Wat's Guns-N-Stuff Thread

[LLCox]

The drive down I-81 in the wintertime is really pretty and interesting. With the leaves off the trees, you can see back off the road farther. It's good looking rolling/mountainous countryside with a lot more cattle than one would think. It's nice on a bike, too. Do it early before the trucks come out and get to competing with each other for who is passing whom on the long uphill pulls. Think 53 in a 70 zone.


That said, I'm short time around here.

I love country girls. My wife was a mountain woman and she ruined me for other women. I was an Indiana boy in an Indiana town. Took me until I was twenty nine to find her back here.
Another thing about driving the roads there is the passing lanes they put in every once in a while. They should build no roads without those. I drove to Richmond to see the Museum of the Confederacy. Awesome place. Jeb Stewart's hat and pistols, Lee's uniform and items too many to tell. Worth the trip all by itself. Also visited several battlefields then I drove to Jefferson's home. Great trip.

 

[Chobham]

20 blue state AGs wrote letter to the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention asking the Biden administration to cut off ammunition sales of 5.56mm rounds to the civilian market but fucked up bigly in their letter:

"Ammunition from Lake City is manufactured for military use and does not belong in our communities. Federal courts have repeatedly noted the military nature of 5.56-millimeter rounds, which are used in military-issued rifles, such as the M-16. Military-style weapons – and the ammunition specifically manufactured for them – should be limited to military use. Even if military-grade ammunition were appropriate for the civilian market, its sale to private parties should not be subsidized by taxpayer dollars.

In the short term, we ask your Office to investigate the contracting and manufacturing practices that led to so many billions of military-grade rounds being sold into our communities, and to issue a public report with recommendations about how to end the diversion of military ammunition into civilian hands. In the long term, we ask the White House to ensure that future production contracts prohibit the sale of military weapons and ammunition to civilians"

https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/letters/lake-city-multistate-letter.pdf

An open admission that guns in the US such as the AR15 and other sporting type rifles of the same caliber are ubiquitous in the US, ie, "in common use" and are therefore protected by the Second Amendment under existing Supreme Court jurisprudence. Good luck trying to defend such a ban in court

They shot themselves in the foot with that letter, once again proving that you shouldn't write about subjects of which you have no knowledge.

Let's start with the fact that there is ZERO difference between the ammo being made at Lake City (military-grade) and that which you can buy from any other manufacturer as far as lethality is concerned. The Lake City stuff has crimped and sealed primers that resist water immersion, that's it. The entire "military-grade" reference is nothing more than political rhetoric to mislead and inflame the public and the courts.

By their own admission "billions" of rounds have been sold to the public, that means more than 2 billion. In reality it's more in the 7 billion range. Doing some simple math that means that MAYBE .0000007% of LC ammo MAY have been used in lethal shootings.

Further, the fact that 'billions' were sold says that there are millions of AR shooters out there. This entirely blows apart the mantra that the AR is not in "common use."

You can bet your sweet ass that the pro 2A attorneys are going to be using that letter to shove it up the whiner's collective asses.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

20 blue state AGs wrote letter to the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention asking the Biden administration to cut off ammunition sales of 5.56mm rounds to the civilian market but fucked up bigly in their letter:

"Ammunition from Lake City is manufactured for military use and does not belong in our communities. Federal courts have repeatedly noted the military nature of 5.56-millimeter rounds, which are used in military-issued rifles, such as the M-16. Military-style weapons – and the ammunition specifically manufactured for them – should be limited to military use. Even if military-grade ammunition were appropriate for the civilian market, its sale to private parties should not be subsidized by taxpayer dollars.

In the short term, we ask your Office to investigate the contracting and manufacturing practices that led to so many billions of military-grade rounds being sold into our communities, and to issue a public report with recommendations about how to end the diversion of military ammunition into civilian hands. In the long term, we ask the White House to ensure that future production contracts prohibit the sale of military weapons and ammunition to civilians"

https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/letters/lake-city-multistate-letter.pdf

An open admission that guns in the US such as the AR15 and other sporting type rifles of the same caliber are ubiquitous in the US, ie, "in common use" and are therefore protected by the Second Amendment under existing Supreme Court jurisprudence. Good luck trying to defend such a ban in court

Well, I reckon that I'll be forced to purchase .223 Rem then . . . .

