tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post824231465716349131..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Gun-related content...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79311732852764910772012-03-22T23:10:06.815-04:002012-03-22T23:10:06.815-04:00I love lord of the rings references.
I really do....I love lord of the rings references.<br /><br />I really do.Shawnhttp://www.utahsdi.com/ccw.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42537786625390389422012-03-22T13:06:58.281-04:002012-03-22T13:06:58.281-04:00Snap-on has failed. The center cannot hold ...Snap-on has failed. The center cannot hold ...Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82606375913023260182012-03-21T13:16:04.850-04:002012-03-21T13:16:04.850-04:00Oh, Dirt, say it ain't so! If Snap-On fails, t...Oh, Dirt, say it ain't so! If Snap-On fails, that is a sure sign of the imminent collapse of Western Civilization.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39862225488607415642012-03-21T11:47:26.404-04:002012-03-21T11:47:26.404-04:00Snap-On aint what it used to be...Snap-On aint what it used to be...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26861333907505649712012-03-21T04:32:02.836-04:002012-03-21T04:32:02.836-04:00Splendid as always.
As I personally view it, I&#...Splendid as always. <br /><br />As I personally view it, I'm a tool user and a tool maker. I appreciate finely made tools. Firearms are one aspect. Computers, Motocycles, armored vehicles, aircraft, rail systems, engines and motors, tools to make tools, forges, mills, lathes, shapers it goes on....montiethhttp://montieth.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-35232300039297181482012-03-21T03:12:05.926-04:002012-03-21T03:12:05.926-04:00Years ago I coveted beautiful, expensive, and usef...Years ago I coveted beautiful, expensive, and useful tools for working wood by hand. Bridge City Tool Works catalog was, believe you me something to drool over, as were several others whose names are long forgotten. <br /><br />There was almost an infinite variety of new, used, antique, or imported items marketed as specialty hand tools (and their necessary spare parts) that were just the ticket for working wood in situations unlikely ever to occur for the average woodworker (which I was). <br /><br />Nevertheless, I wanted them all. To have because - I could - if money were no object; and to have because because...some day I just might find a use for such a thing. When like minded friends visited, I would show, for example as others might show a stamp collection, the few beautiful tools I had and still have, safely locked away from the unsupervised curious.<br /><br />I do not remember anyone calling such an interest The Fancy Useless and Inefficient Tool Culture. (Spousal Unit had other names for this condition, however).gnholbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06937604077281041143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88741192654550002662012-03-20T23:50:44.709-04:002012-03-20T23:50:44.709-04:00Sigivald: It doesn't work very well. Not only ...Sigivald: It doesn't work very well. Not only does the rifle shoot off to the side, but the group opens up to about twice as wide without an extended bayonet on it.<br /><br />The only way to shoot an m44 is with the bayonet on it and fixed.<br /><br />Which is why I bought an M38 to turn into my truck gun ( and yes, I still have the original bolt and stock. ).Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14524440403197002012-03-20T23:10:31.547-04:002012-03-20T23:10:31.547-04:00I would never buck Mr. James, butt. Don't try ...I would never buck Mr. James, butt. Don't try to shoot it. Your a good judge, use your smarts. You've got'em.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18264170464476439417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79697553333068573982012-03-20T20:53:37.840-04:002012-03-20T20:53:37.840-04:00A "swift" is a rotary device to wind off...A "swift" is a rotary device to wind off the spindle of spun wool from the loom. It essentially winds big loops from the small tightly wound spindle, which are then given a couple of super secret twists and end up as a skein of yarn which is then wound into a ball with a ball-winder. Sort of a grim sounding appliance, ain't it! <br /> <br /> Tam, around here we could just save ammo and bayonet the deer.ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18707805087875972212012-03-20T20:51:02.776-04:002012-03-20T20:51:02.776-04:00Damn well said Tam! As always!!!Damn well said Tam! As always!!!