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  1. benEzra

    so called cowboy "assault rifles"

    Both of those books were primarily about NFA Title 2 weapons, as pictured, not civilian semiautos. And I believe both came after Josh Sugarmann of the Violence Policy Center published his 1988 whitepaper/press release popularizing his term “assault weapon” as a means to build momentum for a ban...
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    Optic or no optic on your defense handgun?

    I haven’t found the dot to be fuzzy at all, unless I am using a dot without glasses. With 20/20 correction, the dot should be sharp unless you have uncorrected astigmatism. They’re not necessary if you still have eyes young enough to focus sharply on a dimly illuminated front iron sight...
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    Silencers - Why?

    If you are curious about people’s reasons why they like things you don’t, asking without ascribing childish reasons or irrationality to their preferences will get a much more thoughtful response. When people are derided, they tend to respond in kind. The thing is, revolvers, or sound...
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    Jury finds NRA officers violated responsibilities

    Ironically, ousting WLP may end up saving the NRA. WLP seemed to do good things earlier in his career, but the last decade or so have been a mess, apparently. One ironic observation is that because the political left is organized largely top-down, they tend to view non-leftists the same way...
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    What good are .22 LR shotshells?

    Out of a rifle-length barrel (or possibly a long pistol barrel?), they can be effective at short range against rats and small snakes. However, I can unfortunately vouch that out of a 1 1/8” barrel NAA mini-revolver, even a small snake can shrug it off even at close range (it was probably...
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    Respect (or lack there of) for older Gun Writers

    Do you have a citation? I vaguely remember one from a decade or two ago and I seem to recall that the only statistically significant effect in that one was in edge cases, but I’m sure there have been others since then. I’d be interested in reading this one.
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    Ruger Mini-14 accuracy

    In fairness, the A-Team never hit anyone with their folding-stock models either. :)
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    Respect (or lack there of) for older Gun Writers

    Was he specifically asking about automatic weapons, or was he just too ignorant to know that civilian Title 1 firearms are not automatic weapons? I have met a few prohibitionists who think that any modern-looking civilian rifle is a machinegun, or that “semiautomatic” means “full auto” rather...
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    Ruger Mini-14 vs. AR-15 - Which one and why?

    Where? I see a few used bolts for sale on Numrich, Gunbroker, etc. for older mini’s that were apparently pulled from no-longer-serviceable rifles or retired LE guns, but I don’t see anyone selling new-production bolts. As far as OEM bolts, the word on the Ruger Forum is that Ruger’s policy has...
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    Ruger Mini-14 vs. AR-15 - Which one and why?

    I would take the opposite tack on this, I think. If you want spare parts for an AR, they are available cheaply locally or via mail-order, and you can easily install them yourself. If you want a buy a spare bolt for the Mini, you have to ship the rifle back to Ruger, at least when I owned mine...
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    Ruger Mini-14 vs. AR-15 - Which one and why?

    Having owned a Mini-14 Ranch Rifle and a Rock River DI AR, and having shot both extensively, I’ll say that in my experience, the mini ran hotter. In an AR, the gas sheds a lot of heat in the gas tube, passes through the gas key and operates the piston in the bolt, and is then vented outside the...
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    Ruger Mini-14 vs. AR-15 - Which one and why?

    I used to own a Mini-14 Ranch Rifle years ago. Unfortunately, it shot consistently worse than 4 MOA even with match ammo, a 3-9x scope, and a rest. It was absolutely reliable, though. I liked everything about it except the inaccuracy and the proprietary expensive mags.
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    Respect (or lack there of) for older Gun Writers

    We did, but the slow decline of older shooters’ ability through their 40s and 50s to focus sharply on irons in low light was just accepted as a loss with few remedies, too. Red dots on pistols may be no better than irons for those who can still see irons crisply in less-than-ideal lighting, but...
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    Walked into a Gun Shop Friday and saw this... AUG Clone MSAR

    The same things you’d do with any other .223 Remington/5.56x45mm, by far the most popular centerfire rifle caliber in America. Target shooting, plinking, competition, and defense of home. I’m not a young person (53), but have always wanted a civilian AUG, just never made it a financial...
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    Respect (or lack there of) for older Gun Writers

    The thing is, Mr. Ayoob’s writings about self-defense law are still as relevant today (possibly even more so in some jurisdictions) than they were in the 80s and 90s. Mas was/is an excellent shooter and shooting instructor, but LFI always heavily emphasized the legal side, and making sure you...
  16. benEzra

    Carry Gun: Thinking About Rethinking

    The U.S. market was still largely focused on revolvers and 1911 .45’s at that time, I imagine. I will note that when double-stack DA/SA’s did eventually catch on, it was in metal-framed guns (various 2nd-gen and 3rd-gen S&Ws, Beretta 92, Ruger P-85, CZ, etc), many of which had very nice SA...
  17. benEzra

    New 1911 with optics - 45ACP or 10mm or 40S&W?

    Do try shooting the irons in low light though, and make sure you can shoot them as well under challenging lighting conditions. Out-of-focus sights are a lot harder to see when dimly lit than when brightly lit. I had an epiphany recently when I shot an IDPA-style night match at an indoor range...
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    Night sights?

    I would say yes, definitely, with two caveats. 1, get the front a different color than the rear. (I went with a green front and orange rears (Trijicons), and they served well for a long time. 2, once you hit 50ish, you may find that focusing on irons (even tritium ones) in low light is a lot...
  19. benEzra

    Prescription eye protection

    I don’t like having different parts of my visual field at different focus, so I have not gone the bifocal route. I can see very well up close without my glasses/contacts, so I have a prescription for distance only, and another prescription for computer screen distance. I’m 53 now, and can...
  20. benEzra

    A Recent Incident Involving Shooting in Self Defense

    I think it may be how different people are wired, as you state. I found my first USPSA match to be stressful, just as my first martial arts tournament was to me…I think it was partly aversion to potential failure in front of others. But I think a bigger benefit of competition (especially ones...
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