Idle Hands Are The Devil's Gunsmithy

I ordered an M4 side sling mount for Kevina while Harvey was deciding what sling system she preferred.

Since I now have an M4 barrel on Kaylee, it seems appropriate to change the swivel.

Free Gun

It's a 1972 Colt Detective Special, .38 Special.

How it compares to a S&W 640-3.

Only one little catch. It's really a defective special. That's a hammer mounted firing pin and the tip is broken off. This is not a hard fix, but parts can be hard to find. The D-Frame is a very common gun, so something should be available.

Special thanks to Garry for not even trying to fix it. Extra special thanks to his son for dry firing it enough to break the pin.

I Am Home

After the longest vacation I have ever taken I have safely arrived back here at home.

Thanks to Tim for his endless hospitality!

That drive sure seems to get longer and longer each time I make it.

I had a lot of fun, but it's good to be home.

Middle Class Paying For Health Care

I read that the current plan is to increase taxes on the middle class for the health care plan they are working on.

They are saying that health care cannot be paid for unless the middle class helps pay for it.

Hey, Mr President, Congress: the middle class is already paying for it. If that's how you're going to be, why don't you leave it alone?

What The Gubmint Does

My position on government involvement is this: The government is already doing all it is supposed to do. Government is also doing a great deal that it shouldn't.

This also means that I don't think that the government should do any more than it already is, in fact, I think it should do a good deal less. It does not mean that I think it should do nothing.

Decision Time

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8-DEMtAE9q4i4ySQ0eV_qZefmRQD99H6VHO0

One of the core tenants of both the Hague and Geneva conventions is reciprocity. We will follow these rules if you do. We certainly have been. Here is a chance for the Taliban to do so as well.

I fear they will not.

I also fear that we will not do the proper thing when they murder this man and cry "Havoc!"

If they murder our soldier, we should set loose the legions, leave no building standing, no stone unturned, no living thing alive and make the moon appear to be a green oasis by comparison. Leave marble markers in ten languages telling all who see the devastation that it was US who did it and that we did it for ONE MAN!

All for one, one for all.

Update

Alternative plan. We cry havoc NOW and inform them we will keep killing until our man is returned alive. If he's no longer alive, we don't stop until there is no building standing, no stone unturned, no living thing alive and make the moon appear to be a green oasis by comparison, and marble markers in ten languages telling all who see the devastation that it was US who did it and that we did it for ONE MAN are all that is left to say there was ever a human who set foot there!

Things That Make You Go Hmmmmmmmmm

It comes from here: http://www.stevefielding.com.au/climate_change/

If the data that creates this chart is correct then we are past the point of max effect for CO2 concentration and Global Warming®™ and Anthropogenic Global Climate Change®™ are lies.

Some Good Some Bad

Tim's neighbor has decided that today would be a splendid day to tear out his deck. The deck that's just outside the guest room's window.

Being up, I went through the range pictures and noticed something about one of the pics.

You can see the spent case in mid-ejection. There's also still some light from the muzzle flash illuminating me.

Grumble

When the 5500 mAh battery in your laptop says that its full charge capacity is 4471 mAh and the charge remaining at 100% is 4341 mAh, you can bet that's the reason your machine shuts off suddenly rather than warning you that your nearing low battery.

Firearm Photography Is Dangerous

Look at the top of the frame, that spent case nailed me right in the forehead. Got a teeny amount of blood too.

Right after I said, "Owwww!" Tim reminded me that his camera had a zoom lens on it and that I didn't need to sit so close to get the shots.

Also notice that Tim took his advice to himself and has his eyes open.

A Day At The Range

We took Tim's AR to the range to get it zeroed. I also popped some 6.8 downrange.

Tim is the photographer here. He caught the flash from the muzzle!

Hey, is that bolt locked to the rear?

Hmmmm, must be...

Tim caught the bolt opening, just before it ejects the round.

