Saturday, August 14, 2010
Too True...
Rob Allen found some warning labels for newspapers. The local paper around here could use some "possibly dated and disproved" stickers far too often.
Friday, August 13, 2010
1911 - Phase One...
Initiate! Wolf ext. power extractor spring and action spring showed up while I was working. Noticeably snappier slide. We'll see how the extractor spring goes next time I hit the range.
Cursed myself.
The scheduled 8 turned into 12. Needless to say you're somewhat busier some days in this job than others...
Fitting really...
All sorts of dark, gloomy, rainy. Kinda right for Friday the 13th.
I just hope things stay quiet here at work, the less I have to get out of the car, the better.
I just hope things stay quiet here at work, the less I have to get out of the car, the better.
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PMags
Somebody asked about some broken ones on ARFCOM, and one of Magpul's guys mentioned how many they actually get returned.
Broken PMAGs are actually extremely rare with a return rate of only 0.025% (2-3 per 10,000) on average. However, defective ones do pop up now and again (this has nothing to do with the Impact Covers).That's pretty dang impressive really. Oh, and they're replacing the broken ones.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
More from Jackson County
It looks as if Jackson County Corporate Counsel Mark Skolos is pushing for authorization from the County Board to prosecute the weapons cases DA Fox won't.
It looks like it may force Van Hollen to commit to an opinion, and given his past leanings I'm pretty optimistic.
There's also a couple opinion letters to the Jackson County Chronicle in support of Fox's decision. Always a welcome sight.
It looks like it may force Van Hollen to commit to an opinion, and given his past leanings I'm pretty optimistic.
There's also a couple opinion letters to the Jackson County Chronicle in support of Fox's decision. Always a welcome sight.
EDC Kinives
I guess it's that time of the year again, The Munchkin Wrangler wrote a post about his, Tam linked to it, and it made me realize I've never mentioned mine on here.
I'm sure most of you have had moments where somebody has had the "why do you need a knife?" moment, although I can't actually say I have. I guess the kind of people I surround myself with fully expect it (hell, it's one of the first things my boss tells a knew hire they should have when at work, that and a pen) and I do kind of have the rep of being that kind of guy.
Much like Marco, I've been rocking the Kershaw wares for a few years now. I picked up a half serrated Kershaw Leek
a while back to replace a Gerber Air Ranger that mysteriously grew some legs and walked off (some boy scouts are less than trustworthy apparently.) The Gerber was great, super-lightweight and sharp, and held an edge fantastically, but they've been long discontinued. The Leek is almost as light, and the assisted opening is all sorts of awesome, especially the last few summers when I was teaching rock climbing.
Since then I've picked up a black, non-serrated one
. The black is less obtrusive when I'm in my work clothes, and the straight edge gets snagged up in stuff a lot less. I still prefer the serrated one for climbing, as serrations will get through a rope much faster and easier, but for just cutting stuff the straight edge is better in my opinion.
The finish also makes the black one a tiny bit more grippy, my only real complaint about the design. On the other hand, I've never had any grip issues with it anyway, and it doesn't bring half my pocket out along with it. It's also incredibly durable, the only real wear marks are along the edges of the pocket clip where I tend to bump into stuff (I'm big and a little clumsy, deal with it.) and that's after a year of carrying it daily. I don't baby my pocket knives either.
Of course another great thing about Kershaw knives is the last little bit of that blade mark...
Far too many knives these days say China or something similar there.
The Leek is still super-light too, mine weighing a whopping 3.04 oz. If I forget it in the morning I won't realize until I reach for it (and then feel naked until I get home...) It's also great at holding an edge, I think I've only gone over it with a stone once since I've bought it.
The other great thing is that the design fits with pretty much any outfit I'd ever wear, anything between jeans and a tux. Ken Onion knows how to design a good looking knife.
All that for about $50, I'd say it's a damn fine knife.
