Polymer Magazines For The Ruger Scout

Folks,
By now, I hope that a lot of you have become like me: researchers. Here is a link to a good article, written at Blogger. I recommend it, because this guy is knowledgeable: click the link that I have provided.

Now, about the gun. The concept is to have a compact arm, of serious power and magazine fed. A gun need not be an automatic loader in order to have a magazine. I like the thinking of the design, it is unorthodox, but very practical. The applications are: hunting, defense and just fun shooting. Never forget, nor disparage, having fun at shooting. It is very entertaining to trick shoot for instance. This gun is a .308 Winchester chambering, so it will shoot a long way off. If you hunt with it, it will take a deer every time. All you need to do is blast him in a good spot. It will stop a bear charge too, but you may have to shoot him 3 or 4 times. One shot should do it, but you never know.

The possibilities just jump out at me. Challenge your friends to a shooting match. Just make sure that you have practiced beforehand. It can be humbling to be out-shot by your: niece, cousin, ole buddy, etc. Target shoot with it, but use 2 liter bottles, placed 20 yards away. When they blow up, you will be certain that you hit one. Blowing up bottles like that is a blast. When you get good, go out to 50, then 100 yards. If you can hit the bottle at those distances, you have become a sure shot. Stretch your mind and lengthen your shot to 200 yards or better. It may sound silly to do that, but you can hit the bottle with consistency after enough practice.

If you should ever need to use it for defense, the receiver of that round won't be having a good day. The .308 is what the M-14 and M-60 is chambered for. It is a shortened .30-06 and it has about 80-90% of its power. It just depends upon what rounds you buy. If you buy old NATO rounds to shoot, some have a steel core. You can find out which by looking for the info on line. Regular ammo dealers sell them, they ain't some unorthodox thing that only the Rangers/SF can get. ( BTW: A Scout Rifle would make a good sniper gun for SOCOM. It fulfills a lot of what they need in a gun. But it ain't ever gonna happen, because they are big budget. They can build their own from scratch and they do at times.)

Now to the mags, these are plastic and they come in different capacities: 3, 5 & 10 rounds. They are much cheaper that the steel variety and are more durable to boot. There is a video of a torture test, wherein a pickup truck runs over a mag. Then it is given a tap and knocked around with a baseball bat. It is a light smacking around, but is very illustrative. A steel/aluminum mag would deform and probably would stop working. Not these things, they just keep going.

Another test that reveals what a plastic mag is capable of, is to place it in a freezer overnight. Then take it out in the morning and drop it on concrete or blacktop. If it breaks, it has failed the test: and that is something that is better to discover beforehand.

Another torture test is to dunk it in mud, just fill a bucket full of dirt and make some mud. Then, like a madman, dunk your mag into it. The see how things works after rising it off pretty good. Because that's all you are going to be able to due if you are out in the woods and drop the thing into a mud hole. Just take out the rounds and start rising everything.

Use water on the mag and rounds, the dry the rounds ASAP. They can take a short dunk, if followed by a very quick drying off. Use your shirt if you have too, of course I am getting you to think fast. A dire situation may come your way and you will need to have a sharp problem solving mind beforehand.

It is that way in all defense situations: work it out in your mind and then you will follow your own script. Goodbye for now and God bless. I hope the best for you, but always be prepared for the worst.

No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: More On The Polymer Magazines For The Ruger Scout

President Obama's Views On Guns And His Customary Bad Manners.

Obama: “I don’t believe people should be able to own guns.”
As a way of introducing this: John Lott is the pre-eminent defender of gun rights in American intellectual circles. This is from an interview on the Michael Medved Show. It can be found posted at Free Republic: and at the Glock Talk forum. I am posting both links at the bottom of this article.
President Obama is an oaf of a man, he is filled with hubris and displays it through bad manners. That is highlighted in the article.

10-17-2008
By John Lott.
(Posted on Monday, October 27, 2008 3:26:24 PM by Entrepreneur.)
Lott is currently a professor at the University of Maryland and is the author of "More Guns, Less Crime" and "Freedomonics." Lott taught at the University of Chicago the same time Obama was an instructor at Chicago.

The transcript picks up approximately half way through the audio file...
Dave Bose: Just before the break, Professor Lott, I was mentioning that actually know Barack Obama. You met at the college.
John Lott: We were both at the University of Chicago. I was first in the business school and then I taught in the law school and I was there for like, five years. He was a lecturer there and – I don’t know – there were probably a couple of dozen times or whatever that we exchanged words. I saw him at a couple of seminars. I ran into and talked to people that were nearby him. One of the things though, is that the conversations all tended to be extremely short when I was involved with him.