After zeroing and starting to enjoy the shooting.

"Don't close your eyes, Tim, it's not helping." Tim Menzel, July 14, 2009.

We're shooting at the close targets (50 yards). You can see the puff of dust from the berm and the round in the air.

Not That I Expect The Person Who Needs To See This Most To Watch It

SEALs In Nigeria

I recreated the story from "Tears of the Sun" and put it in February 1968.

Tim and FuzzyGeff used their characters from my last trip up and we had a new addition, Justin. He'd never played GURPS before, but picked it up right quick. He is also a good fit with the small group we have.

Things were a little rocky Sunday night for our first session. Tim and I were rusty from lack of gaming and Justin is kinda new to it. Everyone but FuzzyGeff had barely played the 4th edition rules, and even he has not played it extensively.

I missed telling the players a couple of plot points and they missed me telling them some that mattered.

By last night though, I was doing much better and everyone was more into their characters.

All in all, I am happy with how things turned out.

There's even a chance we'll play again before I head home.

PS I also need to remember to call Eric.

PPS And charge my damn phone so I can.

This Is Me In Iowa

The joys of being mildly bi-polar and on the road.

I have arrived.

Yippie.

Not sure how long I wanna stay.

Tomorrow is fix Tim's front sight and zero his rifle.

It's as much a FrankenAR as any I've seen. He bought it assembled from a vendor at a gun show. The barrel appears to be a chromoly (not chrome lined) Del-Ton 16" M4 profile 1:9; upper is the ubiquitous Cardinal Forge flat-top, lower is a Superior Arms S-15, the rest is common commercial M4 stuff. The hole for the front sight base is super tight and the original assembler of the barrel group appears to have ground the flange of the front sight off so much it was wobbly in the hole and would not engage the front sight detent. We have one on order at Jacobsen's that should be there sometime today.

Here he is enjoying his new toy.

Well I Don't Think I Will Bother With This Again

It no longer feels like home in any way.

Long drive to find out.

Going home ASAP.

This Is Where The Party Ends...

I feel like a hypocrite, talking to youuuuuu and OUR racist friend.


Hey, Phil, say CENSORED. One. More. Time.

Tell us how them CENSORED are the ones on welfare.

Tell us how them CENSORED are all drug dealers.

Tell us about our CENSORED president.

GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY DAMN LIFE NOW!

It's not just black people on welfare sponging us to death.

It's not just black people dealing drugs.

You didn't even bother to vote.

What Have You Made

Something hit me today about several of my ex-friends.

They've never built anything. There is nothing on this earth that is here because they made it.

I built a swing-set, from lumber.

I've built several rifles from their component parts.

I've designed water and sewer treatment systems that provide clean water. Sometimes the water going out the sewer treatment outflow is cleaner than the water going in the water treatment's inflow.

What have you built?

What Do You Think

Kaylee is a "what-if".

There are four possible configurations for her that are appropriate. The late M4 stock is an anachronism for Twilight 2000 because it was not developed until 2002 in our timeline.

M4 handguards with late M4 stock.

M4 handguards with fiberlite stock.

CAR handguards with late M4 stock.

CAR handguards with fiberlite stock.

I am soliciting opinions, please comment on what one you like best.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

To US!

Wooty Woot!

Jupiter By Jove

The tripod for my spotting scope is the same threads as the mount on my camera! So I took a pic of Jupiter with the camera mounted on it.

The spotting scope could see three moons and banding. I think I saw the red spot, bottom center, but that might have been my imagination running. Who knows for sure out there in blog reader land?

Kaylee Is Back From The Range

Got her zeroed.

Improved battlesight zero at 50 yards.

50 yards, 30 rounds, 15 seconds. She's a shooter. I think this barrel is better than the HBAR that she came with.

