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Archive for the ‘From the Field’ Category
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 |
Knoxville Police Department trades in Glocks for Sigs. Remarks from the article:
230-grain hollow-point ammo will be specially made to order
officers will carry 5, 8-round magazines instead of 3, 15-round Glock magazines
local company has the contract, selling 225 pistols for $750 each.
Nothing really surprising until you hit this comment: “…the Glock has a life of four years while the Sig Sauer is expected to perform for 10 years.”
I assume the new weapon is the P220 (not stated in article which model).
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Monday, February 27th, 2012 |
Over the weekend, I had the chance to talk with dads who are familiarizing their children with gun safety and basic marksmanship. The topic turned to basic life skills. For example, in a world 3/5 covered with water, learning to swim is a really good idea. In a world of warfare and crime, learning to handle a firearm is a basic life skill, even for those who “don’t like guns.” We don’t like choking to death either, but we appreciate the Heimlich maneuver.
To swimming, shooting, and the Heimlich Maneuver, add land navigation as another basic life skill. (I’d like to hear from you what you would add to the list.) By “land navigation” I mean with a map and a compass—not with a GPS. (more…)
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 |
I took advantage of the opportunity to train with Tom Givens of RangeMaster, at the LuckyGunner blogger machine gun shoot, Memorial Day weekend, 2011. Tom, Lynn and his crew are adaptable, precise, and to the point. We had fun, we wasted no time, and we learned. The main thing I learned: I need more training.
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Friday, January 21st, 2011 |
From a mom traveling with her daughter, explaining her alert mindset:
“Most good parents worth the title often proclaim that they would die to keep their kids safe. This is noble and selfless and good, but at one point I asked myself why I should die to save Sweet Daughter? Why should she spend the rest of her life without her mother? Wouldn’t it be better if the Bad Guy went down instead? I’m willing to die for my daughter, but more importantly, if one of us is going to take a permanent dirt nap, I’d prefer it not be me.
Found at Excels at Nothing and hat tip to Say Uncle for picking up on this.
So, yes. If the threat is there, I’m willing to kill for her.
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Friday, January 21st, 2011 |
Bluegrass Armory rolled out its own compact, bullpup, convertible-barrel sniping rifle at SHOT 2011 and named it the “Moon Shiner” because “One shot’ll do ya.” The receiver is machined aluminum with no welds or polymer; the trigger is nice, at 3 pounds. The gun’s total weight comes in at 11 pounds. The company’s owner Norman Clifton puts an MSRP of $2,995 on the Moon Shiner. As all moonshine, it’s made in the USA. The Moon Shiner adds popular 30 calibers to its .50 caliber Viper XL 50.
 The Moonshiner
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Thursday, January 20th, 2011 |
Seen at SHOT 2011: Stealthy, compact, bullpup firepower, convertible between .308, .300 Winmag, .338 Lapua Magnum, and .243 Win. into Desert Tactical models SRS, and Covert rifles. To put this into perspective, the Stealth Recon Scout is shorter than the M-16 rifle. The SRS is not a “scout rifle” but is, instead, designed to serve as a sniper rifle system. Pictures below.
The “Covert” model is even shorter, measuring only 26″ even with its 16″ barrel. Desert Tactical calls it the shortest sniper rifle in the world,” and offers it in .308 and .338 Lapua Magnum.
 Desert Tactical Stealth Recon Scout sniper rifle, with kit  Desert Tactical Model Covert  Desert Tactical Stealth Recon Scout with new calibers The rifles convert quickly: I know this because I watched the Desert Tactical rep change out the barrel and bolt in about a minute, using the T-handled tool you see below. Click on the Desert Tactical link to take you to their site for more detail, but MJM is impressed at the compaction of such firepower. I would like to fire the .338 from the Covert.
 Desert Tactical SRS and Covert rifles' conversion tool
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Thursday, January 20th, 2011 |
MJM was impressed with the practical design and quality of these shirts, by Concealed Designs. The outward appearance conceals the innovative snap system that closes side-seams, and the shirt button-up front. I talked with one of the owners. His background in the apparel industry is apparent.
Now, the disclaimer: MJM is not featured in the “Best-dressed Lawyer” articles run locally. Having said that, these shirts are cleverly designed to conceal both in dress and casual mode.
 Concealed-carry shirts in dress and casual  Snap closures without Velcro
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Thursday, January 20th, 2011 |
Freedom Group’s DPMS Panther entrance had razor wire over the top, with an entrance encouraging us all to “Be the resistance.” I guess the question is, “Which side of the razor wire do you want to live on?”
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