John Lott: The first time I met him, I went over and introduced myself. He said, “Oh, you’re the gun guy.”
John Lott: And I said, “Yeah, I guess so.”
John Lott: And he said, “I don’t believe people should be able to own guns.”
John Lott: And I knew he was working at, with helping out…

Dave Bose: Wait. Let’s repeat that because Obama says he believes now that the 2nd Amendment preserves an individual right to keep and bear arms. In fact, Joe Biden whose helicopters are constantly being shot down by Frosty the Snowman has affirmed that Barack Obama’s not trying to take away guns and you’re telling me that the first thing you remember Obama saying to you was…

John Lott: Yeah, that he said, “I do not believe people should be able to own guns.”
Dave Bose: Okay

John Lott: I mean, if you just take the gun issue for a second, here’s a guy that when the supreme court decision came down at the end of June, said that the Supreme Court was merely confirming his own position on guns, that he believed that it was an individual right, that he always believed that it was, and that he apparently opposed the DC gun ban.

John Lott: The problem is you can find him making numerous statements prior to the Supreme Court decision where he said that he supported the DC gun ban. There are interviews that he did before the so-called Potomac Primaries in the spring, involving Maryland, Virginia, and DC, where he was interviewed on TV about that and he said quite firmly and emphatically that he was in favor of the ban. You have statements in the Chicago Tribune last fall.

John Lott: But overall, Obama has, there’s no doubt that he’s the most anti-gun presidential candidate that’s ever been nominated. In 1996 there was a candidate issue statement when he was first running for the state senate saying that he supported a ban on handguns. In 1998 there was a similar candidate statement saying that he supported a ban on semi-automatic guns. He supported legislation that would ban the sale of guns within five miles of any school or park, essentially banning virtually guns from being sold any place in virtually all of the states in the United States. There’s many other types of similar statements that one could go through on that.

John Lott: But often he’s gone and he’s said, for example in the 96 statement that it was an error by a staffer who had incorrectly filled out the form. The problem was, later on Politico, the Internet political news operation, got a hold of a copy of the actual candidate’s statement form and they found his handwritten notes on the copy that was there.
John Lott: The Chicago Tribute statement that came out last fall, again he blamed it on a staffer error, a so-called inartful attempt by a staffer to characterize his position. And as I say, you can go and find his own statements on videotape where he is saying that this year.

Dave Bose: Right, now he can just say he had an ACORN staffer fill it out for him. They’re pretty good at forgery. Actually, not so hot. He also wrote this book review for Bill Ayers that we were talking about earlier and I was wondering, I haven’t seen a hard copy of it but surely on the dust jacket there’s an “about the author” portion on Bill Ayers. Does it not mention anything about his past in radicalism and terrorism?

John Lott: I haven’t looked at the book.
Dave Bose: That’s what I want to know. I can’t get my hands on a hard copy and I want to see one of the old ones to see if the book that Obama was reviewing may have mentioned something.

John Lott: If I can just make one other comment about my interaction with Obama in Chicago?
Dave Bose: Oh yeah, sure.
John Lott: And that is when he made the statement about believe that people shouldn’t be able to own guns, I said, “Well, maybe we can get together for lunch and we can talk about it.”
John Lott: And because I knew he was also supportive of the Chicago suit against the gun makers.
John Lott: He just grimaced and turned around and walked away and that was the end of the conversation. And that’s the way many conversations went that I had with him and I believe just in general he really disliked talking to people that he regarded as conservatives.

Dave Bose: He didn’t even say goodbye? He just grimaced and turned around?
John Lott: Right.
Dave Bose: Or, did he say no thanks?
John Lott: No, he just turned around and walked away.
Dave Bose: Not even the usually polite, “Yeah, we’ll do that sometime?”
John Lott: No. I mean, and there were cases in later years where I would reach out to shake his hand and he would just refuse my hand.

John Lott: There was one seminar for example where he had asked a question. He only went to a couple of seminars the entire time he was there. He didn’t do any research or anything. He was basically brought in just to teach and as I understood as a way to let him run for public office.
 It was kind of understood that, that was what he was going to do to begin with, because if you’re only teaching three hours a week and you’re not having to do any research, it gives you a lot of flexible time to go and campaign for office.