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47867044084102173672012-03-20T18:55:38.683-04:002012-03-20T18:55:38.683-04:00Randall, don't forget the knitters. I just fou...Randall, don't forget the knitters. I just found the blog of Mary Shafer Iliff who worked at NASA Dryden at Edwards for many years, and is a hellovan engineer, as we used to sing at the North Avenue Trade school.<br /><br />With a few exceptions for F-4s and SR-71s, every post on it is about knitting, and esoteric knitting technology. She mentions a gizmo called a "swift", for example. I am not too sure just what that thing is.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-74857303428770714022012-03-20T18:41:10.725-04:002012-03-20T18:41:10.725-04:00I will never understand people like that. Guns are...I will never understand people like that. Guns are purty, and fun. Oh, yeah, they are also deadly weapons, which means you have to be careful with them, use them wisely, etc, usw, and so forth.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12720590162466893402012-03-20T17:27:35.407-04:002012-03-20T17:27:35.407-04:00Having said that, does anyone know where I can fin...Having said that, does anyone know where I can find a M-N manual in Russian? I've got plenty of English-print ones, to include the old Ordnance Dept. reprint. I'd like to have a Russian one to translate.<br /><br />spasibo!<br /><br />gviglobal village idiothttp://www.alpharubicon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-61755116402512137712012-03-20T17:24:52.301-04:002012-03-20T17:24:52.301-04:00Here's how I feel about "gun culture.&quo...Here's how I feel about "gun culture." Ownership of a gun, even if one doesn't train with it but merely keeps it as a magic talisman to ward off the evil spirits (though certainly if you train with one) separates a person from the sheeple herd. It is a declaration - even if mousey-voiced - that one's life, the lives of those nearest him, and his property are worth protecting, by his own hand if need be.<br /><br />This declaration separates a person, however slightly, from those who cannot or are unwilling to take such an adult responsibility. <br /><br />No less a person than the author John Lott used the term "gun culture" more than a decade ago, and while he was casting a wide net in his definition, he didn't use it as a pejorative.<br /><br />Thugs who own guns for the purpose of furthering crime are quite a different species, but we already know that.<br /><br />gvi<br /><br />P.S. Call me weird, but whenever I own a rifle capable of carrying a bayonet, I feel obliged to have one on it. I know the M38 was never designed for it, but the base model was (which is why I own it over the carbine). Never been much of a fan of amputee guns anyway.global village idiothttp://www.alpharubicon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-52271836169144818832012-03-20T17:21:34.028-04:002012-03-20T17:21:34.028-04:00You don't want a Russian M38, you want a Swedi...You don't want a Russian M38, you want a Swedish M38. Teh sexy!Darrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2483197025975869722012-03-20T17:04:27.521-04:002012-03-20T17:04:27.521-04:00Instead I picked up a Hungarian-made M44 with the ...<i>Instead I picked up a Hungarian-made M44 with the fruity folding bayonet, which turns an otherwise light and handy carbine into something with all the grace and balance of a 3-foot length of 4x4 lumber</i><br /><br />So take it off and drift the sight to compensate for any change in impact?<br /><br />It's not even bubba-ing, since you can reattach it later.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72735766351918597972012-03-20T16:40:28.603-04:002012-03-20T16:40:28.603-04:00Now me, I likes me some pistol caliber carbines wi...Now me, I likes me some pistol caliber carbines with integral suppressors.<br /><br />Nice, quiet, and thump hard with proper range measurement tools to 400 yards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60979451979225413272012-03-20T15:37:58.865-04:002012-03-20T15:37:58.865-04:00It's also interesting to someone not intereste...It's also interesting to someone not interested in firearms that they usually refer to firearms folks as "the gun culture". Singular. As in, there's only ONE?<br /><br />- Auto-pistol vs. revolver?<br />- 1911 vs plastic-fantastic?<br />- AR vs. Garand?<br />- Don't even get started on the caliber debates.<br /><br />And that's just scratching the surface. You've got Fudds vs. preppers, plinkers vs. single-hole-at-300-yarders, collectors vs. the "yeah, I think there might be a .22 in here somewhere".