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My favorite gun started key-holing last weekend.  It is the most distraught I’ve felt in a long time.  Like losing an old friend.  Extra kick in the nuts was that I just rebuilt the gun as I was upgrading it. After I had issues with my first SBR I decided I’d have another built no ... Read moreLooks like the barrel is shot on my favorite AR.

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I stumbled across this photo online.  I have no information about it other than the photo.  I saw it was referenced on a couple of forums I don’t have access too. For all I know it could be airsoft, but lets imagine for a moment that we know it isn’t. I used to hear that ... Read moreInteresting Picture

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I was supplied a set of Chaos Ready Flip Up sights to try and review.  When I saw that they were $27.99 I was pretty doubtful on the quality of them.   When the average back up iron sight set costs about $200, I was really curious what $28 would get. I was surprised. These sights are sold ... Read moreReview: Chaos Ready Flip Up Iron Sights

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I am a big fan of Keeping It Simple, Stupid (K.I.S.S.).  But I hate when the idea is used wrongly.  K.I.S.S. should be used to help prevent failure both in equipment and operator, not as an excuse to save money or reduce capability. With regarding firearms, I often see the argument for K.I.S.S. used when ... Read moreThe K.I.S.S. Fallacy.

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Just a little update.  We have been having some massive performance issues with the site behind the scenes.  We just now found out what the problem was and we are implementing a fix. A big thanks for the support team at InMotion hosting for helping us out. Please let me know by responding to this ... Read moreSite optimization

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I can’t remember if I talked about this before, so I’ll talk about it now. Geissele started in the AR market with an awesome trigger.  They have since expanded to offer handguards and optics mounts.  Personally while their handguards and optic mounts are really nice, I think you can get just as nice for significantly ... Read moreQuick Look at a Geissele Rail

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A long time ago, in the ancient barbaric times of 2007, I finally had an approved Form 1 to make a Short Barreled Rifle (SBR).  Back then we didn’t have the pistol braces so doing the paperwork for a SBR was considered the best way to go. I don’t remember why I choose to go ... Read moreMy first SBR.

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Arms Unlimited is selling Colt factory FDE ceracote coated 6920 for $700 with free shipping.  They are also including a free dual sided rail mount that attached to the front sight base. https://www.armsunlimited.com/Colt-Law-Enforcement-M4-Carbine-p/le6920fdec.htm Arms Unlimited is pretty shady, but they do manage to get their hands on some good stuff at good prices.  $700 is ... Read moreFDE Colt 6920s for $700

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I’m all for protesting things but I don’t understand how some protests are suppose to be effective. Multiple sources report that on August 28th a sociology professor from the College of Southern Nevada shot him self in the arm to protest Trump. At least he didn’t break any laws in his protest. . . oh ... Read moreWhen Guns are Outlawed, only outlaws will have sociology.

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For a long time the Trijicon ACOG was my favorite scope.  Transitioning from iron sights to 4x magnification was a massive force multiplier.  From there I tried some various optics and the Nightforce 2.5-10X24 became my new favorite scope.  (The Leupold MK6 eventually replaced this as my favorite).  Still I love these so much I ... Read moreOptic of the week: Nightforce 2.5-10X24

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One of the good things about gun nuts is that they are more likely to be honest people. Not that there are not plenty of scumbags out there, but a slightly less percentage of those are gun nuts. //— I swear, some times I really hate trying to sell stuff to gun nuts and former ... Read moreRant – Selling to Gun People & Former Military

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I’m doing some updates to the site, so you will see the layout and locations of things change.  I am trying to improve performance as our site has become very slow to load.  Some things are not working as intended, but I am working through it as I can. Shawn asked me to tell you ... Read moreUpdates

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Unless one of the others put up a post today there won’t be a full article or review from me today due to burgers and BBQ.

I did run across this image a few days ago I thought was interesting. I have no idea who this crew is. That M14 pattern rifle with that magazine drew my attention.  That sniper rifle and odd looking AR15 type gun in the background caught my eye.   I would like to read   everyon’e thoughts on all of it.   And of course tiger stripes are always cool to look at.

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Tomorrow is a holiday as most of those still among the living already know.   There is a good chance there won’t be a long article   like on normal days.  But I will  post a few small things just for fun . I also have a firearms picture I ran across I think will possible inspire some discussion.

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As you know, we here at LooseRounds.com like to stay pretty informal. We previously encouraged people to send us guest posts, but almost every week now we get sent some absolute garbage.

One example, we had someone submit an article, “Glock 42 V.s Desert Eagle: Which Is Best Suited For Military“. This wasn’t even a parody.  The intro picture was of a blank firing Beretta clone.  Phrases like, “Stops power” and “Handguns continuous inventions fail to include distinctive features.” were used much like how we butcher the English language.

I contacted the writer and told them that if they had written that sober, they should go see a doctor in case they had suffered a stroke.  Hell, if we wanted something written that poorly, I’d write it myself.

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Started a little firearm project.  I really shouldn’t mentioned it until it is finished.  But I thought it might be more fun to give live updates.

I ordered most everything on the June 21st.  Lets see how long it takes me to get the stuff in.  I’ll give you more details as I get the parts.

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Time for us to upgrade LooseRounds.com.

We have a ton of good content, we are getting close to a thousand posts. But that means that much of our best work is buried away and is hard to fine. We need to make it more visible. We need a better way to help you find the content you want to read. We also need a better way where you can comment and tell us what you think.

What do you want to see in an updated LooseRounds.com?Comment on this post with your requests and suggestions.

Oh, the issue with images not being enlargeable should be fixed going forward, but we don’t way to easily fix that in the old posts.

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Rock Island Auction sent out emails for one of  its upcoming regional auctions.  As usual it had a few pictures of some of its more noteworthy pieces.  Of course this one drew my attention.  Not that I will ever afford to even think about bidding on it but maybe you can.  Certainly it is a rarity among an already rare maker.

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Was organizing files and photos on my computer and stumbled across this old photo.  It always gives me a laugh.  IIRC it was the rifle of a student at Ranger School, but don’t quote me on that.

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