Monthly Archives: April 2012
Pro Tip: Keep your Powder AWAY from your Muzzle Loader…
The thing about muzzle loaders is that they tend to spew a lot of sparks and fire when they shoot. It is the wise shooter who keeps their powder at a safe distance. Who knows what would happen to a person who stores their powder opened and underneath the barrel of the gun? This guy does…
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The AR-15 Project: Installing the Buffer Tube and Stock
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The Road to Hunting Season
Whitetail season in Missouri starts in November, and I’m looking at preparing for this year’s trip, which I dub “Operation INFINITE VENISON.” The Noob has asked me to do a write-up on what a new hunter needs for hunting season. So I’ve decided to do a few articles on the basics of what you need. The BASICS. I’m not going to tell you to run out and buy bottles of deer piss for your boots. I’m going to tell you about the stuff that I’d wished I had sitting out under some tree freezing my ass off waiting for a deer to walk by.
Really, it’s not all that complicated. But it helps if you have some idea of what you need to have out there. Now, I hunt in Missouri, so I’m going to tell you about Missouri. The state you hunt in is probably different with different rules, so be sure to do your research and get your facts straight prior to going out there. So, let’s start with the very first thing you should get.
A hunter’s safety class certificate.
Like most states, Missouri requires a hunter’s education certificate in order to buy a tag. It might seem like a waste of time, but they really do have good information in them. It’s especially good for learning about your specific area’s restrictions. I took my class when I was living in Newport News, Va., and found out you can’t hunt with a rifle in Virginia east of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Since I was hunting in Missouri, I didn’t care, but it was definitely good-to-know info if I ever wanted to hunt locally. Another thingI learned,camouflaged-patterned orange doesn’t count toward your orange. So if you’re required to wear an orange vest and you bust out the cool-looking orange camo, you’re out of regs.
One thing to ask when you take your class is where your certificate is good. Virginia’s cert, for example, is good in all 50 states and doesn’t expire. So one class and you’re gold. Some classes make you shoot. Mine didn’t. A short test later, and I was good to hunt.
That’s the absolute first thing to get. Next time we’ll talk about something a bit more fun.
TJ
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Purses and Positive Control?
So an off-duty cop in Chicago got a lesson in why you don’t carry a gun in your purse. I’m sure there’s a million women (and some dudes) out there who have carried guns in their purses for years and never had a problem, but I’d never recommend it. First, as this police officer found out, stuff moves around in your purse. Hammers get caught on keys, triggers get jammed by pens, safety levers get pushed. The purse may be in your hands, and that gun might be in that purse, but that gun is still outside your positive control. And the worst part is you can’t see this stuff happening. Your first warning is the gun going off.
The other reason I wouldn’t recommend carrying in a purse (or manbag, or a briefcase, etc.) is purse snatching. Think about it. A purse snatcher runs up behind you, snags your purse and runs. Now this thug not only has your money and your ID, he’s got your gun too.
And that is a bad, bad feeling.
TJ
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Zombies everywhere! Quit it!
See if you can name the movie: A lone person, let’s call him Steve, wakes up from a good night’s sleep. His house is empty so he assumes his family is out on a Saturday morning. As he goes through his morning routine, he doesn’t seem to notice that outside his home things seem a bit…off. It’s only when he retrieves the newspaper that he realizes: the world has gone to hell. Zombies are roaming the streets. He flees back into his house and sees his wife. She turns around and attacks him. Yep, she’s a zombie. He fends her off then flees the house with the only weapon he could find. He jumps in his car and speeds off but wrecks it shortly thereafter. He’s rescued from the wreck by a ragtag and ethnically diverse band of survivors. They make their way through the city to a “safe zone”, getting picked off one by one. One of the survivors gets bitten by a zombie in one of the attacks but hides it from the group. Later, he turns at the worst possible moment. In the end, Steve sacrifices himself so that the lady of the group can make it to safety. As the credits roll, the question remains: how will the world continue?
Ok name the movie…YOU CAN’T! Why? Because it’s pretty much every freaking zombie movie ever made. This zombie thing? It’s getting old. For some reason, it’s impossible to go anywhere without seeing zombie stuff. The firearm and “Doomsday Prepper” crowds have really latched on to zombies like…uhm…a zombie munching on brains. Continue reading
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This post is not political
ABC News has a story up today called Gun Sales Booming: Doomsday, Obama or Zombies? Let’s go ahead and get this out of the way up front. No one is buying guns because they’re afraid of zombies. That doesn’t stop ABC from talking about them for a third of the article. Now, here at GunNoob we have a strict “No Politics” policy, so I’m not going get partisan here. What I will say is that what gun owners are most afraid of right now is a radical change in gun laws following the November election. These fears run the gamut from new taxes on firearms and ammunition all the way up to a total ban on firearms ownership. The result is that demand for firearms and ammunition is up, and when demand goes up, the supply goes down and the price goes up. Ruger’s supply is maxed out and they’re not accepting new orders until the end of May.
So the bottom line here is that if you’ve been thinking about buying a firearm, you should probably buy now, because it’s only going to get worse as we get closer to November. It’s going to be much worse the months immediately following November if/when a certain candidate is elected because of the popular perception that that candidate is anti-gun. After that, things may start to get better again. It took awhile after the 2008 election for prices to return to normal.
I really wish I had bought Ruger stock before Bill Ruger died.
TJ
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5.11 Tactical learns about the Think Geek Effect!
I’ve been around the internet for a while. One thing I’ve learned is that if there is an announcement on April 1, never believe it.
A wise man once said “There is never anything so absurd that no one will believe it.” That axiom proves true time and time again. Look at some of the hoaxes that have stirred up the public; Things like Bonsai Kitties, Human meat market and even War of the Worlds from way back. Someone, somewhere is going to believe it. There have been cases in recent years where, the hoax or joke is so awesome that someone makes it real. Continue reading
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Repeat after me: “Hollow points are not cop-killer bullets”
So the New York Post wrote a story about a turnstile jumper who got caught carrying a concealed weapon with “cop-killer” bullets. You can almost hear the reporter’s breathless voice as she says “cop-killer bullets” and see the exclamation points popping up beside it. The problem is that the thug in question wasn’t carrying “cop-killer!!!11!11!!!!” bullets, he was carrying hollow points. Continue reading
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Rifle Review: Saiga .223
A saiga (say-guh) is a kind of antelope that lives in eastern Russia. Kind of a weird name for a rifle, but then again it might be appropriate. Have you seen a picture of this thing? It’s an ugly animal, and the Saiga rifle that shares its name is an ugly rifle. But a rifle doesn’t have to be a beauty queen to be effective. The Saiga rifles (there’s a line of shotguns too) comes in .223, 5.45X39mm, 7.62X39mm and .308. It comes with a crappy plastic handguard and stock, no flash suppressor or muzzle brake, and the magazines are expensive. Those are things that can be improved upon. What it has going for it is its heritage. You see, the Saiga is a direct descendent of this. Continue reading
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