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    Attacked by my student

    Situations like this are exactly the reason that even after doing my student teaching I went into retail. Kid threatens to "cap" me. Makes finger pistol and the motion of firing gun. I talk to him after class. "So you like guns?" He says, "Yeah." I say, "I like guns too!" Not a...
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    30-30 out of a lee enfield?

    I have a '95 Chilean Mauser rechambered for 30'06 that has taken many deer.
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    Do any service people still carry revolvers?

    Sheriff's deputies in my home county carry S&W Police Specials.
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    The AR Platform Has Won

    The lapse of the Clinton-era assault rifle ban is the cause of all this.
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    This is why everyone needs a house gun, or two.

    Better to shoot and let a jury decide your fate, than to let an angry mob decide your fate. In either case, you may lose your life (execution / beaten to death) but you stand a whole lot better chance with people who have cooler heads.
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    Gun collectors vs. skill collectors.

    I'd call him a poser. Guitars, like guns, need love. A guitar needs to be broken in, just like a gun. Until you get all the little spurs off the frets, steel wool the back of the neck until it's nice and smooth, and put at least 20 hours of playing through it, it's still going to feel tight...
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    Question about TV show "Chase"

    When preparing to enter a townhouse, one character tells another not to use an MP-5 and to use an AR-15. He says the walls are paper thin and the 9mm will punch right through them. This puzzled the hell out of me because I am pretty sure most special forces use MP-5's because they DON'T...
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    New deer rifle

    Good to know.
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    New deer rifle

    The receiver is stamped "MAUSER CHILENO 1895 BERLIN". I'd be really interested to find out who actually did the conversion/sporterizing. It's well-done. I loved this gun so much that I named the family dog Mauser back in 1985.
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    New deer rifle

    It shoots standard Springfield ammo just fine. I would definitely keep it away from match-grade or Garand ammo. Firstly, it is top-loaded, without a stripper clip. You push in each round in turn. It's a double-stack magazine that holds 5. I have no idea who or what designed this. Dad never...
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    Elmer Keith's 600 yard shot

    We ARE talking about Elmer Keith, here. Not you or me.
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    Can't Get Excited about the Shotgun

    Heavy? Maybe it's because I carried a Remington 1100 LT when I was 13, but I just don't see it that way. Carrying my trumpet in its case to the bus stop was harder at that time. I'm pretty sure my Stratocaster is heavier than my 870, and I wear that thing around my neck for 2 or 3 hours at a...
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    Holocaust Day in History Class

    Yes, we do give them some moral (and materiel) support. :)
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    How long do you look at your sights?

    I adhere to the school of point-shooting (smirk). No, really, my main pistol has non-adjustable sights, and I find that if I place the front sight in the center, about 1 mm below the rear ones, it will shoot perfectly straight at 25 yards. Raise and lower for elevation. Takes me about a half...
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    Arming the Neighborhood: What's YOUR plan?

    My mom grows vegetables and cans them, has tons of meat in the freezer, lives on 90 acres in the middle of nowhere and is surrounded by gun-toting hunting neighbors who all love her and would defend her themselves. And most of my guns are there. SHTF, that's where I'm headed.
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