Brick Fight

It's interesting to me because I've never run into the prospect of someone illegalizing my profession until lately.

Yeah, I'm sorry if it comes off as passive-agressive or shitty to post it here. I didn't intend anything like that. I mostly am curious about how information gets relayed to publications more than anything right now.

So I was struck by this big old guy being on TFB's front page: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/06/08/is-this-the-end-of-tfb/ So, I responded: Am I wrong in my objection, or am I misinformed in some way? I know it's definitely not "The end of TFB forever", but I'm just some twenty-something jackoff on the internet, too. I just always liked TFB because they don't spend their time riling up the "Obummer" crowd, and aims more at hobbyists, sportsmen, and enthusiasts.

It's unavoidable, and it's nice to get out of your system once in a while with chill dudes. So for gun chat, I present one of the few decent Mosin projects I've seen online: Mosins converted to fire 45-70, and I want them.

Vird, I really appreciate your posts. Also, I love Jerry Miculek because he uses the word "responsibility" as much or more than "right." I want to chill with him so bad. My big problem with gun nuts (emphasis on nuts) is that they're doing more to create a crackdown on firearm ownership than any anti-gun lobbyist ever could. These guys know their Black Rifles scare people, so they carry them around to get attention and get confrontational at every turn, then wonder why their hobby is under attack. My friend, who just doesn't care about guns (as in he just has no thoughts whatsoever of them) except for when his dad takes him skeet-shooting like once a year and I run a food truck, and I mentioned I bought an antique rifle. I usually take care not to mention this kind of thing in front of customers because I hate political discussion (especially at work), but a woman walking up to order overheard us and politely entered the conversation talking about how unsure she was of guns. I told her I understood. We all come from different backgrounds, and that since she was polite, I would be polite too. I tried to shift the conversation over to the fact that even though I don't compete anymore, I still love it as a relaxing hobby, and that I had a special interest in history, and that I volunteer at the local museum. I then mentioned I participated in safety instructions so people could understand and respect firearms, and she seemed more open to the idea. She even considered coming to the museum I volunteer at when we have one of our "You get to hold the weapon" days where we let people handle the more, well, "handled" firearms in the collection. I still think of what would have happened if she said something like that in front of a more abrasive gun owner. They'd have gone on some prepared speech about rights, spouted memorized stories of home defense, etc. She'd have gotten pissed off, and one more anti-gun voter would exist. I just always consider people to be the emissary of our own beliefs whether we like it or not. edit: OH GOOD. That video did wonderful things to my Youtube Recommends list.

Alex C with anything German. I kid.

Dude knows what's up. VHS has been my favorite Payday weapon lately.

Brooks had a problem of turning characters into joke dispensers. He could write a good joke, but couldn't really direct a movie. It always comes off as Vaudevillian to me, with people even looking at the audience to lay down a corny joke. The acting in many Brooks movies could be abysmal, even for good actors (Candy and Paxton were so off their game in Spaceballs). Compare Cleavon Little's moments in Saddles without Wilder around and compare them to say the "chess" scene. Little has unnatural emotion and awkward deliveries when he's alone, but the Chess Scene was great because Wilder was so into the character and dragged everyone with him. If it was another actor, it'd have probably been the same as the rest of the movie (awkard deliveries, goofy faces, and camera-gazing). On a somewhat-related note, I caught the newer version of The Producers on HBO the other day, and it has cemented my extreme feelings of "meh" towards Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick.

Watched Rick and Morty's one season all in one go recently, and I think it finally dawned on me what makes great comedy: Sincerity. My friends all love Tim and Eric, and despite Steve Brule being genuinely funny (I have a disturbing weak spot for John C. Reilly), I've never been able to watch more than a few seconds of Tim and Eric without having all of the energy sapped out of me, the TV equivalent of eating a spoonful of cinnamon. It's because it's just so "ironic", which is today's most prevalent version of lazy humor. Lazy humor has shown up in the past as things like poor slapstick, racial shock humor, gross-out humor, anything Bill Maher has ever done, etc. Ironic Humor is basically someone acknowledging that they are not funny, but they're also aware of what isn't funny, so doing something intentionally not funny is a joke in and of itself. I enjoy Rick and Morty because it cares enough about itself that it tries to be funny and entertaining. Someone loved the show, and sincerely wanted it to be entertaining enough to put effort into the characters, animation, charm, and writing. Same thing with genuinely funny and good comedy like The Venture Brothers, The Simpsons, Futurama, and even earlier comedy like The Marx Brothers (I only just started watching their movies recently, and am surprised at how genuinely laugh-out-loud funny they still are). You can even compare it between movies made by the same people. Sincerity is why Mel Brooks fans remember movies like Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles more fondly than Men in Tights or Spaceballs. Saddles and seemed like a movie that Mel wanted to make, a movie he was passionate about. It rubbed off on the actors, who all turned in great performances and even shocked Brooks with their passionate performances.. Meanwhile, Spaceballs, while it has its moments, is the progenitor of the lazy parody, which is basically just taking situations from media, making them into more ridiculous moments, and hoping someone will go "ha ha." I think he maybe just wanted to make a fun movie with some fun people, but I don't see the heart of Young Frankenstein in it anywhere. I guess Sincerity is an important part of any medium, really, but it feels much more noticeable when it comes to comedy for me.

