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If you believe him, this new Ruger (Marlin) lever gun is getting 1 MOA with .45-70.

I will remark that it’s beautiful.

I do disagree with him that the .45ACP is becoming less and less popular.

I think overall this is a fair analysis.  My experience is that if you pay for a good 1911, it serves you reliably.  As I’ve said before, I’ve shot thousands of rounds out of 1911s and never had a single FTF / FTE.  The things I like about 1911s are numerous, but here’s just a few of them

I like the grip angle.

I like the hammer fired operation.  I do not have striker fired pistols and will not have one in the future.  To me, pulling the trigger on striker fired pistol feels like letting a bucket full of compressed springs and rubber bands explode.

I like the smooth, crisp trigger.

I like the single stack design with the slim grip (which is good for my severe RA and gnarled up knuckles on my right hand).

I like the weight (what some people see as an undesirable, I see as a benefit).  Getting a commander size 1911 brings the weight close to most striker fired handguns.

And finally, I like the safety, which can be swept off by merely achieving proper purchase on the pistol if you desire.

Continuing his great series on pistol skills.

Oh good.  This is part of a series.  I’ll try to find and embed them all as they come out. Anything Ernest says is worth hearing. I wish I could take a pistol course with Ernest.

Proper Grip:

Recoil Anticipation:

Multiple Shots on the Same Target:

Ammoland.

Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with Oakland County, Michigan, prosecutor Karen McDonald’s decision to charge the parents of the alleged perpetrator of the shooting at Oxford High School, there is one thing that loyal Ammoland readers should be able to agree on: These parents did the Second Amendment no favors.

Now, the accused shooter and his parents are innocent until proven guilty in the eyes of the law. There are varied opinions on whether the parents should be charged. Based on media reports, though, Second Amendment supporters need to acknowledge that these parents made Alec Baldwin look responsible when it came to firearms. That irresponsibility will hard our efforts to defend our Second Amendment rights in multiple ways.

For starters, you can bet some anti-Second Amendment extremists will, at the very least, push to enact background checks on ammunition. The accused shooter was allegedly caught searching for how to buy ammo online, and that along with the reported drawing of a school shooting isn’t just going to target online ammo sales.

The reported pattern of missed opportunities looks eerily like the one seen with Parkland, and which allowed that shooter to carry out a horrific act. We will likely see a new push for “red flag” laws as well, particularly the ones that Bloomberg pushes – which omit things like due process.

Can you blame people when they see the failure to decisively act?

That’s pregnant prose simply to stop explaining what it means to fail to “decisively act.”  What does Harold want us to do?  I deny these things.

That the parents were responsible for the shooting.

That any man can step into the way of another man’s volition.

That the parents should have been charged with crimes.

That there should be any new law alleged to have prevented a man’s volitional act to perpetrate a crime.

That there should be any law that requires storage of firearms in such a manner that they cannot be accessed in time of need.

I repeat – beyond this, what does Harold recommend?  He doesn’t say, leaving us to surmise that he’s in favor of some sort of new law because we need to be seen decisively acting.

God gives us the right RKBA.  To the degree that the state does not recognize that right it is illegitimate.  The soul who sins shall die (Ezekiel 18:20).

With all of that said, the parents are now charged with crimes.  Between families and friends, it’s wise to secure your property because (a) it’s your property and for that reason alone it should be secured, and (b) firearms owners now have targets on their backs in the eyes of the state.

Have your weapons where they can be accessed in time of need.  But also have as much control over your family as you have your weapons.  As I’ve said before, if you cannot put a blindfold on at the doorway of your home and go lay your hands on every weapon in your home and explain its state (chambered round or not, cocked or not, safety on or not), then maybe you should reconsider what you’re doing.

This is a far more informative video than when I first linked just a bit of information on the new CZ line of rifles.  He does a good job even if it’s a little bit “salesmanship.”

I do wish they would have released their walnut stock rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor.  With release to the American market, this is a massive oversight in my opinion.

Ammoland.

“We hope to increase our manufacturing capabilities two to three times over the next year,” commented Greg Buchel, Owner of Big Horn Armory. “Much of this will involve new personnel in our assembly and quality control departments. We have a core workforce of excellent people right now and we intend to use these people to train and orient our new personnel to create more of the fine products that we currently produce for our customers.”

“Our firearms are not purchases made on a whim, but thoughtful investments in heirloom-quality rifles aimed at giving you the biggest bang for your buck. We know our customers want these rifles, and we want to give them to them. We’re working our hardest to get our firearms out the door and into our customers’ hands,” Buchel stated. “We appreciate our customers’ patience as they bear with us as we continue to fulfill our orders and implement these changes to meet our customers’ needs.”

Well, okay.  That’s nice, but the pricing of the BHA guns is still too steep for me.  A .454 Casull rifle is my dream gun, but in order to afford it I will have to find a lemon that was sent back to the factory to be refurbished and fixed, and sold as a used gun.

This is very interesting and a good commentary on the recent history of the 1911 in U.S. special forces by someone who was there.

Shooting Illustrated.

Absurd and useless. Those are the words I would’ve used to describe ankle holsters—before I started rocking one. If you are inexperienced with them, you probably imagine having to drop to your strong-side knee, pulling up your pant cuff and drawing the pistol. That doesn’t sound terribly efficient and it’s difficult to envision many scenarios where you’d have that kind of leisure.

In point of fact, though, an ankle holster is very often the best way to carry in a variety of scenarios, particularly those in which you’d be seated.

Let’s say you have an office job in which you’re sitting at your desk all morning. Then you drive to a restaurant to meet a friend for lunch. Afterward, you hop back in your car and return to work. Nothing strange or infrequent about that, yet it demonstrates the utility of a good ankle holster. Seated at a desk, the holster can be accessed without your getting up or rocking or having to worry about clearing your chair’s armrest. (Also, if seeking to maintain discretion while carrying in an office, few carry methods are as discreet as an ankle holster.)

In the car on the way to and from the restaurant, if needed you can access your gun without having to lean hard to the side or worry about clearing the seatbelt. Assuming you drive an automatic transmission, an ankle rig is also a faster draw than from a glove box, console or onboard gun vault, one you can make without taking your eyes off the threat or the road.

I don’t disagree with all of that, but I still disagree with the title of the article.  Time to presentation is slower when you have to pull up your pant leg, and we all know it.

I say that as one who ankle carries often.

This powerful.

A 45ACP round is powerful enough to blow a man completely in half, deafen human ears up to a 1/4 mile away, and open a small rift in time and space just large enough for human lips to emerge through and whisper ‘two world wars’ before closing up.

I enjoy it when gunners can see the humor in things and parody our community.  It made me laugh.