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    Mom finally is beginning to see the need for a firearm...

    My mother (she’s in her mid 70’s and healthy as a horse) is taking the whole pandemic issue reasonably seriously, she’s sheltering in place and social distancing, but her one deficiency is her lack of a defensive firearm, she jokingly says she’ll be okay with her BB gun and crowbar she lives in...
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    Mom, *PLEASE* be more situationally aware next time...

    Mom and I were out grocery shopping this evening, in a small, southern NH town near the seacoast (Dover), and just experienced a situation that had the *potential* to go bad, but thankfully it didn't, thanks to a nice vigilant couple, and myself... I'm recuperating from a broken ankle from a...
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    It’s time to grow the collection again, but what to get?

    I’ve held off for a while but the time has come for a new gun Here’s my thinking AR-15; not a huge fan, more a manual action guy myself, and I already have one I don’t use anyway, but as long as the platform is threatened by political morons SJW’s and other “pwecious snowfwakes” I want at...
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    Back in the AR family again

    A couple years back, I bought a first-gen S&W M&P15 Sport (5R 1/8 twist, no dust cover) and was happy with it, a fun, reliable gun, I got it primarily as a virtual "middle finger" to the then current nannystate protectionist administration, as I'm mainly a manual action guy at heart, revolvers...
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    2011 polycoat CZ-75B vs 2015 matte stainless CZ-75Bar

    I *own* a 2011 polycoat CZ-75B, my local "toy store" has a 2015 matte stainless 75B, I like the low maintenance aspect of stainless, so I was considering trading... I brought my 75B with me to compare the two side by side, and my response to the stainless gun was surprising... First off, the...
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    Tried a Sig P226 Mk25 9mm (W/ suppressor) at the SIG portable shooting range at KTP

    this weekend, SIG has a cool 18 wheeler trailer rigged up as a 3 bay shooting range over at KTP, they have a selection of their 9mm handguns and a couple 9mm rifles, as well as a .300 BLK rifle (w/ suppressor) available to try out, 5 rounds each, choice of 2 firearms Of course, having never...
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    Are all Ruger BX-25 mags this fussy?

    I have a statistically insignificant sample size of two magazines, both behave the same with identical failure states; 1; the round being chambered ends up jammed against the roof of the reciever, with the bullet often being "bent" upwards, some bends are minor and can be straightened and...
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    S&W M&P15 Sport II vs original 5r version?

    I had an older MP15 Sport with the 5R 1:7 melonite barrel but had to sell it due to financial difficulties, I'm now out of the difficulties, and am planning down the road to get another AR to replace that one I know the new Sport has a few differences, like the dust cover, forward assist and a...
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    It started as a 10/22 Design Contest winner...

    a couple weeks ago, I picked up a used, shooter grade 10/22 DCW (stainless rifle in an American Rimfire style synthetic stock, peep sights and Pic rail ) I installed my spare BX trigger group, TacSol eject lever, and a KIDD bolt buffer, it looked like this; Tonight, my PWS Raptor stock...
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    Time to rebuild the collection...

    Over the past four years, I've had to slowly sell off most of my collection in order to get out of debt, how I got into the situation is mostly irrelavent to the forums, but let's just say it was a combination of unemployment/underemployment and the evils that are credit cards.... Before I got...
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    Slomo videos, Glock 17 Gen4 and CZ-75B

    I've taken some Slomo videos of a Glock 17 Gen4 (no longer own, traded for my CZ-75B) and my CZ-75B, and I discovered some interesting things.... Both were shot by my 13 year old nephew, his first time shooting each handgun, so you're seeing a beginner grip in both videos Glock 17 Slomo Notice...
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    Hmm, trade my Glock 17 Gen 4 towards a CZ-75b?

    I have a Gen4 Glock 17 with the standard case, 3 factory mags, and back straps, as well as 2 33 rounder range toy Glock mags, I can trade nearly straight across for a 99% of new CZ-75b (2011 manufacture) with 2 mags and original case and accessories I've never truly been able to warm up to...
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    DIY Weaponlight on a budget (free!)

    I've been pricing weapon lights for my Gen 4 Glock 17, but didn't realize they were as pricey as they were, and since I tend to be a frugal bugger, I knew there had to be a cheaper way to do it.... So, I grabbed a beat up old Novatac 120P LED flashlight (uses 1 CR123a battery) and a Weaver 1"...
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    A great tool for finding fired brass in the grass

    I have a small backyard range at home, I mainly use it for my .22's, but I have also been shooting my new Glock 17 Gen 4 there, normally I don't worry about the .22 brass, but the 9mm brass I want to retrieve and possibly reload for, so I needed a way to search for the fired shells in the mowed...
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    Do I need a .22 mag rifle?

    I already have a decent collection of .22LR rifles, as well as a S&W MP15 Sport, and reloading gear for 5.56/.223, so I have the ability to handload power levels from around .22WMR and up On paper, there's no reason to add a .22WMR to the collection, as the AR loaded with light loaded...
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    Black powder open air burn in 240 FPS slow motion

    Just an experiment with the slow motion feature on my iPhone Black powder is beautiful in slow motion... ...now to find someone local with a flintlock BP gun and film it in slo-mo....
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    Slow motion 10/22 footage from my iPhone 6

    I recently updated to an iPhone 6, and I've been having some fun with the 240 FPS setting 2013 KTP special 1974 basic carbine The '74 has always felt smoother to me another video, shooting CCI SV, Fed Automatch, CCI Minimag another video, random mix of ammo, a bit faster firing My...
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    When hobbies coincide (shooting and metal detecting)

    Here's my latest mystery.... Our house is a 275 year old Colonial on 50 acres of land, we grow Timothy and alfalfa hay that our neighbor cuts and bales, it's a working farm... I've gotten into metal detecting, and have been finding a lot of cool stuff unde the lawn, copper flashing, old...
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    1" thick plexiglas vs. S&W 686-1

    One of the many things we work on at work are scanner-scales, they're the devices in supermarket check out lanes that scan and weigh grocery items. Some of the older models used thick plexiglas windows, about 1" thick, part of our refurb process is to replace any windows with scratches that...
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    Face to face sale/purchase/sale question (legality?)

    I was just stumped by one of my co-workers while we were discussing firearm stuff.... What would the legality of this type of F2F sale be? (Both purchasers are legal, and there is no legal requirement for F2F transactions to go through a FFL or fill out a 4473 Person 1 purchases a gun at a gun...
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