Targel rifle at surplus prices

In a day of high dollar, super-match-target rifles that are said to put a bullet through the eye of a needle at 200 yards, one would think that only the rich, the powerful, or just the insanely lucky (gun writers) will be able to enjoy a truly fine rifle. Well, I've got some good news for you. Let me introduce you to the Olympic arms K-16. I bought this gun a couple of years ago at a gun show after years of wanting an AR-15, it cost me around $600 which is a lot for me, but nothing compared to what's out there. The real surprise was when I got it on the range. I put a Simmons 4-12x Scope from walmart on the picatinny rail, and put the first 5 Winchester 55gr fmj rounds into a nice little 3/4"- 1" hole. And it's done it ever since. I've now put probably 10,000 through it easy, and the only malfunction was a broken trigger pin after about 8,000 rounds. I have never had a jam, misfeed, or any other malfunction with this rifle.
I have since replaced the A2 stock with a collapsible job, installed a FIRSH handguard, and an Aimpoint red dot sight for QCB work, Or fun, however one looks at it. I was going to replace the trigger because that's just what people do, but the single stage trigger breaks very crisp at about 4 pounds, so if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I did however replace the grip with a Hogue rubber coated grip, It makes a huge difference in the way the rifle feels in your hand.
I have shot many $1,500+ rifles that didn't shoot as well as the K-16, thumbs up to Olympic arms for putting together such a good rifle, and keeping it close to where real people can afford it.

Here are the specs for the Olympic arms K-16
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7075 T6 Aluminum Forged Receivers Made By Olympic Arms
Black Matte Anodized Receivers,
Parkerized Steel Parts
Gas Operated Semi-Automatic
Upper Type Flat top w/ picatinny rails
Front Sight Gas block w/ picatinny rails
Handguard Free floating aluminum tube w/ knurl grip
Barrel 16" bull, button rifled, 4140 chromemoly steel
Chambering 5.56 NATO
Bore Long-life non-chromed bore
Twist Rate 1x9
Muzzle Crown
Stock A2 w/ trapdoor
Length/Weight 34.375" / 7.47 lbs.
MSRP- $714.00

#5

We're having a baby, well my wife is, anyway we just found out and this will make number 5! Just thought I'd let you know.

It sounds good to me

What happened to common sense? What happened to doing what works? What happened to fighting for what you believe in? As a thinking man, you have to be asking yourself this every time you watch the news, or listen to the radio, or have a political conversation with someone who's mind tilts a little left.
Example:
1,000,000 illegal aliens march in major U.S. cities to protest America's immigration laws. Do you understand what I'm sayin' here, they broke into our country illegally, which by all rights makes them criminals, and then have the audacity to come out in a public place to protest against the government who's laws they are breaking. But what baffles me the most is the fact that there weren't a few hundred U.S. Marshals with a company of Marines to scoop them up and send them back to Mexico. And now we get to listen to the elected boneheads in our senate and congress argue 2 sides of a problem knowing full well that neither side would work. So, its a good thing I'm here to give the answer most Americans wish our government would give.
First, the reason for coming to our great country must be taken away, so from now on, any business owner who is caught hiring an illegal alien will be arrested on the spot and deported to Mexico. No questions asked. He will no longer be a citizen of the U.S.A., and if he ever wants to come back, he will have to go through the legal immigration procedures. Second, Arrest and deport any and all illegals found living in the U.S., because they no longer have a reason to be here with the induction of step one. along with this, we must resend the law that says a child born in America to an illegal in a citizen, They have no respect for our laws, so they are training their kids not to respect our laws either. Step three, now that all of the illegals are gone or leaving, and there is no reason for any more to come, that only leaves people who want to hurt us coming across the border. My solution to this problem; Security through superior firepower, that's right, soldiers, guns, tanks, walls, and more guns. This way there's no feelings to get hurt, no more "hard working immigrants" to worry about, the only ones coming across are bad guys.
So with all the bantering we hear about immigration, remember, its all just political talk unless it sound like this. And no, I'm sorry, I won't be running for public office, Politics aren't ready for solutions yet.

