Recent content by Crawford

It's been several years, but the city of Boulder also had restrictions on open carry. From what I have read in the news lately, you can bet the Republic of Boulder will have the most restrictive laws and regulations on fire arms permitted under the state codes and constitution.

One problem I have seen with stainless is that in a salt water environment it tends to rot out from the inside. In other words, at least with some alloys (especially those used by Japanese boat builders in the 70’s and 80’s) you might only see a small discolored spot on the surface while the...

NICs check statistics are an interesting way of looking at gun purchases but as already noted, I'm no sure what the numbers actually tell us. I imagine the wholesale statistics are more valid since over time they follow the retail numbers fairly closely. While I'm sure someone (some marketing...

It's not the NPS you have to worry about as much as it is the tree huggers. We had a hunting guide a few years back in southern Colorado that got attacked by a grizz during bow season (they were thought to be extinct in the state). He killed it by stabbing it with an arrow from his quiver a...

I think what she meant was that the powder, under vacuum, might possibly degrade chemically and become inert (i.e., it will no longer burn). If you remove the nitrogen from the nitrocellulose / nitroglycerin that makes up the gun powder you no longer have gun powder. You have some other...

I think I would be a bit worried about sealing ammo in any kind of a vacuum. First it will in time withdraw air from within the shell casing, the amount of time required depends on the seal around the primer and the one around the bullet. When you finally open up the package the vacuum within...

Electronic retailers have "Monster Cable" and other add-ons as their case cows. I'm sure gun shops have some items they can push for profit.

hso said: "Most people don't understand the purpose of a BOB is to allow you to get from where things are bad to where you can survive on the longer term. That may be to a minimally affected area or to a supply cache. That should be within 3 days movement simply because you can't carry enough...

The first thing you have to decide is why you will be buggin' out! Is it to get away from a localized natural disaster, local riots/insurgency, or something more general such as total infrastructure collapse. How long will you be gone (days, years, forever)? Where will you be going? Will...

It may also depend on where you live. As both Scrapperz and Old Shooter said, wild life could be more of a problem. There was a case in Colorado a few years back where these yups had moved up to the mountains and thought is was interesting to watch the kitty cat (read that as lion) on the deck...

The shotgun with buckshot and slugs is probably you best bet, but a stainless Mini-30 isn’t a bad choice either. I carried both (along with a Glock-17) for 6 years throughout the Bahamas and the Caribbean. But, I wouldn’t underestimate the utility of one of the commercial (or mil surplus if...

Uhrmacher said: “I've never understood why having small arms aboard merchant vessels is so frowned upon by governments. It seems pretty illogical to have no means of defending a large and valuable cargo when traveling through international waters where the nearest sympathetic "police" force may...

First, when at sea, the ship’s captain is responsible for maintaining a standing 24-hour watch / lookout for other vessels. Today, that task is usually fulfilled, not necessarily safely, by maintaining a radar watch. But, as a security detail, you can probably leave the watch function up to...

Hay.... if you design 'em right, they should whistle as they fly... maybe with a couple of different tones? Actually, the theory looks interesting. Eliminating the cushion of trapped air in the cavity should, depending on the type of surface initially contacted, provide a slightly greater...

Re Brain Dale: Thanks, that is an excellent reference. As a mechanical engineer, Mr. Cunningham's recommendations make a lot of sense to me. While I never took courses in tribology (lubrication scientist), I did work for several years for a rather large firm that, since they primarily...