The Abode of McThag

In general, I don't care for the M16A2 pistol grip.  The finger swell that's supposed to go below the middle finger and above the ri...

"WAVES" Hello you six readers and or bots in Iran! Having readers from the middle east is a bit odd. Just to put it out ther...

From Tampa Bay Online, about the AK-47 . Hillsborough County Sheriff Office's Col Brown is dead on with, " The gun isn't what...

Starting the auction at 2¢ with a buy-it-now of $100 where a big of $90 doesn't meet the reserve. Starting the auction at $195 with th...

It has been 100 years since the M1911 was adopted by the US Army. That was an impressive run.  But the M1911 didn't really last very l...

Who is responsible if I leave something valuable in my front yard unattended and it gets stolen? The thief.  No one else. That I don...

H/T No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money

First, the full-fence lower on Tabitha used to be on Charlotte.  Should a rifle's name follow the "gun" part or the configurat...

Today is Medal of Honor Day. Just do some light reading .

Last week: Today: Dottie is about half a pound lighter and Tabitha is a bit more than a half pound heavier.  Both guns are ...

I like MagPul a lot.  They do try to do innovative things. I had not realized until today how much mass I was adding to my rifle by using ...

The MagPul AFG experiment is over. Dottie is   was really heavy for an AR and ditching the AFG drops about 0.2 lbs off the nose.  That is...

I have decided that the extra mass of the rifle buffer is a plus, the extra overall mass of the assembly is desirable and the extra area of ...

Top to bottom: (Click to enbiggen) Charlotte an early M16 (R604) clone. Sabrina an XM177E2 clone. Tabitha a GUU-5P/A phantom. Not a S...

I guess I ordered this XM16E1 lower in September. Good timing since I'd cannibalized Charlotte's lower for Tabitha.

I just got done shooting Tabitha. She shot a little low (10 clicks) but dead center L-R at 25m.  At 50 yards it needed  two clicks to the ...

Do I like the collapsible Fiberlite™ stock or the fixed M16A1 stock better? Fiberlite™ M16A1 The fixed stock is a 12oz he...

Weer'd started it... Some of my Stig-Pickers... Top to bottom. General Cutlery M7 Bayonet with scabbard. Phrobis/Buck M9 Bayon...

Here she is, all put together.  This is my first complete AR build.  This is the only one that I installed every single part on b...

Read the whole thing. Money quote; " There’s no middle ground on this issue that will make our opponents surrender and give up. That’...

Stole the bolt carrier and lower from Charlotte, my M16 clone, and put her together a little further. Still trying to decide what A...

http://www.defensereview.com/newsweek-attempts-to-rebrand-gun-control-scheme-as-gun-safety-cause-tina-brown-gets-cute-right-out-of-the-gate/...

My little barrel project has me looking at why I have these parts laying around. I have the barrel because I wanted a 6.8.  This barrel wa...

Got the M4 feed-ramps dremel'd into the slick-side upper. Nothing to really take a picture of. Might be a gas tube and handguards he...

Getting things set up. I used a #31 high speed steel, jobber length bit at 1,900 rpm.  Joe (the one with the hair) provided the drill press...

I'd say I was sick of pointing it out, but I'm getting numb. Florida has a bill working through committee that would allow conceal ...

I have four #31 jobber length high speed steel bits for drilling the holes and I have one 2/0 reamer to make a tapered hole for the taper pi...

Fuck effectiveness and getting the job done! I grow weary of calls to gender and racially norm the military. We are not seeing the resul...

Very soon I will drill my very first front sight base to my spare 6.8 barrel. Going to make a GUU-5P phantom.  Pseudo retro gun.  Slick si...

Far too many programs aimed at "reducing the cost" of something do nothing to reduce the costs but rather shift the burden of payi...

Just as Ted Kennedy's car had killed more people than my guns... ATF has illegally sent more guns to Mexico than my and anyone else I ...

This: Is the oldest gun I own. It is a Harrington and Richardson 'Automatic' in .32 S&W Long.  It was made in 1891...

When I have problems, they seem pretty damn big and the solutions don't seem obvious. I have received the advice, "Just bail and ...

SInce my attempts to sell the left-over Ko-Tonics 6.8 barrel have come to naught... I have much of an upper that I could make into a 6.8. ...

It suddenly occurs to me with Alphecca mentioning that Massachusetts is blaming other state's gun laws for their gun crime problem that...

Doubly so since you can't have chili con carne if there's no damn carne!  By frakkin definition! Con carne means "with meat!...

E85 is not a good idea.  These are some points from a "defend your position" 400 level economics course.  The original paper is lo...

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My SMLE Mk III* or Rifle No. 1 Mk.  3* is 95 this year. That means we're very near to WW1 being 100 years ago. I knew and was friend...