To Protect and Serve

We are led to believe that the police are our "protectors", and we don't need guns in the hands of citizens to keep us safe. Tell that to the family of Detective Vicky O. Armel of the Fairfax county police department and Officer Michael E. Garbarino, Who were shot outside the Sully District police station on Monday May 8th. Now the fortunate thing was 2 officers were able to stop Micheal Kennedy before he was able to do more damage, on the other hand, 2 officers were killed.
The point I'm trying to make is this, what if this nut had his mind set on shooting up a shopping mall, or a grocery store, would the police have been able to stop him after only 2 casualties? No, by the time the police were called, then had to drive to the mall, and set up a perimeter, Get the SWAT team, and the negotiator... you get my point, the only way this could be stopped, is if citizens were armed and willing to stop him themselves. Had there not been armed police officers right there, the outcome of May 8th would have been even more disastrous.
We as citizens have to understand that the police are for the most part investigators, not protectors. They CANNOT keep us safe, they CANNOT prevent random crimes from occurring, and most importantly, they CANNOT keep a bad guy from hurting you or your loved ones, all they can do is apprehend the one who did it.

NRA Light Rifle Qualification

We're coming up on 4 years now that my son has been shooting with me and I've always struggled for a way to make shooting more competitive. He has always been involved in hunting, and pest control, so shooting has had a reason, but all to often we just go to the range to blast away. Nothin' wrong with that, but I've been looking for some direction to take his shooting for some time now. The problem is, he is too young to compete in sanctioned events, and where we live, there isn't much around anyway. What I found was the NRA Marksmanship Qualification Program. Specificaly, the Light rifle qualification. You use any safe .22 rimfire rifle, no high dollar target rifles needed. Targets and distances are A-32 target, 50 feet, two shots per bullseye. And A-23/5 or A-31X experimental target, 50 yards, five shots per bullseye. The courses of fire are prone or benchrest, all standing, or 3-position -- prone, kneeling and standing. Body and/or gun support may be used at the Pro-Marksman rating level in all courses, and throughout the prone/benchrest course. And the best part for an almost 8 year old is, the awards, which include a Light Rifle Patch. Blue/burgundy certificates. Medals, medal bars and skill rockers used in all courses.
The Boy loves it, and has already qualified as Pro-Marksman in 3-position, and is on his way to expert in prone/benchrest. If you have the same delima I have, I highly reccomend this program, It gives a level of pride to a skill hard earned, and it can be a bit humbling to one whos head is a little large from the lack of competition.
I would love to hear about any other program that is out there for an 8 year old who can handle himself behind a trigger.

I'm Goin' To Mexico

Here's an E-Mail I got, I think you'll like it.

MR. PRESIDENT, I'M HEADED TO MEXICO
David M. Bresnahan
April 1, 2006
NewsWithViews.com
Dear President Bush: I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this. I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over? Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:
1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. All government forms need to be printed in English.
4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking teachers.
5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history.
6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flag pole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower down.
7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services.
9 I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from Pres. Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English.
11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, and don't enforce any labor laws or tax laws.
13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy. I know this is an easy request because we already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that Pres. Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely. However, if he gives you any trouble, just invite him to go quail hunting with your V.P. Thank you so much for your kind help.
Sincerely,
David M. Bresnahan