Carbine Barrel Comparison

Bare barrels. Top is a Del-Ton 16" HBAR, 1:9, chrome-lined. Bottom is a Del-Ton 16" M4 profile, 1:9, chrome-lined. The M4 profile is a half pound lighter than the HBAR. This tracks with the weight difference between the gov't profile M16A2 barrel and the 20" HBAR; the difference there is a full pound.

Mounted. Top is the old HBAR mounted in a slick-side upper, beginnings of Brunhilda! Bottom is Kaylee's C7 upper with her new M4 barrel. Using the 5" slip-over flash hider gives back 5 ounces of the weight difference between the barrels compared to using an M16A2 flash hider, but since she had that hider before, I am still half a pound lighter!

Nose to tail:

Brunhilda: M16A2 flash-hider, 16" 1:9 chrome-lined HBAR barrel, flat slip-ring, M16 upper receiver with A2 ejection port cover.

Kaylee: 5" slip-over flash-hider, 16" 1"9 chrome-lined M4 barrel, delta slip-ring, C7 upper receiver.

Comments!

The Dangers Of Building Your Own AR

The principle danger is the slow accumulation of perfectly serviceable parts that do not fit the narrative of the build at hand. A related danger is having buy assemblies to get parts.

Eventually, these parts start to resemble complete rifles.

We are near such a moment.

The M4 profile barrel for Kaylee is inbound, I will have the old barrel as surplus. I accumulated an M16 upper receiver while getting period correct parts for my XM177E2 build. I have spare handguards, I have spare flash-hiders. All I need to complete an upper is a bolt carrier group and a charging handle. That would be about $145 plus $11.95 shipping and handling.

The lower is even more complete. I had to buy a couple stock assemblies to get all the period parts I needed for the XM and I bought a spare lower parts kit just to have one since the springs and pins get lost during assembly all the time. All I need for a complete lower is the actual lower receiver. $140.

This project would be a mutt, a true Frankenstein AR Carbine. We'll call her Brunhilda if we finish her, or perhaps just "The Bride".

A Proposal

I propose a constitutional amendment requiring any bill be read, out loud, from the steps of the capitol building BEFORE any debate can begin on said bill.

The bill may not be changed without re-reading, out loud, on the capitol building steps. Thus, the read bill is the one that will be voted upon.

The primary sponsor of the bill must do the reading, and may not stop reading one they have begun. No breaks to eat, drink, sleep, use the restroom take lifesaving medication, etc... If the reading is interrupted, the congressperson must begin again, from the beginning.

Spectators will not be forbidden to attend the reading in any numbers.

Readings will be scheduled to allow normal, productive, members to be able to attend.

Spectators will not be required to politely, and silently listen.

Inspired By MArooned

From left to right in approximate order of "thump" the handgun rounds Casa de McThag stocks for self defense:
.25 ACP, .32 S&W, .32 S&W Long, .32 ACP, .380 ACP, .357 SIG, .45 ACP, .357 Magnum, .45 Colt and .44 Magnum.

Not included are the sub-rounds that work in guns chambered for heavier rounds, like .38 Special.

I Have Made Maps

Actually, it's Google Maps to the rescue.

For my SEALs in Nigeria idea I needed a map of a village. Just hit Google Maps OF Nigeria, zoom in on an unsuspecting village, screen shot, print, done!

The area of play now has names, real names. Real places whose histories are being brutally changed to fit my narrative.

Campaign is set in February, 1968 during the Nigerian civil war along the northern border of Biafra, not far from Cameroon. Players are a SEAL team returning home from Vietnam on Oriskany, when they get called in to rescue a doctor, two nuns and a priest from the tribal violence that was present at the time.

Donating Blood

I've been reading, and reading, and reading about how the blood banks are short on blood, especially O-neg.

I'm O-neg.

"Why don't you donate then, Mr McThag?"

I'm glad you asked that! Mad cow disease.

"What?"

Mad cow disease. I was stationed in Europe in 1988-89. I spend two weeks in Egypt in 1988. I spent six months in southwest Aisa 89-90. And I ate food that did not entirely originate inside the US, possibly including beef or beef byproducts.