John Lott: But, he had asked a question in a seminar and I don’t think anybody understood what the question was. I thought I did and so after the seminar went up to him and I said, “I think it was an interesting question. I think you could have rephrased it a little bit differently.”
John Lott: And again, he just turned his back to me and started talking to someone else. And it wasn’t so much that he just disagreed. I really got the impression that he really believed that I was evil because I had different views, particularly on the gun issue.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116714/posts

http://glocktalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1380126&page=2

An Example Of Mercy And Peace In Islam

Asia Bibi: A Case History

Asia Bibi, a Christian wife and mother in Pakistan, was arrested by police on June 19, 2009, and charged with blasphemy after she engaged in a religious discussion with co-workers. Many of the local women, including Asia, worked on the farm of Muslim landowner Muhammad Idrees. Her family was one of only three Christian families in a village of more than 1,500 families. During their work, many of the Muslim women had pressured Asia to renounce Christianity and accept Islam.

On June 19, 2009 there was an intense discussion among the women about their faith. The Muslim women told Asia about Islam, and, according to VOM sources, Asia responded by telling the Muslim women that Jesus is alive. “Our Christ sacrificed His life on the cross for our sins...Our Christ is alive.” She told them. Upon hearing this response, the Muslim women became angry and began to beat Asia. Then some men took her and locked her in a room. They announced from mosque loudspeakers that she would be punished by having her face blackened and being paraded through the village on a donkey.

Local Christians informed the police, who took Asia into protective custody before the Muslims could carry out their plan. Christians urged the police not to file blasphemy charges, but the police claimed they had to go forward because of pressure from local Muslim leaders.

After a lengthy trial, on Nov. 8, 2010, Asia Bibi was sentenced to death by a judge. The judge also fined Asia $1,190 (U.S.) and told her she had seven days to appeal the decision. Her attorneys filed the appeal promptly, and now wait for the Lahore High Court to rule. If the appeal is rejected, Asia would be the first woman to be lawfully executed under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. She remains in prison, waiting to hear the high court’s ruling.

On Jan. 4, 2011 the governor of Punjab province, where Asia lives, was assassinated by a member of his security team. Though a Muslim, Salmaan Taseer had spoken out repeatedly in favor of a pardon for Asia Bibi and for a reexamination of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. Governor Taseer also met with Asia in prison. On March 2, 2011, Shahbaz Bhatti, the only Christian member of Pakistan’s cabinet and another person who had spoken out on behalf of Asia Bibi, was also assassinated for his support of her.

The Voice of the Martyrs has supported Asia Bibi and her family since the time of her arrest. In July, 2011, VOM launched www.CallForMercy.com in an effort to gather 1,000,000 signatures from around the world asking for Asia’s release.

http://www.callformercy.com/bg_CallForMercy_wdbm-20110721-callformercy_444.html

I think that the article speaks for itself, as does the actions of all Muslims, everywhere they are found. They kill, steal and destroy: those are attributes of the Devil. There is no peace, no justice, no rights of man, that cannot be trampled upon in Islam. All one need do is accuse an innocent of blasphemy, or defaming Mohammed. After that, it's a stoning with a big pile of rocks or some other fashion of death and destruction.

I have a great big problem with Islam and the adherents of it.  And I ain't afraid to say so.

BTW: If someone knows where there is peace and mercy in Islam; won't you please tell me where that is. I have not seen or heard of the place.

The Fall Of Libya And Sharia

I am in full expectation that the fall of Khaddafi will prove to be in vain. A new tyrant is on his way, of that I am convinced. I am predicting that a new foothold has been established by Hezbollah or somebody. The same thing is probably taking place in Egypt and time will prove me false or true. I am not one to look at a smattering of elephant crap and then declare it art. No, it is a load of crap and someone has been suckered into accepting it as the work of the gifted. That is why it has been displayed in museums and it has.

There is an inexorable work taking place in the Arabs countries, one tyrant after the other has been overthrown. There is an old canard that goes like this: the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't. The new devil will be like the old one, in that they are evil beings. But the new one will be more evil than the old one. I am predicting that sharia will become the law of the land in Libya and in Egypt.

What's it all mean Alfie? One of the most dangerous things that the World has ever seen is taking shape, right on TV. When Sharia finally rears its evil head and makes itself known to America, then she will know. A new and loathsome evil is in the lands of the World and here as well. It is being universally ignored by the intelligensia; or welcomed by them, as a counter-balnce to that bad old Christianity. That is the thing that they cannot abide with, Christianity. That makes them like the Muslims and they are natural allies. The dangerous dolts that populate TV-ville,  movie-ville and cities like Washington/ New York/ Philly/Chicago et. al. ;are of one mind. If it is destructive of Christian or American ideals, then it must be good.