<br /><br />There's got to be at least a couple of hundred different cultures within this so-called monolithic "gun culture", some of whom are quite vehement about their disagreements.Blackwing1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-85530752657782847782012-03-20T15:00:15.405-04:002012-03-20T15:00:15.405-04:00staghounds, I think, got it. The commenter agrees ...staghounds, I think, got it. The commenter agrees that guns are useful tools, just does not see wgy one should LIKE tools, and search out really good, odd, whatever ones. <br /> <br />That is an attitude some feel in themselves, and think those who feel otherwise are deranged. Hmmm, where have I seen that before... <br /> <br />Most of us manage to heve one passion, or if not appreciate those who do. For example, I do not collect violins. I would not pay more than say $200 to own one. But I appreciate the people who will pay a million for a Stradivarius: not only is it well worth it to them, but they are helping preserve some very fine craftsmanship. That is where this person falls short, being unable to empathise or even sympathise. <br /> <br />As to the "culture" tag, think of it as a compliment and say "Why, thank you." It beats being called "gun mad" and implies a level of civilisation, courtesy, and other appreciated values.John Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801684602403824157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16936931561301621962012-03-20T14:35:38.479-04:002012-03-20T14:35:38.479-04:00Bravo Tam, well said indeed, I too consider “gun c...Bravo Tam, well said indeed, I too consider “gun culture” an inaccurate and demeaning phrase. I also admire each gun I own or view for its specific purpose, collector, recreational or defensive. If someone chooses not to own a firearm then that is their choice, for them to attempt to impose their individual values and opinion on me is impudent. One of the aspects rarely mentioned when dealing with some anti-gun people is the correlation to zealot and bigot. As to the M-38, I purchased one for $40.00, it was a war trophy from the Viet Nam War and I gifted it to my Father in Law who served with the 173Rd there in 1964-1965.Sport Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04862280966739841769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-63710214878901086212012-03-20T14:34:24.129-04:002012-03-20T14:34:24.129-04:00Yes, but cammo culture != gun culture. Sure there...Yes, but cammo culture != gun culture. Sure there is some overlap, but the only cammo I own are some left-over uniforms from when I was in the Marines (that I don't wear). Oh, and I think I have a cammo mini-skirt still drifting around somewhere left by a girl I dated years ago, but I don't think that counts as me OWNING it (I don't wear the mini-skirt either).<br /><br />sStuart the Vikingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69345704254658550062012-03-20T13:12:07.230-04:002012-03-20T13:12:07.230-04:00I do appreciate guns, their skillful use, their cr...I do appreciate guns, their skillful use, their craftsmanship and history.<br /><br />But I'm still going to roll my eyes and make rude noises at the Cabela's camo-everything-you-own catalog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6589718888863857512012-03-20T13:09:11.196-04:002012-03-20T13:09:11.196-04:00I bought an M44 ,just to have one, about 6-7 years...I bought an M44 ,just to have one, about 6-7 years ago. Heh. It's still in cosmoline. I also have 2 M38's. They get shot often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73830898844257160202012-03-20T12:41:50.561-04:002012-03-20T12:41:50.561-04:00I have found a new like for the shiny things - he&...I have found a new like for the shiny things - he's treading awfully close to Sporting Use crap, let's not "Everybody play hockey" without the ice.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8200482301011841102012-03-20T12:36:20.845-04:002012-03-20T12:36:20.845-04:00Kristopher,
Yes, I know. The sights are regulated...Kristopher,<br /><br />Yes, I know. The sights are regulated with an extended bayonet in mind. What would be even better, for my purposes at least, would be to not have the awkward thing on there in the first place. ;)<br /><br />For me, it's the difference between a wallhanger/sometime-range-toy and something that might conceivably be taken into the deer woods without too much fuss.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.com