I would happily donate blood tomorrow, but they consider me to be high risk. Along with IV drug users.

When I ask, "Has there even been a single case of transmission of this disease from donated blood?" I get a, "Not that we're aware of, but it's possible."

I don't think that it is, but paranoia from the HIV transmission has created a policy that means that almost every veteran is not forbidden to donate blood. By the way, active duty troops are encouraged to donate, and they ate the same places I ate and there hasn't been a single case of a soldier catching it from donated blood either, and Lord knows we've been using the blood.

A Question

If having guns in schools is so damned dangerous why are there never any massacres in police stations or gun shops?

Got to be an example of at least one massacre at a conceal carry class, right?

Anyone?

Helllloooooooo?

Bueller?

On Bill Ruger

He was the founder and CEO of Ruger Firearms until his death.

He came up with several ideas that were later incorporated into the draconian 1994 Omnibus Crime Act (aka the Assault Weapon Ban).

As a result of his actions, I stopped buying Ruger products.

That was years ago and he's dead. Lots of folks still nurse a grudge about him.

I'm still not buying Ruger. Not really from a grudge against the company (but there is a latent grudge there), but more from the habits formed when I was boycotting them. They don't make anything I want that I can't get from another vendor, and I will go to the other vendors first. Vendors that have never endorsed banning their competition's products by law.

Some of the things that Ruger Inc was doing that were a direct legacy from Bill's ownership are only just being reversed. If you wanted a magazine for a Mini-14 that was larger than 5 rounds you needed to go to the aftermarket. Ruger made them in 20 and 30 round capacity, but had a policy of only selling them to police agencies. Bill died in 2002, but they did not start selling the high-cap mags to the public until this year! It's a start, I guess.

Like Smith and Wesson, I am willing to be a Ruger buyer if they do enough to reverse their course. I do like the new Vaquero...

Um Yeah

Iran

One of the disadvantages of not watching the MSM news is being late to the party about what's going on sometimes.

The elections in Iran are today's example.

Had I been aware of the protests earlier, I would have mentioned my wholehearted support of the protestors and my fervent hope that their guy, Mousavi, replaced Ahmadinejad as president.

As I became aware of the protests, I grew to hope that the popular movement would turn to something that would topple the Imams that really run the Islamic Republic of Iran.

It would seem that it has, or was about to, because the Iranian government has started shooting.

I could link to the horrifying video of a young woman dying after being shot while protesting. I won't. Search for "Neda Video" and you'll likely find it. Micelle Malkin has it on her site, for now. Rott has it on his, for now.

I support the end of the Islamic Theocracy in Iran. I support the people making the attempt.

I admit I am coming to this late. What I would like to know is why the leader of the free world, our president, someone who is paid to keep up with international events where I am not, did not throw in his (our) support for our fellow travelers seeking freedom a week ago when these events started to unfold.

Near Disaster Follow-Up

Here is the spring and detent that went flying.

Actually, these are the replacements that SIG-Sauer sent when I inquired about buying some. They mailed me 3 each at no charge.

Hat's off!

Spreading The Word

This is a letter from Arizona resident Janet Contreras, sent to Glenn Beck. I found it at http://smallestminority.blogspot.com/ and http://blog.robballen.com/ I'm posting it here because it's brilliant and the more people who see this the better.

I'm a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you're willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?

Well, these are briefly my views and issues for which I seek representation:

One, illegal immigration. I want you to stop coddling illegal immigrants and secure our borders. Close the underground tunnels. Stop the violence and the trafficking in drugs and people. No amnesty, not again. Been there, done that, no resolution. P.S., I'm not a racist. This isn't to be confused with legal immigration.

Two, the TARP bill, I want it repealed and I want no further funding supplied to it. We told you no, but you did it anyway. I want the remaining unfunded 95% repealed. Freeze, repeal.