I'm sure most of you have had moments where somebody has had the "why do you need a knife?" moment, although I can't actually say I have. I guess the kind of people I surround myself with fully expect it (hell, it's one of the first things my boss tells a knew hire they should have when at work, that and a pen) and I do kind of have the rep of being that kind of guy.
Much like Marco, I've been rocking the Kershaw wares for a few years now. I picked up a half serrated Kershaw Leek
a while back to replace a Gerber Air Ranger that mysteriously grew some legs and walked off (some boy scouts are less than trustworthy apparently.) The Gerber was great, super-lightweight and sharp, and held an edge fantastically, but they've been long discontinued. The Leek is almost as light, and the assisted opening is all sorts of awesome, especially the last few summers when I was teaching rock climbing.Since then I've picked up a black, non-serrated one
. The black is less obtrusive when I'm in my work clothes, and the straight edge gets snagged up in stuff a lot less. I still prefer the serrated one for climbing, as serrations will get through a rope much faster and easier, but for just cutting stuff the straight edge is better in my opinion.The finish also makes the black one a tiny bit more grippy, my only real complaint about the design. On the other hand, I've never had any grip issues with it anyway, and it doesn't bring half my pocket out along with it. It's also incredibly durable, the only real wear marks are along the edges of the pocket clip where I tend to bump into stuff (I'm big and a little clumsy, deal with it.) and that's after a year of carrying it daily. I don't baby my pocket knives either.
Of course another great thing about Kershaw knives is the last little bit of that blade mark...
Far too many knives these days say China or something similar there.
The Leek is still super-light too, mine weighing a whopping 3.04 oz. If I forget it in the morning I won't realize until I reach for it (and then feel naked until I get home...) It's also great at holding an edge, I think I've only gone over it with a stone once since I've bought it.
The other great thing is that the design fits with pretty much any outfit I'd ever wear, anything between jeans and a tux. Ken Onion knows how to design a good looking knife.
All that for about $50, I'd say it's a damn fine knife.
1911 Facelift inbound
I ordered a set of the "Tiger Stripe" G10 Operator's II panels from VZ grips, will definitely be posting pics and thoughts when they show up. I ended up going with the Tiger Stripe color partially because it seemed to get the most votes (here and in talking to people) and it looks like the Hyena Brown are all out anyway, so kind of a default win.
Wolf extra power extractor spring is on it's way as well, as I feel the heathenistic external extractor could use a little boost. Need to pick up some more Wilson Mags and some decent single mag holders too.
ETA: Got shipping notice this morning too! Great turn around.
Wolf extra power extractor spring is on it's way as well, as I feel the heathenistic external extractor could use a little boost. Need to pick up some more Wilson Mags and some decent single mag holders too.
ETA: Got shipping notice this morning too! Great turn around.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
I blame Canada
Apparently karma didn't like me ragging on the Canadian chap who's M&P15-22 blew up on him, and decided that mine would try it's best to emulate his today. Last round of my last mag, extra loud BANG! and a lot more smoke close to my face than normal. I'm fine, but bummed that my favorite range toy is broked.
The bullet continued on it's merry way downrange, scored a decent enough hit, and the bolt locked back on the empty mag as designed, however the extractor went on it's own merry way to the FSM only knows where without so much as a "dear John" letter to the poor dejected bolt.
Yeah, it's gross. That's 1,000+ rounds of .22lr worth of general crud, and to the benefit of the little Smith, it was still running great until the KB.
Ammo was Winchester Xpert22 bulk ammo. I normally don't like un-washed .22lr, but it was free. The round does have a firing pin mark.
I've sent an email to S&W, along with the pics, so we'll see what they've got to say. All I really want is a new extractor so I can get it back out to the range.
I currently do not plan to sue.
For those of you just joining in (I still get visitors over from TFB at least every-other day): It's all been fixed, with a few updates stuck in.
The bullet continued on it's merry way downrange, scored a decent enough hit, and the bolt locked back on the empty mag as designed, however the extractor went on it's own merry way to the FSM only knows where without so much as a "dear John" letter to the poor dejected bolt.
