Another departure from NY…

Posted on by July 6, 2013

Hitting them in the pocketbook WILL get their attention, sooner or later…

Kahr is the latest to bail on NY, and sounds like MA will be next, as soon as they get the plants up…

Kahr® Firearms Group Plans Major Expansion in Pennsylvania

July 1, 2013

Pearl River, NY – Kahr Firearms Group is engaged in discussions with a development group representing Blooming Grove Township of Pike County Pennsylvania, to open a new manufacturing site and relocate the Kahr corporate office from New York to Pennsylvania. Kahr’s corporate offices are currently located in Rockland County in Pearl River, New York.

Kahr’s plans include the purchase of 620 acres of commercial real estate from the Pike County Industrial Park Development Group/Business Development Corporation. The first step in the multi-phased plan will begin with site preparation and office construction as early as late this year. This will be followed by the relocation of company corporate offices and the research and development department. In the second phase, manufacturing operations will be expanded to the Pike County location to meet the increasing demand for its Kahr Arms, Thompson, Auto-Ordnance, and Magnum Research product lines.

The Kahr Group of manufacturing plants, operating at full capacity, will continue production in their current locations in Worcester, MA and Pillager, MN.

“We are grateful for the warm welcome and the business opportunity extended by the Pike County Industrial Park Development Group/Business Development Corporation to expand our company and relocate its headquarters office,” stated VP of Sales and Marketing, Frank Harris. “The Pennsylvania group has demonstrated tremendous support of our operations and Kahr looks to move forward with the project without delay. It’s good for our business and also for other businesses in the area as we build a long-term mutually beneficial relationship with the community. We anticipate generating significant numbers of revenue and jobs for the local Northeastern Pennsylvania economy with the construction of facilities, expansion of manufacturing, and need for local vendors.”

And talking to a friend in CO, it appears there have been a lot of cancellations to planned hunts.  Interestingly, Colorado Outfitters Assn is adding a ‘new’ page to their website HERE…

One wonders???

Ruh Rho Scooby…

Posted on by July 6, 2013

It appears Fast and Furious is once again rearing it’s head…  Just as BO decides he needs to go to Old Mehico to talk to his new best friend down there…

From the LA Times-

WASHINGTON—A high-powered rifle lost in the ATF’s Fast and Furious controversy was used to kill a Mexican police chief in the state of Jalisco earlier this year, according to internal Department of Justice records, suggesting that weapons from the failed gun-tracking operation have now made it into the hands of violent drug cartels deep inside Mexico.

Luis Lucio Rosales Astorga, the police chief in the city of Hostotipaquillo, was shot to death Jan. 29 when gunmen intercepted his patrol car and opened fire. Also killed was one of his bodyguards. His wife and a second bodyguard were wounded.

/snip

The WASR used in Jalisco was purchased on Feb. 22, 2010, about three months into the Fast and Furious operation, by 26-year-old Jacob A. Montelongo of Phoenix. He later pleaded guilty to conspiracy, making false statements and smuggling goods from the United States and was sentenced to 41 months in prison.

Court records show Montelongo personally obtained at least 109 firearms during Fast and Furious. How the WASR ended up in the state of Jalisco, which is deep in central Mexico and includes the country’s second-largest metropolis, Guadalajara, remained unclear.

Read the whole thing HERE.

Not to say that I’m not a cynical SOB, but this is almost too convenient; to have F&F resurface now with all the other above the fold stories, almost makes me wonder if this is an attempt to knock the IRS and postponement of Obummercare off the front page…

Your thoughts?

Another tragedy…

Posted on by July 6, 2013

Just got this one… I just hope we didn’t have any military folks aboard…

KTVU.com

SFO — 

A plane crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning after its tail came off while it was touching down on the runway.

According to a witness, around 11:20 a.m. the plane was just about to land — its landing gear had come down — when the tail of the plane came off.

After wobbling for a minute, the aircraft flipped upside down, coming to a stop on runway on it’s back.

The plane, reportedly a Boeing 777, was coming from South Korea, according to flight tracking information.

Truly sad, and makes one wonder about what is going on with Boeing aircraft, or whether this was contract maintenance done by the airline… NTSB is going to have their hands full with this one.

And SFO is going to be shut down for quite a while, possibly days depending on where and how the wreckage is positioned.

Thoughts and prayers…

Edit- Looks like a total failure at the aft pressure bulkhead… no tail looks like the whole tail separated cleanly AT the aft bulkhead. And further video looks like pieces of the tail are in the over-run along with a bunch of luggage strewn from the over-run to the touchdown area.  The fire is a curious part at this point…

Edit 2- Looks like everyone actually got off the airplane, and maybe limited to NO deaths… One can hope.  Also apparently never flipped over, hit hard (possible accelerated stall, tail hit first) collapsed the gear and skidded off the runway.

