Murphy4570

That is not a crime.

The National Guard was placed firmly under Federal control with the Militia Act of 1903. The individual States control the NG, unless the Feds call them up for service. They can do this at any time. A true State Militia answers to the State government, and is not under the control of the Feds whatsoever. They are not able to operate outside of the territory of the United States, and as such are useful only as a defensive force. The United States operated primarily with State militias until the 20th century. The organized national military took on a much larger role in the defense of individual States after that. Individual States are still able to raise and support militias, as well as train and arm them however they see fit. This is the last vestige of State power that exists to counter Federal interference and usurpation of matters pertaining solely to the States. The States lost most of their ability to resist the centralized government after the conclusion of the Civil War. Such volunteers are paid for their service to the State, it is "voluntary" only in the sense that members volunteer to serve, not that they work for free. The biggest hurdle for a State to raise a militia is funding. Illegal immigrants certainly do NOT have the exact same rights as a U.S. Citizen! They only have their inalienable rights, which can be stripped of them through due process of law. To make such a statement is to defraud and cheapen what it means to BE a U.S. Citizen!

I have found that BrakeKleen works great at removing cosmoline. Cleans out the bore and chamber very well.

The Mosin will handle any ammo you can find off the shelf. The action is rather strong, I've never heard of one blowing up. If you like shooting yours, but want less recoil for plinking purposes, try some of that Czech training ammo. Turns it into a really nice plinker...in 30 caliber!

LOL @ is steel case ammo OK. The Soviets built those rifles to take anything they threw at them. The soviets made steel cased, corrosive, berdan primed ammo for those rifles for....well for ever. The Soviets also built those things intending for illiterate, untrained dirt-poor peasants to wield them. Get a case or two of surplus ammo for yours from SGAmmo like NJScott said, you'll be happy. Just make sure to clean the thing after you get done shooting it.

Anyone who jokes about Obama being assassinated is a complete idiot. Anyone who even contemplates such a thing for just a moment, knows that no sane person would EVER do such a thing. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, wants Biden as president. Seriously.

Putting words in my mouth, I see. Nice try.

That right there is a classic case of what psychologists call projection. That argument is a complete logical fallacy. Try again. As for the others.... #1. Shit happens. You propose that you'd rather be murdered than risk hitting a bystander who may or may not be standing behind the aggressor. That's your call. Don't restrict my unalienable rights because of your unsubstantiated fears. #3. There actually are well documented statistics that prove that criminals will not attack if their intended victim may be armed, and will choose to hit a "softer" target. This is deterrence. An economist by the name of John Lott wrote a couple of books on the subject.

Overall firearm design really hasn't changed much in the last 100 years. Three of the biggest advancements in firearms design came in the 19th century. These were the self-contained brass cartridge, the invention of high velocity smokeless powder, and the invention of automatic weapons. The 20th century didn't see huge advancements like that at all. Just fine-tuning of the basic concept and overall package, such as the introduction of aluminum and plastic in place of wood and steel for the construction of firearms. The biggest invention of the 20th century, the caseless cartridge, never went past the R&D stage. Apparently it isn't viable yet. The fact that Browning's design is still wildly popular, and remains in service with the military in a limited capacity over 100 years after its invention is a testament to the soundness of its design. John Browning was a firearms genius. You might be surprised how reliable a real M1911 is. They are loose, and rattle a lot. Not a tight design. Full disclosure: I own a Springfield Mil-Spec M1911A1. I dislike plastic guns. All the stuff I own is made of wood and steel. Blued or Parkerized are the finishes. The newest firearms I own are copied from 100+ year old designs (my M1911 and my M1897). I might be a bit of an anomaly in this day and age of "tacticool" firearms.

He's wrong about the M1911 design. They are very reliable as designed by Browning. The U.S. Army wouldn't have adopted it in 1911 if it wasn't. I also wouldn't call that a "torture test". Tossing pistols into dirt will cause them to malfunction. Big surprise.

Considering the design is 101 years old, yeah. 1985 is brand new in that context.

He has to die sometime. Nobody lives forever.

Oh, that's one of those new compact versions, right? I'm only familiar with the fullsize models. John Browning designed the pistol with a 7 round magazine. Didn't even think that anyone would make one even smaller than that.

Doubt it. No M1911 has ever had a magazine capacity of 6 rounds. 7 was the standard. Nowadays you can get single stack magazines from 7 to 15 rounds, and double stack magazines in a variety of capacities as well for firearms chambered in .45ACP that uses such a design. Won't see that from me much. I only have 7 round magazines, but the key word is magazines, plural. At about $6 a magazine, why not have 10+ of them?

I was eyeballing NRA's rules for their long rifle stuff, and they do make mention of even older service rifles. Namely, the M1903 and M1917. Is it at all common to see these older bolt action battle rifles being used anymore, or have the semi-auto rifles completely taken over?

British subjects are loyal to the Crown of England. They have a constitutional monarchy. We are not subjects. We are citizens. We are also (or at least were created as) a constitutional republic. Big differences there. I don't think the example of British subjects voluntarily giving up one of their inalienable rights with nary a peep, much less a fight, is not able to be used as an example of how Americans would act should a similar scenario occur.

Yup. Hell, I get nervous sometimes just cleaning my stuff in my garage with the door open.

Yeah, same thing here. Bought two boxes of 30-06 last year at that store, clerk asked in a surprised voice "Only two boxes?". I guess they get a lot of hunters in there who own 30-06 rifles? They were out of FMJ when I was there at the time too. I got the ammo, wandered around the store a little bit (looking at some Flyers jerseys), and then went to the register. Didn't observe anybody paying me any attention, much less escorting me to the register!

I bought my 12 gauge about a year ago, and put about 55 shells through it a couple months ago. I hardly use it. I'd love to get into clay shooting though, it seems fun.

I'll be getting a safe one of these days, and I find it humorous that some safe companies tout the thickness of their safes as being 10 gauge steel. That's a laughable thickness, very thin stuff. It seems that most of the commie chinese safes are in this thickness. http://www.unc.edu/~...sheetmetal.html 10 gauge is 0.13" thick. That's pathetic. I've used that thickness sheet steel to re-skin my Myers snowplow blade. Easily bendable. Good for my snowplow, bad for a safe. You'd think at least 1/4-3/8" thick would be the minimum for a decent safe. Maybe such stuff is just too darn expensive, I dunno.

If you want to get into old-school sling useage on the range, you'll need to get a M1907 sling and assemble it into a hasty sling. I would love to get training on that, it works great for target shooting.

Um, no. Look up the 0-60 times on most vehicles. You're in the ten second range, or more. Performance vehicles? 5-6 second range. Less if you have a supercar, like a Ferrari.

I guess you hunt squirrels with a rifle chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum? .22's are damn useful on varmints and small game. I agree with those above about the media failing to label the gun as some kind of super dangerous killing machine. I'm really surprised they didn't say sniper rifle or .22 assault weapon!

That is a not uncommon issue. Sparkplug boxes get thrown around in parts stores, sometimes the porcelain gets a crack in it, inducing a slight misfire. I had a comeback on a tuneup job that had this as the culprit. Either the plug was defective, or I dropped one on the concrete floor when installing the plugs. Shit happens.

Mosin-Nagant: You can arm twenty of your neighbors for less than $2,000. Some online retailers sell these things by the case. Twenty rifles to a case.