Yeah, it's gross. That's 1,000+ rounds of .22lr worth of general crud, and to the benefit of the little Smith, it was still running great until the KB.
Ammo was Winchester Xpert22 bulk ammo. I normally don't like un-washed .22lr, but it was free. The round does have a firing pin mark.
I've sent an email to S&W, along with the pics, so we'll see what they've got to say. All I really want is a new extractor so I can get it back out to the range.
I currently do not plan to sue.
For those of you just joining in (I still get visitors over from TFB at least every-other day): It's all been fixed, with a few updates stuck in.
Rubber Band Follow-up
Cro took it out to the range again on Sunday and put another 250 rounds through it. I asked what happened, did it just loose it's bounciness? Melt into a puddle of goo?
Really makes you wonder...
nope, I ran out of ammo at the range.. didnt expect it to last that long, it was just way too dirty, when it got hot from rapid fire the polymer cases melted.. but its still going strong(He was referring to the polymer coating on the Tula rounds he was firing.)
Really makes you wonder...
Meh.
Got called in to work last night. Probably will hit the range as soon as the rain lets up, then crash and burn sometime in the early afternoon. Probably not a whole lot of blogging gonna happen between any of that, save for some world changing catastrophe.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Slight Pet Peeve
Afghans are people, Afghanis are a monetary unit.
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New York Marksmanship
So the blogosphere is pretty well flooded with posts about the shooting in Harlem on Sunday where an individual was struck 21 times, and expected to live. Crazy indeed, and a paltry display of why the NYPD needs to increase their training budget or take some guns away from some of their own guys.
The big problem is that not only where none of those 21 rounds fired good center-mass fight stoppers, but those 21 rounds account for less than half the total shots fired by the police. Pretty much anybody who has spent more than an afternoon doing any serious shooting knows you are responsible for every single projectile sent downrange.
As more information becomes available, more and more of those rounds are being accounted for, and it's not helping their case one bit in my mind.
So the guy gets into a fight, the guy pulls a gun on him, and the cops show up and simply light everybody in the neighborhood up.
I would be appalled to be part of that Charlie Foxtrot. You show up because a couple guys get into a fight and one of them pulls a gun, and rather than protect, you go ahead and off the guy for the shooter. Apparently if somebody pulls a gun on you in NYC the last thing you want is for the police to show up.
All I can think of is the scene in The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
where Richard gives the HKL cop his gun back after flushing all his rounds down the toilet. (Paraphrased, the book's at home) "It still serves the same purpose, and if I would have let you keep the bullets you probably would have hurt somebody."
The big problem is that not only where none of those 21 rounds fired good center-mass fight stoppers, but those 21 rounds account for less than half the total shots fired by the police. Pretty much anybody who has spent more than an afternoon doing any serious shooting knows you are responsible for every single projectile sent downrange.
As more information becomes available, more and more of those rounds are being accounted for, and it's not helping their case one bit in my mind.
The police said that the man, Luis Soto, 21, was shot during a frenzied encounter — they said he was fighting with another man when one of the two drew a revolver and witnesses reported hearing one or two shots. The man Mr. Soto was fighting with turned and fired on a responding officer, and four officers returned fire, the police said.Apparently they can't definitively say who's rounds struck Soto, as they all passed through. However it is highly likely that some, if not all, of those were fired by the police, as witnesses say they only heard one or two shots before Alvarez fired on the police.
So the guy gets into a fight, the guy pulls a gun on him, and the cops show up and simply light everybody in the neighborhood up.
Three other people, believed to be bystanders, also received minor gunshot wounds. Although it was not immediately clear who fired those shots, all but 4 of the 50 shots fired in the melee came from the police, officials said.Oh, wait, not just the locals, but hell, each other.
