Loose Rounds
Review: Reproduction USMC Weapon Record Book
Much like a car, firearms require preventive maintenance too. For some military weapon systems, log books are kept to have a record of the number of rounds fired, and any other important details over a firearms life span. This lets the armorers and small arms techs know when maintenance needs to be done. The most […]
Video: KAC SCAR submissions
Knights Arms Co. posted a video showing a couple of their submissions for the SCAR rifle competition.Filed under: Scattered Shots Tagged: AR15, Video
Scuttlebutt: 5.45 and Plum Crazy
If you don’t keep up with the gun world, there are a couple of things going on that may be worth keeping an eye on. 1. Many groups, some reputable, are saying that the ATF is going to ban the import of surplus 5.45×39 7n6 ammo. Panic buying has already started driving prices and demand […]
What is the face of a woman shooter?
When people find out that I enjoy shooting and/or carry a firearm. I get the weirdest looks, like all of a sudden my face turned bright purple. Then I get bombarded with a range of questions, (i.e. What kind of firearms do I shoot? What kind of firearm do I carry concealed? Why do I […]
Review: Daniel Defense A1.5 rear sight
It does what it suppose to do. The DD A1.5 rear sight is an A1 style rear sight that attaches to your railed upper receiver. Instead of having the M16/M16A1 type aperture Daniel Defense uses the M16A2 aperture. To install the sight you need to completely remove the screw that will hold it on. […]
Mag Storage Solutions LLC, AR-15 Magholder
I recently ran into a product produced by Mag Storage Solutions LLC (magstoragesolutions.com) by way of a LaRue Tactical product alert. As soon as I saw the AR-15 Magholder, made by Mag Storage Solutions, I became excited about the product. I immediately thought, this is great, why had no one else thought of this? More […]
Cost Effective Stock Sling Mount
Recently I dug a generic M4 style stock out of my parts box for an AR I was putting together. Normally I remove the factory sling swivel as it’s not very useful in its factory location and I’ve always thought it was a snag hazard. As I was taking it off it occurred to me […]
Silencerco’s How to Purchase a Silencer video
Silencerco put together this great short intro video on how to get started with purchasing NFA items.Filed under: Scattered Shots Tagged: NFA, Video
Filed under: Shutter Shots Tagged: 20
Filed under: Shutter Shots Tagged: 20 rd mag, COLT, Colt 20 rd mag, Colt AR15, Colt mag, USGI mag, USGI Magazines
Thoughts on the Short Barreled AR15.
Some years back I decided I would convert one of my AR15s to a short barreled rifle. After paying a 200 dollar tax stamp and waiting a long time, I started with a LMT 10.5 inch upper. The first time I shot that short upper I decided I wanted a suppressor. That ended up costing […]
Cars and Johns
Article submitted by Mark Hatfield. Cars and Johns Or. Defense from vehicles as taught by John Farnam. Once again to the Great Swamp of Florida John had been invited and requested to present a program for defense when in and near automobiles. This topic had come up and been requested during discussions at the end […]
Accuracy Testing the Colt M45A1 MARSOC 1911 ( Part 2 Review)
Part 1 review http://looserounds.com/2014/03/07/colt-m45a1-cqbp-usmc-1911-review-part-1/ Over the weekend I took the Colt MARSOC M45A1 out for its maiden voyage. This was something I had been very excited to do for a long time, and I was not let down. My intention was to shoot it a bit and get used to it it […]
Colt M45A1 CQBP USMC 1911 Review Part 1
As I pointed out already, the Marsoc M45A1 arrived from Colt, and as promised here is part one of the review. I will talk about the gun before moving on to part two where I talk about shooting and accuracy. When I first got the gun out of the box the first thing I […]
Colt M45A1 MARSOC 1911
The M45A1 came in from Colt today. I will try to get a review up as soon as possible. Likely in two parts. First will be an over view and the 2nd part will be accuracy testing and such. I will also re-post up the testing the military did of the pistol. For […]
Muzzle awareness.
Recently when I was at my range another shooter hit me in the back of my head with the muzzle of his rifle. Needless to say I talked to him about it. When I work at a Range Officer I often have to stop people from pointing their firearms at other people. Most all these […]
Rob Pincus Steps Up To Help the Empires Finest
Rob Pincus, I tell ya, what a nice guy. Talking about helping those who really need training. Looks like he felt some real pity. Though I am afraid it may damage his professional rep. Filed under: Misfires & Squibs, Scattered Shots Tagged: ICE Training, Rob Pincu, Stormtrooper
A “safe” pistol the Ruger LC9.
I went to the range today. One of the other shooters was having an issue with a LC9 so I got the chance to look at it. This Ruger LC9 would not fire. New out of the box, the owner could chamber a round, but he could not make it fire. He was asked if […]
Colt Commando
Filed under: Shutter Shots Tagged: 733, COLT, Colt 733, Colt AR15, Colt commando
Astigmatisms and Red Dots.
Every so often I see or hear a complaint about how someone just bought a new Red Dot optic(or similar reflex sight) and got a defective one with a screwed up reticle. Now there are the occasional defective optic, but usually the answer is that the person has an astigmatism or other eye problem that […]
A couple of observations from the range.
It is not a very good idea to oil your ammo with penetrating oil. Recently I have seen a few scopes come off rifles under recoil. Buy good mounts, and make sure that they are installed correctly and you can often avoid the problem. In the picture below the mount came with the wrong […]