 1911 and although unfinished before his death the BHP was his effort to simplify and improve the design). If Gaston Glock had to go back to the turn of the 20th century, I'm sure the pistol would not look like what we have today.
Both are proven platforms, and maybe, just maybe, we ought to spend more time shooting them than comparing them.
In all the years I've been teaching and training I have seen both 1911's and Glock's fail, so does that mean we shouldn't buy either one of them, Perhaps there is another?, A magical war club that will never break down, or wear out or fail? Well maybe a real war club made out of a hard enough material, since clubs have been around since nearly the dawn of man, we have made them pretty fool proof.
As mentioned above seen both of them fail, and likely seen more Glock's go down than 1911's, but there are more striker fired guns coming to class. I would place most of the failures on ammo, then on magazines, then lack of lubrication. (Yes Glock's are suppose to run dry, but they run better with at least a bit of oil.)
When I was in the Glock Instructor course 1/3rd of the guns failed (IE: Stopped working) on day one, came down to total lack of cleaning, and ammo being used. I have also seen issues with aftermarket magazines made for Glocks.
With the 1911's most of the time they are just dry, and even production guns are tight enough that spells trouble. Next in is magazines, and I've seen them right out of the box fail to run, switch out to a quality magazine and then they shoot. I really believe the manufacturers should step up there,, and supply at least one quality mag. with each gun they sell. One class I had 2 students with 1911's and both had ordered ammo from the same reman. company and neither gun wanted to function I finally put some of their ammo in my gun and it wouldn't work either, but it would run in a striker fired pistol. We didn't have a chronograph, but surmise that batch was loaded a bit on the light side, and just wasn't enough to cycle the heavier slide.
I've seen where both guns were run hard and put away wet, one 1911 in particular, it was a 38 Super that had been shot so much, you could run the slide back and forth with one finger. How the spring managed to get the slide back in battery is beyond me.
Another area I've seen failures is with the fiddlers, they start changing out parts, and springs trying to make it better, Come on guys run it a while before doing that. Also if the suppliers state if you change "this", you really should change "that", you really should change "that".
Are our choices wrong? Not at all, we just have to understand and know the limitations of your choice. You have to learn about your gun and how to maintain it, not just how to modify it.
Buy quality ammo, and magazines, change springs when you should, clean it when you should, not just when you get around to it.
I am pretty certain that If John Browning was around today with modern machining and materials the 1911 would not look like it does, nor am I inclined to believe it would look like a Glock (Even Browning saw the limitations of the 1911 and although unfinished before his death the BHP was his effort to simplify and improve the design). If Gaston Glock had to go back to the turn of the 20th century, I'm sure the pistol would not look like what we have today.
Both are proven platforms, and maybe, just maybe, we ought to spend more time shooting them than comparing them.
There really are reasons
why they make plastic training guns, if you insist on using a real firearm, it is a good idea to confirm it is unloaded.
Saturday, February 07, 2015
Friday, February 06, 2015
Anyone looking For A Star Super B?
Aim Has them
Weren't these the same as the guns used in The Wild Bunch , as they couldn't at that time to get 1911's to function with blanks?
Weren't these the same as the guns used in The Wild Bunch , as they couldn't at that time to get 1911's to function with blanks?
Thursday, February 05, 2015
Still looking for an AR?
Here is a whole passel for under $700 & Valentines day is coming up, they make great gifts.
Wednesday, February 04, 2015
Fed Flight Control
Now in #1 Buck
I have so far been pretty impressed with the Federal 00 in the flight control offering, like to try some of the new #1 buck.
I have so far been pretty impressed with the Federal 00 in the flight control offering, like to try some of the new #1 buck.
Revolver or
Semi-Auto?
I'll state my opinion, your's may differ. I've found with training people, especially new shooters the revolvers are harder to get them successful as quickly, most of the production guns that come through the double action triggers are pretty heavy, although did have a lady last weekend with a S&W Performance Center that did have a smooth trigger. It's not that the triggers are any harder than some of the Ruger LC9's or LCP's. But if the front sight is off the target by they time they get it to go off, it's a miss, and does nothing for confidence.
But also the last few years I'm seeing fewer wheel guns, maybe one in 15 or 20.
We have had to use a rubber mallet a couple of times to get cylinders unstuck, but have used the mallet to knock a slide back on a couple of semi autos, the majority of the time it was a stuck steel case, and even a fullback couldn't have popped them loose.
So in a nutshell, I'd opt for the semi auto, they usually hold more rounds and are easier to reload.
