Month: May 2022

Dear Remington: You can never satisfy them by conceding. Prepared to be reamed again.

The family of 53-year-old Andre Mackneil, who was gunned down in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket after purchasing his 3-year-old son’s birthday cake, may go after a major gun manufacturer.

Mackneil’s daughters, Leandra Elliott and Deja Brown, have many questions regarding the suspect.

“We’re so confused. It’s like how did he get this weapon?” Brown told CBS News.

The sisters said they also blame the gun manufacturer. They have retained Buffalo attorneys John Elmore and Kristen Elmore-Garcia, who are investigating potential claims against Remington which, until 2020, produced the Bushmaster rifle allegedly used in the massacre.

“I reached out to the lawyer in Connecticut, Josh Koskoff, who had the only successful lawsuit against a gun manufacturer of an AR-15. He said that he would be willing to help,” Elmore told CBS News.

Elmore said they could go after Remington, if its Bushmaster was used, because “it is designed for the military, it is designed for war.”

Family of Buffalo shooting victim may sue major gun manufacturer Remington – CBS News

We knew it was bound to happen. Somebody smells another big pay off and some people believe nothing says “I wanna memorialize my Daddy’s memory” better than a lawsuit raking millions up so they can get some “well deserved” rich people shit.

Hat Tip MarkC

A good inexpensive gun can be found after all.

Reader Jon K sent me this last week, but my brain went stupid and I absolutely forgot to share with everybody. My apologies.

I will also confess that I have not but cursory checked them out and look legit, so I cannot vouch if they are good all the time or they behave like the online retailer of old we all came to hate for not being reliable. Caveat Emptor.

I am going to quote Jon straight from his email since he made more sense than me could at this early hour.

Heres a PROVEN gun easily concealable with a range bag and med kit for a good price. Anyone can take this setup and some ammo and TRAIN. Training to avoid, deescalate and deter a fight is better than anything else.  
This is at Big Daddy Unlimited.
99 cent first month then cancel, not a fan of BDU but a good deal is a good deal.
$321 for a good piece of kit. 
$520 for an optics ready higher cap version and a black backpack for those lacking eyesight. 
SW may mark everything to 500 msrp but bundles like these are top notch for a starter kit. 
Please forward to anyone you know needing an affordable gun or kit RTFN. 

 

Water, Water, Everywhere and Not A Drop to Drink?

The sailor slumped in his life raft, surrounded by the deep blue sea. He was slowly dying, because even though there was water as far as the eye could see, none of it was potable.

You can go about three days without water before there are serious health issues. On the other hand, going without water for even a few hours can have a tremendous impact.

In order to study the effects of different water consumption models on soldiers, the Aberdeen Proving Grounds (Maryland) performed a number of experiments with different drinking models.

  • Keep your canteen full, drink only when ordered, conserve water.
  • Drink when you wanted
  • Drink at rest times
  • Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

They then had groups of soldiers march 20 miles with full load out and then deploy for battle. They evaluated the combat readiness of the troops at the end of the march.

The WWII method of either having a full or empty canteen with water conservation being a primary concern left the troops combat ineffective for over a full day.

The drink when the soldier wanted left the troops combat ineffective for a bit more than a full day. Less than the conserve mode but still requiring a significant recovery time.

Having the soldiers drink every time there was a rest stop worked better. They were only combat ineffective for around 8 hours.

For the “hydrate, hydrate, hydrate” method, the troops reached the end of the march, deployed, and were combat effective.

You don’t notice it but even small amounts of dehydration have a noticeable effect on performance.

Make sure you have enough water to keep going.

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A project gun and ammo I want to build

Gun: Glock 20 with an aftermarket slide for a 5 inch barrel, chambered in 9mm Dillon.

Ammo: 9mm Dillon loaded with custom turned reverse ogive bullets (see below for profile) made from 99.9% C110 H04 full hard tough pitch copper, bullet weight of 90 grains, velocity of 2,000 fps.

 

 

I’m basing it on the old French THV bullet but a little heavier.  I won’t have the base hollowed out.

The problem with the THV is that many of the pistols of the day didn’t feed it well.

But a Glock feeds straight in and necked pistol cartridges generally feed off the neck and shoulder, so reliability should be much better.

The French ballistic tests showed devastating wound channels with the reverse ogive design.  It’s the principle by which the Lehigh Xtreme Defense bullets work, except better.  The Xtreme Defense bullet uses the reverse ogive of the THV in the flutes but has the outer profile to enhance feeding reliability.

By ATF regulation should be 100% completely legal.

Infer the purpose at your leisure.