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    What does it sound like to get shot at?

    If you are tending targets on the range at Quantico it sounds like the crack of a whip. If you are in the open ground of Mogodishu airport with a 12.7 mm Soviet built heavy machine gun running a belt at you it may sound like like a big whoosh because it has gone subsonic. This may cause laughter...
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    CZ P-09: Home Defense?

    The CZ P-09 is an amazing pistol, shot side by side with a Glock 17 and a Sig P320 full size the CZ was the clear winner for me. I own all of these pistols, but the CZ is a real standout. Not to say that the other two were slackers, they just don't put the whole package together like CZ. It...
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    Beretta 92 Pierced Primers

    "The firing pin hole on a Beretta is chamfered. This reduces the possibility that a bad or burred case will bind on the breechface, causing a jam. It also aids proper feeding when a primer is not properly fitted flush to the cartridge head. Beretta polishes their breechfaces to make feeding more...
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    Beretta 92 Pierced Primers

    Odds are strongly in favor of Magtech building defective products when compared to Beretta. Examining firing pin indentations is an education in itself, Glock has the rectangle, SIG leaves the smear, and an AK-74 leaves a nice crater. Those firearms all seem to work quite well. Pierced...
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    Beretta 92 Pierced Primers

    Mag tech ammo is the problem. The 92 has a spring retracted firing pin,the hammer does not hold it against the primer. Inertial type. There are plenty of 92s out there with reduced powered hammer springs running tens of thousands of rounds without problems.
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    Glocks design

    Keep your booger hook offen the bang switch 'til you are fix in' to shoot something. It just ain't that hard. 12 pound triggers don't help. They make rotten shots for marginal shooters and don't help good shooters.
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    Deadliest cartridge in history

    Think of the cartridges used in belt fed, crew served weapons. Those are the real killers after air/artillery. The rifle is almost a footnote. .303, 30-06, 8x57 and 7.62x54R-between these four you may account for the highest death count since 1900. 7.62x39 and 9x19 and 5.45x39 get honorable...
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    Is there something inherently different in Glock pistols?

    Glocks, they work otherwise you would not see their worldwide adoption by police and military. Parts are widely available and cheap. They are the lightest and most compact and cheapest reliable handgun available. They brought the striker fired lock work to the first modern package. If one of...
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    Why No sSgnificant British or French Auto-loading Pistols?

    Regardless of anyone's history revision the French and Americans ended up using a form of the Italian Beretta 92 and the Brits bought the Glock 17. I would say they all have a practical streak, and most of the current world small arms hits are Belgian, Italian, Austrian and German with a...
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    Why No sSgnificant British or French Auto-loading Pistols?

    Speaking of innovation, one might wonder why the USA is using an Italian designed pistol for its armed forces. The same basic pistol the French use in their armed forces. Gun control has nothing to do with military weapons design, most militaries just pick an existing design off the shelf...
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    Why No sSgnificant British or French Auto-loading Pistols?

    France and the UK rate roughly fourth and fifth in world weapons exports, they build some very good military weapons systems, mostly in the aerospace and electronics areas. Small arms tend to be low margin and low tech for the most part. So the real answer is: there just isn't much money...
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    CZ Polymer Pistols (P07/P09) vs. steel/alloy CZs

    The CZ P series pistols are very impressive if you are looking for a poly pistol with a hammer. The finish is very high quality nitrate on the main steel components and the ergos and triggers are excellent. High value and real bargains at the current street price.
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    What really is the effective range of an AK 47/AKM?

    Many studies have been done over the years and the broad conclusion is that it is difficult to see and engage real life targets beyond 300 meters under realistic conditions, it matters not much what the rifle is capable of, the real issue is fleeting targets that are hard to see and they get...
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    AK dust cover rear sight setup? Where to find?

    I agree, the AK is what it is, but the Finns and Israelis saw the advantage of a longer sight radius, and the Russians do too in their latest models. A rail and Dot or scope may help. Irons are cheaper, dead reliable, and work pretty well if you are used to them. The AK and AR have...
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    AK dust cover rear sight setup? Where to find?

    There are two spring loaded detents that must be pushed in to remove the dustcover. It isn't difficult and once that is done takedown is normal. For me there is a nice increase in practical accuracy.
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    AK dust cover rear sight setup? Where to find?

    Tech-Sights are an excellent alternative, the rear sight replaces the recoil spring assembly on the back end. A replacement topcover is provided with a cutout to accomodate the sight and it is very sturdy. This results in a rock solid mount in the rear trunnion, some fitting may be required...
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    So why the school and college shootings?

    Want to stop school shootings? Get some effective armed security at schools. The whys of mental health, problem youths, world peace, moral admonishments and drugs have nothing to do with the answer. Those are problems that will never be solved. There is only one way to stop a random...
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    The Sound Barrier

    O.K. The one that puzzles me is footage of coast guard and other helicopters on TV during Katrina and other rescues. What appears to be condensation / steam blowing out of the overhead air vents above the pilots. I've had my butt hauled in the jump seats of Army Huey's and Chinooks a few...
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    The Sound Barrier

    Here is a series of photos I took of a large object, a 747, moving through a patch of humid air at high subsonic speeds, a little easier to see the flow here than a bullet. It is moving at about the same mach as a .45 ACP.
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    The Sound Barrier

    The photo of the F-18 is real, I have seen the same thing many times while flying super sonic aircraft. "At transonic speeds intense low-pressure areas form at various points around an aircraft. If conditions are right (i.e. high humidity) visible clouds will form in these low-pressure areas...
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