Khadaffi was a bad guy, but a worse one is on his way, that is my oracle to you.
(TBC)

The Four Gun Battery

Here is a good article that I found at FirearmsForum.com. In it, the writer makes some good points; such as, should you have to shoot someone, there will be consequences. The cops will take your gun as evidence for one thing, so it is always best to have at least two pistols of a serious caliber. That way you will still have a gun and you may well need it. If you have to kill or seriously wound an assailant in self-defense, he will have friends and they will not like you at all. There may be more than one shooting event before it is all said and done.

Which brings me to tell you this story. After I was acquitted of Randy's murder, I met two of his friends as I was walking. It was very late and night and they both stopped, one of them asked me if I was the one that killed Randy. I told him that yes I was, all three of us had stopped and we were staring each other down. My inquisitor said, "Let's settle this, I am going to take my knife to you, the same way that you did to Randy."
I told him, "OK, let's go, if that is the way it is."

He told me to step over into a dark alley and we would get it going right there. I said, "No, if we are going to that, we can do it right here in the light." (There was light from the streetlights and it would have been very public and visible.) He declined to that and he told me that another time would do just as well. Then we all turned and went our separate ways.

Friends, I had my .45 Colt Auto in my pocket, loaded. He could not see it however and I did not offer to tell him about it. He thought that he had the situation in hand and he would do what he would. I would have lit them up, as I expected to be attacked with knives by both of them. They were overconfident and running their yaps, when they should have been considering things. Now, only one did the talking, but both of them were in on it.

I figured,"Well, it's back to jail all over again!" I would have shot it out with them folks, if anyone is fool enough to attack me with a knife, I will us deadly force. There it is, in black and white. And yes, this happened in Huntington West Virginia, just a few days after my acquittal. How is it that I am the one that these things happen to? I am the one that stands up to tyrants, that's why. So if you decide that you are going to be that way, just remember, there may be no going back.

I can't go back to Huntington proper because of it and my face was splashed all over the TV and newspapers. My name and story was broadcast over every radio station in town, and I am infamous now.
People recognized me when I went to a different church and town, there was no getting away from it in the Tri-State area. Which is not an insignificant area either, there are 300,000 people living in the metro areas of Huntington-Ashland-Ironton. And they all knew my face and name.

But the main emphasis of the article is to have a number of guns, because you will need them, if it hits the fan. It is no joke friends, you will need them. At the end of it, he modifies his article and it is an important point. He does away with any small caliber weapons in favor of large calibers,e.g., the .40 or above. I don't disagree, but I would feel fine with a 12 round .380 ACP. I mentioned that in a prior posting about a Taurus. 

Keep in mind however, that I made the stipulation of having at least 1 extra mag for a reload. But, that is the same stipulation that I make for my .45 Auto, I will have at least 1 reload mag: for a total of 14 or 15 rounds. That would mean at least 24 rounds of .380 would be available to me in magazines. One in the gun and one in my pocket. Let me go so far as to state this, I would have a knife on me too. 

Sounds nuts? Then you ain't been where the danger is palpable and you can get killed: where it is not a far off threat, but at your side.

God bless.
http://www.firearmsforum.com/Firearms/Article/849

The Fall Of Egypt and The Future Of Israel And America

It was inevitable that Egypt would fall, but it was still unexpected. What this means is another Islamic nation at Israels doorstep and another American enemy. The Arab Spring has turned out to be an Iran look-alike, with promises of freedom being a smokescreen.

Just as sure as the sun rises, Egypt will be taken over by Hezbollah and Hamas, just like Lebanon was. Israel is being boxed in by committed enemies. In the meantime, we in America are bemoaning that Afghanistan did not  roll over and play dead when we got there. The US will abandon that ground as fast as they can find the exits. Sadly, America has a long history of never really finishing its fights.

However, our destiny is tied to Israel and we will not just run and hide this time. The raving lunatics that call themselves Muslims will come and pay us continual visits. Fort Hood was portentous that way, when Major Hassan opened fire. Look for more massacres by Muslims, inside of America. It was an attack on America by a Jihadist Muslim and that has been obscured on purpose.

Because America has the habit of hanging its friends out to dry, that is the eventual fate of Israel. When we do that, we are in for Hell on Earth: it will be another of the fatal mistakes that America has made in the last 35 years or so. We did the same thing to Vietnam and we are not a better nation because of that. No, instead we are funding an enemy, which is China.

