Tag: Guns and such

My favorite toy

Underrated Guns

Gratuitous Gun Pics, The Gun Thing

Looking back for something else in my archives, I stumbled across this 2020 article about underrated guns.  I’ll spare you the details (follow the link if you’re interested), but the guns are pictured below:

 

  • I have no experience with the R22, but it’s a T/C, looks nice and uses 10/22 mags, so how bad can it be?
  • I’m not a fan of the Savage Apex line, because I had a terrible experience with one once, because that skinny little barrel starts to whip after more than a few rounds.  But it’s a decent budget hunting rifle.  I honestly prefer the 110 Hunter line — more expensive, to be sure, but I think a better rifle altogether.  I’ll always suggest the 110 for a starter rifle, because at any price, it’s wonderfully accurate, and their adjustable Accu-Trigger is the bee’s knees.
  • If I were looking for a “mid-price” 1911, I’d go with one of the Springfields purely because of long experience with my GI model.
  • I carried a Charter Arms Bulldog (.44 Spec) for years, until I got my 1911.  Nothing wrong with it — I think I’d take the Undercover over one of the Rossi or Taurus cheapies, to be honest.
  • I like the Bersa Thunder, and if I were restricted to the .380 ACP, it would probably be my first choice too.
  • Not a fan of the Tomcat, even though I love most Beretta handguns.  I think it’s the .32 ACP chambering that puts me off, although his rationale for the piece is quite acceptable.  I’d certainly take it over any of the teeny pocket pistols out there, just for the reliability factor.

The article got me thinking about the topic, so in days to come I’ll put up my half-dozen choices of underrated guns, just for the hell of it.  Try to contain yer anticipation.

LOL Of The Day

Funny Stuff, The Gun Thing

Once more with feeling from the Comment section at Knuckledragger’s:

That’s also sorta true with chastising people who use “bullets” when they mean “cartridges”.  Yes I know, the bullet is really the part that leaves the casing and comes out of the naughty end of the gun (oops I mean barrel), but saying “I’m outta cartridges!” just doesn’t have the same ring as “I need more fuggin’ bullets!”

I’d rather just chastise someone for not having enough ammo.

Also:  far be it for me to say this, but we really shouldn’t be guided by anything the Army says, because their fuckup rate in all things is phenomenal.  And that’s true of any army.

Technical Thuggery

Government Thugs, The Gun Thing

Well, when I saw this headline, I thought “Wow, this must be pretty bad, considering their history.”

One of the worst things ATF has ever done

And it was.

Not one of the guns or gun parts the ATF seized from former sailor Patrick Tate Adamiak was illegal. Not a single gun or gun part required any additional paperwork beyond a Form 4473, and most didn’t even require that. Adamiak was always extremely careful and did absolutely nothing wrong. 

Every single item that the ATF seized from Adamiak’s home is still sold to anyone who wants one. Most don’t even require an FFL for the transfer since they’re not even firearms but are instead legal gun parts. 

So, why is Adamiak serving 20 years in a federal prison?

Good question.  Here’s why:

(ATF Agent) Bodell’s incredible deceptions have become almost legendary. He actually turned toys into firearms and legal semi-autos into machineguns.

    • Bodell inserted a real STEN action and a real STEN barrel into Adamiak’s toy STEN submachinegun and got it to fire one round, even though the toy’s receiver wouldn’t accept a real STEN magazine. Bodell actually classified the toy, which are very popular, as a machine gun.
    • Bodell fired five of Adamiak’s very expensive and extremely collectible legal semi-autos, which fire from an open bolt. All the ATF technician could achieve was semi-auto fire, but that didn’t stop him. He classified all five highly sought after firearms as machine guns.
    • Bodell ruled that several receivers that had been cut in half were actually machine guns. The same receivers are still legally sold online and do not require an FFL or any paperwork.
    • Bodell actually rebuilt three inert RPGs, which had holes drilled into their receivers and were stripped of internal parts. ATF’s “expert” added parts from real RPGs until they would fire a single subcaliber 7.62x39mm round. As a result, he classified the RPGs as destructive devices.

