Category Archives: Have Gun, Will Travel

Picture Time!

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Phil Kadath

I was taking pics the rifles Wolf wrote about here that I recently picked up from riflesmith extraordinaire, Mike Palazzo. As you all probably know, once you take a few pics of firearms, it doesn’t hurt to take more pics … Continue reading →

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Vehicular Slugs

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Alaska

Rivrdog found some interesting food for your shotgun. Monolithic Steel Slugs? Wow. Think I might pick up a case.

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BAR-Magazine-Fed Garand

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Alaska

I’ve always been loath to convert my Garands to .308, but the temptation of, say, sending ’em to Shuff’s for a Mini-G conversion that takes M-14 magazines has always been in the back of my mind. No more. Mini-Gs are … Continue reading →

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Rifle Surgery

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Alaska

Some years ago, Jim Rawles casually mentioned that he’d had the muzzles on all of his bolt-action centerfire rifles threaded to accept flash hiders like the Vortex design. I made a mental note that someday, whenever I stopped playing with … Continue reading →

Posted in Boomershoot, Have Gun, Will Travel | 7 Comments

Shrine of the Mall Ninja

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Alaska

All the Gecko45 wisdom in one place. Beverages, keyboards and this site do not mix well.

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WTF? : Updated

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Phil Kadath

So, some dude in NYC goes and whacks his old boss. As he is leaving the scene, a pair of “New York’s finest” try and stop the guy, and in the process, pull out their heaters and miss the perp … Continue reading →

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Pro Gun Piece Leads to Twits

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Phil Kadath

Or is it “Tweets”? If you’re asking me, it should be Twits, because twits. But on to the story A Michigan police officer says he’s not deterred by the negative reaction caused by his letter to a Calgary newspaper. Walt … Continue reading →

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He Chose Poorly

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Alaska

Alexander Hamilton may have died being too clever by half. Hamilton chose his brother-in-law’s duelling pistols, ones he must have known had a “hidden” single-set trigger. Hamilton would have had a half-pound trigger pull by setting the trigger; Burr would … Continue reading →

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Unintended Consequences

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Alaska

In the wake of this morning’s Obamacare ruling upholding the Constitutionality of the individual mandate, I found this amusing. From Calguns.net poster dantodd: A Proposed Individual Mandate for the Second Amendment Yes, I am perfectly serious. Yes, I think there … Continue reading →

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Because It’s A Cali Gun

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Alaska

Some time ago, Lyle wondered why all the interest in AR or AK pistols, rather than just going the SBR route. With shall-issue-in-all-but-name Licenses to Carry (LTC) becoming more prevalent in certain California counties, here’s a justification: put the AR … Continue reading →

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