Recent content by LAK

Port arms - muzzle angled up weak side. Running muzzle down is just asking to dig your barrel into the ground during a fall, possibly damaging it or plugging it with crud the moment you need it. A discharge into the ground nearby also risks any near fellow runners or bystanders with richochets...

If I had a cell phone handy I would feigned receiving a call - held it as if looking to see "who's calling" and mutter something like "who the h is calling me now ..... Oh, Frank.. I'll call him later..." and snapped a photo of him.

I would go with the G36: an extra 5mm in grip is really nothing unless you have very small hands, and it is not going to matter in regards to concealment.

Gun ownership would be per U.S. vs Miller: any firearm used by the military would be legal for ownership and carry, open or concealed as applicable. No tax, fee, permit, permission required.

I do not think the poster's concerns are unwarranted. Any isolated dwelling in a secluded setting is apt to arouse curiosity. Worse case in my view would be someone(s) that might see you out and about and decide to study your routine. This is probably low on the scale of risk but the highest on...

I said a long time ago on here that the U.N. is the single greatest threat to all our rights, starting with the 2nd. Regardless of the wording, extent and interpretation of any particular treaty proposal, the fact is that the complete ban on the civilian ownership of firearms worldwide is a...

No point in repeating what others have already pointed out. I will say though that with surplus guns, simply do not pass up a really good buy when you see one. As myself, many others on this board and elsewhere will tell you stories about what they passed up in times long gone and regretted...

I guess my post has been invisible to a few on here, and rather than repeat it I will summarize it in that I once came to within a second of shooting a boy who was "just playing" with his toy gun. Here are a few related news stories that come up on a google search...

The following is a posting of mine on another subject/thread; I could easily have shot this boy dead in a second - and was "just that far away" from it. My recommendation with kids and toys guns is to draw the line when it is anything other than something that squirts water, and does not look...

Personally I do not concern myself with image, I concern myself with concentrating on only using deadly force in accordance with the law, and being able to articulate that clearly. I think an AK in any cartridge is a fine weapon for home defense.

henschman Just my opinion; the way things in general are going, anyone that likes the cartridge(s) and a genuine factory Kalashnikov ought to get these while they can. One thing is certain, they will never be cheaper and it' better than money in the bank. More than likely they (and about...

barnbwt, Agreed all, and I especially like the idea of a 7.62x25 carbine.

Very good penetration performance on hard materials and low recoil. That's about it. Do not recall reading any accounts, WW2 or after, that complain of "poor stopping power" either.

I would say that it was technically and practically a catastrophic failure. The pin should have "worn out" rather than fractured as it did. Anytime a vital part fractures like that it is technically the catastrophic failure of a single part. H&K has addressed the issue so we can speculate...

They are not very common largely because of practicality. On the legal and illegal side there is very little stopping anyone except the costs. Not just the gun, $200 transfer tax etc. But ammo costs. There are basically two things on a personal weapon level that automatics are good for; first...