But that is another story for another time. Right now a power block is forming, in which all Arab nations will become entrenched Islamic tyrannies. That will be followed by alliances with Russia, mark my words. A big dog is needed, which can better order the pack. And it is a natural alliance too.

What does it all mean? It ain't good from the looks of things and it will get worse. Here we are in America making more noises about defense cuts, and we can see the World going downhill right before our eyes.
We as a nation are more concerned about Medicare than the Army. There are scads of silly old people, trying to remain young, vital and with it. It is as if they were wearing blinders and do not want to be bothered by what is going on in the World. A battle of the mind is taking place, between seeking pleasure and being strong in heart.

The fall of Egypt was a really bad thing and I wonder how long it will be before a major war breaks out. We won't run away that time because we will be dragged into it. We ran away from Iran as it fell and now they are the major enemy of ours in the Middle East. I look for the same thing to happen in Egypt and in Libya too.

Just because it does not happen within the next few months, does not mean that it won't happen.

Recommendations In Gun Choice

I think that I can say this without worrying too much that there may be some weak hinges on my door.

Taurus, Ruger, Smith and Wesson and Colt make really good guns. You will not go wrong if you buy name brand. Like everything in life, if you want a Cadillac, prepare to be pay a Cadillac price. Some Cadillac's include Kimber and Colt, they are not inexpensive. They tend to be flawless though, I have a Colt .45 Auto and I don't have any qualms in singing its praises. That gun has stood the test of time and it has stood by me in times of trial: it has been in a holster and a pocket during some of those times too. I don't just talk a tough fight folks, I can fight one too.

See this gun? With me having never touched one, I can tell you that it would get me out of a pack of trouble. It is a .380 Automatic and it hold 15+1 rounds. That means that the magazine holds 15 and you can put 1 in the chamber. That is what +1 means, it stands for a chambered round.(You are one step closer to being a gun wizard now.) It has a blue finish and a lot of people consider that a weakness, but it is not. I have a blued finish Colt and I love it. That finish is what you want if you want a good looking gun, you would be amazed how handsome they can be. This is the Taurus Model 638B-15. (And when you follow the link at the bottom of my blog, you can view a stainless twin right beside it. Just copy and paste the link into your address window.)

Now, concerning that .45 of mine, here is a shot of one like it.

This is a Series 80 and mine is a series 70, the differences are not that great though. The distinction is that the Series 80 has an added safety device, the idea being to avoid accidental fire. I will spare you any superfluous chatter about all of that: you are going to have to research that for yourself. You can do it, don't sell yourself short.
This one sold online for circa $700 and it popped-up at AuctionArms.com and I am posting their Facebook address.

This gun is for the serious-minded and for serious sit-reps. Let's say that you have been targeted by The Big Bad Wolf and you are his next-intended snack. He better just get lost! You friends could be the proud new owner of a brand-new wolf rug if he does not. I am not being way-out there when I say that this gun made the Army a better place to be. So what if the model number is a little different? It is the one that Sergeant York used.
Here is a tid-bit from Wikipedia about that--During the assault, six German soldiers in a trench near York charged him with fixed bayonets. York had fired all the rounds in his M1917 Enfield rifle, but drew his .45 Colt automatic pistol and shot all six soldiers before they could reach him.

Parenthetical Brain Fart:
By the way, read about Sergeant Alvin York if you want to know what courage is. I have yet to see it bettered in story or deed. And I have read some few Medal Of Honor citations. (Did I mention that I talked to a Medal winner? Yes, I know his daughter and I met her at the Campus Christian Center on the Marshall U. campus: located in Huntington West By God Virginia. Who can tell where life will lead you? I never would have guessed it by talking to her. She was driving his car and it has MOH plates.)

(You know, I have a lot of fun in life and I love life: and I love you, as friends. Love will walk through the fire folks, be like me in that way. And keep that .45 loaded too, it can be a pretty good fire bucket.)

So, in no particular order, here I am presenting you with a couple of good guns. Either one will get you through the night or a half-dozen pukes. I better stop now, I tend to wander off the reservation a lot and I am scared of getting lost. So I will just turn this into a three-part writing, you will love it and have fun too.

In closing, I transposed this blog from MySpace, so if I made a few typo's, I am blaming that.

http://www.taurususa.com/gun-selector-results.cfm?series=MF1
http://www.facebook.com/AuctionArms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_C._York
http://www.myspace.com