So the ATF took Adamiak’s toys, turned them (partially) into (sorta) weapons, and had him sent to jail.  For 20 years.

Somebody explain to me why this cocksucker Bodell shouldn’t be swinging from a lamp post?  And ditto the fucking judge who allowed this bullshit to be taken as “evidence”?

Note to President Trump:   Pardon Adamiak yourself, and have Kash Patel take action against Bodell, just prior to closing down the entire ATF.  If you don’t, then why did we elect you?

New Arrival

The Gun Thing

This is either good news, or terrible news.

Oy.  As if we didn’t already have enough Merchants Of Death around these parts;  now I’ll have to resist the lure of one of my all-time favorite Merchants Of Death, right next door to the Galleria Mall off the corner of the LBJ and Dallas North Tollway.

Not just gun lust, but old-timey gun lust, FFS.

Their new address:  5304 Alpha Rd, Dallas TX 75240.

Opening date:  TBA, but it’ll be soon.

Aaargh.  Now I can’t even deny my inner urges with the “But they’re too far away!”  excuse.

Vey ist mir.

Lockless

The Gun Thing

Apparently Smith & Wesson are discontinuing the disgusting Clinton-era revolver locks.  Details here.

And about time, too.

I should point out that my own J-frame lightweight Mod 637 has a lock:

…but it has never suffered an “inadvertent” lock-up as a result of recoil, although Smith’s scandium-framed revolvers are reported to suffer occasionally from this malady when shooting heavy magnum loads.

Whatever;  maybe I should think about replacing the old backup with a new “no-lock” piece…

 

If I do, I’ll raffle my old 637 to my Readers who live in states where I can ship it to without having the godless ATF crawl up my ass.  Or I’ll just give it back to its original owner, with thanks.  Watch this space.

Next on the agenda:  getting Ruger to stop disfiguring their guns with that stupid “GUNS ARE DANGEROUS!!!!” billboard on the barrel.  (Fuck you, we all know that, you foul poltroons.)

Gratuitous Gun Pic: Diablo Break-Open Pistol (12ga)

Gratuitous Gun Pics

Reader John C. writes and asks:  “Why haven’t you done a review of this Diablo pistol?”

Probably for the simple reason that I’d never heard of it before.  However, he did include a pic:

Well now… that is interesting.  This Gun Craft Diablo is a take on the venerable Derringer — in fact, it more correctly harks back to the flintlock pistols of yore in that it’s a black-powder thing, and sports the manly 12ga load (times two!) which should make one’s wrist ache just by looking at it.

If you’re interested in having one of these bad boys shipped to your front door (no NFA restrictions!!!), then here’s some loading advice, courtesy of Paul Helinski.

Here’s the thing:  as I said, I’d never heard of this gun before, let alone fired it.  But I have owned and fired a Bond Arms Derringer-style pistol in .44 Mag.  [pause to let the gasps of shock and surprise subside]  One would expect that the recoil would be overwhelming but really, it isn’t.  The reason is that the shorty lil’ 1½” barrel of the Derringer means that the boolet has left the muzzle long before the recoil has set in, so to me it felt little different from, say, a .38 Special +P fired from a 4″ barrel revolver, and a lot less than a .44 Mag fired from a similar gun.

I see no reason why a 12ga black powder 00 shot load through a 6″ smoothbore barrel would be much different.  (A .72″ ball… errrr maybe not.)

My take:  it’s a “fun” gun and not one I’d consider for any kind of self-defense use, of course.  But there’s nothing wrong with having fun, especially where guns are concerned.  And I love the fact that as it doesn’t have to go through the usual FFL/NCIS rigmarole forced on us when buying a gun, it can truly be “the gun that nobody knows you own”.

Nothing wrong with that, either.