The Captain's Journal

Red Dots On Turkey Guns

BY Herschel Smith

3 years, 4 months ago

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Firearms,Guns

9mm Versus .45ACP

BY Herschel Smith

3 years, 4 months ago

Garand Thumb titles his video “we end the debate.” BLUF: There will always be a debate.

7 Comments

Firearms,Guns

Choke Tubes for Home Defense Shotguns

BY Herschel Smith

3 years, 4 months ago

Continuing his great video content and presentations, Chris Baker at Lucky Gunner discusses chokes for home defense shotguns. Sure enough, as soon as he said Lucky Gunner had gotten a shipment of Federal Flight Control in and it may be gone by the time this video was viewed, yep, they’re out of it.

6 Comments

Firearms,Guns

Garand Thumb Reviews The Beretta 1301 Tactical Shotgun

BY Herschel Smith

3 years, 4 months ago

Just to be clear, the price he cites isn’t related to the gun he’s shooting. The price he cites pertains to the stock Beretta 1301 ordered from the factory.

The gun he’s shooting is modified by Langdon Tactical with an extended mag tube, forend including Magpul attachment points, Aridus Industries adapters, and a Magpul stock. This raises the price a bit.

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A .22 Magnum AR?

BY Herschel Smith

3 years, 4 months ago

I love the .22 WMR round, and have always believed that the .22LR was underpowered for anything other than plinking on trash can lids (which is what I did with it when I was a boy).

But in an AR? Will it work? Will the bolt extract the case without major modifications? Will it be reliable? How will the mags work without rim-locking?

Color me skeptical until it proves itself. I won’t be buying one.

6 Comments

Firearms,Guns

I ruined my barrel with a bronze brush!!!

BY Herschel Smith

3 years, 5 months ago

He makes his point well enough. Bronze is softer than steel (although I suspect he’s using a brass brush).

4 Comments

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Stupid Guns

BY Herschel Smith

3 years, 5 months ago

During a demonstration to share holders last week, the operator clicks the key pad on the side of the 9mm smart gun. Once unlocked, the smart gun is operable. @Lodestarguns @6abc https://t.co/gVzML0sARg pic.twitter.com/c8O8zNbp6i

— Christie Ileto (@Christie_Ileto) January 18, 2022

6 Comments

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Elk Hunt With The 270 Win.?

BY Herschel Smith

3 years, 5 months ago

4 Comments

Ammunition,Firearms,Guns

Review Of The Langdon Tactical Beretta Pistol

BY Herschel Smith

3 years, 5 months ago

If you can get past the stupidity of the rest of the video, they do a good enough job of explaining what Ernest Langdon does to the Beretta pistol.

I think it’s fairly popular, maybe not at the level of competing in popularity of the CZ Shadow 2 at competitions.

1 Comment

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Rifles From Shot Show 2022

BY Herschel Smith

3 years, 5 months ago

Field & Stream has some of the newest arrivals.

We had previously discussed the value of traditional Walnut stocks as heirlooms to pass down to your sons. The latest releases have that – a beautiful Benelli for more than $2000.

There are also some very light rifles, carbon fiber stocks combined with carbon fiber barrels – a Weatherby for more than $3700.

There are some less expensive rifles too, e.g., Connecticut Value Arms (CVA) has one for less than $700.

But just my, my, my goodness, these rifles on the whole are so very expensive. Nice walnut and light carbon fiber parts cost a lot of money.

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