I don't know, did they ever make a field uniform for Goering? Also, good article. It's interesting how these public outcries can get the MIC moving quickly every once in a while.

The Enfield finally got range time on Memorial Day. Shoots like a dream. The bolt is as smooth as everyone says, and the trigger just feels nice. I didn't go for grouping or anything, but I was able to plink soup cans at 100yds with only a handful of misses. Afterwards, I broke it up, and got as much gunk and grime as I could out (I'm liking Ballistol lately, it's even revitalized some of the wood. I'll still keep Hoppe's around, but I'm impressed with Balli so far). I'm really glad I found this thing. The guy in town I bought it from is notorious for over-priced and questionable merchandise, and I only think I got the deal I did because he had just gotten it only a few days earlier. I was so sick over spending the money on this thing for a short time because of him, but I'm glad to see it didn't go to waste. I think I'm gonna put in the research on MAS 36 and 49s, and try to find one in the Harrisburg show next month.

I keep trying to see the message behind the digicam, but I've never been great at these puzzles.

Yeah, I meant Century, sorry. Also, I have no idea about ammo cross-over like that. It's something I'd like to read up on.

It doesn't really make sense why they chose .308 over 7.62 NATO. I guess that's really an opinion that a lot of people have, I don't know why I felt I should post it.

Well, it looks like I'm definitely going to keep my eyes open for MASes when I go to the Harrisburg show next month.

AW test in two days. Looking forward to it. I liked WoT, but some of the mechanics got to be too much, and WG were too jammed up their own asses. Obsidians promises and philosophies are interesting. I'm hoping they can actually deliver on them.

Stop posting cool French rifles, please. I'm gonna be dumping a bit into a Garand soon, and I don't want to start having to crave more antique militiaria that I can't afford ammunition for.

whatever, slip of the keys. Do it anyway.

I still want you to put it on a board with a ton of Wehraboos and declare it an AK prototype and see what happens.

This one will never stop being arousing hilarious to me:

I didn't really give this series a fair a chance. Witcher 1 and 2 just seemed like those types of PC RPGs that are clunky just for the sake of being clunky, but I want to give them another shot.

Yeah, I figured I had nothing special with the revolvers, and the F&W has a really weak firing pin. I doubt it would fire. Mostly just curious since I am absolutely clueless in anything handgun, and the Velo copy was just weird enough to raise my interest. I'd really like to be able to free that thing up to get a closer look at it. e: The F&W likely wouldn't fire if I tried it double-action, but pulling back the hammer seems like it would work.

Yeah, 7.65 Argentine, and I'm always surprised at how accurately I can shoot with it. Dad bought a few hundred rounds of some surplus and some kind of target ammo (the ammo's still back at his place, so I need to pick it up). The latter produces no recoil whatsoever, which is off-putting. I took a bruise on the cheek when I tried the surplus out one day because I was so used to the latter stuff. The only complaint I have about the rifle is that I have vision problems, and the length of the rifle results in the rear aperture blurring more than my other rifles when I'm tired (I'm a cook, so that's about 90% of the time). The sling would be nice, and I'd trust your word on a price. Funny enough, it had a surplus Garand sling on it for decades. My dad took it off when it started cracking and leaving stuff on the stock. Also, you weren't really around when I posted these, so I'd be curious if you had info on them: http://sturgeonshouse.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/14-the-small-arms-thread-part-2-the-legacy-lives-on/page-28 Between cleaning out grandpa's stuff, recent purchases, and the Mauser, I'm kind of swimming in old guns, half of which don't shoot (grandpa's stuff, dad took the working ones). I really have a desire to get something that doesn't shoot corrosive lately, though. Ballistol's been very convenient lately, but I'm tired of worrying about my guns every time I shoot them.

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I'll take it with a grain of salt, though he was insisting it was a "common tactic" and the way he was saying it made it sound dumb. I tried looking it up after the fact, and found nothing. From the way the guy was talking, it sounded like he'd seen or heard of the "don't be scurred of the MG42 noise" film and kind of just made it up. I don't get rude about that, and one of the things I like about the way they let you conduct tours lets me have a discussion. I like it, because people are more open if you try to be friendly and reasonable to someone talking face-to-face versus an internet text disagreement over "Ronsons" on the internet. To be fair, I've been humbled a few times, mostly in naval stuff, but to be fair look up USS Pennsylvania and try not to get confused right away.