The Caliber Wars…

Posted on by July 6, 2013

The caliber wars…

9 40 45

L-R 9mm, .40, .45 Hollow Points

My perspective, for what that is worth.  This was what we did on INDEPENDENCE Day… And this is in response to a couple of emails and for my grandson.

I own guns in all three of the major calibers in the ‘war’, 9mm, .40 and .45; so I’m speaking from personal experience and knowledge based on my years of shooting these guns.

First the numbers games…

When you look at SAMMI pressures both the 9mm and .40 come in at 35,000 PSI and the .45 comes in at 21000 PSI; so right off the bat the 9mm and .40 are more ‘powerful’…

Next is size- 9mm is .355in (identical to .38 special and .380); .40 is .401 (stand alone), and the .45 is commonly considered to be .451 (copper jacket) or .452 if lead. In the bad old days, e.g. SAA it was a .454 diameter because they were all lead bullets and tolerances on barrels weren’t quite as good as they are today…  And some .45 rounds weighed up to 255gr.

Now lets look at bullet weight 9mm comes in a range of weights, 95, 115, 124 and 147gr choices and FMJ (round nose), hollow point and semi-wadcutter. Muzzle energy and velocities vary but 295-326FP and 950-1000FPS in normal power ranges; +P and +P+ an range up to 1500FPS.

.40 comes in 135, 155, 165, 180 and 200gr choices and FMJ (round nose), hollow point and semi-wadcutter. Muzzle energy and velocities for 180gr vary but 360-400FP and 950-1000FPS are the averages; +P and +P+ an range up to 1200FPS.

.45 comes in 165, 185, 200 and 230gr choices and FMJ (round nose), hollow point and semi-wadcutter. Muzzle energy and velocities vary but 230gr normally falls in the 352-404FP and 830-890FPS range (yes you can get higher velocities up to 1200FPS with +P and others)

With the different weights and FPS, you get a different ‘felt recoil’ for each round, again just taking the heavy rounds (Courtesy of Chuck Hawks fine work HERE)

You get the following-

Round                     Pistol Wt.     Recoil (FP)           Recoil (FPS)

9mm 147/1000FPS     2.0                4.6                           12.2

.40 180/1027FPS       1.5                10.4                          21.2

.45 230/850FPS         2.25                7.9                          15.0

Now common sense dictates the higher the number the ‘more’ the felt recoil…

BUT, that does not tell the whole story. Due to the powder loads, the felt recoil is sharply different between the three, and sometimes even within the same caliber. A ‘faster’ powder will exhibit a more pronounced felt recoil than a ‘slower’ powder. E.g. for you old farts that ever got any of the IAI 9mm “UZI marked” rounds back in the 80’s they had a VERY fast powder, and kicked like a mule out of a standard 9mm pistol. I never ran the chrono on them, but I’d swear they were up around the +P+ range for power, even though they were marked as ‘standard’ rounds.

Shooting the pistols below at the range with the 9mm/147gr, .40/200gr, and .45/230gr rounds yielded the following comments from me and a friend (9mm guy, doesn’t own a .40 or .45) that was also shooting that day.

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L-R C&S 1911, Glock 22, BHP

Round comments as we fired them and I scribbled notes…

9mm/147gr-

Me- Easy to shoot, some muzzle flip not too pronounced (BHP), maintained control of the gun easily, back on target fairly quickly

Him- Didn’t bother him, felt comfortable, some muzzle flip, easy control, back on target quickly

.40/200gr-

Me- Sharp felt recoil more of a ‘snap’, quite a bit of muzzle flip (G22), louder, felt like gun twisted, slow back on target.

Him- Sharper recoil than 9mm, more muzzle flip seemed to be trying to ‘rotate’ gun, definite increase in time to get back on target and felt like regripping was necessary.

.45/230-

Me- Push rather than snap on recoil, nominal muzzle flip (all steel Colt CDR), easiest to control, back on target the quickest.

Him- Softest ‘felt recoil’ to him, big muzzle blast distracted from muzzle flip, less control than BHP, middle of the three getting back on target.

Here is a video we shot of recoil, starting with a 22/45, then BHP, then Glock 22, then .45 CDR, then Kahr P-9 for small carry 9mm reference.

recoil sequences

And here is the difference between a G17 (third Gen) and Kahr P-9 for grip size and width.  Smaller hands ‘may’ find the smaller pistol easier to control, even with the additional recoil.

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So for what it’s worth, this is my foray into the caliber wars, and we all know for every ‘one shot stop’ out there, there are multiple ‘shot X-teen times and still fighting’, regardless of caliber.