It's for the birds

The other day, Mama and the kids were visiting my dad at his store.(not a strong start, but stay with me) Not sure how it all came about but my wife called and told me that when they were there, the kids were given gifts from Pappaw. Now there's nothing unusual about the gifts they were given, if your part of my family. My girls were thrilled to death with their NEW BROOMS, and for "The Boy", 100 shotgun shells. You would think they all won the Powerball jackpot. (welcome to our world) So with clean floors, and Sunday approaching, it's to the range. Please understand that my love of shooting is one of single projectiles, not scattered bb's. So I was looking forward to teaching my son how to do something I had only done a few times, and years ago at that.
So we pull in to the trap and skeet range parking lot, The boy and I grab our guns and go. I brought my workhorse multi-purpose-deer-bird-snake-coon-possum-trashpikincanine-Mossberg 500. The Boy had his Stoeger 20 ga. There was a sporting clays shoot goin on when we arrived, so we sat and waited for the next round so we could embarrass ourselves together. We weren't waiting long when one of the range masters came over to us. "Yall gonna shoot?" "Yup" "He ever dun this before" "Nope, I'm gonna show em how if we can get a launcher" "Why don't yall come with me" So he took us to the side of the lake, and spent the next 2 hours teaching my 7 year old son how to shoot clay pigeons. Saved me the embarrassment of The Boy seein' I didn't know what I was doin. Anyway, the range masters name is Art, he showed my boy how to do everything from shouldering the gun for trap n skeet, to lead, and blowin em up, which was by far his favorite part.
Overall, he did really good. But all of his training in firearms have been with rifle and pistol, he had a hard time not using his sights. He was trying to put the bird in the rifle sights he had on the gun, which anyone who shoots trap & skeet knows that don't work. I had my Leatherman, and the rear sights disappeared quick. After he was looking at the right picture, he was makin dust.
Now me on the other hand, I was pathetic, if my life depended on me eating quail, my slim 250 pound frame would be no more. I hit...um, lets see, about 1 out of 10. Embarrassing to say the least. I thought since I could blow up clay birds by the hundreds out to 200 yards with a rifle,(that's only one bullet) 15 yards with 50 little pellets would be no sweat. I guess I don't have to tell you I was wrong. But we weren't there for me, it was for The Boy, and he loved it, so I reckon we'll be back, and I just might learn how to do it yet.
But the most amazing part of the day was the time given to my boy by Art, he gave up his day of shooting to teach a 7 year old boy he has never met. That's impressive in my book. And weather he realizes it or not, he made a friend for life in my son with his kindness and instruction. He helped me out quite a bit too. Thanks Art.

DEBATE

There are 11 million illegal immigrants in this country right now. That number is growing by 500,00 per year, What do we as a nation do about this? Let me know what you think and I'll do a follow-up post with my views in a few days. I know what the media thinks, I know what the politicians think, I want to know what you think. The only thing I ask is that you keep it clean.

This Clown wants to be Govenor?

Scary Evil Killing Machine(Used in less than 1% of violent crimes)>
Necessary Tool (42,000 people killed per year in the U.S. in car accidents)

Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan, a Democratic candidate for Maryland governor, testified in Annapolis last week in support of a state ban on military-style weapons. "I lived through what one of these weapons can do during the sniper shootings," Mr. Duncan said, referring to the shooting spree in October 2002 that killed 10 persons and terrorized the Washington area for three weeks. "We don't need these guns on the streets."

Well Mr Duncan, I see that you are really concerned for keeping us safe.
Doug Duncan is trying to save us all here in Maryland from horrible evils like assault weapons, but he is fighting tooth and nail to see that the lunatic who pulled the trigger in the 2002 sniper shootings does not get the death penalty. You figure it out. And callin ol' Johnny Mo a sniper is an insult to people like the late Carlos Hathcock. Hathcock was a sniper, John Mohamed is a nut who just figured out which end the lead came out of.

The Media Blows It Again

By Kristi Heim
Seattle Times business reporter;
One of the most popular guns for home protection turned out to be the gun of choice for Kyle Huff, suspected of Saturday's shooting rampage.
The 12-gauge shotgun does maximum damage to the body of its target. It's easy to purchase. No permit is required, and an instant background check over the phone can be as fast as credit-card approval for someone with no prior felony conviction...
Huff was no stranger to shotgun violence. He was booked on criminal-mischief charges in Montana in 2000 on suspicion of blasting an outdoor sculpture of a moose.

Why is the article focused on how easy the gun is to purchase when Kyle Huff (The bonehead in the report) was a criminal who purchased the Gun illegally? I'd love to see an article written on how easy it is for criminals to buy guns on the street, and how low the violent crime rate is for law abiding gun owners. Who are the only ones following the stupid rules on buying a gun anyway.

Evil guns in Illinois?