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I love country girls. My wife was a mountain woman and she ruined me for other women. I was an Indiana boy in an Indiana town. Took me until I was twenty nine to find her back here.
Another thing about driving the roads there is the passing lanes they put in every once in a while. They should build no roads without those. I drove to Richmond to see the Museum of the Confederacy. Awesome place. Jeb Stewart's hat and pistols, Lee's uniform and items too many to tell. Worth the trip all by itself. Also visited several battlefields then I drove to Jefferson's home. Great trip.

The view off James Madison's front porch is nothing short of fabulous.

 

[LLCox]

The view off James Madison's front porch is nothing short of fabulous.

I looked it up, very nice.

 

[LLCox]

SnipeX alligator

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I looked it up, very nice.

I found it striking. They were renovating parts of the house when I was there. I got a kick out ot the framing for the second floor over the large foyer. The ceiling plaster was out and we could see it. Really, I best remember the view and the floor framing. Odd what sticks with us sometimes.


I'd like to go to check out Jefferson's Poplar Forest.

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

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[Wat_Tyler]

https://sinpaznicuartel.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/lenin.jpg


I think the writing roughly translates to:


Ein Volk
Ein Reich
Ein Fuehrer


Of course, if it doesn't (or even if it does), absolutely no fucks whatever were given in the creation of this post.

 

[Chobham]

Yet another 100 done and boxed up.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Yet another 100 done and boxed up.

Muy bien!!


Order came in. Someone said something about a MLK quote. I'll pick it up on MLK day. How's that?


https://www.memesmonkey.com/images/memesmonkey/3b/3b271d111f845d40285d7067f2d6d039.jpeg

 

[Chobham]

MLK day? It's sorta fitting.

 

[TrailerHitch]

 

[Wat_Tyler]

MLK day? It's sorta fitting.

Yes, I think so, too.

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If you read some of the posts around here, a Schrodinger's Wat is forming.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Wat is the kind of guy who would remove the restricters from water faucets . . . .


Let that one sink in . . . .

 

[Chobham]

Got another 100 prepped last night. They'll go in the tumbler(s) this AM.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

 

[TrailerHitch]

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[TrailerHitch]

 

[TrailerHitch]

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Took a wander through the offerings from S&W. Aside from the Model 27, meh.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Wife likes their M&P Shield. She has tiny hands and it fits her perfectly. So... if you gotta buy something for a girl, it's a good bet.

I have a Ruger EC9 which is decent and more accurate than I thought it would be.


It does gall me that a decent wheelgun is a grand.

 

[Chobham]

I have a Ruger EC9 which is decent and more accurate than I thought it would be.


It does gall me that a decent wheelgun is a grand.

They are pricey alright but a well tuned and timed wheel gun is a work of art.

If you can find them I'm partial to the Model(s) 19 and 25 along with the K38 combat masterpiece and the K22 combat masterpiece. They pop up from time to time at local med. sized town gun shops.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I ordered some fancy ammo for the .45. They required proof of being a cop, or active duty military, or an honorable discharge. So once all that was done, they sent it. Both the seller and FedEx said multiple times that an adult would have to be present for delivery, show a photo ID, and sign. Arrival - sometime today.

Wife texted a few minutes ago to say they had arrived. I asked if she really had to show ID and sign and she said, "Nope. They just left them on the porch."

Things are different - and better - in West Virginia.

They just drop mine off, too. No issues at all.

Well... they haven't figured out how to make 'em out of plastic yet.

EDIT: Realizing that the march of evil is relentless, I figured I'd better check whether that is still true. It's not. Taurus has made a .357 out of plastic, so others probably have too.

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I'd definitely want to try one out before buying, but there's naught to quibble at regarding price.

They are pricey alright but a well tuned and timed wheel gun is a work of art.

If you can find them I'm partial to the Model(s) 19 and 25 along with the K38 combat masterpiece and the K22 combat masterpiece. They pop up from time to time at local med. sized town gun shops.

I'm happy with my 19. There's a 27 in the Out West gun shop for below internet pricing. Timing. I do like the 25. Maybe.

 

[Chobham]

All of those on-line auction prices are well above retail. Typically a fair purchase price is approx. 66% to 75% of what they're asking unless it's something rare or unusual.