Archive for October, 2018

October 15, 2018

But nobody wants to take your guns

Eric Swalwell, U.S. Representative from California:

We should ban possession of military-style semiautomatic assault weapons, we should buy back such weapons from all who choose to abide by the law, and we should criminally prosecute any who choose to defy it by keeping their weapons.

Say when, Sprout.

Would be dictators

LA Passes Ordinance Requiring City Contractors To Disclose NRA Ties

This is shameful.

More Bredesen

The Free Beacon:

A top spokesman for the Tennessee Democratic Party’s effort to get Phil Bredesen elected senator has said he views “white male” gun owners as “the biggest terrorist organization on the planet.”

And we’re supposed to be the racists.

Elizabeth Warren is 1/1024th Indian. Maybe.

And the jokes are funny. Trump should donate 1/1024th of the million to her charity of choice.

Was it an assault woodwind?

Cops get called about a man carrying a rifle. It was a bassoon.

And “assault woodwind” would make for a great band name.

Enemies Foreign and Domestic

I have nothing to add.

Over at Judicial Watch

Tom Fitton on NRA TV: Obama ATF Tried to Do End-Run Around 2nd Amendment by Banning Ammo

Gun Porn

TELESCOPING MAGAZINE EXTENSION TUBE FOR SHOTGUNS

Tiffany Glock slide

October 12, 2018

Sorry about that

Been away. The State of Tennessee had decided that you don’t know how to adequately divert storm-water. So, they have to teach you how to do it. So many words spent just to say “plant grass” and “use silt fencing”.

October 10, 2018

Gun sales

Coming in flat so far this year

The smartest woman in the world

I wish Hillary Clinton would just go away. Funny how losing Republicans tend to but not Dems. But I digress.

In a world where a Bernie bro shot hundreds of rounds at Republican lawmakers*, seriously injuring one; Rand Paul was beaten up by a Democrat; someone attempted to stab a republican; and democrats are rioting in the streets; she says:

You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about,

She may be right. Only not for her party.

Rand Paul is concerned that someone is going to get killed.

* Funny how that one didn’t really get wall to wall media coverage.

Most of us call that reloading

The NYT calls it DIY ammunition.

Another product created by stupid gun laws

The Remington V3 Tac-13. It’s a 13 inched barrel shotgun that doesn’t require going through the NFA process.

Shotty v. Carbine

Tam has some wise words on the topic. I’m likely to go with carbine and it’s not that I think shotties are bad. My shotty is too long. And, at casa de unc, I have a sooper seekrit area where I keep an AR-15 accessible within a few seconds but you’d never know it was there. And my shotty is definitely too long for that location.

News you can use

Handgun Bullets: How Do They Penetrate in Home Materials?

I’d like to see comparable rifle and shotgun data.

I concur

I, too, have never gotten the appeal of horror movies. Mostly, because I don’t really dig the gore and because I get so mad watching them when the characters do something irretrievably stupid. And most horror movies would be over in about two minutes if someone had a gun.

Yes

If Republicans Can Confirm Kavanaugh, They Can Repeal Obamacare

Gun Porn

Oooh: Suppressed Nylon 66

Before There Were Many 9MM Ultra Compacts, There Was One

Knife bleg updated

Thanks for the comments. I had a kershaw with the wave. Didn’t much care for the flimsy blade. A few nuggets of truth from the comments:

Folders are for opening the mail, boxes from Amazon, or cutting salami.

Fixed blades are for self defense.

As for the fixed blade, I carry a clinch pick by shiv works. Do recommend.

And this is what I have recently figured out:

I cant tell you how many friends of mine called me crazy for carrying a $200+ dollar blade while showing me their $40-$60 Spydercos, Kershaws, and CRKTs. 5 years later theyre on their 4th and 5th knives broken/bent clips, screws falling out, pivot bearing failures and Im still carrying the same Emerson.

That is what I have been going through. I think I’m on Spyderco number 4. I snagged the Emerson Commander. We’ll see how it goes.