Three: Czars, I want the circumvention of our checks and balances stopped immediately. Fire the czars. No more czars. Government officials answer to the process, not to the president. Stop trampling on our Constitution and honor it.

Four, cap and trade. The debate on global warming is not over. There is more to say.

Five, universal healthcare. I will not be rushed into another expensive decision. Don't you dare try to pass this in the middle of the night and then go on break. Slow down!

Six, growing government control. I want states rights and sovereignty fully restored. I want less government in my life, not more. Shrink it down. Mind your own business. You have enough to take care of with your real obligations. Why don't you start there.

Seven, ACORN. I do not want ACORN and its affiliates in charge of our 2010 census. I want them investigated. I also do not want mandatory escrow fees contributed to them every time on every real estate deal that closes. Stop the funding to ACORN and its affiliates pending impartial audits and investigations. I do not trust them with taking the census over with our taxpayer money. I don't trust them with our taxpayer money. Face up to the allegations against them and get it resolved before taxpayers get any more involved with them. If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, hello. Stop protecting your political buddies. You work for us, the people. Investigate.

Eight, redistribution of wealth. No, no, no. I work for my money. It is mine. I have always worked for people with more money than I have because they gave me jobs. That is the only redistribution of wealth that I will support. I never got a job from a poor person. Why do you want me to hate my employers? Why ‑‑ what do you have against shareholders making a profit?

Nine, charitable contributions. Although I never got a job from a poor person, I have helped many in need. Charity belongs in our local communities, where we know our needs best and can use our local talent and our local resources. Butt out, please. We want to do it ourselves.

Ten, corporate bailouts. Knock it off. Sink or swim like the rest of us. If there are hard times ahead, we'll be better off just getting into it and letting the strong survive. Quick and painful. Have you ever ripped off a Band‑Aid? We will pull together. Great things happen in America under great hardship. Give us the chance to innovate. We cannot disappoint you more than you have disappointed us.

Eleven, transparency and accountability. How about it? No, really, how about it? Let's have it. Let's say we give the buzzwords a rest and have some straight honest talk. Please try ‑‑ please stop manipulating and trying to appease me with clever wording. I am not the idiot you obviously take me for. Stop sneaking around and meeting in back rooms making deals with your friends. It will only be a prelude to your criminal investigation. Stop hiding things from me.

Twelve, unprecedented quick spending. Stop it now.

Take a breath. Listen to the people. Let's just slow down and get some input from some nonpoliticians on the subject. Stop making everything an emergency. Stop speed reading our bills into law. I am not an activist. I am not a community organizer. Nor am I a terrorist, a militant or a violent person. I am a parent and a grandparent. I work. I'm busy. I'm busy. I am busy, and I am tired. I thought we elected competent people to take care of the business of government so that we could work, raise our families, pay our bills, have a little recreation, complain about taxes, endure our hardships, pursue our personal goals, cut our lawn, wash our cars on the weekends and be responsible contributing members of society and teach our children to be the same all while living in the home of the free and land of the brave.

I entrusted you with upholding the Constitution. I believed in the checks and balances to keep from getting far off course. What happened? You are very far off course. Do you really think I find humor in the hiring of a speed reader to unintelligently ramble all through a bill that you signed into law without knowing what it contained? I do not. It is a mockery of the responsibility I have entrusted to you. It is a slap in the face. I am not laughing at your arrogance. Why is it that I feel as if you would not trust me to make a single decision about my own life and how I would live it but you should expect that I should trust you with the debt that you have laid on all of us and our children. We did not want the TARP bill. We said no. We would repeal it if we could. I am sure that we still cannot. There is such urgency and recklessness in all of the recent spending.

