The Abode of McThag

Dottie has seen almost as many changes as Kaylee . Dottie's name derives from a line in the movie, "Armageddon...

I've tried all the rifle length handguards on Dissipator Dottie! First is the round A2 style that came with the upper: Then a set of USG...

Unlocked the M12 rack and dusted the AR's. This, of course, meant pointing them at the mirror and aiming at my reflection. Although Diss...

If you're following along on the Dissipator Dottie adventures and want to participate, PSA has the uppers (sans bolt-carrier-group ...

If you've been enjoying reading about my Dissipator project, Palmetto State Armory has them on sale again.  In OD or FDE . You'll n...

Got good afternoon light to take the official picture of Dissipator Dottie:   One of the local pawn shops had a Primary Arms 5x36 SLx Gen...

I'm slipping in my old age. Once again I've noticed that there's a dearth of "assault weapons" in the safe that are in...

Got Dissapator Dottie and Lavender Linda zeroed today.   12 round confirmation of the zero at a mere 25 yards.  I'm reasonably happy wit...

The dissipator upper came with an 'F' marked front sight base.  Those are slightly taller than the normal front sight base and are t...

  Idle hands and all. Looking at the pics I decided I liked the original configuration better so I put the A1 upper back on Linda. It was th...

Swapped the A1 upper from Lavender Linda to Dissipator Dottie and vice versa. Pics tomorrow afternoon when the light is right. The entire po...

Ten years ago, Willard made himself a Dissipator too!   His upper came from Spike's Tactical.  My lower did! I noticed they do things a ...

Palmetto put their middy dissapator uppers on an extreme mark-down. I am not made of steel and I had a left-over lower already assembled. Co...

Willard's been dragged, kicking and screaming, into Black Rifle Disease. That's a Spike's Tactical middy dissapator (16...

What configuration your personal AR ends up in is, well, personal. The popularity of them has given rise to congfigurations that didn'...

A friend has an idea. They have $100 a month. They want an AR. So we're going to (pending spousal approval which he might not get)...

Gas operated guns all work basically the same. Some of the burning stuff what's pushin' the bullet is tapped to push the action. ...