Bottom line, IMHO, shoot what YOU are comfortable with and can afford (get as good a pistol as you can) in that caliber.  YOU are the final arbiter of the caliber best for you, not us…

Lastly, this old saw- “Bigger is better, but shot placement is EVERYTHING.”

Remember, Bobby Kennedy was murdered by a POS with a Iver Johnson revolver using .22 Shorts (unless you’re a conspiracy theorist, then it was a .38 by the security guard, or… or…).

YMMV, IANAL, Didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn, paid for my own damn ammo… yada, yada…

Edit- LL reminded me about wound channels vs. ballistics, here are two references for your perusal…

Excellent .pdf that gets to the bottom line of wound ballistics…

http://www.firearmstactical.com/pdf/fbi-hwfe.pdf

More numbers, covering all the handgun rounds out there…

http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/handgun-stopping-power-page-2/

Food from yesterday…

Posted on by July 5, 2013

For some reason this didn’t actually post yesterday afternoon…

Independence Day FOOD!!!

Burger

Now THAT is a BURGER!!! Waiting to get the beans and chips…

Yum…  I could hardly wait, and it was EXCELLENT (even if “I” was running the grill at the time)… 😀

You know you’re from Arizona…

Posted on by July 5, 2013

When …….

You no longer associate rivers or bridges with water.

You know that a “swamp cooler” is not a happy hour drink.

You know that you can make sun tea outside faster than instant tea in your microwave.

You have to run your air conditioner in the middle of winter so that you can use your fireplace.

The water coming from the “cold” tap is hotter than that from the hot” tap.

You can correctly pronounce the following words: “Saguaro,” “Tempe,” “Gila Bend,” “San Xavier del Bac,” “Canyon de Chelly,” “Mogollon Rim,” “Cholla,” “Tlaquepacque,” and “Ajo.”

It’s noon on a weekday in July, kids are on summer vacation, and not one single person is moving on the streets.

Hot air balloons can’t fly because the air outside is hotter than the air inside.

You buy guacamole/salsa by the gallon.

Your Christmas decorations include a half a yard of sand and 100 paper bags.

You think a red light is merely a suggestion.

All of your out-of-state friends start to visit after October, but clear out come the end of April.

You think someone driving while wearing oven mitts is clever.

Most of the restaurants in your town have the first name “El” or “Los.”

You think six tons of crushed rock makes a beautiful yard.

You can say “There will be a high of 115 degrees all week,” without fainting.

People break out jackets when the temperature drops below 70.

You discover, in July, it only takes two fingers to drive your car.

The pool can be warmer than you are.

Your biggest bicycle wreck fear is, “What if I get knocked out and end up lying on the pavement and cook to death?”

You realize Valley Fever isn’t a disco dance.

People with black cars or have black upholstery in their car are automatically assumed to be from out-of-state or nuts.

You know better than to get into a car with leather seats if you’re wearing shorts.

Announcements for Fourth of July events never end with “in case of rain…”

You know that a seat belt makes a pretty good branding iron.

You know that you can get a sunburn through your car window.

You have to explain to out-of-staters why there is no daylight savings time.

Tongue in cheek to a point, but also pretty damn true!!!  And the same can be said for West Texas about this time of year (except for the DST)!

h/t JP

What the hell???

Posted on by July 5, 2013

ON the 4th of July no less???

I can’t embed the video from Fox 11 in LA, so go HERE.

LAPD, LASO, TSA, multiple undercover officers???

So my question is was this ‘targeted’ or just a ‘generic’ drill?  And how widespread was this?

On the 4th of freaking JULY???

Or is this the next step anytime there is a ‘public’ celebration of our ‘freedom’?  Apparently both the Boston Pops and the Mall in DC had HEAVY security and were routinely searching bags/people yesterday and last night.

Is this really what we’ve come to???  I truly hope not!!!

Edit- But apparently so… Richfield, MN canceled their carnival that has been going for a long time HERE.

And the PPP sent me THIS last night…

Gah…

Edit 2- And apparently they came after TJIC AGAIN yesterday, THIS from Tam…

Another false flag gun ‘rights’ organization ARPA…

Posted on by July 4, 2013

From Buckeye Firearms News-

Do you remember the phoney “American Hunters and Shooters Association” that pretended to support gun rights … but actually advocated more gun control and endorsed (surprise, surprise) Barack Obama?

Well, now with the 2014 elections gearing up, another fake gun group has popped up claiming to support “sane” gun ownership.

They’re called the American Rifle and Pistol Association and they’re officially launching today, July 4. But don’t be fooled by all the firearm photos on their Facebook page or all the Second Amendment talk on their colorful website.