SPRINGFIELD - Just two days after winning the Democratic nomination for the 2006 general election, Gov. Rod Blagojevich called on the General Assembly Thursday to approve an assault weapons ban over the objections of the National Rifle Association.He pointed to the recent slayings of two Chicago girls, Starkesia Reed and Siretha White, who died from wounds inflicted by stray gunfire in the Englewood neighborhood."There’s no reason not to do it unless you are afraid of the NRA," the governor said. "I don’t think it’s a hard decision. In fact, it’s really an easy decision"...."How many more have to die?" Acevedo told a crowd of about 100 people from Chicago who were bused to Springfield to lobby for the legislation.

Here we go again with this ridiculous "assault weapon" stuff. Can I explain to you what an assault weapon is?A genuine assault weapon, as opposed to a legal definition, is a hand-held, selective fire weapon, which means it's capable of firing in either an automatic or a semiautomatic mode depending on the position of a selector switch. These kinds of weapons are heavily regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and are further regulated in some states. What the left has done is classify it as a military LOOKING firearm, It doesn't actually do anything special, it just looks like its military counterpart. Assault weapons are not machine guns, only one bullet per pull of the trigger.An example of assault weapon legislation is the 1994 Clinton gun ban. The bill in part outlaws new civilian manufacture of certain semi-automatic assault weapons. It also prohibits new civilian manufacture of "large capacity ammunition feeding devices" declared certain weapons as assault weapons, and states a semi-automatic rifle is an assault weapon if it can accept a detachable magazine and has two or more of the following:
A folding or telescoping stock
A pistol grip
A bayonet mount
A flash suppressor, or threads to attach one
A grenade launcher

How many crimes are committed each year using a bayonet? And I know how bad those pesky grenade launchers are getting in our cities. The truth is, "assault weapons" are used in a small percentage of crimes, and the last time I checked, "crime" was already illegal. So punish the bad guys for robbing the bank, or killing or whatever the crime was, and you will see a reduction in crime. Ban more guns, and crime will go up.


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Kansas gov. vetos crime reduction bill

TOPEKA — Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed a bill Tuesday that would allow Kansans to carry concealed weapons, setting up a face-off with lawmakers already vowing to attempt to overrule her.
In a statement attached to her veto of the concealed-weapons bill, Sebelius said she could not “support allowing hidden weapons into businesses, restaurants, malls and any number of other public places.”

Now will someone please tell me why an elected official, who knows that concealed carry laws lower crime, would veto this bill. Do the liberals really want more crime? She must know that the "bad guys" already have "hidden weapons in businesses, restaurants, malls and any number of other public places.”

“I continue to hear from the police chiefs and other law enforcement officials, members of the clergy, health-care workers and employers throughout our state that concealed weapons on the streets make our citizens less safe and secure,” she said.

What about the statistics that say self defense saves lives, Governor? Everywhere CCW laws took effect, crime went down, regardless of what Deputy Dog, Father Mahoney, and Dr. Spock say. And the worse part is, she knows it, she just hopes you are to stupid to know it.

Its really not that hard

From the Washington Times today; (Click on title to read the whole article)

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales yesterday said Atlanta would become the 23rd U.S. city assigned a federal Violent Crime Impact Team in an aggressive effort to make that city safer. "The citizens of the city of Atlanta deserve to live free from violent crime," Mr. Gonzales said in announcing the law-enforcement initiative during a press conference at the U.S. attorney's office in Atlanta. "VCIT will help make Atlanta safer through a coordinated campaign to investigate and prosecute those individuals who threaten our communities with guns and violence."


Why is it so hard to figure out that violent crime cannot be defeated by law enforcement? Look back to the "gangster days" of the 20's, Did law enforcement end that ? No, the end of prohibition did. What brought back gangs and crime in the cities? Prohibition. This time it is drugs, not alcohol. I am not for drug use neither do I do any kind of drug, but how is it Uncle Sam's decision to stop someone from being a junkie? I know people won't agree with this because we are supposed to be in the war on drugs, but why can't we do what works for a change instead of what looks good on a press release? And if the citizens deserve to live free, why doesn't the government encourage the people to defend themselves, it works every time its tried. Look, if Joe Blow wants to get high, he's gonna get high, law or not, but if he wants to hurt me or mine, well that can be stopped.