The first officer to fire was Douglas Brightman, 31, a uniformed officer who has been on the force eight years. He fired two rounds, one striking the bullet-resistant vest of a plainclothes officer, Michael Tedeschi, who was shot in the chest.Another officer was struck in the hand as well.
I would be appalled to be part of that Charlie Foxtrot. You show up because a couple guys get into a fight and one of them pulls a gun, and rather than protect, you go ahead and off the guy for the shooter. Apparently if somebody pulls a gun on you in NYC the last thing you want is for the police to show up.
All I can think of is the scene in The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
where Richard gives the HKL cop his gun back after flushing all his rounds down the toilet. (Paraphrased, the book's at home) "It still serves the same purpose, and if I would have let you keep the bullets you probably would have hurt somebody."
Monday, August 9, 2010
1911 Grips
So I'm pretty sure I want a set of the VZ Operator's II scales to slap on the ol' Kimber, but I can't decide between the "Tiger Stripe" and the "Hyena Brown." What do you think?
Rappeling on the Blackhawk! CQB
So the other day I alluded to a somewhat irregular product review. I headed up to camp and while I was there I decided to see how the belt handled itself in a more vertical aspect, since its abilities as a gun belt have been pretty well gone over by everyone else.
First off, some of you may recall I won a $50 gift certificate for Blackhawk! from Hell in a Hand Basket a few months back. I picked up a pair of kneepads they were clearancing for $10, and a tan CQB Rigger's Belt
(tan being authorized for wear with ACUs.)
Now for it's main use, a belt that'll keep your pants and gear off the floor, it works fantastically well. It's constructed of some pretty stout webbing, and the hardware is all "parachute grade" cast metal (don't know if it's steel or aluminum, don't have a magnet on me... I'll fix that when I get home.(ETA- it's Steel)) The tail end has a decent amount of hook & loop to keep it out of the way, and to back-up the main buckle. I really like this sort of setup, since it seems that my waist size is always right between the holes on any leather belt. It also has no issues holding up my loaded Sig with it's light and a spare mag. It is pretty darn good for all day outside-the-waist carry, assuming you're in casual clothes.
But I'm also a BSA certified Climbing Director, so when I noticed that all the hardware is parachute rated, and the webbing is good for up to 7,000lbs, the little greasy gears started turning. So finally, on the last week of camp for the year, I was able to get up there for a visit, and it so happened to be a rappel day for Climbing Merit Badge. That last part is important to the plan, as I sure would not want to take a hard fall on just an unpadded waist-belt. If you fall during a rappel, it's going to be much less of a shock (assuming your belayer is awake;) and an emergency rappel is really what you'd be using it for anyway. It is not a replacement for a harness.
Seeing as I'm not completely suicidal, I did have my harness on, and ran a Prusik Loop from the belay device to my belay loop, my biggest worry being the buckle on the belt loosening. The device (a Rescue 8 with ears for those curious) was clipped directly through the triangular buckle on the belt though. So I hooked it all up and slid down the rope. It's about a 45 foot decent on our face.
It works. I also grabbed my little mini-tripod and some duct-tape and rigged up a "helmet cam" with the up-armored camera.
Like I said during the first run, it's not too bad, but it is definitely less comfortable than my padded harness. You don't realize how much weight actually gets distributed through your leg loops until you're not using them.
After two rappels the belt had not loosened whatsoever, and the heavy-duty double webbed construction kept it from rolling or folding when weight was placed on it. I'd feel quite confident using it for an "oh crap get me down from here" situation, or simply as fall protection in a high angle environment where a harness is not available. It boils down to "while you may never actually do it, rest assured that you can."
If you've been contemplating picking one up, do it, you won't be disappointed.