From my perspective, it seems that all of you have gone insane. I also know that I am far from alone in these feelings. Do you honestly feel that your current pursuits have merit to patriotic Americans? We want it to stop. We want to put the brakes on everything that is being rushed by us and forced upon us. We want our voice back. You have forced us to put our lives on hold to straighten out the mess that you are making. We will have to give up our vacations, our time spent with our children, any relaxation time we may have had and money we cannot afford to spend on you to bring our concerns to Washington. Our president often knows all the right buzzword is unsustainable. Well, no kidding. How many tens of thousands of dollars did the focus group cost to come up with that word? We don't want your overpriced words. Stop treating us like we're morons.

We want all of you to stop focusing on your reelection and do the job we want done, not the job you want done or the job your party wants done. You work for us and at this rate I guarantee you not for long because we are coming. We will be heard and we will be represented. You think we're so busy with our lives that we will never come for you? We are the formerly silent majority, all of us who quietly work , pay taxes, obey the law, vote, save money, keep our noses to the grindstone and we are now looking up at you. You have awakened us, the patriotic spirit so strong and so powerful that it had been sleeping too long. You have pushed us too far. Our numbers are great. They may surprise you. For every one of us who will be there, there will be hundreds more that could not come. Unlike you, we have their trust. We will represent them honestly, rest assured. They will be at the polls on voting day to usher you out of office. We have cancelled vacations. We will use our last few dollars saved. We will find the representation among us and a grassroots campaign will flourish. We didn't ask for this fight. But the gloves are coming off. We do not come in violence, but we are angry. You will represent us or you will be replaced with someone who will. There are candidates among us when hewill rise like a Phoenix from the ashes that you have made of our constitution.

Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian. Understand this. We don't care. Political parties are meaningless to us. Patriotic Americans are willing to do right by us and our Constitution and that is all that matters to us now. We are going to fire all of you who abuse power and seek more. It is not your power. It is ours and we want it back. We entrusted you with it and you abused it. You are dishonorable. You are dishonest. As Americans we are ashamed of you. You have brought shame to us. If you are not representing the wants and needs of your constituency loudly and consistently, in spite of the objections of your party, you will be fired. Did you hear? We no longer care about your political parties. You need to be loyal to us, not to them. Because we will get you fired and they will not save you. If you do or can represent me, my issues, my views, please stand up. Make your identity known. You need to make some noise about it. Speak up. I need to know who you are. If you do not speak up, you will be herded out with the rest of the sheep and we will replace the whole damn congress if need be one by one. We are coming. Are we coming for you? Who do you represent? What do you represent? Listen. Because we are coming. We the people are coming.

A Funny

Barack Obama at a recent city elementary school assembly in Richmond, Virginia asked the audience for total quiet. Then, in the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands once every few seconds, holding the audience in total silence.

Then he said into the microphone, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence."

Then, little Tyrone Washington, with a proud Richmond Virginia drawl, pierced the quiet and said; “Well, dummy, stop clapping!"

Carbine Stock Comparison

Here are four mil-spec carbine stocks.

From top to bottom:

Vintage Colt XM177 stock on 2-position receiver extension. This stock was made from 1964 through 1985, it is poly-vinyl acetate coated aluminum. It is found on Colt R609 (XM177E1), R610 (XM177), R619, R620, R629 (XM177E2), R630 (GAU-5A), R639, R649 (GAU-5A/A), early R653 and R654.

Vintage Colt fiberlite stock on 4-position receiver extension. This stock was made from 1985 through 2002, it is some form of plastic. It is found on late R653, early R920 (M4) and early R921 (M4A1).

Current production Colt "Gen 2" M4 stock on 5-position receiver extension. This stock replaced the fiberlite in 2002 and is found on late production R727, R733, R735, R738, R920 (M4), R921 (M4A1), R933, R935 and R938.

Current production Magpul CTR stock on 6-position receiver extension. This is a commercially available stock that can be mounted to any mil-spec diameter receiver extension.

Near Disaster

While practicing taking my spiffy new P238 apart, I pushed the safety from safe to "take-apart".