D.C. gets a "B"

This is from the NRA's site ;

In last week’s Grassroots Alert, we reported on the annual ritual of the Brady Campaign issuing its “grades” to states based on the group’s opinion of state gun laws. To reinforce the silliness of the Brady Campaign’s grading system, one only needs to look at the group’s grade for Washington, D.C., released this week.
In breaking from past tradition to “grade” only states, the Brady Bunch gives the District a “B,” citing the city’s law on juveniles possessing guns, its egregious ban on keeping an assembled firearm in the home for self-defense, and its lack of a Right-to-Carry provision. Noticeably absent on the list of criteria for D.C. earning a “B” was the city’s handgun ban.


You gotta wonder how you get an "A"

Self Defense in Maryland? Nope

Its a Peaceful Thursday night, you are on your way home from a friends house when you realize your hunger, so you decide to stop for a bite. You realize that you don't have any cash on you so you make a quick stop at the ATM for $20. As you pull up to the bank, you can see there is no one else around, so you park your car and walk up to the ATM. Just as you normally do, you pull out your card and insert it into the machine, and as soon as you enter your PIN, there's a noise from the side of the building....
Your a young college girl leaving a late class one night. Talking to your friends after class, you realize the time and say your goodbyes. Walking to your car just as you do every night, anxious to get home to bed because of your early class in the morning, you hear footsteps behind you...
What could this mean? Could be someone to use the ATM, or another college student walking to their car...or it could be something else. Maybe someone who sees an easy few dollars, or a sick little pervert looking for a some fun. Options? Run? He may be faster. Stay and fight? He may be stronger. Spray him with pepper spray? Doesn't always work or have much effect on someone who might be high or is wearing glasses. How about my favorite. You reach into your concealed holster and pull out the compact 9mm you have stashed for just this occasion. What? You don't have one? Why the heck not? Oh, you live in Maryland or one of the only 13 states that do not allow concealed carry. Well, sorry bout your luck, you've just been mugged, raped, or killed. You see how ridiculous this is? I live in a state that does not allow its citizens to protect themselves outside of their home, Maryland. What could possibly be the reason for such a foolish act. The left wing . They for some reason believe that you can just call Andy Griffith or Barney Fife and they will "protect and serve" you. Well I live in the real world, not T.V. land. Here you don't have time to call the cops, you have time only to take action yourself. And self defense classes don't prepare you for a 250 pound man who's only thought is having his way with you. Unfortunately to many women have been robbed or rapped because they had no way to defend their selves. Is some goofy political view, or an ignorant unfounded fear of guns a good reason to become a victim of a crime? Or would you like to be able to save yourself? Here are some numbers that shouldn't surprise you, but probably will.
You are far more likely to survive a violent assault if you defend yourself with a gun. In episodes where a robbery victim was injured, the injury/defense rates were:

Resisting with a gun 6%
Did nothing 25%
Resisted with a knife 40%
Non-violent resistance 45%
When a woman was armed with a gun or knife, only 3% of rape attacks are completed, compared to 32% when unarmed

You see, You are being lied to about your safety and don't even realize it. But I know some will still think they are safer if only police have guns and we all just smile more. I have one question, If we just ban all guns and let only police carry them, we would be very safe right? Well just ask yourself, if all guns were illegal, then why would police still need them? If you said because the bad guys would too, ding, ding, ding, your right! We have to arm ourselves with the knowledge to fight back against those who would hurt people just because they can. We need to arm ourselves physically with the proper tools to defend against a physical attack. But unfortunately in my home state of Maryland, I would be the criminal if I did. Hopefully one day that will change, or I'll move to a more reasonable state.
I know some will read this and think I'm crazy, and that's fine-n-dandy, but tell what you would do, and not hypotheticals, pretend its your wife, mother, daughter, girlfriend, or any of your loved ones, how would you have them protect themselves?

( statistics taken from"Gun Facts" by Guy Smith also at www.gunfact.info )