I think if I had my pick of motorcycles… Say, that Nigerian Prince gives me that 32 Million Dollars he’s been promising for the last decade… I think I’d take a New 2012 Kawasaki Concourse 14.
At least, I’d take it now at this moment. Of course come time to buy. I’d probably take home another Honda.
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S&W M&P Shield
I think I’d be interested in this in .40… I like it. An improved trigger, which the M&P line needed, in a size factor that S&W needed to get into. Julie’s hair looked fantastic too.
Okay, let’s take a closer look at the gun. I think it could have been 1/4 inch longer in the barrel… I know they wanted to hit a size point, but I think the took the barrel length dimension a bit too short. The addition of the thumb safety is unnecessary. Oh sure, it’s small enough to be unobtrusive, but it’s also too small to be really useful. It’s like a 3rd Nipple. Still, overall, I like this gun and look forward to trying it out.
Other guns it’s competing with… PF9, Nano, 938, LC9, PPS, PM9… Yeah, I think S&W nailed a Home Run Winner.
Watch this at Full Screen, all the way to the end.
Concussion
Monday I received another concussion. Hit my head… I thought I was doing okay, headaches, but taking it easy I thought I was doing pretty well.
Today I decided to take short ride to warm up my motorcycle’s chain so I can lube it up… As I was pulling back into Ogre Ranch, I felt like I was falling to the left, so I leaned right, and very gently, very slowly, very ignobly… laid my bike over on it’s right. No real damage but a bend in the brake lever, and I popped a connector on a fairing.
As of right now, I am still dizzy as hell.
Henry’s US Survival AR-7
The gun shop I work at is now stocking (Well, we got in a few of them) the Henry US Survival AR-7.
Normally, I’d avoid anything having to do with Henry rifles… Not that there is anything wrong with them, I just don’t favor them. I don’t like Ranch Dressing either. Nothing wrong with it, I just think it tastes like rotten mayo made for the devil’s own excrement… So it’s just a matter of taste. Everyone likes different things, and this is why the Gun Industry has such a wide varieties of ways to kill things.
The AR-7 was originally made by Armalite for the US Air Force. The idea was that this was a part of a Pilot’s survival kit should they be downed in a nice woodland area filled with tasty furry critters so the pilot could have a couple days of hunting before they get picked back up. (Yes, that was intentionally tongue in cheek) I don’t know how many the Air Force picked up, but they did buy a few. But not enough for Armalite to hold on to the gun… They sold it to Charter Arms for couple hundred bucks and a bag of roasted walnuts. Charter made them for a few years and then just stopped. Henry picked up the old design and is now making a slightly improved version.
Armalite, Charter, and Henry… this is a trifecta of Uncomfortable Dislike for me… As I am not fond of anyone having anything to do with this rifle. Yet there is something about the little AR-7 that I like. It’s very light, simple, and it does what its designed to do perfectly. The gun its self though, is far from perfect… its sights are poor, its action is overly heavy and gritty, and its trigger… well, I have a house full of wall switches that have a better pull… Yet there is something about the collective whole of the little rifle that is most appealing. It’s not that it is light, because it balances very awkwardly with it’s fat hollow asymmetrical stock. It’s not that it’s cheap… you could buy a number of other .22 rifles that are more accurate and better built… just better rifles… for the same price as an AR-7. And it’s not that I am planning on flying over Russian Wilderness on some mission that might get me shot down. And it’s not that “It Floats”… because I was diving once in a lake and found one of these on the bottom. (Okay, I had found an older Charter and it was filled with water… Evidently Henry has improved the Floating qualities) I’m not planning on going Kayaking with a rifle. The AR-7 has an intangible quality to it… something I can’t quantify… but it’s there. It’s Cool. The AR-7 rifle is a Cool little rifle. It’s stripped down and simple, like a rifle version of a Cafe Racer type Motorcycle. Being Cool, the AR-7 makes no apologies for not having a forearm, good trigger, or decent sights… it doesn’t have to… because it’s Cool.
I’d love one if it had a folding stock instead of the bloated hollow stock. And I’d love it even more if someone made a version in .22 Magnum.
Hoodies.
I have mentioned before that I like wearing Hoodies. I have a bunch… Let’s see…
UnderArmor… I have 3. One brown, one green, and one digital camo.
Browning… 2. One green, one brush camo.
Carhart… 1. Black, oversized even by hoodie standards and super warm… one of my favorites.
2 Generic store brand hoodies in a forest camo.
1 from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
And I have 3 from Basin Sports, one black UnderArmor with a zip up, one brown, and one black again.
