Slightly more fancy

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Springfield TRP (a discontinued variant?) | Viridian X5L

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Simple and functional.

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Oleg Volk

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Practice target

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Printable PDF

This target is designed to represent a realistic violent criminal actor. Shaded areas represent armor that is proof either against pistol and shotgun (both helmet and vest) or against rifle only (just the vest). VCA means “violent criminal actor”. The point of including the letters is to break the ingrained fear of official-looking outfits or criminals impersonating their members (as was the case with Brevik wearing a police vest). The target should be scaled to print life-size.

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How to locate a pet?

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Oleg Volk

What would be the best way to put a tracker on my cat? I’d like to be able to find him outside in case he ever gets injured and can’t return on his own.

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Legitimacy of the lawmakers? Don’t make me laught!

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Tam mentions a police raid against a guitar maker in my own town conducted over a pretext so flimsy….just read the details.

The Bible had a very appropriate line about this: “First cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.” It makes little sense to discuss how the freelance looters int he UK should have been driven away when we haven’t stopped the government looters at home.

I think Americans are slowly learning what people from the USSR eventually figured out: the state is the enemy. The details differ minutely, the degree of severity of attacks on the productive differs (for now), but the attitude of the American government is starting to resemble the old Soviet approach.

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You say you want a revolution…

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Oleg Volk

I am curious, have any domestic revolutions ever produced greater liberty? Not wars of secession (like out 1776 event) but actual domestic revolutions with the change of existing government.

Romanian revolution of 1989 seems to be such an example. 1688 British and 1908 Turkish could be, but I don’t know enough about them. The 1793 French and the 1917 Russian were pretty good examples of making matters worse.

Which leads to the questions: how likely a revolution in any country actually improve personal freedoms?

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Externally adjustable light/laser rifle mounts?

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Does anyone know of Elcan-type mounts that allow fine adjustments of a light or laser for windage and elevation? I am considering using a laser that lacks internal adjustments.

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Left hand or right, Dennis makes them

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Dragonleather Works | Para Ordnance | STI | KD Holsters (grips on the STI)

I am currently carrying a G23 in a Dragonleather belt slide. I used to carry a Kahr P9 when “feeling lazy”, but a combination of a thick Galco gun belt and Dennis’ craft makes a G23 feel like a featherweight.

In the past, I wore a police dress belt (black, $20 at the local cop shop) which worked well enough for IWB holsters. After about a decade of use, it started to show age. One day, when trying to find a decent looking dress belt, I pulled the Galco item from the photo prop box and tried it. It turned out to be so thick that my cell phone holder wouldn’t go over it. On the up side, I can now wear a full-size steel 45 without the belt sagging. I stopped wearing my other belts because they feel so insubstantial by contrast…now I know why so many people urge their friends to upgrade that piece of gear!

By the way, this image is now on the back cover of Concealed Carry magazine.

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Best tools for riot control

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Oleg Volk

A single lawful person with the will and the means to open fire would have stopped the UK pogroms in seconds. Mobs seldom loiter once repeating firearms are heard nearby…casualties among the rioters would have been instructive to their cohorts but probably not even necessary for ending the fiery mayhem.

As reality stands, the British Government insists that their subjects only go through the motions of self-defense without actual effect. That sounds like a very unhealthy fetish the UK Home Office enjoys at the expense of lives, health and property of others. In the US, rioters would probably fare better against police who just might use less lethal munitions than against regular citizens who would use conventional bullets. And a small loss would it be should the fans of arson, battery and assault come to grief at the hands of their intended victims.

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A live rose might last a week

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Oleg Volk

This one would last a lifetime.

If you’d like Galina to make one for someone you love, drop her a line at yermolenkon@live.com.

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Два аргумента

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Oleg Volk

В связи с популярностью плаката, представляю перевод на русский язык.

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Defcon goon at rest

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Oleg Volk

See, their work isn’t so hard!

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Two good arguments against arson and riots

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Oleg Volk

I think that one resolute person with a firearm could have ended the recent London riots in minutes. Unfortunately, British authorities seem to favor the thugs and would have tried to prosecute lawful self-defense…hence the disclaimer.

Update: a good article on this topic.

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New sub-forum on Gun Rights Media

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Come join the Media Review — talk about pro-gun, anti-gun and plain about-gun films, videos, posters and other media.

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I wonder if Brady Campaign would now joinVirginia Gun Owners Forum…

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Oleg Volk

VGOF is giving away an AR15 rifle the person who posts the 100,000th post on the forum. Since the anti-gunners are so concerned about the proliferation of small arms, would they now feel obligated to join the “enemy forum”, post often and try to win the gun away from those untrustworthy redneck extremists? And if they do win it, would they have to hold an auto-da-fe for the inanimate object just to purge the Earth of this evil?

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Big Boy

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Henry Big Boy: ten rounds of .44 Magnum. The original in .44 Henry had only about 35% of the power of .44 Magum, the traditional 44-40 that descended from it a little less than half. Felt recoil is still negligible with either this or .45Colt.

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Rainier Arms rifle

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Built on AXTS receiver, it uses a medium weight barrel and the light, thin, skeletonized Samson forend. The balance is awesome. Not sure what to think of the 45* safety — it’s faster than the 90* but all my training has been with the latter. The other furniture and BUIS are (predictably) Magpul. Sight: Aimpoint on a Bobro QD mount.

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Effect of US depression on China

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Oleg Volk

I’ve seen a number of theories that US depression would damage Chinese economy. Given the inferior good status of most of the imports, wouldn’t China and other makers of budget products win at the expense of Germany, Japan and other makers of superior or boutique goods?

Independently of that, how does the rate of inflation correlate to the share of barter out of all business done? At 5% it would be quite little, at 2000% probably considerable…but what’s the relation between the loss of fiat money value and the willingness of Farmer Frank to trader four chickens to Gunsmith George for a bayonet and ten cartridges, bypassing the cash market entirely?

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Small arms for right and left hands

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Oleg Volk

Right hand IWB (brown) and left hand tuckable (black) holsters made by Erik Srigley. Right hand (22wmr) and left hand (38spl) revolvers by Charter Arms. Copper rose sculpture by Galina Rubanovskaya, the lovely wife of the recently mentioned knife-maker Nikolay. She makes such works of art to order. Let me know if you’d like one.

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Essentials for civilized living

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Oleg Volk

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