It’s impossible to show I ran across these the other day and felt the need to share:
I really like the way he’s lighting the various firearms; really stands out from a lot of the “and let’s just drop a knife in here ’cause that looks mean too!” pictures that seem to be an epidemic in certain gun magazines.
I’ve been reading up on AKs a lot lately and came across this guide from CheaperThanDirt.com
So, you’re thinking of buying an AK-47? A Buyer’s Guide to the AK Family Of RiflesFiled under: AK,Buyers Guide — Tags: AK-47, Buyers Guide — CTD Blogger @ 11:24 AM This article is intended to help the first time AK buyer get the necessary information to be able to
make an informed purchase of an AK-47 or AK-74 rifle.This is not for the current AK owner and collector, and as such, you may feel unchallenged by this information. That’s OK. We still love to have you here. Feel free to read along with us anyway.Here, we are only talking about purchasing the civilian legal semi-automatic version of the “Automatic Kalashnikov Model 47″ or AK-47, which can go by many trade names and designations, but is still a rose by any other name.
Their comment “Price isn’t always a true judge of quality, but most of these quality AK’s are going to run at least $750″ is about what I’m seeing in the local (NM, TX, AZ) marketplace these days. I’ve seen some beat-up AKs selling for closer to $450 but they’re usually a bit on the iffy side.
Boom! While I’ve been between 7,000 and 9,000 youtube daily youtube views for the past year, I finally cleared 10,000 (10,025 to be exact) today! Yeah for small wins!
How did I hit 10,000 views a day? Blunt answer: hard work and persistance. I’d summarize it as follows:
(1) Upload videos that people actually want to watch. While you may not be a “gun nut”, the core of these videos is to communicate a comparison (is this round better than that round, is this rifle better than that rifle) *visually*. There are plenty of sites that provide raw data on rifle characteristics, but actually being able to view the difference is fundamental for people.
(2) Continually upload new work.
(3) Engage with video commenters. The youtube crowd basically falls into the following categories:
Stupid/Inane comments. Best thing to do is ignore these. Do not fight with trolls.
Insightful comments — rare, but you can actually prune the comments to just include these making the comment thread actually useful to other people.
Hate comments – also rare, but they do happen. Name your ethnic group/political party/sex/etc and somebody has suggested that “I go shoot them too”. I personally remove these as I don’t want to be associated with them.
Joke comments — I’d say this is 50% of all comments, and tends to be people making fun of you, fun of your video, or actually having fun with you (as opposed to at you). I find the best thing to do is joke right back with them. Basically, if you can’t take it, you shouldn’t be posting crap on the internet 
There’s more to it than that, but those are the big three that seem to keep it going for me.
I’ve started working on a new project — a handmade longbow! Not exactly the normal StoppingPower.Info project, but it’s not that far off the mark either. I’ve owned the Bowyer’s bible’s for years, but have mostly used them to hold down my shelves. I finally decided that I need to just build something, and am following Sam Harper’s Red Oak Board Build. I’ve been pretty happy with his instructions as they’re pretty to the point with plenty of pictures. Anyway, here we go:
The wood selection at Lowes and Home Depot weren’t horrible and I finally found a board I wanted about 4″ wide at Home Depot. Not a problem to rip that down to 1.5″ and 2.5″ on the tablesaw.
Here’s the top of with the of the side taper traced out:
Capacity indicates the number of rounds available in the firearm. For different firearms, they are loaded differently. For example:
Single Shot – a single round is loaded directly into the barrel. Guess how many shots you have? (Yes, it’s just one).
Double Barrel – is a single shot with two barrels — again, guess how many shots you have? (2)
Revolver – A revolver has a rotating cylinder that contains the rounds to be fired and the casings that have been fired. Cylinders may contain as few as five and as many as eight (or more) rounds for use, depending on the specific make and model of revolver.
Magazine fed – This is a magazine fed firearm. This can be either:
You are only limited by the size of the magazine. During the Assult Ban years, you were limited to 10 rounds in a magazine. With that law expiring, you are limited by the manufacture of the magazine. Both design of the firearm (how “thick” a magazine will they take) and the round (9mm is smaller in diameter than .45 ACP, therefore more can fit in the same volume) impact magazine capacity. If you have ever watched a movie and the hero has what looks like a long magazine in the gun, there are extended mags that take up to 30 or more rounds.
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