National Ammo Day

November 19 is National Ammo Day.

It is a nationwide BUYcott of ammunition.  You buy ammunition.  100 Rounds a person.

"The goal of National Ammo Day is to empty the ammunition from the shelves of your local gun store, sporting goods, or hardware store and put that ammunition in the hands of law-abiding citizens."

"Make your support of the Second Amendment known—by voting with your dollars!"

"There are an estimated 75 MILLION gun owners in the United States of America.  If each gun owner or Second Amendment supporter buys 100 rounds of ammunition, that’s 7.5 BILLION rounds in the hands of law-abiding citizens!"

--I will be shopping! Will you?

Adios ATF

I live and work in the Washington DC area.

As I wander through the world inside the beltway I hear stuff. It usually doesn't have any gun content. This week the talk around the cooler had Firearms! The F in ATF!

The air is buzzing with word spreading that the BATFE is going to be completely disassembled and disbanded. The entire Bureau will be gone. Some parts eliminated and the staff laid off and some other parts transferred to places like the FBI or Dept of Homeland Security or the Dept of Education (kidding about DoE).

(Update: Looks like the target date is Feb 1st. Might be a press release in the next week or two.)

Keep a close eye on the news over the next few weeks.

--Action Adventure.

Movie: Magnum Force

Do you feel lucky?

I have in my DVD collection all the Dirty Harry movies. I love these movies.

If you have not seen these films recently you should bump one up in your Netflix queue.

Miller Rating = 8 of 10 

The following guns are listed in the Internet Movie Firearm Database:

• 1 Smith & Wesson Model 29
• 2 Colt Python
• 3 Colt Diamondback
• 4 Smith & Wesson M76
• 5 Smith & Wesson Model 10
• 6 Double Barreled Shotgun
• 7 Beretta 951
• 8 Colt Detective Special
• 9 Smith & Wesson Model 10 Snub
• 10 M1 Thompson
• 11 Browning Auto-5
• 12 Browning Hi-Power
• 13 Winchester 1897
• 14 Ithaca 37
• 15 Winchester Model 70
• 16 M1911A1
• 17 Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub
• 18 Ballistics Analysis Armory

--I love the snapshot of time in this film. The cars, the clothes AND the guns!
 

Another 922r Challenge

Derya Yeni Anakon Magazine Fed 12ga Shotgun

I love my Saiga 12ga shotgun. It was huge pain in the ass making it 922r compliant because of being foreign made. 


The Derya Yeni Anakon Magazine Fed Shotgun shotgun is the next one that doesn't fit the bill. It comes with a 4 round mag and you cannot add a 20 round drum because of the 922r laws.


So why bother?


What we need is an American company to make a dam shotgun like this. If Mossberg or Remington would make this it would not carry any import restrictions and I would buy two of them!

--It looks like it has the feature set I want! I just need it to be Made in the USA!

That's About Right

 

--A friend emailed this to me. 

Quotes of the Week

"That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state, therefore, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power."

--Virginia State Constitution: Article 1; Section 13


"Voted to save one of Ohio's working families - her own."

--Breda Fallacy

Movie: The Professional

I watched the movie Leon: The Professional.

I love that movie.


I saw it originally in the theater many years ago. This was the first time I ever saw Natalie Portman on the big screen! She was really good in the role too.

I didn't remember how many great guns were in this movie.

The Miller Rating = 8 of 10

Here is the list of the gun as listed in the Internet Movie Firearm Database:

• 1 Handguns
  •  1.1 Compensated Beretta 92FS
  • 1.2 SIG-Sauer P226
  • 1.3 Smith & Wesson 3913/3914
  • 1.4 Kimel AP-9
  • 1.5 Smith & Wesson Model 586
  • 1.6 Smith & Wesson Model 686
  • 1.7 Ruger SP101
  • 1.8 Beretta 92FS Inox
  • 1.9 Smith & Wesson Model 41
  • 1.10 Smith & Wesson Model 629 "Classic Hunter" Custom
  • 1.11 Star 30M
  • 1.12 Smith & Wesson 659
  • 1.13 Beretta 93R
  • 1.14 Custom Springfield Armory M1911-A1
  • 1.15 Springfield M1911-A2 SASS
  • 1.16 Llama M-87
  • 1.17 Glock 17
• 2 Submachine Guns
  
  • 2.1 IMI Micro Uzi
  • 2.2 IMI Mini Uzi
  • 2.3 Skorpion SA Vz 82
  • 2.4 Spectre M4
• 3 Shotguns
  • 3.1 Ithaca 37
  • 3.2 Remington 870
• 4 Assault Rifles
  • 4.1 SGW Multimatch AR-15
  • 4.2 Heckler & Koch HK33A3
  • 4.3 Heckler & Koch HK33A2
  • 4.4 SIG SG543
  • 4.5 SIG SG 540
  • 4.6 Heckler & Koch HK91
  • 4.7 SIG SG 551
  • 4.8 Beretta SC-70/223
  • 4.9 Ruger Mini-14 GB-F
  • 4.10 IMI Galil AR
  • 4.11 MAS AA-52
  • 4.12 Armi-Jaeger AP-15 w/ False Grenade Launcher
  • 4.13 Armi-Jaeger AP-74
• 5 Miscellaneous
  • 5.1 Suppressors
  • 5.2 Leon's Grenades
  • 5.3 M67 Hand Grenade
  • 5.4 M18 Smoke Grenade
  • 5.5 Rubber M16A2?