Here are direct quotes from their statement of principles:

R+P exists to promote SANE gun ownership and SANE firearms management. SANE stands for: Safety, Advocacy, Networking, and Education.

R+P believes that it is each state’s right to determine for benefit of its citizens any prerequisites, qualifications, documentation, training, and levels of demonstrated proficiency, if any, deemed necessary for lawful use of differing types of weapon systems. The establishment of any such requirements are not the prerogative of the federal government.

R+P seeks to work with state and local governments to help establish effective training and licensing programs designed to increase public safety while protecting eligible citizens’ rights to keep and bear arms.

Got that? “Sane” gun ownership. Demonstrated proficiency. Licensing programs. Protecting “eligible” citizens’ rights.

Exactly where in the Second Amendment does it say any of this? Who determines what is or is not sane? Since when do we need to demonstrate anything to exercise a right? Why do we need more licensing? And who exactly are the oh-so-lucky “eligible” citizens among us who will be granted protection from this bogus group of sham artists?

No, we don’t want “insane” people to have guns. And yes, we think training is great. But we don’t need more restrictions. We’ve been fighting for years to remove restrictions that do nothing to improve public safety and are designed merely to infringe on our rights as American citizens.

Go look at their statement of principals on the web page… Link HERE.

And TTAG even gets it right (but I’ll be damned if I’ll link to it), and if you go look at their facebook page, for an organization that supposedly went ‘public’ today, they already have over 11000 likes???

Um… I don’t think so.

False Flag? Most probably… Get the word out, and be aware…

And it IS kinda funny that they’d pop up today of all days; but then again I AM a cynical old bastard…

Happy 4th of July!!!

Posted on by July 3, 2013

Chronology Of Events:
June 7, 1776 to January 18, 1777

1776

June 7 — Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, receives Richard Henry Lee’s resolution urging Congress to declare independence.

June 11 — Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston appointed to a committee to draft a declaration of independence. American army retreats to Lake Champlain from Canada.

June 12 – 27 — Jefferson, at the request of the committee, drafts a declaration, of which only a fragment exists. Jefferson’s clean, or “fair” copy, the “original Rough draught,” is reviewed by the committee. Both documents are in the manuscript collections of the Library of Congress.

June 28 — A fair copy of the committee draft of the Declaration of Independence is read in Congress.

July 1 – 4 — Congress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence.

July 2 — Congress declares independence as the British fleet and army arrive at New York.

July 4 — Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in the morning of a bright, sunny, but cool Philadelphia day. John Dunlap prints the Declaration of Independence. These prints are now called “Dunlap Broadsides.” Twenty-four copies are known to exist, two of which are in the Library of Congress. One of these was Washington’s personal copy.

July 5 — John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, dispatches the first of Dunlap’s broadsides of the Declaration of Independence to the legislatures of New Jersey and Delaware.

July 6 — Pennsylvania Evening Post of July 6 prints the first newspaper rendition of the Declaration of Independence.

July 8 — The first public reading of the Declaration is in Philadelphia.

July 9 — Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York — from his personal copy of the “Dunlap Broadside.”

July 19 — Congress orders the Declaration of Independence engrossed (officially inscribed) and signed by members.

August 2 — Delegates begin to sign engrossed copy of the Declaration of Independence. A large British reinforcement arrives at New York after being repelled at Charleston, S.C.

Take a moment to think of all those who gave their lives for this country and our freedom!

flag-fireworks

Here we are 237 years later, and we need to work HARD to make sure our freedoms continue!

Stay safe, and enjoy the holiday how ever you choose!!!

Sigh…

Posted on by July 3, 2013

If anybody in Hawaii or Kalifornia sees my body clock, will you please chivy it this way???

I think that sumbitch got off in one of those two places and is sitting on a beach somewhere drinking a Mai Tai with arms around a couple of blondes…

I ‘normally’ don’t get my ass kicked this badly by jet lag/time zones, but this time I’m STILL fighting to get back in sync…

In other news, it appears the Egyptians are NOT happy with BO… NOT AT ALL…

From TOWNHALL.

Quite the change from a few years ago…

And HERE is a blurb on the ‘rash’ of sexual assaults (Sharia Law remember).  Y’all ready for this to come here???

Oh yeah, and Greensboro, NC is re-instituting their curfew, but interestingly, if you watch the coverage HERE, they are ‘all’ identified only as high school students… one more PC report rather than honest reporting if you look at the video captures…

And Obummer care is now pushed to 2015, but the payments STILL kick in in 2014… I think they did it because they knew if it was forced onto folks next year, every damn one of them would be gone in the elections!!!