I think I have a couple more that I can’t think of right now… Oh, one from Ugly Stick…
None of these Hoodies have anything to do with association or support of Gangs or Trayvon Martin or anything else like that… I like to wear them because they are comfortable… not because I am occupying Wall Street or looking for Zimmerman’s head. I am at the moment of writing this, occupying my couch while wearing a Browning hoodie because it’s a cool spring morning after a night time storm and I’ve got the windows open and I am listening to the birds singing and chirping and cooing… (I have doves at Ogre Ranch… see… I’m all about Peace) If wearing a hoodie indicates my support of anything – right now you could say that it’s Browning Firearms. Under this hoodie is a Glock model 20 in 10mm with 2 spare mags on my belt. This is another bonus of wearing of a hoodie… I can conceal an M4 Carbine under here, let alone any handgun I fancy to carry.
Where are the Tactical Hoodies? With inside straps for spare mags and flashbangs? With Velcro areas for the addition of Patches? I want to put my Patches on a Hoodie… and be able to take them off again and change them. Let’s see… MHI, EOD, INFIDEL, PORK EATING CRUSADER… I got a lot of Patches here that need a Tactical Hoodie!
Brutal Test for Slipstream
Ready from some unabashed Slipstream Pimping? Joe, aka “GunDoc” got this in the email today… From one of Crusader’s Dealers, Tannerman’s Trading Company.
I had to send you this testimony ASAP. A customer came in just browsing the shop and noticed we carried Slipstream. He promptly wanted the grease/lube combo, but not for what you would think.
The customer works at Pocasangre Abbott Labs and works with centrifuges all day. He stated he was using the manufacturer-recommended grease for his centrifuges, but it was breaking down after just a few days of usage. He then proceeded to tell me that he tried Slipstream grease and after three weeks of continuous use, it still hadn’t broken down! The only reason he didn’t test it for a fourth week, he said, was because he was going on vacation and didn’t want to take the chance that something would happen. He was very happy with the performance Slipstream was providing him with his machinery and happily told me it was fine for me to relay his experience back to you.
So there you go, another non-weapon use for Slipstream.
Gun Shop Manager
Tannerman’s Trading Company
This is a pretty brutal test for any lubricant, and from what I gather, the other Lubricants have completely failed. Slipstream has passed the test with flying colors.
For those that don’t know, a Centrifuge… well… Read the Wiki if you don’t know what one is. These suckers spin at some shockingly high RPM’s.
Federal
Federal, the makers of some of my favorite ammunition, is expanding their Fusion line. In the new 2012 Catalog they are showing Fusion shotgun and handgun ammo, as well as new calibers and even a Reduced Recoil option coming out.
But one item I really like, that kinda snuck up on me… 7.62x39mm. Oh man… Break out that CZ 527 or Savage Scout and take it hunting! This is an excellent offering that you will probably have to special order from your Local Gun Dealer, and you might have to have some patience for it… but it should be very much worth it.
I think this is an excellent move on Federal’s part because the Fusion line is very good stuff. What it is, is simply a premium quality loading using a less expensive, but very consistent bonded core projectile. Think Speer Gold Dot here. This is where the line gets its name… the bullet Core and Jacket are fused together. The results are very satisfying on big game and the same results should translate into other applications, such as defense and handgun hunting. Hunting Guides have reported great success in the field with Hunters who have used the Fusion ammunition. I am looking forward to trying some of the handgun stuff out in the future.
Pimping Crusader.
Some jackass tried to post “Why don’t you stop pimping Slipstream and Crusader?”
Really? I’m part owner of Crusader. I have a vested interest in Crusader… and Slipstream. The reason I am involved is because I really believe in what we are doing and what we are making. Crusader puts out staggeringly good weapons that outperform rifles costing twice as much (or more) and our lubrication product “Slipstream” is so good in automatic weapons that active members of the military have described it as a “Force Multiplier”.
When Crusader stops putting out the very best we can… then I’ll stop pimping Crusader and Slipstream.
How about this… Instead of being a dickhead – why don’t you try it? I double dog dare you. You might find that I’m actually right. If you come to one of my training courses – Defensive Pistol coming up May 26th – you will need it!
Bi-polar guns
Guys, don’t let your guns get bi-polar… Your AR doesn’t need everything out of the MAKO and Blackhawk catalogues to be cool or effective.
Here is a rule of thumb for you. If you have a VFG or an AFG on your rifle, you don’t need a bi-pod. The reverse is also true. If you put a 4-16 Nikon Monarch on your gun, you don’t need to try to put flip up iron sights on it.
AR builds tend to fall into three classes. Short, Intermediate, and Long Range/Precision.
I’ll post more about these three build types tonight or tomorrow…