Observations
Guest Post: How To Prepare For Serious Training
When you first set foot in the firearms world, you might get some basic training on firearm safety. If you are responsible, you need to know which way the bullets come out and know how not to shoot yourself or anyone else on the range.
If you intend to take your shooting to another level and to learn things like defensive shooting, you need a different kind of training. These classes can be intimidating for the new shooter, but are well worth the time and effort. With a little preparation these classes can be far less intimidating. Continue reading
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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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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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This is Not a Review of the M&P 45
One of the things that gun bloggers like to do is review guns. Frankly, it’s one of the main reasons any of us to do this in the first place. Oh sure, we speak proudly of how we’re here to “help new shooters” or “promote gun rights” and so on. Ultimately, in the back of our heads, we’re all thinking “if this site gets big enough, I can justify playing with more guns! I might even be able to score some test guns!!” Sorry, fellow bloggers, I had to let our big secret out. I do this for two reasons:- I think it makes for a funny, if not self-deprecating joke
- The fundamental problem with that whole “not big enough blog yet” is the root problem of the following commentary on the M&P 45 and why I won’t be posting an official review.
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AK vs. AR: The Rebuttal
Since The Noob has thrown his lot in with the AK group, I shall play devil’s advocate and support the AR platform. Having shot both, let me just go ahead and say that I like both for their unique virtues. No matter which you take with you into a bad situation, you will not feel outgunned. Continue reading
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AK vs. AR: I’m not above pandering.
There seems to be this massive AK vs. AR battle going on all over the internet. Far be it from me to rise above the fray, I’d like to give my personal take on it. The perspective of a complete rifle noob, if you will. Continue reading
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