Browning be praised!

Slublog, don’t be a wuss. Get a 1911. It’ll change your life. Just trying to spread the Gospel According to John Browning (peace be upon him).

Barntender on May 11, 2007 at 9:22 PM

Hell yes! Another 1911 advocate. JMB is a firearms God above even Samuel Colt and Kalashnikov IMO.

One thing I did look for when I bought my 1911 was where it was made. I think alot of Springfields (or at least parts of them) are made in Brazil. Their famous XD line is made in Croatia. I don’t know if Browning firearms are made here in the U.S. but I do know Kimber is Made in the USA (Yonkers NY to be exaxct). S&W is in the 1911 business as is SIG I believe.

Oh, factory 1911 mags tend to be somewhat cheap, or at least they were 6 or 7 years ago when I bought mine so I highly recommend Wilson Combat 7 rd. mags for any 1911. They’re pricy but what’s your life worth to you.

This particular piece of crap was sponsored by Dan Kotkowski, a gun grabber lobbyist who found enough STUPID people to elect him to the state senate. Kotkowski was one of Laurie Dann’s victims who survived, BTW.

If Mark had any clue about firearms he would have known that…

Sir, you cut me to the quick. The”um” should have clued you in.

I was enlisted in the infantry, an officer in the Artillery, and ended up transferred to a platoon leader slot with M1A1 tanks in the National Guard. Yah… what do I know…

Now we need to pick a running mate for Fred.

Browning be praised!

Slublog, don’t be a wuss. Get a 1911. It’ll change your life. Just trying to spread the Gospel According to John Browning (peace be upon him).

Barntender on May 11, 2007 at 9:22 PM

Amen Brother Barn. Hallelujah. And pass the ammo.

Slublog, don’t be a wuss. Get a 1911. It’ll change your life. Just trying to spread the Gospel According to John Browning (peace be upon him).

No more than I’d say that prepared speeches and statements by Romney, Rudy or McCain negate their negatives.

Hollowpoint on May 11, 2007 at 3:53 PM

I’d agree if that was all those candidates have done. All three of them have more experience that fred? does. Two of them have executive experience. McCain is a war hero. fred? was a lobbiest. Nobody likes lobbiests.

And as I pointed out, fred? has some ‘splainin to do about his pro-choice stance in 94 and the facade he puts on to engender himself to the folks. Why does he switch vehicles? That’s dishonest and I’d much rather have an honest Rudy trying to spin his position than a guy who straight up lies about who he is.

Did the samples you guys fired have the integral suppressor?

The kit comes with a detached threaded suppressor. The weapon with empty clip weighs 27 pounds. The suppressor weighs 3 pounds. It’s a beefy weapon with very little recoil considering the caliber.

With suppressor, you can fire without ear protection but it still by no means silent. Without suppressor a person can hear the report from several miles away.

Keep this in mind, the effective range is 3000 meters. You could shoot a target and his buddies would not hear the report until 5 seconds after impact.

natesnake on May 11, 2007 at 1:22 PM

You Lucky Dog, I would have loved to have had the opportunity to test that superb weapon.

I will not be able to play with one however thanks to Arnold signing the 50 cal ban here in Mexifornia.

ScottyDog on May 11, 2007 at 11:57 AM

Wonderful. And this was for what reason? I don’t believe I have heard of any gangbangers, drive-bys, or 7/11 holdups using an M82 while exercising their ‘rights’.

Limerick on May 11, 2007 at 12:33 PM

They tried to portray the 50 caliber as a terrorist weapon even though the 50 cal has never been used in crimes. They got our wonderful anti gun police chief, pro illegal alien Bratten, to say the LAPD wanted them banned because they could penetrate a Patrol cars V8 block.

Diane Feinstein and Boxer joined in on the scare mongering writing editorials for the communist La LA times. They both supported the ban because they said;” it could be used to down a jet airliner”!!

All the usual scare tactics and Arnold allowed the ban when he could have sustained a veto.

IMHO-This is unconstitutional, like all other 14,000 gun laws that restrict ownership of guns guaranteed by the 2nd amendment.

Are you saying all his negatives are negated by a bunch of prepared speeches?

No more than I’d say that prepared speeches and statements by Romney, Rudy or McCain negate their negatives.

If there’s been a presidential candidate in the history of the United States of America that was without “negatives”, I sure as hell don’t know who it was.

For the times we live in, Fred’s negatives are vastly outweighed by his positives from the impression I’ve gotten from him- and he’s not been shy about letting his views be known in a manner that would likely drive most professional handlers and campaign managers nuts. Add in the electability factor, and he’s the best- if imperfect- choice.

In contrast, the negatives of Romney, Rudy and McCain are at the core of what’s wrong with a Republican party determined to self-destruct into a “moderate” party. Maybe they’d legislate as conservatives, maybe they wouldn’t- we simply have no way of knowing, since they all have a record that isn’t at all described as “conservative”.

Hollowpoint on May 11, 2007 at 2:21 PM

Are you saying all his negatives are negated by a bunch of prepared speeches?