Thank you

...to all who have served. May we be strive to be worthy of your sacrifice. 

Gun Dreams

Dust and Decay

I was on point. The Sky was steel gray. It would be dusk soon.

I carried my Cx4 Storm as we moved slowly through a ruined compound. The grass was hip high here as we approached the gothic staircase that swept up to the main entrance doors.

The double doors were wide open like a gaping maw. We slipped in silently. Two tactical lights switched on and swept the huge foyer. Leaves were blown and piled into the corners. Hundreds of broken chairs filled the foyer as if thrown from the balcony above. Blocking the hall completely. It allowed only one path to proceed.

I moved right up the stairs.

In the dim, I glanced back at her. Her face was turned toward the window. Obscured. Her AR-15 was at the ready.

I moved on. Up and to the left into a long hallway. Tall windows letting in enough light. Enough light to notice that the dust was thick and undisturbed on the floor. It made me relax a little. No one had been here in a long time.

Thunder rolled.

We found a large room as the rain began. It was very dry. A perfect place for the night.

--Thick undisturbed dust...

Traveling With Long Guns

Yesterday my post was about my fathers shotgun.

I picked it up from my sister who had been holding onto for me for several years. The catch was I was flying home. I have never traveled with long guns before. Hand guns are easy. Fill out a short form. Check them in your locked luggage.

The procedure is the same for long guns. At the check-in counter you fill out a short form, show them it is not loaded, and lock it into the case. It gets a little extra TSA X-ray love and off it goes.

Where the FUN begins is at the destination. The rifle case rolls off the luggage belt and everyone raises an eyebrow. I have to say that it was all kinds of fun to walk through the airport with a large, scary, black, rifle case. 

--Smiling at the uniformed TSA rent-a-cops all the way...

The Collection: The Fulton

I just picked up a family heirloom, a Fulton 20 gauge double barrel shotgun.This was my fathers shotgun. It was always hanging over the kitchen door, with ammo, the entire time I grew up.

This is the very first firearm I ever shot. My brother said, "Make sure you pull both triggers at the same time." that asshat. I was 10 years old.

Fulton 20 Gauge Side by Side

You can see in this picture that my father was no gunsmith. He was a farmer. I can't say I ever even saw him clean this gun. This gun took many rabbits and squirrels in my youth.

Special Advanced Farmer Modifications Using Tractor Parts

It has not been fired for about 20 years. After I clean it up I will have a gunsmith look it over before I shoot it. I will get some light loads initially to shoot. I will make it my fireplace gun. I'll make a nice mount for it.

My Next Project

--It's ugly, in bad condition, dirty and may not work but it's mine now!

"This is a test."

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in partnership with the Federal Communications Commission and the National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) at 2 p.m. EST on Wednesday, November 9. The test will be transmitted over radio and television stations. Once the alert is sounded, the message will be: "This is a test." Regular programming will resume once the test is over. FEMA asks everyone’s assistance to spread the word so people will know what to expect and no one is caught off guard."

 --Zombies!!

Sons of Guns: Stephanie Hayden

As you probably know by now I enjoy the TV Show: Sons of Guns on The Discovery Channel.

Not only do I love Red Jacket Firearms, their guns, the builds, the wacky challengers and way too short deadlines, I love Stephanie Hayden. The show would be way less without her.

Look, I know it's a reality TV show. I know that it's setup for it's entertainment value. I still like her. She's fun and hot.

I am even a friend on Facebook. Me and 74,713 other of her closest friends! I like her posts. She seems real. Is having a lot of fun with the fame thing and not taking it to seriously. She is even going to start a movie career! Bikers vs Nazis! That is going to be fun.

--Check out the show, the movie and her Facebook page! You know you wanna!

Stephanie Hayden

Bug Out Bag

Bug Out Bag - a good pack is essential

So it was Daylight Savings time this weekend.

In addition to testing your smoke detectors it's time to review your BOB contents. 

• Rotate the power bars and water
• Refresh your First aid kit
• Do a fresh inventory
• Make sure your pack in good repair

Here is a typical BOB content list:

• Food and Water, three days worth
• First aid kit including blow out kit
• Multitool(s)
• Compass and region maps
• K-Bar
• Bic Lighters
• Duct tape
• Para-cord
• Rain poncho
• Small binocs
• Small cook kit and stove (I like a twig stove)
• Emergency space blanket
• 55 gal trash bags
• Zip lock bags
• Small camo tarp
• Two small LED flash lights and extra batteries
• Small Transistor radio and earbuds
• Altoid tin of fishing gear
• Small spool of strong wire
• Altoid tin sewing kit
• Clothes, socks, underwear, shirts, pants

Separately, I keep other things handy like a sleeping bag, coats, firearms and gear, and many other items. I keep additional things in the vehicles.

--This is a min prep. A BOB to get you through three days.

Quotes of the Week

"The problem with Socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money."

--Margaret Thatcher

"Of the billions of living things on Earth, only Man ponders his existence. His questions lead to torment, for he is unable to accept, as the insects do, that life's only purpose is life itself."

--Dr. Hellstrom