Miguel.GFZ

Semi-retired like Vito Corleone before the heart attack. Consiglieri to J.Kb and AWA. I lived in a Gun Control Paradise: It sucked and got people killed. I do believe that Freedom scares the political elites.

The SHARE act seems to have a good chance to become law.

Why I say that? Check the latest blatant lie from Bloomberg’s Everytown:

This gigantic pile of dung is so fresh is still steaming.

They do hate HR 3668, don’t they? It looks like a pretty good bill that concentrates several bills into one and I have to admit I am not up in all of it other than a quick glance. Nothing raises flags with me, but I’ll leave deeper research for later or foe somebody who may have been keeping an eye on it.

Need reader’s help: Seeking Lyman No 77 (R) Globe Front Sight.

For the Winchester 1964 Model 70 project. From the research I have done, the rifle came from the factory with a Lyman 48 WH receiver sight and a Lyman 77 globe front sight.

Thanks to a donation from a reader, I have the Lyman 48 WH rear sight on its way. What I am stuck trying to find at a decent price is an original Lyman 77 R which stands for Regular as there is the “H” version which is taller.

It seems there are, if not a lot of, enough fans of iron sights that these things are being snatched.  I got lucky with the rear sight as I have not seen another one for sale but the front one is proving to be a pain in the butt.

I am not on a rush other than wanting to have it. I am not going out to shoot till the weather cools off and the hurricanes stop taking cruises. My target date is somewhere in November when hopefully the highs will be in the upper 70s.

I blame McThag for this urge to make sure the rifle has original parts. I admit that there is a certain pleasure on bringing it back to the way it was.

If you happen to come across a Lyman 77R, drop a line  to miguelATgunfreezone.net. I am aiming for $50 to $65 with the original inserts, preferably in the tin can.

Thanks in advance!

When Non-Gun people design “Gun Safety” stuff.

The smart holster uses fingerprint ID, RFID and voice identification to keep out everyone but the legal owner (and up to 200 other users), Cohen and Raj Kumar said. A small fingerprint reader is embedded into the wall of the holster. The beauty of their design is that you “don’t have to change your gun at all. It’s just a holster similar to the one you have except this is maneuvered so that it’s almost inherent that you put your finger [on the fingerprint reader] when you pull it out,” Cohen said.

Source: Team from NYU Tandon wins $1M prize in Brooklyn BP’s Smart Gun Competition | Brooklyn Daily Eagle

I am going to leave the reality (or lack thereof) of the electronic security measures to people who know about it. But there is a couple of things that bother me some.

Number one:

Solid things near trigger make me nervous. In fact anything inside the trigger guard that is not the trigger by its lonesome has the potential for a negligent discharge. I seem to recall a similar mechanical device in the TSA-Approved holsters for pilots that was responsible for some negligent discharges in the cockpit.

Second: Where are the frigging belt loops/attachments? It is supposed to be a Smart Holster as in “going to be carried attached to a belt.”  Because without a way to actually keep the gun firmly and safely on the person, the only thing you managed to create is a minimalist and expensive Hornady RAPiD safe box.

Oh well.

Electric Vehicle Schadenfreude.

Not The Onion:

It is not a cute little ultralight trailer for electric vehicles. It is a frigging towed generator.

The EP Tender is an interesting solution to this problem, albeit not a permanent one. It’s essentially a little trailer that you tow behind your EV. If your battery starts running low, the EP Tender kicks into action, turning on the generator inside the trailer. It feeds electricity into the car to keep it going further than would be possible with just the car’s battery.

For frock’s sake. If this is enough to make the smug idiot owners of inefficient electric vehicles recoil in shame and go buy a Dodge Diesel Ram Pick Up, there is simply no cure for them.

Now that I think about it, we did not see many Teslas (if at all) stuck in the evacuation traffic escaping from Irma’s wrath.