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I love VA--I picked these up by the register at a local gas station. :)

I can understand rifles made for only shooting from a bench, or perhaps short AKs and ARs.

But any rifle that might be used at long range... why wouldn't it have basically a built in unfoldable bench rest system? Sure, most of them you can easily attach a Harris bipod to. But that's so much more cumbersome and less elegant than the integral bipods of the FAL and HK91.

The lack of rear monopods blows my mind more. (Accuracy International calls them "butt spikes".)

I can't believe HS Precision doesn't even seem to make a stock with an integral rear monopod.

Fortunately Accu-Shot makes a monopod that attaches to a rear sling swivel stud (and provides another for a sling), so that covers my 700P pretty well, but not my FAL.

The day before yesterday I was working-up a load for the Remington US Model of 1903, (Springfield.) The group I got was unbelievable so I had to see if I could duplicate it.

Here are the results.
( Kinda big pics. )

m_fallenangel stated & boy how I agree Any serious handgunner should occasionally practice one handed shooting as though the off-hand is wounded or injured, and that turns the 1911 into a very small club without an extended slide release.

I know I had mucho problems doing this after my rotator cuff op. Heck I've worked on this for 49 years now and I'll keep on going... & preaching this, it might just save a life.

For the JMB faction.

ETA: MSRP $799.00

"including SIG Sauer P229 pistols fit with huge .357 cartridges"

If .357 Sig is a"huge" cartridge, imagine what they'd think of the .500S&W. At least they called it a cartridge and not just a bullet, going for the trade-off maybe?

From here: http://www.life.com/image/ugc1023372/in-gallery/37872/inside-the-secret-service

New Gunsight Improves Marksmanship With Intuitive Aim, Says Vision Scientist.

Anyone seen one yet? (It doesn't sound like it's in production yet, but I can't quite visualize the design.)

My dad sent this to me with the caption "Texas Flashlight."

http://current.com/items/91663489_why-switzerland-has-the-lowest-crime-rate-in-the-world.htm

Now if only other countries would get a clue.

I didn't know about IANSA untill I saw this:

A female friend of mine asked the question wondering if she should go semi-auto or revolver for her first pistol.

Someone responded: "If I could have only one? I'd get the revolver just because of the dependability issues. Round misfires? Pull the hammer back manually and you get another one. If that happens at a bad time in a semi-auto, you're screwed.

I don't think awkward reloading is an issue...you should never need more than two or three shots." (she mentioned reloading a revolver because she has found that she shoots better left handed)

I really hopes she ignores that person.

Words nearly fail me.

A Federal Judge ruled today on a GCO case relating to police stopping individuals who are seen carrying a concealed firearm on MARTA Trains today. He ruled in favor of MARTA for the most part stating that it was legal and lawful for a police officer to stop and detain someone to confirm they were carrying a license allowing the concealed carry of a firearm.

In this case, the MARTA police more than stopped the individual, they in fact, stopped and detained them and harrassed them for more than a half an hour. Long after they confirmed the person had a State issued GFL (Georgia Firearms License) they still detained him. This goes beyond the scope of what the judge said is allowed and yet he ignores the facts as described in the decision.

What is disturbing about this, is that this case seems to fly in the face of US v Ubiles and State v Jones. In both cases the Supreme Courts of the US and of Georgia (respectively) determined that an officer must witness some illegal activity and that carrying of a firearm (a lawful activity) was not valid evidence of a crime.

Further, in Jones, the officer doesn't have lawful authority to take a firearm and conduct further investigations upon said firearm (run the serial number) without some other reasonable articulable suspicion that it is in fact stolen. Probable cause is warranted before a criminal investigation can begin. This is basic US Jurisprudence.

Put another way, driving a car is not a crime, even if you must have a license to drive one. An officer CANNOT simply stop someone to determine if they are driving without a license unless they are checking everyone at a "road safetly checkpoint" and those stops are mandated as being VERY short in duration. They cannot pull you for an hour to "Check your license" a task that take a mere moment to confirm.

http://nnm.ru/blogs/dieser/oruzhe_21_veka/

Just found this page, some very neat drawings of guns in various arrangements.

Sadly the full-size pictures appear to be missing from the page.

Still very neat, I wouldn't mind a few of them framed!

Gun control: Stealth agenda revealed by Attorney General Holder

General Holder testified: “The position of the Administration is that there should be a basis for law enforcement to share information about gun purchases.”

“... [It’s not] inconsistent to allow law enforcement agencies to share that kind of information, for that information to be retained and then to be shared by law enforcement.” “It seems incongruous to me that we would bar certain people from flying on airplanes because they are on the terrorist watch list and yet we would still allow them to posses weapons,” said Holder.

"to be retained and then to be shared"
That is illegal. This is the "slippery slope" that we were assured would never happen.

P.S. Obviously, Holder listens to Glenn Beck!

Rows of 7.62 mm bullets are shown, ready to be shot by Afghan National Army recruits as part of their daily training at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 19, 2009. A massive effort is underway to train thousands of new troops to join the fight against the vicious Taliban-led insurgency. But the task is hobbled by the lack of mentors and high levels of illiteracy among the recruits.
(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Source of photo

Skip to 6:50, or,

Direct link to the 6:50 mark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whcKWF4QZoI#t=06m54s

xposted to my LJ

Favorite team loses? Invite your friends to shoot your tv in the driveway.....