I'll state my opinion, your's may differ. I've found with training people, especially new shooters the revolvers are harder to get them successful as quickly, most of the production guns that come through the double action triggers are pretty heavy, although did have a lady last weekend with a S&W Performance Center that did have a smooth trigger. It's not that the triggers are any harder than some of the Ruger LC9's or LCP's. But if the front sight is off the target by they time they get it to go off, it's a miss, and does nothing for confidence.
But also the last few years I'm seeing fewer wheel guns, maybe one in 15 or 20.
We have had to use a rubber mallet a couple of times to get cylinders unstuck, but have used the mallet to knock a slide back on a couple of semi autos, the majority of the time it was a stuck steel case, and even a fullback couldn't have popped them loose.
So in a nutshell, I'd opt for the semi auto, they usually hold more rounds and are easier to reload.
I'd like to see this bill go all the way.
Legal, law abiding gun carriers are not, and never have been the issue. Killers are looking for a score, not a fight, if they wanted a fight they would go to the police station, that does happens, but it is rarer than shootings in "No Gun" zones.
It may seem justified
But the jury may not see it as justified.
It seems the majority prepare for the gunfight, and give no thought to legal battle afterwards. The gunfight will last seconds, the legal fight could take years off your life.
It seems the majority prepare for the gunfight, and give no thought to legal battle afterwards. The gunfight will last seconds, the legal fight could take years off your life.
Maybe they need Machete control
21 dead in machete attack
I'd prefer if I were in an Active Killer event that they bring guns, as the shots would give some warning, people screaming and hollering are not unusual at some events, and you make not realize what is going on until they are very close. I really can see it happening here, and machetes are cheap, pretty easy to conceal, never run out of ammo, and seldom malfunction.
I'd prefer if I were in an Active Killer event that they bring guns, as the shots would give some warning, people screaming and hollering are not unusual at some events, and you make not realize what is going on until they are very close. I really can see it happening here, and machetes are cheap, pretty easy to conceal, never run out of ammo, and seldom malfunction.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
You found your dad's stash of porn!
What makes you think your kids won't find your gun? If you have children, you have to take extra precautions. Safety first!
An AR like no other
Turn your AR into a revolver????
You'll find the disclaimer at the bottom of the link, it's not April yet!!
Monday, February 02, 2015
Los Angeles Vs San Antonio
In San Antionio they address the concealed carry holder, responding to the killer
Of course much higher likelihood of an armed citizen in Texas than in California.
M14
Not all that it is cracked up to be
It was pretty much the last of the wooden stock battle rifles, I suppose some just can't let go.
It was pretty much the last of the wooden stock battle rifles, I suppose some just can't let go.
In most states just about anyone can buy a sword.
Perhaps we need to follow England and pass some sensible sword laws.
Of course when the Constitution and BOA was written, the Founders had no idea of those Samurai Assault Swords, if they had, I'm sure they would have written an exception to "arms" in the 2nd Amendment. Since Samurai swords are so deadly.
Of course when the Constitution and BOA was written, the Founders had no idea of those Samurai Assault Swords, if they had, I'm sure they would have written an exception to "arms" in the 2nd Amendment. Since Samurai swords are so deadly.
Sunday, February 01, 2015
They may not see your white hat.
This case is a bit unusual, that the police arrived while shots were still being fired. We tell all of our students do not have a gun in your hand, when the police arrive. Do you have a plan?, and remember it is highly unlikely the police arriving at the scene will know you. If you appear to be the aggressor, they may not spend much time on making an ID before they shoot you.
Monotonous caliber wars continue
Better to have something than nothing, as long as you know the limitations of your choice, be it caliber or gun. Those that know me, know I'm not a fan of mouse guns or sub calibers, but a guy I hold high respect for, once said "10 good hits with a 22 are better than a bad hit with a 45", and I had to agree.
I may not agree with your choice of gun or of caliber, but it is your choice, I don't have to carry it, and you'll have to live with your decision. Just as I'll have to live with mine.
Just understand the limitations of your gear, and train, train, and train with it, get as proficient as you can, with what you chose.
I may not agree with your choice of gun or of caliber, but it is your choice, I don't have to carry it, and you'll have to live with your decision. Just as I'll have to live with mine.
Just understand the limitations of your gear, and train, train, and train with it, get as proficient as you can, with what you chose.
Booger hooks folks
Booger hooks, practice getting as high an index as you can, in caste you do something like fall down. At least this time it was more embarrassing than fatal.
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