First off, some of you may recall I won a $50 gift certificate for Blackhawk! from Hell in a Hand Basket a few months back. I picked up a pair of kneepads they were clearancing for $10, and a tan CQB Rigger's Belt
(tan being authorized for wear with ACUs.) Now for it's main use, a belt that'll keep your pants and gear off the floor, it works fantastically well. It's constructed of some pretty stout webbing, and the hardware is all "parachute grade" cast metal (don't know if it's steel or aluminum, don't have a magnet on me... I'll fix that when I get home.(ETA- it's Steel)) The tail end has a decent amount of hook & loop to keep it out of the way, and to back-up the main buckle. I really like this sort of setup, since it seems that my waist size is always right between the holes on any leather belt. It also has no issues holding up my loaded Sig with it's light and a spare mag. It is pretty darn good for all day outside-the-waist carry, assuming you're in casual clothes.
But I'm also a BSA certified Climbing Director, so when I noticed that all the hardware is parachute rated, and the webbing is good for up to 7,000lbs, the little greasy gears started turning. So finally, on the last week of camp for the year, I was able to get up there for a visit, and it so happened to be a rappel day for Climbing Merit Badge. That last part is important to the plan, as I sure would not want to take a hard fall on just an unpadded waist-belt. If you fall during a rappel, it's going to be much less of a shock (assuming your belayer is awake;) and an emergency rappel is really what you'd be using it for anyway. It is not a replacement for a harness.
Seeing as I'm not completely suicidal, I did have my harness on, and ran a Prusik Loop from the belay device to my belay loop, my biggest worry being the buckle on the belt loosening. The device (a Rescue 8 with ears for those curious) was clipped directly through the triangular buckle on the belt though. So I hooked it all up and slid down the rope. It's about a 45 foot decent on our face.
It works. I also grabbed my little mini-tripod and some duct-tape and rigged up a "helmet cam" with the up-armored camera.
Like I said during the first run, it's not too bad, but it is definitely less comfortable than my padded harness. You don't realize how much weight actually gets distributed through your leg loops until you're not using them.
After two rappels the belt had not loosened whatsoever, and the heavy-duty double webbed construction kept it from rolling or folding when weight was placed on it. I'd feel quite confident using it for an "oh crap get me down from here" situation, or simply as fall protection in a high angle environment where a harness is not available. It boils down to "while you may never actually do it, rest assured that you can."
If you've been contemplating picking one up, do it, you won't be disappointed.
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Taurus Judge in SWAT Magazine
I just read the review of the Taurus Judge in the Sept. 2010 issue of SWAT Magazine. In so many words, the Judge kinda sucks at everything and is really good at nothing. Pretty much confirms my suspicions.
On the other hand, SWAT has a good record of honest guns and gear reviews. This is far from the first time I've seen a review of a gun where the writer really tore into it and decided it's really not that great in their magazine. Refreshing really. Pick up an issue if you haven't yet, despite the title, they cover far more than just police specific stuff.
As for the Judge, if the upcoming carbine has a smooth bore barrel I may still be interested, as that would help the accuracy problem a bit. The Steampunk fan in me likes the looks.
On the other hand, SWAT has a good record of honest guns and gear reviews. This is far from the first time I've seen a review of a gun where the writer really tore into it and decided it's really not that great in their magazine. Refreshing really. Pick up an issue if you haven't yet, despite the title, they cover far more than just police specific stuff.
As for the Judge, if the upcoming carbine has a smooth bore barrel I may still be interested, as that would help the accuracy problem a bit. The Steampunk fan in me likes the looks.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Teaser
New(ish) gear review in the next couple days (actually Monday sounds good.) Let's just say it's something I know quite a few of us shooters use... but I'm not at the range...
Ignited
Take a few hundred pictures and you're bound to get something cool.
Modern muzzle loader at the moment of firing:
Modern muzzle loader at the moment of firing:
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Slow Bloggin'
Just not feeling it today, had a huge stack of comics and we hit the range later in the evening. Working third shift tonight and heading up to camp for the morning at least to do some rappelling and say hi if nothing else.
On the other hand, checked out a new (to me) range today, has all the standard "the public can't be trusted so here's a bunch of arbitrary" rules, but you can stretch out to 300 yards. You kinda forget how far that is if you don't shoot it that often...
