tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post8054427787824591028..comments2024-02-28T05:21:30.063+00:00Comments on The Suburban Bushwacker: From Fat Boy to Elk Hunter: Book Review - Glock: The Rise of America's GunThe Suburban Bushwackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-22190810670815790452012-03-18T07:56:13.161+00:002012-03-18T07:56:13.161+00:00LSP
If I was in your neck of the woods I'd [a...LSP<br /><br />If I was in your neck of the woods I'd [also] get one of those Encore pistols (in 7mm), an Ultra Carry II and a broom-handle Mauser with furniture. Sweet<br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-4898772942021282802012-03-18T02:11:28.500+00:002012-03-18T02:11:28.500+00:00Leaving aside any jihadite preference for the plas...Leaving aside any jihadite preference for the plastic Austrian handgun, my next pistol purchase will be a Glock 17. Maybe I will read the book.<br /><br />Get into pistols, Bushwhacker. You know, deep down, that it makes sense.LSPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08120630078039958644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-84980995581611422442012-03-16T06:26:34.935+00:002012-03-16T06:26:34.935+00:00Hodge
I've only ever cleaned a rifle that'...Hodge<br /><br />I've only ever cleaned a rifle that's fired a few rounds of Privi (grubby Serbian ammo) and a fair amount of much came out 3500 must have been filthy, that's some testament to any mechanical device<br /><br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-33132815739736535362012-03-16T06:24:21.346+00:002012-03-16T06:24:21.346+00:00Exploriment
Which is better? I'm thinking tha...Exploriment<br /><br />Which is better? I'm thinking that the two designs are almost a century apart, but having said that the Kimber Ultra Carry II is a very slick piece of kit.<br /><br />Thanks for the tip on Chivers book - my son is currently obsessed with all kinds of militaria so it might earn me some cred with him,<br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-87722658207296330252012-03-16T01:14:46.954+00:002012-03-16T01:14:46.954+00:00Thanks- I'll have to check this one out. Most ...Thanks- I'll have to check this one out. Most of the technical Glock books quickly revert to "geardo" speak and lose me.<br /><br />I have been a Glock fan for a long time. Great pistols that are easy to fire and take a real beating. I fired my first one something like 80,000 rounds involved in IDPA shooting and practice. Once I fired 3500 round without cleaning it. It never did malfunction and I finally cleaned it because just handling it would get your clothes and hands filthy.<br /><br />Just goes to show you that reinventing the wheel sometimes requires that you have no ideal what a wheel even looks like.hodgemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07632228055641750343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-957440592386094272012-03-15T23:51:02.306+00:002012-03-15T23:51:02.306+00:00I have this on order at the library. Looking forwa...I have this on order at the library. Looking forward to it. But I was hoping it would finally answer the argument: Which is better - the Glock or the M1911? ;-)<br /><br />Another book along the same lines and a fascinating read is The Gun by C.J. Chivers (who although a reporter for the NY Times, was also a USMC captain who commanded an infantry company). A history of the machine gun, but more specifically the AK. It's amazing to think that about 75 years before its introduction, a machine gun was a massive thing that was essentially artillery. Took a team of horses to pull it and the ammo and a whole crew to serve it, weighed a ton. The machine gun changed warfare. But with the AK, a guy could haul the ammo it would have taken in a backpack. Cheap, easy to produce, although not very accurate, it, even more than the machine gun changed warfare. Suddenly, there were millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of what had previously been just a handful of difficult to produce and maintain weapons. It really changed warfare. Sure the Germans had produced an “assault rifle” years before, but with typical teutonic efficiency, it was a finely machined piece of equipment. The Russians made it a much simpler item to produce. Stamp out the parts rather than machine them in a multi step process. Never mind the fine fixtures. Crank em out.Explorimenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178966376119097909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-22160043586285785152012-03-15T20:12:45.693+00:002012-03-15T20:12:45.693+00:00Josh
Bit taken with the ruger take on the scout r...Josh<br /><br />Bit taken with the ruger take on the scout rifle myself, shame they don't make it in 7mm08 which would be my scout cal. of choice. If I ever have money again I might build one up as the actions and barrels are interchangeable. <br /><br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-49856263345599871052012-03-15T20:09:50.314+00:002012-03-15T20:09:50.314+00:00Hippo
I keep hearing good things about the Bernie...Hippo<br /><br />I keep hearing good things about the Bernie Eccleston book, but I also hear there's a lot more still to come out<br /><br />I've gotta say the other thing the book made me want to do was learn about polymer injection, if he's making them as cheaply as the book says he is there's lots of things you could do with a polymer injector, for instance I've go a fly reel made the same way but to woeful tolerances, be neat to be able to make good ones at home.<br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-45919649668172936182012-03-15T19:11:42.988+00:002012-03-15T19:11:42.988+00:00What a great anecdote! I'm interested in thos...What a great anecdote! I'm interested in those kinds of stories, so, even though I'm a Ruger man, myself (my only pistol is a Ruger Single Six in .22 long rifle and .22 magnum), I may pick it up.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409883521642115031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-21090720981537768922012-03-15T16:27:47.254+00:002012-03-15T16:27:47.254+00:00You mean you sat next to some Muslim bloke on the ...You mean you sat next to some Muslim bloke on the train who instantly recognised what you were reading AND YOU DID NOT REPORT HIM?!!!<br /><br />It is just this sort of lackadaisical attitude to community security...<br /><br />I will add this one to my Amazon wish list and in return, although it has nothing to do wqith firearms but a lot to do with shooting from the hip, I recommend to you Tom Bower's book Bernie Eccleston. Like you, I love these books about underdogs coming out good.<br /><br />I see that even the Police here in Angola are being issued with Glocks. Don't they look as though they have been chiselled out of house bricks?<br /><br />I still prefer the CZ 83. It is compact, doesn't distort the line of my dinner jacket and even I, with arms like spider's legs, can pull a sight picture quickly and hold it steady.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.com