4-16x Vortex scope, Gemtech Sandstorm suppressor, Magpul VFG, RSA and sling.
Same but with Keltec muzzle brake instead of the suppressor, and with Viridian X5L RS on the rail. I can’t wait to get it zeroed. Federal and Hornady both provided high-grade ammunition…but the weather in Nashville is expected to get to 116*F and that’s a bit much for daylight range time.
The gentleman behind the gun is a real sniper.
And speaking of A.A.Milne — does anyone know why all the texts of “Winnie the Pooh” are gone from the Internet all of a sudden?
On a blog with the funniest header graphic. And he does have my position correctly pegged: rape, along with other physical crimes against another person, should be a capital offense at the attempt stage.
Minor quibble: I’d estimate the number of sociopaths as much lower than 3-4% of the population. 2% would be my guess for the number of people who just don’t play well with others for various reason but aren’t full-blown sociopaths. Stupidity and lack of social skills are more frequent explanations than psychopathy.
…is to have fun.
Crickett rifle in the hands of a professional sniper.
After 8 months, my new 7.62 suppressor tax stamp finally got approved by ATF. My RFB has been restored to the correct configuration. YHM BUIS, 1-4x illuminated scope and (not shown here) Viridian laser on the quad rail. With 4x maximum magnification, it can do about 1.5MOA, giving useful range up to 500 yards. Very well balanced even with the suppressor, completely ambidextrous. Magazine may be inserted straight up. Very low felt recoil, great trigger. Ejects forward with casings coming out too slowly to cause injury. Fairly quiet thanks to the double-layered receiver and forward ejection.
Down sides I have already mentioned: slow administrative chamber checks, heat retention due to forward ejection. To my mind, the strengths much outweigh the weaknesses.
Bullpups typically do not have usable iron sights, but this one does. Sight radius on it is similar to the M4 carbine.
If you want one, my local gun store has it.
AAC Micro 7 in 300BLK with Cyclone-K suppressor
Installed that barrel on a 12ga 870. It points just about perfectly, just need to verify zero with slugs.
One thing I love about travel is that I usually come back to a whole bunch of new toys in the mail.
Put these together and you get a swing-out magnifier for red dot sights. Could be useful around the house…err, range.
Rimfire flash hider
Over a decade ago, back in the AWB years, I saw a Levang “linear compensator” and wanted it in lieu of the forbidden birdcage flash hider. At the NRA show, my friend Glenn gave me this cute device. Lacking a bull barrel 10-22, I wonder what rifle should be endowed with it…
Advantage Tactical shotgn sight on an 870 barrel
I am a notoriously bad shotgunner. Part of this is the lack of practice — I get much better a couple hundred of rounds into practice session. But I get 3 of 25 after a long break, which suggests that I am not a natural action shooter. Richard Nasef from Advantage Tactical sent this in recently for pictures, I wonder if it would improve my point shooting at all…
Sight with interchangeable color inserts
The sight picture
Since my only 870 is a 20ga and this sight won’t fit it, I guess the next step would be to buy or borrow one in 12ga. Fortunately, I know just where such a beast may be found.
PS: Turns out this is a sight for slugs and buckshot. Good thing I have a lot of Rio and Brenneke ammo to try out with it.
McDonald's interior in Prague New City.
McCafe
If you click to zoom in on the images, you can see comparative prices (19.5 Czech Crown = 1 USD), though local salaries are a bit lower than the US also.
In Prague Old Town. Photo by Tatyana Volk.
On my trip, I took a Canon 5D2 body with vertical grip attached. I couldn’t find the battery door at the last moment, so ended up with the extra weight and bulk. With the grip, the camera doesn’t hand as flat against the body. Bought a better strap in Prague, it proved still inadequate. I plan on converting the camera to work with Magpul sling.
Lenses: 24-70/2.8, 90 tilt-shift and 200/2.8. The 200mm got the most use, but not finding the 72mm polarizer at the last moment proved a real problem in Budapest due to massive haze. Humidity and smog limited visibility. I even held the 77mm filter by hand in a few photos. I wished that I had acquired the 70-200/2.8 IS before the trip despite the greater weight. 90 got a lot of use as well, with 24-70 used almost purely as a snapshot lens for family pictures. 5D2 again proved a technically excellent camera with awkward menu-driven secondary controls. Zooms definitely win for travel use, as long as they are good quality fast zooms.
My mother brought her Panasonic G2 with 20/1.7 and 45/1.8 and that was the ideal travel camera. A longer third lens would have helped, but overall it was the sweet spot for weight/size/capability/noise. The lack of mirror vibration, the articulated screen and the tiny size really helped.
In retrospect, I think that a smaller, more action-oriented body would have been better. Almost all images needed either the full tele capability, or (less often) full wide, or else full rise of the 90mm. I brought four batteries but never used up more than two in a day. Video with a magnified LCD hood but without a tripod proved unusable.
Prague, Old City
Budapest
I am guessing that this display advertised an apartment building.
