Kevin O’Brien Dick Meadows (c.) models what we’re building — sort of. To successfully build a cosmetically Retro AR-15, you need to plan the build and build to the plan, or you risk committing a Bubba The Gunsmith level atrocity on your firearm. There are good sources of retro information out there, but the good sources of …
Why build your own gun? This question has both practical and psychological dimensions. And it doesn’t just apply to guns! Why build anything you could buy professionally-assembled? Most people are perfectly content with store-bought guns, and ARs in particular are available in a broad range of configurations, qualities and price points — there’s something for just about anybody. …
The question arose: did we have everything we needed to proceed? We knew the answer was no. We’re waiting on some parts to be delivered, including a backordered receiver from the premier maker of “retro” receivers, NoDak Spud LLC. They’re heavily backordered (we are waiting for several uppers, and multiple sets of “prototype” style AR …
We tend to believe what we see with our own eyes, and we tend to extend that belief to what others saw with theirs. But there are several problems with this: one of the major ones is that we don’t always see what’s right in front of us. That’s a pretty famous video by now, …
Legislating from his desk without a Congress he dismisses for its unwillingness to bend to his will, His Excellency Field Marshal President For Life Idi Amin al-Hadji Dada Barack Hussein al-Hadji Obama vastly expanded ATF powers, rewarding Fast and Furious figure B. Todd Jones for his loyalty. At the same ceremony, Jones was sworn in, …
Saturday was spent on the go, with some time searching for a missing (and almost certainly eaten) cat, five hours’ driving, an airshow, a really good seaside lunch, and a movie (not a Saturday Matinee candidate). Sunday is for recovery of body and soul. We may get the two missing Saturday posts (Saturday Matinee and …
When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have baseball bats Watch out for the one with your name on it. Time for the old “clinging to life” metaphor. A cop trying to break up a fight got his head beaten in instead. There’s nothing in this Chicongo Trib report that indicates a suspect is in …
These Marines are Military Police stationed on Okinawa (would Marines say aboard Okinawa?): A Marine MP crew lets rip with an M249. USMC photo by LCPL Brandon Suhr. CORRECTION: The MG in the picture above is a 5.56mm M249. We originally misidentified it — following the original PR — as an M240. Yeah, that’s a pretty embarrassing …
OK. Think of it as a gun ID quiz. We got them all (which almost makes up for our M249/240 screw-up yesterday). They’re an eclectic blend of classics and stuff only Hollywood takes seriously. Post your guesses in the comments. Note that they are not to scale. You can see a larger image with a click. Background: …
Monthly Archives: December 2016 Mabus joins the ranks of those, like HMS Java in the foreground here, who tangled with the US Navy and lost. It was a stinging defeat for the cruelest, most bitter enemy the American Navy has ever faced. Ray Mabus’s decision to eliminate Navy enlisted ratings, which was approved by a …