October 09, 2018

Bleg: Knife

I’ve liked my Spyderco knives with the Emerson Wave. But I’ve had not one but two shit the bed. I replaced one with the titanium clip and it’s held up, but the clip is getting wobbly and the screws are stripped. So, I want a new knife with the following criteria:

Sturdy clip
Has an Emerson wave
And is not ridiculously long

I’ve been looking into Emerson’s for a bit and am leaning toward this one. Anyone recommend or know of something else?

October 08, 2018

New Army caliber?

It makes the rounds every once in a while. The Army Times:

The Army has selected 6.8mm as the new common round for both its Squad Automatic Weapon and M4 replacement.

A Prototype Opportunity Notice posted on the government website fbo.gov is going to give three companies the chance to submit their versions of the new individual service rifle, the Next Generation Squad Weapon, chambered in 6.8mm, the same round that developers are using for the Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle program.

Until recently, officials would only say that developers were being encouraged to look at requirements in the intermediate caliber range, somewhere between the existing 5.56mm and 7.62mm rounds common to individual, sniper and machine guns in the Armys inventory.

If true, 6.8 would be a very affordable round very quickly.

Say when

The list of Leftists demanding gun confiscation

This guy again

Anti-gun shill Wintemute is at it again. Only, this time he refutes his own conclusion.

Today in gun handling

Jersey John Wick:

Jersey John Wick

Good for the range officer:

Kavanaugh confirmed

This is good for the second amendment. And I bet, from now on, wherever he goes, someone offers to buy him a beer.

October 06, 2018

Grilled Okra

I’ve been remiss in posting the occasional recipe. So, here’s one. You can eat these like fries. In a bowl, toss in a pound or so of okra. Drizzle with olive oil and add salt and pepper:

Toss until it’s fairly evenly coated.

Skewer. I use two skewers so they’re easier to flip but for some reason, I found older photos:

Lightly char them:

You can eat them like fries. The flesh will be crunchy and the seeds will have a satisfying pop. Oh, and since these are like fries, you’ll need a “ketchup” or dipping sauce. I whisk together some of the juice from my aunt Rhonda’s canned sweet hot peppers with sour cream and some Italian seasoning. You likely don’t have any of that but a close substitute is the juice from Korean pickles or the juice from spicy bread and butter pickles:

So good:

October 04, 2018

Life in the future

A group of pranksters decided to write a bunch of hoax papers and see if they could get them published in their respective field’s academic journals. They got 7 published. One paper was on how dog parks promote rape culture. And another was a chapter from Mein Kampf where the author substituted “men” for “jews”.

The future is stupid. And scary. And also hilarious.

Quote of the day

wizardpc in comments:

I was promised National Reciprocity and the Hearing Protection Act.

I got a bumpstock ban.

Word.

Well, this tells me what I need to know

Mike Bloomberg to host fundraiser for Democrat Phil Bredesen in tight Tennessee Senate race

He was a good governor but I don’t think he’s right for the senate.

The TSA at work

This is pretty stupid:

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What you see here are bullet-shaped whiskey stones. Once chilled, they keep your whiskey cold without watering it down as ice cubes would. Anyhoo, whiskey stones are fine to pack in carry-on bags, but not when they look like live bullets. To bring them on a trip, youd have to bite the bullet and pack them in a checked bag. These were discovered recently in a carry-on bag at the LewistonNez Perce County Airport (LWS) in Idaho. These of course are not dangerous, and were not posting them to try and say we saved the day by finding them. This is just an attempt to pass along a friendly travel tip so others dont make the same mistake. While were talking about friendly travel tips, heres the scoop on traveling with ammo. This info could really help you dodge a bullet. Small arms ammunition (In checked bags only), including ammunition not exceeding .75 caliber and shotgun shells of any gauge must be securely boxed or included within a hard-sided case containing an unloaded firearm. As far as empty shell casings, theyre allowed through the checkpoint as long as the projectile is no longer intact, and the primer has been removed or has been discharged. If a bullet has no gun powder, yet still has the projectile attached, it is considered a replica and is not allowed in carry-on bags. These are common on necklaces and keychains. They need to be packed in checked baggage. #RandomThought Too much whiskey can lead to shooting your mouth off, so it could be said that youd be dodging a bullet by drinking in moderation. … #tsa #lws

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