What's in your arsenal??

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Yeah. I saw a headline the other day that said "instead of more gun control laws, we should start prosecuting gun crimes again".

What a concept...

Nevah gonna 'appen.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

Yeah. I saw a headline the other day that said "instead of more gun control laws, we should start prosecuting gun crimes again".

What a concept...

Be careful what you wish for.

Gun possession prosecuted as a violent felony is one of the outcomes you get.

The authors are public defenders in New York City.

When Jose was 22 years old, a stranger slashed his 16-year-old brother across the face on the way home from school. One year later, police stopped and frisked Jose on the street after they claimed to smell marijuana and see Jose move “furtively.” They didn’t find any marijuana, but they did find a pistol. When the police arrested Jose, he protested. He told them what happened to his brother, that he did not intend to harm anyone, and that he had a Second Amendment right to protect himself and his family. Nonetheless, New York prosecutors charged Jose with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a “violent felony” that applies to virtually all simple firearm possession cases in New York, both outside and inside the home. Faced with a 3.5-year mandatory minimum prison sentence, Jose pled to a lesser charge. His sentence was one year on Rikers Island — a “good deal” for simple firearm possession in New York City. For exercising a constitutional right, Jose is now a so-called violent felon.

As we argued in an amicus brief, we hope New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen ends prosecutions like Jose’s.

On the bright, or at least light colored, side, these kinds of prosecutions are not generally against older white dudes who own sailboats. It happens to those people.

 

[4ktsb]

I'm reading that last comment in purple.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

I'm reading that last comment in purple.

As long as it's light purple.

I do support those public defenders in what they had to say at the link I provided and at greater length in their amicus brief.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

My picture was supposed to be funny because I initially put the battlefield magazine extension on backward. That really shouldn't be possible but it is. Doesn't work that way.

I got the magazine extension installed the right way and it doesn't work that way either! I'm back to civilian magazine capacity for the moment anyway.

It doesn't work for a pretty good reason. My new gun won't fire unless a magazine is inserted. Lots of people and property have been shot because people get the idea that removing the magazine equals unloading the gun, ignoring the most important round of all. People should be better trained and should know better. That's not all that comforting when that single round cuts someone in half, as I hear assault weapons can do.

Factory magazines have a little protrusion on the right side of the base plate. It depresses a little button in the grip when the magazine is inserted. The gun won't fire without that little button pressed. The +1 extension base plates don't have that little protrusion.

The other drawback to them is that they're not actually big enough to accommodate an extra round. To make that actually happen, you have to remove the "loading tab." It's a little knob that allows you to slide the spring down with one hand while loading bullets with the other. I never had one before but like it and am not excited about giving up the easier loading.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

Tom,
? are you thinking about a suppressor for the new assault twenty two ?

, better than flowers ,

Still not thinking about it for my new battlefield .22 but doing a bit of research anyway. For her.

Five .22 Cartridge Velocities as Advertised, in Rifle, in Three Pistols

...

dogballs pistols are very loud compared to rifles. It takes a more efficient or larger suppressor to reduce the noise to ear-safe levels. Having reliably subsonic ammunition makes this much easier.

 

[Mike in Seattle]

,,, but doing a bit of research anyway. For her.

You could look at the Silencerco Sparrow.

Diameter of 1 1/16" Length 5"



, you could even still put some flowers on it ,,

 

[Liquid]

You could look at the Silencerco Sparrow.

Diameter of 1 1/16" Length 5"

I have a Sparrow for my 22s.

It make the guns totally silent, other than the mechanics. Fun to shoot steel too: Click - ting, click - tang!

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

You could look at the Silencerco Sparrow.

Diameter of 1 1/16" Length 5"



, you could even still put some flowers on it ,,

I hadn't considered covering one with flowers but now that you mention it, it could hold a lot more flowers than the thread protector.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

I think maybe my new battlefield .22 is not from Florida.

Shipping them back isn't worth the money. I'm thinking a properly sculpted block of Marine Tex might make them work, if I can get it to stick.

 

[Pertinacious Tom]

From the curricane thread:

After various plans failed, I came up with a winning one to get my oak tree back up. I went to the dirt mine across the street and asked for their biggest loader. They sent their smallest one. It picked up my oak like it was a twig.

To get that done, I had to move the old RR ties and target board out of the way.

I re-ESTABLISHED our shooting range yesterday.

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Bumped to take the pressure off the Meme thread.

My favorite SD round is the Hornady Critical Defense 124 gr 9mm. It has been widely adopted by LEOs, and has a good record of stops on the street. Most of the leading ammo manufactures have similar offerings. And a lot of other boutique mfgs are offering pure schlock. Like the RIP round.

 

[sledracr]

My favorite SD round is the Hornady Critical Defense 124 gr 9mm.

Federal HST 124gr 9mm for me. same ballpark.

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Federal HST 124gr 9mm for me. same ballpark.

Good ‘un. My PCC is stuffed with their 147grs. Baaaarely subsonic out of the 16” barrel.

 

[Point Break]

Just came in my email…..it’s a Springfield day…..

 

[Charlie Foxtrot]

Just came in my email…..it’s a Springfield day…..

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And I still have my Banking Collapse decorations up!

 

[Mike in Seattle]

Which is a better old pistol - the Browning or the Luger?

Bumped to take the pressure off the Meme thread.

" which is better? " and these types of questions show "oldthink"

, and we all need to be able to "newthink"


. and so I submit;

The BESTEST thing going,
for any "social" occasion,
is now revealed

ta daa

The multidimensional multitool

, works close, works far, works front AND back,


and you can shave yer enemy's nasty beard too

 

[billy backstay]

" which is better? " and these types of questions show "oldthink"

, and we all need to be able to "newthink"


. and so I submit;

The BESTEST thing going,
for any "social" occasion,
is now revealed

ta daa

The multidimensional multitool

, works close, works far, works front AND back,


and you can shave yer enemy's nasty beard too

Nope! More likely just scalp him!!

 

[veni vidi vici]

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[boomer]

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That's a AN/TVS-2B Starlight Night Vision Scope, which only worked at night and only runs on a handful of AA batteries for less then half an hour.

Though the practice had been in use since the Korean War, Carlos Hathcock made the use of the M2 .50 caliber machine gun as a long-range sniper weapon. He designed a rifle mount, built by Navy Seabees, which allowed him to easily convert the weapon. "I was sent to see if that would work," He recalled. "We were elevated on a mountain with bad guys all over. I was there three days, observing. On the third day, I zeroed at 1000 yards, longest 2500. Here comes the hamburger, came right across the spot where it was zeroed, he bent over to brush his teeth and I let it fly. If he hadn't stood up, it would have gone over his head. But it didn't." The distance of that shot was 2,460 yards – almost a mile and a half – and it stood as a record until broken in 2002 by Canadian sniper Arron Perry in Afghanistan.

Those "USMC" marked Unertl scopes are awesome, but they ain't cheap.