WANT: K-11

South Korean K-11

I have been looking for a combination rifle/shotgun rig that could kick ass and take names.

Requirements are as follows:

• Uses AR lower and mags.
• Same trigger can fire either via switch.
• 12 gauge upper.
• Mag fed 12 gauge.
• Picitinny top and bottom.

This is the solution to several other variations I have seen that position the shotgun below and in the front. This architecture solved several design issues. Do it right and it would not weigh a ton. The photo is of a new system designed in South Korea. Reviews of the thing are not good and even if they were, we would be hard pressed to get one here in the USA.

--This design has potential!  You want one. You know you do...

At The Movies: Sucker Punch

Actress Abbie Cornish has confessed that she “totally fell in love” with guns while filming her new movie Sucker Punch. Based on the Previews, it will be a totally whacked steampunk sword and gun fest. Did they make this specifically for me?

Abbie plays Sweat Pea in the flick about a woman who is institutionalized by her stepfather and retreats to an alternative reality as a coping mechanism.

She says while filming the demanding action sequences in the movie, she was surprised to discover that she likes guns. I'm not surprised. Guns are FUN!

In an interview in GQ magazine's April issue, she said: 'I'm a vegetarian – I'm not the type to want to go shoot a gun... Then I actually got to the range and totally fell in love with an M4. It was kind of amazing."

--Follow this link for the goodness that is the Gun Loving Abbie Cornish!

It's Potty Time

Dramatic Re-enactment

Last week at work, a gun was turned in to lost and found. I was glad that it wasn't treated as a very big deal.

Apparently one of the security guards left it on top of the toilet paper holder while he was taking a dump (along with the comics).

It got me thinking about my various safe handling procedures I use in this situation. For me it all depends on what holster and firearm I have.

Shoulder holsters are no issue at all. No prob.

If I am wearing my heavy belt and one of several holsters that have double connections, it's also no problem.

I have several, inside the waistband, holsters that have a single clip and could turn over and topple out if I am not careful. These holsters I may actually take out first. I just hold them while takin care of business.

--I have never come close to leaving a gun behind. Cell phones is another story...

Pools

There is gun content in this post! Sheesh, be patient...

Pools are dangerous:

• There were more than 3300 unintentional drownings in the United States, an average of 9 per day.(CDC 2006)
  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  

• For children 1-4 years old who died, 26% died from drowning (CDC 2006). Fatal drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14 years (CDC 2005) 
  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• It is estimated that for each drowning death, there are 1 to 4 non-fatal submersions serious enough to result in hospitalization. Children who still require CPR at the time of arrival to the emergency department have a poor prognosis, with at least half of survivors suffering significant brain damage.
  American Academy of Pediatrics  

• 19% of drowning deaths involving children occur in public pools with certified Lifeguards present.
  Drowning Prevention Foundation

• Children under five and adolescents between the ages of 15-24 have the highest drowning rates.
  U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• An estimated 5,000 children age 14 and under are hospitalized due to unintentional drowning-related incidents each year; 15 percent die in the hospital and as many as 20 percent suffer severe, permanent neurological disability. National Safety Council

• Of all preschoolers who drown, 70 percent are in the care of one or both parents at the time of the drowning and 75 percent are missing from sight for five minutes or less.
  Orange County, CA, Fire Authority
• Stats from: www.poolcenter.com

How are children protected? 

We teach them to swim. We take time to make sure they know the Rules of Safe Pool Use. We test them to make sure they can swim safely.

This is exactly the attitude we should have with firearms/shooting!

I teach them to shoot. I take time to make sure they know the Rules of Safe Firearms Use. I test them to make sure they can shoot safely.

--Because I Love Them.

Cat Shit One

If you are like me, and I know you are, you love guns and cute little animals.

Now you can have both, in quantity at the same time, in the animated series CAT SHIT ONE.

I am so buying this on DVD.

--Who woulda thought that bunnies would have so much trigger discipline!

Sharing Rules

Booger Hook

I had an old friend over for dinner last weekend and was having a bit of show and tell. This guy has about ten firearms. All rifles and shotguns for hunting. I have been hunting with this guy on multiple occasions.

While checking out my new guns I had to remind him to keep his finger off the triggers.  I was shocked to discover he had NEVER heard of the Four Rules. Listed here for your reference:

• Treat every gun as if it is loaded.
• Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire.
• Don't point your gun at something you don't want destroyed.
• Know your target and what's behind and around it.

I think, if you don't know these rules, you should not be able to advance a grade in school.  Every grade!

--Time to make a 4 Rules poster up and post it in my shop.

