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Changes in the Trijicon ACOG line of scopes.
Over the years, Trijicon has been making incremental changes in the ACOG line of scopes. Here are a few pictures that show a M150 model made in 2013 and a couple year old TA31RCO-M4 model to show some of the newest little changes. One of the more noticeable external changes is that many of the […]
More broken stuff.
All things can break. For some reason, then tend to fail at the most inappropriate times. For example: This Sightron scope became a takedown model. Crosshair reticles generally work best when still in the scope. The story behind this picture is that the owner of the cheap scope found it broke and the reticle turned […]
Original Vietnam War Gear
It seems the posts regarding Vietnam war era weapons and history are always popular. So I decided to show some of my collection of original gear from the Vietnam War as a photo post.Filed under: Shutter Shots Tagged: AR15, C-rations, claymore mine, Colt 1911A1, Colt AR15, Colt SP-1, jungle lieghtweight rucksack, M16, original […]
Review: High Caliber Sales MK12MOD1
I bought a High Caliber Sales (HCS) MK12MOD1 upper and I had hoped that I would be writing a grand review of it by now. Unfortunately Kevin of HCS sent me a badly screwed up upper. To back track for a moment. The Special Purpose Receiver (SPR) was a 18 inch barreled “sniper” upper for […]
Glock G42, The Disappointment
Weeks ago when the buzz about the new Glock’s being released at Shot Show, there was a lot of excitement in the air. Being a Glock guy, I was all over every little bit of info coming out about the G42. Was this the long awaited single stack 9mm most personal defense minded people wanted […]
FN AR15s (FN15) have been announced.
http://www.fnhusa.com/l/products/carbines/fn-15-series/ The rumors were true, FN is going to sell AR15s to the public. Shawn often points out how ironic it is that several of the companies making rifles competing with the AR15 also make AR15s. FN AR15 is a competitor to its own SCAR and FS2000 rifles. Sig’s ARs are competition for their 55X […]
USMC Rifle Marksmanship Training Video
Filed under: Scattered Shots Tagged: Training, USMC, Video
My Top Favorite Buys from 2013
I wish you all a very happy New Year filled with joy, good health, and success. 2013 was an amazing and busy year for me. I worked, traveled and hunted a lot. Although I didn’t have a successful hunting year, I am so grateful for the opportunities I received and the memories I made from […]
Loose Rounds’ 5 most popular posts in 2013.
We posted 254 (including this one) posts in 2013. Of those, these were the five most popular ones: 1 Female Conceal Carry for Summer July 2013 2 What will the M4 Do At 1,000 Yards? August 2013 3 AR15 At 1,000 Yards (Can a rack grade AR15 and M855 make 1,000 yard hits?) June 2013 4 Car as Cover And The 5.56 […]
Stuff I Like From 2013 Surefire X300
Stuff I Like From 2013 Surefire X300 Ultra – It’s small, it’s lightweight, it’s stupid bright, and works equally as well on pistols or rifles. The Ultra and the other 500+ lumen lights now coming on the market are setting a new standard for illumination. TangoDown IO Aimpoint Cover – My T1 came with removable […]
My Top Products of 2013
Daniel Defense Omega X 12.0 FSP and Omega 7: I have been wanting to try an extended rail system for several years. I finally had the opportunity to get the one I have been looking for in the Omega X 12.0 FSP. The extended rail, extreme thinness and ability to keep my trusted Colt gas […]
Best , Worst And In Middle Products Of 2013
We have used a lot of different stuff in this past year. Some of it given to us to test, most we paid for out of pocket. There was a lot out this year, some of it great, some not so great or just crappy and some of it was just blah at best according […]
Observations from the range
I have started to see some of the S&W M&P 10 .308 AR rifles. In it’s stock form it seems ok and functions fine. However in almost every case I have see where people have tried to trick out their rifles they have ended up with serious function issues. If you are planning to buy […]
Inventor Of The AK47 Rifle Died Today
Not quite an hour ago I read about Kalashnikov dieing at age 94. I am not going to go on and on about his life history since so many of you already know the gist and it is going to be repeated beyond count over the next month in news reports and the gun rags, […]
Story of a gun.
Sent to me via email by Mark Hatfield. Bought a used muzzle loader today. Front sight is bent, don’t know if by accident or deliberate, it is dovetailed. Perhaps needed to drift in the dovetail but it was too tight. Hammer is offset, unusual but not rare. Appears to have been done by owner. Didn’t […]
Special Operations Warfare Weapons
Today we are showing some pictures of our more SOF type weapons. We have the MK12 MOD O SPR, the MK12 MOD 1 and the MK18 CQBR / MK18 MOD1Filed under: Shutter Shots Tagged: MK 12 MOD1, MK 18, MK12, MK12 MOD O, MK18 MOD 1, Naval Special Warfare weapns, SEAL ASSAULT KIT
.40 in a .40
Generally it considered a bad idea to shoot .40 in a .45. I would not recommend it.Filed under: Scattered Shots Tagged: .40 S&W, .45 ACP, FAIL, Handgun
Technology and the Rifleman: The Remington 2020
Following is a new article from Brain from TheNewRifleman.com. Read more from him at http://www.thenewrifleman.com Technology and the Rifleman: The Remington 2020 We constantly have thresholds being crossed by technology. What determines whether we accept it or not is simply… time and comfort. The latest issue of American Rifleman introduces the Remington 2020 […]
The Eotech 553 (SU-231/PEQ)
I asked several people, “If fool me once is shame on you and fool me twice is shame on me, what do you call the third time?” My favorite response was that if it happened a third time, “Your an idiot.” I’ve owned three Eotechs, I have owned three broken Eotechs. I suppose that fact […]
Retro Winchester
These three weapons would have been the pride of any Rifleman/hunter sportsman of the era and a mark of real taste and a serious shooter in the years before the mid-60s. The M97 shotgun in 16 gauge, a Modle 70 varmint/target with Unertl Target scope and the M67 .22LR. A battery any of the […]