The Springfield did pretty darn well too. I managed to keep most of them in the black of a "NRA 50 Meter slow-fire" target as long as I took my time. Gonna have to get up there more often I think.
Oh, and a couple more mags went through Cro's AR, rubber chunk is still holding up...
On the other hand, checked out a new (to me) range today, has all the standard "the public can't be trusted so here's a bunch of arbitrary" rules, but you can stretch out to 300 yards. You kinda forget how far that is if you don't shoot it that often...
The Springfield did pretty darn well too. I managed to keep most of them in the black of a "NRA 50 Meter slow-fire" target as long as I took my time. Gonna have to get up there more often I think.
Oh, and a couple more mags went through Cro's AR, rubber chunk is still holding up...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Mmm... Coffee...
One of the great things about small locally owned coffee shops.
I'm currently sitting about 10 feet away from the roaster, and it's running. It sounds really cool when the beans pop (like popcorn... except a five gallon bucket's worth) and the smell is fantastic.
I'm currently sitting about 10 feet away from the roaster, and it's running. It sounds really cool when the beans pop (like popcorn... except a five gallon bucket's worth) and the smell is fantastic.
Embody's up to his old tricks again...
It appears that he's suing over getting his carry permit revoked. Couldn't have happened to a greater guy in my mind.
If you remember back a ways, he's the guy who was detained for a bit after OCing an AK pistol across his back in a local park. Oh yeah, and he had painted the muzzle nut orange to "keep people from hassling him." I don't disagree with the principle of the idea, but that last bit is what throws him clear into Category I Asshat in my book.
(h/t Uncle)
If you remember back a ways, he's the guy who was detained for a bit after OCing an AK pistol across his back in a local park. Oh yeah, and he had painted the muzzle nut orange to "keep people from hassling him." I don't disagree with the principle of the idea, but that last bit is what throws him clear into Category I Asshat in my book.
(h/t Uncle)
More BattleComp Goodness
Cro shooting it for the first time. There is a slightly dirty word at the end if you're the kind that get offended by that though, be warned.
I unknowingly stopped recording where the clip ends there (new camera... still figuring things out...) so I missed him saying "it's everything it's advertised to be..."
I unknowingly stopped recording where the clip ends there (new camera... still figuring things out...) so I missed him saying "it's everything it's advertised to be..."
Monday, August 2, 2010
Sharks
So it's Shark Week on Discovery Channel, and I just heard a bumper between the commercials and Dirty Jobs saying something about "every now and then we hear about a shark mistaking a human for food." and I can't help but think to myself; "I don't think they're really mistaking..."
Rubber Band for a Spring?
So last night I mentioned that Cro busted the extractor spring on his M4gery partway through the day at the range yesterday, well before I got there. On the upside, he's been running his RRA built gun pretty hard for for tens, if not hundreds of thousand of rounds, since 2005. It's amazing in its own right that the spring lasted this long.
So I offered to grab on of the spare bolts I've got laying around these days. A little later he sent me a cryptic text message saying that he had "fixed it with a rubber band... two mags, so far so good." Needless to say my mind was racking with how this is possible all the drive home and back out to the range.
Now a little background on Cro. He is an Army Engineer officer, and has a good amount of gunsmith training. He's a smart guy to start with, and if you know anything about Army Engineers, we tend to be the "only one sure way to see if it works!" kind of guys. So he had a thought and ran with it. Since I can, find out what exactly happened after the jump. There's even a video!
So I offered to grab on of the spare bolts I've got laying around these days. A little later he sent me a cryptic text message saying that he had "fixed it with a rubber band... two mags, so far so good." Needless to say my mind was racking with how this is possible all the drive home and back out to the range.
Now a little background on Cro. He is an Army Engineer officer, and has a good amount of gunsmith training. He's a smart guy to start with, and if you know anything about Army Engineers, we tend to be the "only one sure way to see if it works!" kind of guys. So he had a thought and ran with it. Since I can, find out what exactly happened after the jump. There's even a video!