Operation "Odyssey Dawn"

The US is now in a shooting war with Libya.

Hundreds of Tomahawks have been launched at command and control sites within Lybia.

Say goodbye to another Trillion dollars in Tomahawk missiles. Say hello to $5 a gallon for gas...

--Three Front War.

Air and Space and Guns!

I love the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport.

It is the companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall. The building opened in December, 2003, and provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall. The two sites together showcase the largest collection of aviation and space artifacts in the world.

I have been there several times. The exhibits continue to roll in. The last time I was there I discovered a new aviation related firearms exhibit! 

If you every get a chance stop by and see them. This history, these artifacts are not to be seen anywhere else. Even books and websites are thin on these artifacts.

--Air and Space and Guns!

Injuries

Ever since I turned 50 I have been trying to get into shade. A shape other than round.

Last year, I lost 40 pounds. I want to do the same this year. To that end I have started working out at the gym and got myself a personal trainer. I have been slowly pushing myself, with her help, harder and harder slowly. Recently I inflamed an old injury.

About ten years ago I slipped on the ice, landed on my elbow and dislocated my shoulder. I tore my rotater cuff. It took over a year before it was right after that. The loss of sleep is a huge hassle too. My wife and I even switched sides on the bed so I could more easily favor my right shoulder.

As it stands right now I would not dare shoot a rifle or shotgun with heavy recoil. Even hand guns will give me a thrill I'm sure. If it was an emergency and I was gunning and running from Zombies this would be damn inconvenient.

--Time to practice left hand shooting.

Tight

I bought a new holster for my Beretta Px4 .40cal.

I got a Galco. It's my usual goto brand these days. A good combination of selection, quality and cost. It is available in Black or Brown. I got black because black is the new black.

I have several Galco brand holsters and never had any issues. Until this one.

It is Sooo tight.

The fine print on the package says that it is for a Px4 in .40 and 9mm. I think mine is the fat sister of the two.

To mitigate the fit I will be storing it in the holster and wearing it a lot for the next month. I usually do no store my guns in their holsters. My Dad use to store his guns like that. They corroded them in places. It wasn't bad but obvious. And those holsters were not as tight as this!


-- It's tighter than a ___________________.

The Bad-Ass Falcon

Why does this Falcon have a Knife?

Because he was always a really lousy shot with his 1911.

--Be cool... or he'll cut ya!

Glocks

I love my Glocks.

They are my goto guns in an emergency. I would not want to suffer a level 4 Zombie Apocalypse without them. They never jam, they never complain, they will happily shoot any ammo and they can stand up to lots of abuse.

I have a Glock 17 9mm and a Glock 21 .45 ACP. I do need to get a lot more magazines.

I think I will get a suppressor to for the 9mm and then convert it to an SBR with one of the Hera Arms or EMA Roni conversion kits.

I will then have a silenced 9mm carbine that has the reliability and will eat anything I can feed it.

--And it looks cool!

Quick Reminder

I always use the change for Daylight Savings Time to remind me to do a few things:

• Change batteries in the smoke detectors
• Change the water in my car (2 liter)
• Change the power bars in my Bug Out Bag
• Do a full disassemble cleaning of my Five Gun System
• Consider the worse case scenario and do something to prepare for it

--I do other stuff too. But those are non of your damn business! Quit asking!

Low on Space?

For many years, like many people, I lived in a rental. They were usually small. I was not allowed to modify them. My landlords and who knows how many others had keys.

Many people have a difficult time finding a place to secure their firearms collections. I am always on the look out for creative solutions.

One of the most interesting methods is the Bed Safe. This safe replaces the standard box spring on your queen size bed.

While it is not the fastest access to your firearms, it does represent a massive amount of secure space.

Once bolted together it would be damn difficult to be carried off by burglars, even if they did find it!

--Night time bedroom antics karma! The Princess and the MP5!

Trigger Discipline

I bought a new cordless drill. I needed one badly. My Makita lasted longer than my second marriage but finally gave up the ghost. I bought a new Hatachi 18 volt at Lowes that also came with an excellent flashlight that uses the same batteries.

The story is gun related! Be patient, sheesh...

Anyway, like every middle aged, homeowner, husband, father, new cordless drill owner, I was running around the house doing tons of little projects.

The daughter asks, "Dad, is something wrong with your finger?"

I immediately looked at the one with the hide scraped off from changing the battery in my van.

"No that one." pointing at my right index finger, my trigger finger, pointing straight along side the drill in stead of on the trigger.

I laughed and said, "Trigger discipline."

--She rolled her eyes in a perfect teen age daughter moment.