And APART it came! The safety detent plunger and safety detent plunger spring came flying at my face, hitting me just above the right eyebrow and disappearing into the mist.

So I start carefully moving everything in the bedroom. The spring was under the left monitor. The plunger was not with it, and it's no place to be found.

So I give up, grab the Dremel and cut a tail into an AR15 take-down detent. I put things back together and they work.

The Lovely Harvey walks in and asks what am I doing. I tell her. She looks around on the floor a little bit while I tell her that I have given up. While she's talking to me I glance at her foot and THERE IT IS!

I am giving all the credit for finding it because if she hadn't stopped in to find out what I was doing and stayed to look around a bit herself, it would still be lost.

The Letterman Thing

Dead Link

Reading about it reminds me of something I detest about the liberals.

When they apologize, they are not apologizing.

And I am not talking about them being bad actors; like a five year old who doesn't mean it when he says, "I'm sorry."

I am talking about them saying, "I'm sorry, but not really, here's why," or, "I really don't understand why you're so damn mad at what I did, but I'll say I'm sorry while I explain why you're too stupid to get the joke, if that will shut you the hell up."

With celebrities and politicians, if a conservative makes such a faux pas, then there's hue and cry to have them removed from their office and or employment, even if a genuine and heartfelt apology is offered.

3...2...1...AWWWWWWWWWWW

The AR Is The Confluence Of Manly, Lego and Barbie Doll

Before

After

Because the XM177E2 project is progressing I decided that Kaylee could wear more modern furniture.

She was intended to be as close to an XM177E2 as one could legally get with reasonably available parts. All those years in Iowa had taught me to not even consider a short barrel rifle.

Thanks to www.ar15.com I learned that making an SBR was perfectly legal in Florida and that vintage parts were "reasonably available". Couple that with NoDak-Spud making reproductions of the earlier style receivers and it made a far more accurate clone viable.

I am sure that everyone who's built more than one AR has a box of parts that came with the rifle kits they ordered and then started swapping out bits and pieces as preference and fashion shift and move. So the retro furniture is in the box and the modern M4 furniture is on the gun.

I Used To Sing This

I originally heard this song on Dr Demento. Chris McKelvey, Carl Cross, Cordell McGuire and I would sing it for our after Champions parties. Cordell would do most, the rest of us were just chorus.

"White Collar Holler" Stan Rogers.

Well...

I rise up every mornin' at a quarter to eight.
Some woman who's my wife tells me not to be late.
I kiss the kids goodbye -- can't remember their names.
And week after week it's always the same.

And it's...
Homeboys, can't you code it (huh!) and program it right?
Nothin' ever happens in this life uh mine.
I'm haulin up the data on the Xerox line.

And it's code in the data, give the keyboard a punch.
Then cross-correlate and break for some lunch.
Correlate, tabulate, process and screen,
Program, printout, regress to the mean.

And it's...
Homeboys, can't you code it (huh!) and program it right?
Nothin' ever happens in this life uh mine.
I'm haulin up the data on the Xerox line.

Yeah...then it's home again eat again watch some TV,
Make love to my woman at 10:53.
I dream the same dream when I'm sleepin' at night,
I'm soarin' over hills like an eagle in flight.

And it's...
Homeboys, can't you code it (huh!) and program it right?
Nothin' ever happens in this life uh mine.
I'm haulin up the data on the Xerox line.


Some day I'm gonna give up all the buttons and things.
I'll punch that time clock 'till it can't ring.
Burn up my necktie and set myself free.
'Cause no one's gonna fold, bend or mutilate me!


And it's...
Homeboys, can't you code it (oooo) and program it right?
Nothin' ever happens in this life uh mine.
I'm haulin up the data on the Xerox line.

And it's...
Homeboys, can't you code it (huh!) and program it right?
Nothin' ever happens in this life uh mine.
I'm haul-in..up..the..data...on...the...Xe-erox...line.


Someone posted it to YouTube!