M&P15-22 KB
Not mine, but I'm sure everybody's heard about the Canuk's "blowing up" on him by now.
If you've been reading my stuff for more than a week, you'll know that I'm a huge fan of the little Smith & Wesson. It is easily my favorite rimfire gun I own at the moment, and one of the best training tools you can get. So of course my curiosity peaked when I saw the title of that post.
Well here's my thoughts: Yup, it's a rimfire. It's almost expected to happen at some point, through a whole variety of causes. There's a reason the system isn't very common on anything larger than a .22, and really it's only used on the diminutive cartridge simply because the round is too small to squeeze a centerfire priming system into. And that very firing system is probably the most common cause of out of battery firings on the .22anything rimfire auto-loading system. The rim is completely unprotected, and the freakin' extractor grabs on to that very rim for the gun to work. Any chunks of crap that are big enough and hard enough to put a decent size dent in that rim that collect on the bolt face or the breach face have to potential to cause an out of battery detonation. It's the nature of the beast.
Ok, you're gun blew up, some of the parts may have been lost or broken, and that's never a fun thing. But you've walked away with nary a scratch, and then you mumble something about legal actions against the manufacturer!? I know there have been enough comments about the retardation of that idea that he's second guessing it, but wow. Really? He also has voiced concerns about the lack of a recall since this is apparently "a common problem." I guess I don't hang out on the right forums, but I haven't seen or heard about enough similar problems to really feel that's really that big of a deal that they'd order a recall. He also mentions about how he fears that somebody may have bought one for a child, and he'd feel really sorry if that happened to the kid and they received an eye injury. I'd feel bad for the kid for not having a parent smart enough to pick up a pair of shooting glasses and earplugs to go with the gun. I'm pretty sure there's a big safety notice in the manual about wearing eye and ear pro when shooting, oh, just about any gun made since well before the kid was born.
Just had to vent I guess. I just can't stand people with that much of a lack of common sense or moral ethics.
If you've been reading my stuff for more than a week, you'll know that I'm a huge fan of the little Smith & Wesson. It is easily my favorite rimfire gun I own at the moment, and one of the best training tools you can get. So of course my curiosity peaked when I saw the title of that post.
Well here's my thoughts: Yup, it's a rimfire. It's almost expected to happen at some point, through a whole variety of causes. There's a reason the system isn't very common on anything larger than a .22, and really it's only used on the diminutive cartridge simply because the round is too small to squeeze a centerfire priming system into. And that very firing system is probably the most common cause of out of battery firings on the .22anything rimfire auto-loading system. The rim is completely unprotected, and the freakin' extractor grabs on to that very rim for the gun to work. Any chunks of crap that are big enough and hard enough to put a decent size dent in that rim that collect on the bolt face or the breach face have to potential to cause an out of battery detonation. It's the nature of the beast.
Ok, you're gun blew up, some of the parts may have been lost or broken, and that's never a fun thing. But you've walked away with nary a scratch, and then you mumble something about legal actions against the manufacturer!? I know there have been enough comments about the retardation of that idea that he's second guessing it, but wow. Really? He also has voiced concerns about the lack of a recall since this is apparently "a common problem." I guess I don't hang out on the right forums, but I haven't seen or heard about enough similar problems to really feel that's really that big of a deal that they'd order a recall. He also mentions about how he fears that somebody may have bought one for a child, and he'd feel really sorry if that happened to the kid and they received an eye injury. I'd feel bad for the kid for not having a parent smart enough to pick up a pair of shooting glasses and earplugs to go with the gun. I'm pretty sure there's a big safety notice in the manual about wearing eye and ear pro when shooting, oh, just about any gun made since well before the kid was born.
Just had to vent I guess. I just can't stand people with that much of a lack of common sense or moral ethics.
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