I might have to put them back into Uprising Russia
Huntsman dropped out.
That’s too bad… he had a chance of a shot at it… If Mitt, Newt, Ron and the guy that lives across the field from me all died in a crash – Huntsman would have totally had a shot at this.
No SHOT
It’s really killing me right now that I am not doing SHOT this year. Right now, I should be checking into my hotel.
DAMN IT.
The Crusader Broadsword
This rifle is going out to some of the gun magazines for review. .308, Elcan optic, Diamond Head sights, Apex handguard, Battlecomp brake, Magpul grip and stock… fully Slipstreamed and slick as hell.
Precision accuracy and battle ready reliability in one gun. CrusaderWeaponry.com.
Don’t fight fair. Order your own Broadsword today!
Guns are Time Machines
Time Machines are real. I own a bunch of them, and if you are a MadOgre.com reader, you probably own a few yourself. No other object we have connects people through time as a Firearm.
When you pick up an old heirloom gun… it connects you to your Father, or your Grand Father, or his Father… you feel what they felt, you remember them and think about their lives and times that they had with that gun. The scratches on the stock, the mark on the bluing… and you remember their stories about hunting that deer or bear. If you are lucky, you remember them taking you out when your were a kid and teaching you how to shoot it.
I remember when my father took me shooting. Each time. What I don’t remember is when he took me to Disney Land or Six Flags… I know I went, but I don’t remember anything of it… but I remember him taking me shooting.
I don’t think you can get that time machine effect from a Rolling Pin… remembering making a batch of biscuits.
Heaven Help Me.
In a moment of weakness… I picked up a Weaver Rail that will fit nicely on my Rossi M-92.
What evilness have I brought into my home? I am ashamed. Okay… I’ll return it to normal sooner than I thought. I still might experiment with an optic on it… just so I can get a better idea on the rifle’s accuracy… and then this rail is coming off and another sighting system is going on. Because the factory sights on these guns are a let down. They are preventing these rifles from hitting their potential.
Now, before you hate me for what I did… I did nothing as bad as what Mossberg has done. Mossberg took the Lever Action, and defecated all over it. This rifle just might be put on display at the SHOT Show. If it is – someone please Falcon Punch the guy at Mossberg that did this.
That is the worst thing I’ve ever seen. And I’ve seen some seriously nasty things.
UPDATE: I took the rail off and put the rear sight back on. It’s as if it never happened. I’ll look at other sight options.
Remington 700 LTR
We transfered through a Remington 700 LTR rifle today. If I was to have taken my XCR Compact Tactical Rifle, and sprayed it down with flat black Krylon, that’s just what it would have looked like… but without everything that makes the XCR so much better.
Granted the LTR is a bit less money… However you do not get the Trinite Coating that makes the XCR completely weather resistant. The LTR is just a cheap matte finish that didn’t look or feel very good. The polishing on the bolt and action makes the XCR so much smoother… and the LTR doesn’t have the X40 trigger system that is so much better than LTR’s trigger. I’m not sure what trigger the LTR has in it… but it didn’t feel nearly as good as the XCR’s. It couldn’t have been an X40. For a couple hundred bucks more than the LTR, you could get the rifle that I think is so much better. Somethings are worth splurging some extra cash for… seriously, get the XCR if that’s what you are in the market for.
Weaver
All the new scopes and Binos I’ve been seeing from Weaver has really been impressing me. Their quality for the prices they are offered at Retail… Very impressive. ATK has done very well to make Weaver a serious optics brand again.
Kudos!
I can say that Weaver has a couple good scopes and a Bino that I would love to own… hell I’d even be willing to spend my own money on them.
My Trinity
For 2012, there are three firearms that I am going to acquire. These are the last guns I want to add to my collection… unless something new pops up that I never knew I always wanted.
1. I want my own Crusader Rifle. A real Crusader Weaponry, top down. I’m tired of seeing the best rifles I’ve ever seen… shipping out to other lucky blokes… I can’t take it anymore. I’ve got to have my own. This is going to be the first of my guns to get… my highest priority. To do this – I’m going to sell my Rock River. As great as it is… it’s not a Crusader. More on selling the Rock in the near future.
2. A Browning High Power. I almost had one, but it slipped through my fingers. One came available about 5 days too late or I’d have had it. I’ve always wanted one and by Odin’s Eyepatch, I’m getting me one.
3. A .44 Magnum 5″ S&W 629. Nightcrawler’s revolver has been haunting me all the more lately… shooting it planted the seed. Shooting Fenris’s new 629 sealed that. I must have one.
These three guns are my top priority, in order. Maybe I’ll stumble on other guns through 2012… but these three are the year’s Holy Trinity for me to get.
SIG’s Adaptive Carbine Platform
SIG has jumped on the pistol to PDW bandwagon. Joining ranks with Hera and CAA, SIG now has a kit you can attach your handgun into, to turn it into something different. Whatever it is, it’s not a Carbine and this is a poor use of the word. SIG would have been much better off to have simply created a real pistol caliber carbine.
There are a lot of critics of the result of turning your pistol into an SMG wannabe. Guys who want this would probably be better off with a real SMG type weapon such as an Uzi or Steyr TMP or something along those lines. These are your basic “PDW” platforms… Personal Defensive Weapons. They have their place and purpose. Now, converting your SIG or Glock into one of these type guns seems questionable to many. But when you lock your Glock into such kit, you do gain some things… Stability is one. Recoil is reduced and Control is enhanced… Accuracy is improved. Quicker target engagement and ease of target engagement is gained. If you use it properly as demonstrated in the video by SIG’s shooter. Holding the weapon out against the sling gives you an anchor point. It’s not as ideal as a stock, but it does work. The unit with the folding stock is better, but then you have an SBR. A Short Barreled Rifle. This is a Class III type firearm and as you can tell, it’s obviously more evil and malicious than using a floppy single point sling. One other thing to be aware of is that attaching a vertical foregrip as shown in the video, well that’s the spawn of Satan as well… Doing that creates a new form of wickedness called an AOW… or “Any Other Weapon”. Something the ATF has been unable to appropriately classify. So you can have this SIG ACP kit on your gun and legally it’s just a pistol still. Until you put that Vertical Foregrip on it and then you have an unregistered AOW. You can’t do that unless you go through the same Red Tape as you would to register your SBR. Now, you can put a Bi-Pod on your handgun. That’s legal. You can even fold down one leg as use it as a VFG… Because it’s still a Bi-Pod. So watch out for that. AOW’s, SBR’s… Oh my. So many ways to commit a felony.
The only thing that could make this SIG ACP any better would be to mount a Taurus Judge in it.