Recent content by CapnMac

Well, this is not the Borg, there are solutions to fit nearly everyone out there. Which is good in one way--there's a Goldilocks out there for each of us. It's bad in that you may have to eat a lot of too hot and too cold porridge and sleep in too many too hard and too soft beds to find the...

There are scads of flamewarriors out there that would champion the bottom three as their "Wun ainch grupp" and not bother with a photo "kaus theys Moe-Ah." Position shooting is a thing. And it wants appreciating as a thing. Realistically only 3 of those are out of the A zone. Which is quite...

Now, using the smaller rare-earth magnets to hold mag pouches would help isolate the mags from the magnets. (And would help where a person had no-ferrous, or polymer mags.)

The US Army people with stars on their personal flags ended WWII with something of a fixation on Known Distance shooting at extreme ranges (and on pristine range facilities). And doctrinally, the US had a fifty year habit of shooting MG ammo in their rifles. These were flip sides to...

Well, certainly not a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range as it's far too bulky to conceal, and the recharge time is sub-ideal. My old XP-100 was unsuited for "carry" as it had wonky dimensions, and single shots of .308 not an ideal for "carry use" per se. As a notional sort of envelope...

Finding that is proving complicated. But, the search is the thing.

My go-to is still my Mossberg M-44 No frills, finding magazines remains a pain, but reliable as the day is long. Been to an Appleseed or two, too.

If there is a boiler shop or similar metal working shop that has a big plasma or water cutter, they will often have disks left over from making holes that often just are headed to the scrap bin. Supply (and dimensions) will be hit-or-miss (NPI). Hanging those by setting them in a discarded...

"For the same reason I carry ID. Or a knife. If you need it and it's at home . . . "

That excellent point brings up another issue, distance from various other things. Like if it's a day's drive from a rental agency, this can complicate one's physical plant improvements (deciding if you want to go to Brownwood, Brady, or Llano to rent a backhoe or excavator you need for a few...

UZI has it's place with and without fun switch. But, hands down the Sterling is better in 9x19, if only for its magazines. Marlin lever also imputes rather a lot of quality, but, in a carbine length (presumably) I'd incline to something closer to 3/10 inch rather than 45. For my 2¢ 30-30, or...

Has the feel of one too. If with hints of the Star BM. Love that finish. I note the "U" prefix, which the per the online info means 1950 production , but clearly isn't. But, Unnnn would fall neatly after Tnnnn as a production sequence. Was going to go over to the indoor range in Grand Prairie...

Being "armed" was a thing. Now, gentlemen might carry a sword, or a dirk as likely as they might have a pistol. Blades not needing a horn and pouch adding to their utility. Hence the phrase "That every man be armed."

That would likely depend on the jurisdiction and the letter of the controlling law. There's no real reason (other than skipping a manufacturing step) for not putting 18APR1775 or 21JUN1788 or the like on magazines.

One of the arguments against larger tracts of land is that you are responsible for that land. That responsibility takes several forms. One of which is paying the property taxes per acre. Which can see a person needing to run livestock to get the "Ag Exemption" on those taxes (unless one is in...