AR
Zombie Osama
On Smoking Gunpowder Day, I brought out one of the Zombie Targets. Everyone seemed to get a kick out of it. The majority of the shooting was in the 10 – 15 yard range, but we did some up close (7 yard) and farther back (25 yard) shooting at the zombie. A variety of pistols,…
Read MoreSmoking Gunpowder – April 10, 2010
April 10 was Smoking Gunpowder Day out on the 30 acres, where the only other sounds to be heard were birds chirping and the wind rustling through the leaves. The original plan was for a few more guys to be out with us, but due to family and other obligations, only five of us were…
Read MoreCalibers Compatible With Standard AR-15 5.56mm Lower
One of the great strengths of the AR platform is its flexibility. There are multitudes of ways to outfit your rifle. Not least of which is the choice of ammunition . With the simple change of upper receiver, many different types of ammunition can be shot with your standard AR-15 .223/5.56mm lower receiver. This means…
Read MoreTexas sheriff to border farmers: ‘Arm yourselves’
You farmers, I’m telling you right now, arm yourselves. As they say the old story is, it’s better to be tried by 12 than carried by six. Damn it, I don’t want to see six people carrying you. Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West I wholeheartedly agree with the Sherrff’s statement. Things have gotten bad around…
Read MoreGas Impingement vs Piston?
Cameron Hopkins, from the American Rifleman, talks to both sides of the gas impingement vs piston operation systems for the AR platform of rifles. I have a barebones M4 style AR-15 rifle. I’ve heard both sides of the debate, and like Cameron I run a gas impingement system rather than piston. A friend that shoots…
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