The more I read about him, the more it appears that what people are reacting to is his star power.

Right, because the the many numerous articles, interviews and speeches he’s given in which he’s consistantly and eloquently conveyed conservative posistions couldn’t possibly have anything to do with it. A conservative voting record as Senator couldn’t possibly be it either.

Nah, must be the 20 seconds an episode he’s on screen in “Law and Order” instead.

The more I read about him, the more it appears that what people are reacting to is his star power. It also appears that in 2002 he vasilated for a year before pulling out of the race for his senate seat 3 weeks before the filing deadline? Say it ain’t so fred?. And is the rumor true that he fakes his image of a down to earth feller when he shows up to rallys in a beat up red chevy pickup, but when he leaves, he drives a couple of blocks away and then gets into a limo? Say it ain’t so fred?.

Bring it on quick freddie boy so we can find out exactly what the truth is.

Did the samples you guys fired have the integral suppressor?

The kit comes with a detached threaded suppressor. The weapon with empty clip weighs 27 pounds. The suppressor weighs 3 pounds. It’s a beefy weapon with very little recoil considering the caliber.

With suppressor, you can fire without ear protection but it still by no means silent. Without suppressor a person can hear the report from several miles away.

Keep this in mind, the effective range is 3000 meters. You could shoot a target and his buddies would not hear the report until 5 seconds after impact.

- The Cat

Anxiously awaiting an impassioned defense of the 2nd Amendment from Mitt, Rudy or McCain… oh, that’s right- they all have an anti-gun background, so perhaps I shouldn’t hold my breath.

I will not be able to play with one however thanks to Arnold signing the 50 cal ban here in Mexifornia.

ScottyDog on May 11, 2007 at 11:57 AM

Wonderful. And this was for what reason? I don’t believe I have heard of any gangbangers, drive-bys, or 7/11 holdups using an M82 while exercising their ‘rights’.

natesnake on May 11, 2007 at 9:05 AM

American Defense systems has a good article which features Chey Tac;“Shoot-Out at Blackwater: Latest Firearms and Ammo Sound Off”

It is a good read on the CheyTac 200 and goes into detail about some other new firearms that have hit the market.

Did the samples you guys fired have the integral suppressor?

In addition to the increased accuracy, it would be a joy to have the muzzle blast toned down a bit on that round for the sake of your eardrums.

I will not be able to play with one however thanks to Arnold signing the 50 cal ban here in Mexifornia.

My bias leads me to recommend a browning buckmark pistol.

LibbyLA – I may. I was really shocked by how expensive pistols were, though. I looked at one of these while I was at the sporting goods store. It seemed like a nice little gun.

Slublog on May 10, 2007 at 11:15 PM

Haha, outside of a Kimber .45, you probably just picked one of the more expensive pistols out there.

I vote for a Ruger P-series, a Springfield XD or a S&W99 (Walther P99) Course, if you’ve got the cash, go for the Sig.

Do you really think McCain is that selfish that he’d give the election to Hillary by running independent? He’s got to know he will only take votes away from the conservative candidate.

To the first question, yes. He’s spent 8 years stabbing the president in the back using the prestige he gained with the media to highlight positions antithetical to Republicans and Conservatives; when called on it by the base, he called us names, ie nativists, and so on. To your second statement, I imagine he doesn’t care who he hurts. I can’t believe he even bothered to run as a Republican. He doesn’t like the evangelicals; he took control of the judicial debate with mixed results; yes, we got a couple of good judges in but I think the so called ‘nuclear option’ was a fight we needed to have. Don’t get me started on his immigration statements and the less said about the terrorist bill of rights, the better. I guess he thinks this is still the 70′s and that voters won’t remember his betrayals. Make no mistake, he knows the damage he can do to a real candidate and he doesn’t care.

As for Fred?
Declare already Man!
I’m getting antsy.

As a Republican the Barrett M82 represents a problem for my free market attitudes. The last line on their ad in my first link: ‘There are no competitors’. Hmmmmm….wonder why :)

I had the distinct pleasure of firing of firing a CheyTac 200 .408 cal. last weekend. Two factory reps (one ex-SEAL sniper the other ex-marine sniper) from CheyTac (Idaho) flew into the mountain state to deliver for 2 new rifles to SF use (3 Unit guys were there). Fort Bragg’s range didn’t have room, so a doc friend of mine who moonlights as a SF medic asked me if they could use my farm for a couple of days. UNBELIEVABLE. After zeroing the rifles at 100 meters, our first distance target was 1200 meters. After a few calculations, they were scoring continuous hits. Then we moved out to 2100 meters. They scored a hit with the first shot.

CheyTac holds the world “Group at Distance” record of 3 shots/ 16″ pattern/ 2321 meters. Barrett makes a fine rifle, but CheyTac does the record. The ex-SEAL was on Future Weapons when Mack tried their rifle out.

I am 100% civilian, so it was incredible to be a part of that experience. They were all great guys to boot.