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Rivrdog
Retired USAF aviator, retired cop
Interests: boating parties, no political parties., politics, boating
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B.O.H.I.C.A.
Oregon's Gun-Banner In Chief (OGBIC) pukes up a presser to announce (at a gun-free-zone venue) that a new "Gun Safety Agenda" is being promulgated rammed down our throats. Governor, my guns are perfectly safe already, thank you. I carry at least one every day, and none of mine have ever... Continue reading
Posted Jul 15, 2016 at Straight Case
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What caliber for attacks by vehicle?
Awful attack in Nice, France, on their celebratory day, Bastille Day. It seems most of the 70 dead and 100 wounded were run down by the vehicle, after which the driver started shooting. THIS is where your high-capacity semi-auto comes in. Your defense is to fill the cab of the... Continue reading
Posted Jul 14, 2016 at Straight Case
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The .357 Magnum - Ideal Urban Warfare Cartridge?
The "Ideal" Urban Warfare cartridge? I keep coming back to it. I own several long guns in .308 Win-7.62x51. They are all fine long-range rifles. As we saw in the recent anarchist attack on the Dallas, TX PD, some rifles are a must, if for no other reason than to... Continue reading
Posted Jul 11, 2016 at Straight Case
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A different threat, your responses
The events unfolding in San Bernardino show us a different threat. Not an unknown threat, just a different one. We have been used to seeing various formats of homicidal/suicidal Jihad here: 9-11, the various Jihadi gun attacks since then, etc. All these attacks had one common characteristic: the Muslims involved... Continue reading
Posted Dec 3, 2015 at Straight Case
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The 40 S&W as a revolver round
Whatziss you say? a Fotay Revolver? Ain't no sucha thang, you say. Yes there is, and I own one. It is the Charter Arms Pitbull snubbie in 40 S&W caliber. Charter arms deals with the concept of using rimless ammo in a revolver by a mechanical construct which projects little... Continue reading
Posted Oct 22, 2015 at Straight Case
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Public money DIRECTLY spent for a gun grab
Interesting case, all the more so because it all happened within 5 miles of my residence. Fact set: Crazy kid defeats lock on older brother's gun safe (a sheet-metal type, it sounds like), takes an AR-15, a vest and plenty of ammo then goes to shoot up the local High... Continue reading
Posted Oct 21, 2015 at Straight Case
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Defending Fallen Veterans
Posted Oct 18, 2015 at Straight Case
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POTUS shows his colors
On Wednesday, the pro-2A site, Bearing Arms, published an article detailing several parents of Roseburg shooting victims who had objected to President Obama's political blood-dancing for gun control immediately after the horrific crimes were committed. Yesterday, as the parents/families of the victims were assembled at Roseburg High School to meet... Continue reading
Posted Oct 10, 2015 at Straight Case
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Try THIS Background Check, Obama
...and BTW, NRA, you should have no objection, either. The Straight Spine people propose that NICS be replaced with a system that: Works. For EVERYONE, not just gun dealers and cops. The present NICS totters along, breaking down frequently. It needs to be scrapped and replaced. BTW, Mister President, there... Continue reading
Posted Oct 9, 2015 at Straight Case
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Re-purposed blog
Straight Case, formerly a simple gun-blog dedicated to older cartridge weapons, will now become the home of Straight Spine, a prospective new organization which I am putting together. Watch this blog for details. Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2015 at Straight Case
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The OLD handgun cartridges...
By "old", I mean cartridges which started out as blackpowder rounds. In other words, 38 Special, most of the 32 rimmed stuff (EXCEPT the H&R & the .327 Federal), ALL of the short (and weak) 38's, and most everything the Colt Single Action Army was chambered for. Gawd, I'd have... Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2015 at Straight Case
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Sorry to hear about the sick dog. Cats get colic, too, you know....
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The hiatus becomes permanent
It would be easy to blame the collapse of this blog on Facebook, which I HAVE been writing for, but the truth is, the fire's gone out. Your children aren't supposed to go before the parents. This changes all. Goodbye, my few faithful readers. Keep up the fight, but don't send your last round dow...
No SOTU
...working my huge collection of 9mm brass to cull up the 9mm+P hulls. Gonna put together some hot, fast, light 90-gr short-range stuff with Hornady XTP. It should look like this: 5.5-gr W231, WSP, OAL 1.063 It should make 1250-1400 FPS M/V. That's fast for the XTP, but I'm not... Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2014 at Straight Case
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Tweeting again
...on Twitter here: @Straight_Case Continue reading
Posted Jan 28, 2014 at Straight Case
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Glock Model 42
Posted Dec 31, 2013 at Straight Case
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Bullets are back!
Just went through the 9mm reloading bullet pages at Midway USA, my favorite place for such. Three months ago, there were 30 selections out of stock for every one available. Now more than half of the selections are available, and if you don't see your favorite bullet, there will be... Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2013 at Straight Case
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A load for the Second most versatile cartridge...
Since I just got some Accurate #9 in, I think I will gin up some of these: 200gr JHP 25.0 gr No. 9 1,676 fps 1.595" CCI 300 Accurate Suggested starting load: 22.5 gr Adding about 175 fps for the rifle barrel of the Marlin 1894, the Muzzle Energy Computer... Continue reading
Posted Sep 24, 2013 at Straight Case
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Gaaah! Powder order fiasco!
The order: Product ID Product Title Price Qty. Ext. Price AA91 ACCURATE POWDER #9 1LB. (0550) $18.99 1 $18.99 60N NATCHEZ CATALOG $0.00 1 $0.00 HP4101 ALLIANT POWDER 410 1# $17.49 1 $17.49 AA27001 ACCURATE POWDER #2700 1LB (0576) $19.99 1 $19.99 Subtotal Items: $56.47 Shipping: $19.12 Hazmat: $27.50 Total... Continue reading
Posted Sep 11, 2013 at Straight Case
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"Hammerless" revolvers
Posted Aug 12, 2013 at Straight Case
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One gun only
Posted Jul 18, 2013 at Straight Case
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1 MOA with a 12 Gauge @ 100 yards?
Color me schooled. Just messing around on gun pages, I ran across one article about rifled-barrel shotguns, and it led to reading another, and so on. Rifled barreled shotguns have been around for at least 80 years, but a recent development, the Sabot Slug, has rekindled interest in them. Many... Continue reading
Posted Jul 4, 2013 at Straight Case
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The "Uber-post", Disarming Military Veterans
Part One is here. Part Two is here. Part Three is here. This all comes to eight pages or so of single-spaced type, so you will need a while to read it. I used the military format for expository writing: tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em, then tell... Continue reading
Posted Jan 4, 2013 at Straight Case
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Reloading Fail
Yep, I had one. A total fail. I recently got some of these 310-grain boolits, with the intention of making some serious "bear loads" for the Colt Anaconda and also some heavy rifle rounds for the Marlin 1894C. After I got the boolits in, I began to look at published... Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2012 at Straight Case
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Prediction: Obama Executive Order ammo ban coming
The "AK-47" question in the dee-bate the other night was a peek into Obama's mind. It was obviously a planted question, and Obama gave a canned answer to wake up his anti-gun base. Since the same answer would have mande the Blue Dog Democrats unhappy, he was taking a chance,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2012 at Straight Case
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Advanced gunny bleg
Posted Oct 10, 2012 at Straight Case
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