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  1. CapnMac

    Do Thermal and Night Optics Have a Role in Home Defense?

    One of the major HD issues that is always there is in target identification, in being absolutely sure of what is or is not a "target." One of the significant differences in currently available NV/Thermal is in just how clear a target image is presented. It that blob out there a pig, a big...
  2. CapnMac

    Can a Convicted Felon Go to a Firing Range Strictly as a Observer? No Handling or Firing.

    One of the things "we" do not have in this discussion is whether the Judge placed any additional restrictions during sentencing. There can be any number (including none) of additional conditions applied to the sentence. Which can include things like where the convict can congregate and who or...
  3. CapnMac

    Pistol brace's. Still for sale?

    Technically, if I'm reading it correctly, enforcement is stayed pending final court arguments. The "trend line" appears to be that BATFE will have over-extended its authority to make up regulations not defined by Congress.
  4. CapnMac

    SC passes Constitutional Carry

    Yeah, the sweep of the sea change gives that impression. It's also easy to blur the line between Shall-Issue States and Permitless-carry. there's around 35-plus of the former, so, having 29 of the latter is significant. In fairness, most of the Permitless Carry states are for concealed rather...
  5. CapnMac

    Turkish M1911A1's for the Civilian Marksmanship Program

    SMS Was importing TISAS from Türkiye, so they needed import markings. Now that there's a TISAS USA in Tennessee, if they are in compliance with the assembly regs, then, they don't need import markings. Maybe. Perhaps. ________________________ *For those curious, if your keyboard has a...
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    Flying in near future, making sure I understand how to travel with a handgun.

    I understand your comment, and concur with it, as well. But, this being the Legal Forum, the rules of this forum tell us to only quote the law as written, and to not engage in speculation or opinion upon the execution and/or enforcement of that law, or to give into all-too natural political...
  7. CapnMac

    Scope vs Red Dot vs Iron Sights - Expected Accuracy

    A magnifying scope's primary virtue is in being able to identify targets at longer distances. To that end, as pointed out above, they can help reduce "aiming error" through that zoomed-in vision. But, you could put a 20x scope on a 6MOA rifle and it's not going to become a 2MOA rifle. It...
  8. CapnMac

    Improved M1 Carbine (update)

    Well, Winchester to save essential time for the Carbine competition (which they just barely met, with only like 45 minutes to spare), based virtually all of its Carbine off the 32 Winchester Self-Loading, both the cartridge and the weapon. (That latter is why the magazine design is so...
  9. CapnMac

    problem with an AR-type rifle

    Well, Spruce will support around 5000psi long its end grain for one, especially with the barrel to help prevent excess bending. Ok, hickory would be better, but the local Ace Hardware probably does not have hickory dowels. A wooden dowel is also less likely to damage rifling or crown in this...
  10. CapnMac

    Moving Companies and Firearms

    The question being, as it is with all generalized insurance, is it a sufficient amount? A "wardrobe box" (which is an excellent way to move items like framed portraits, mirrors, and all manner of unique items) could easily have ten grand of firearms in it, just the one box. And the general...
  11. CapnMac

    Question of the day- Fingerprints on fired cases?

    Well, a "fingerprint" is from the oils in your skin that transfer to touched items. Which will be affected by the presence of anything that is a solvent to oil, or that might "muddy" the oil imprint, like residual lubricity on the case. In firing the case gets ery hot, but, probably not hot...
  12. CapnMac

    Flying in near future, making sure I understand how to travel with a handgun.

    From potentially fickle memory the city of Las Vegas is more restrictive than Clark County, but that will want the experience of a Nevadan. FOPA ought permit puttign the luggage in the trunk of your rental car until into a jurisdiction where one could don the thing. Also from memory, the...
  13. CapnMac

    Flying in near future, making sure I understand how to travel with a handgun.

    As this is Legal, Federal statute is 49 CFR §1540.111 Carriage of weapons, explosives, and incendiaries by individuals [snip, emphasis added] The rest is down to TSA procedures, and the tariff rules of the Common Carrier selected (in this case the individual air line, which is allowed to be...
  14. CapnMac

    I think there's something wrong

    I grew up military. I have moved all too many times in my life. It's a loathsome experience at best. Some one thing is always lost never to be seen again; and something is found that was either never known to be possessed, or to be lost at all. Or as our French friends say, "C'est la vie."
  15. CapnMac

    problem with an AR-type rifle

    If you have a 3/16" spruce dowel, that can be better than a skinny metal cleaning rod for hammering a stuck case out. You will want to split the AR, but pulling the pins out and removing the bolt & bolt carrier group first: This may be as simple as there was a ton of gunk left in the chamber...
  16. CapnMac

    Practicing in various weather

    Well, for my 2¢ a person is well served by practicing any outdoor skill they have in any weather. Unless that 'thing' is clearly a "fair weather" exercise like kite flying or hot-air ballooning, the time available determines when the thing is done, not the weather. Now, that's not to advocate...
  17. CapnMac

    Help identifying historic rolling block-ish rifle

    Well, Welcome to THR, for one. Please feel free to drop a line in the New Member Introductions thread.
  18. CapnMac

    Anyone else uses vastly different guns for carry?

    In my case "vastly" different tends to be fully concealed versus open carry, so the span runs from SIG 365X to 1911A1. That's me; others' vary. One of the great things of our--admittedly confused and irregular--times is that each of us can find our own "right way."
  19. CapnMac

    ALICE training

    I'm glad somebody had an answer, as "ALICE" for me means "All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment," the follow on to the M-56 ILCE load-bearing webbing. I look forward to the opinions of anyone who did the Navigate 360 training.
  20. CapnMac

    Greatest invention in firearms history

    Well, given the evidence left behind by the arms they built, their visions was (presumed) to be significantly better than our modern vision. We, in our modern times, live in more dense places, with more kinds of pollution, and significantly more processed food. There's endless debate on...
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