Category: The Gun Thing

Not just the guns, but all the stuff that goes with them

Technical Thuggery

Government Thugs, The Gun Thing

Well, when I saw this headline, I thought “Wow, this must be pretty bad, considering their history.”

One of the worst things ATF has ever done

And it was.

Not one of the guns or gun parts the ATF seized from former sailor Patrick Tate Adamiak was illegal. Not a single gun or gun part required any additional paperwork beyond a Form 4473, and most didn’t even require that. Adamiak was always extremely careful and did absolutely nothing wrong. 

Every single item that the ATF seized from Adamiak’s home is still sold to anyone who wants one. Most don’t even require an FFL for the transfer since they’re not even firearms but are instead legal gun parts. 

So, why is Adamiak serving 20 years in a federal prison?

Good question.  Here’s why:

(ATF Agent) Bodell’s incredible deceptions have become almost legendary. He actually turned toys into firearms and legal semi-autos into machineguns.

    • Bodell inserted a real STEN action and a real STEN barrel into Adamiak’s toy STEN submachinegun and got it to fire one round, even though the toy’s receiver wouldn’t accept a real STEN magazine. Bodell actually classified the toy, which are very popular, as a machine gun.
    • Bodell fired five of Adamiak’s very expensive and extremely collectible legal semi-autos, which fire from an open bolt. All the ATF technician could achieve was semi-auto fire, but that didn’t stop him. He classified all five highly sought after firearms as machine guns.
    • Bodell ruled that several receivers that had been cut in half were actually machine guns. The same receivers are still legally sold online and do not require an FFL or any paperwork.
    • Bodell actually rebuilt three inert RPGs, which had holes drilled into their receivers and were stripped of internal parts. ATF’s “expert” added parts from real RPGs until they would fire a single subcaliber 7.62x39mm round. As a result, he classified the RPGs as destructive devices.

So the ATF took Adamiak’s toys, turned them (partially) into (sorta) weapons, and had him sent to jail.  For 20 years.

Somebody explain to me why this cocksucker Bodell shouldn’t be swinging from a lamp post?  And ditto the fucking judge who allowed this bullshit to be taken as “evidence”?

Note to President Trump:   Pardon Adamiak yourself, and have Kash Patel take action against Bodell, just prior to closing down the entire ATF.  If you don’t, then why did we elect you?

New Arrival

The Gun Thing

This is either good news, or terrible news.

Oy.  As if we didn’t already have enough Merchants Of Death around these parts;  now I’ll have to resist the lure of one of my all-time favorite Merchants Of Death, right next door to the Galleria Mall off the corner of the LBJ and Dallas North Tollway.

Not just gun lust, but old-timey gun lust, FFS.

Their new address:  5304 Alpha Rd, Dallas TX 75240.

Opening date:  TBA, but it’ll be soon.

Aaargh.  Now I can’t even deny my inner urges with the “But they’re too far away!”  excuse.

Vey ist mir.

Quote Of The Day

QOTD, The Gun Thing

Talking about an “assault weapons” ban, said piece of shit having been sent to VAGov Youngkin for his signature:

“Nobody needs to go hunting with an AK-47.” — State Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D)

Well now, that kinda depends on what you’re hunting… dunnit?

I’m not up to speed on Virginia’s political composition nowadays, but I hope that Youngkin will veto said abhorrence toot sweet and not have it overridden.

And one last thought:

Lockless

The Gun Thing

Apparently Smith & Wesson are discontinuing the disgusting Clinton-era revolver locks.  Details here.

And about time, too.

I should point out that my own J-frame lightweight Mod 637 has a lock:

…but it has never suffered an “inadvertent” lock-up as a result of recoil, although Smith’s scandium-framed revolvers are reported to suffer occasionally from this malady when shooting heavy magnum loads.

Whatever;  maybe I should think about replacing the old backup with a new “no-lock” piece…

 

If I do, I’ll raffle my old 637 to my Readers who live in states where I can ship it to without having the godless ATF crawl up my ass.  Or I’ll just give it back to its original owner, with thanks.  Watch this space.

Next on the agenda:  getting Ruger to stop disfiguring their guns with that stupid “GUNS ARE DANGEROUS!!!!” billboard on the barrel.  (Fuck you, we all know that, you foul poltroons.)

Gratuitous Gun Pic: Diablo Break-Open Pistol (12ga)

Gratuitous Gun Pics

Reader John C. writes and asks:  “Why haven’t you done a review of this Diablo pistol?”

Probably for the simple reason that I’d never heard of it before.  However, he did include a pic:

Well now… that is interesting.  This Gun Craft Diablo is a take on the venerable Derringer — in fact, it more correctly harks back to the flintlock pistols of yore in that it’s a black-powder thing, and sports the manly 12ga load (times two!) which should make one’s wrist ache just by looking at it.

If you’re interested in having one of these bad boys shipped to your front door (no NFA restrictions!!!), then here’s some loading advice, courtesy of Paul Helinski.

Here’s the thing:  as I said, I’d never heard of this gun before, let alone fired it.  But I have owned and fired a Bond Arms Derringer-style pistol in .44 Mag.  [pause to let the gasps of shock and surprise subside]  One would expect that the recoil would be overwhelming but really, it isn’t.  The reason is that the shorty lil’ 1½” barrel of the Derringer means that the boolet has left the muzzle long before the recoil has set in, so to me it felt little different from, say, a .38 Special +P fired from a 4″ barrel revolver, and a lot less than a .44 Mag fired from a similar gun.

I see no reason why a 12ga black powder 00 shot load through a 6″ smoothbore barrel would be much different.  (A .72″ ball… errrr maybe not.)

My take:  it’s a “fun” gun and not one I’d consider for any kind of self-defense use, of course.  But there’s nothing wrong with having fun, especially where guns are concerned.  And I love the fact that as it doesn’t have to go through the usual FFL/NCIS rigmarole forced on us when buying a gun, it can truly be “the gun that nobody knows you own”.

Nothing wrong with that, either.

Ammo Carriers

The Gun Thing

When I were a lad, whenever I went out into the bush to do a little impromptu shooting, my method of carrying ammo in the field was simple:  the carriers were called “trouser pockets”, and I would just fill them up with loose rounds of ammo (whether .177 pellets or .22 cartridges).

But le temps se marche, if you’ll pardon my French, and now I need to carry my plinking ammo in some kind of carrier.

Of course, if I’m carrying a gun that shoots from a magazine, carrying spare ammo is not an issue:  just MOAR magazines.  And indeed that’s what I do, in that I have multiple spare magazines for all my semi-auto guns.

But what, I ask myself, do I do when I’m carrying a single-action revolver or a tube-fed rifle?

Sure, I could just keep the boolets in the box they came in, or jam ’em loose in my pocket as in times gone by.

But that means fumbling around, and getting them to line up to be reloaded and all that.

Then I read this article, and it made all sorts of sense to me:

A convenient solution I have found is the magazine for an M1911-style .22 Long Rifle pistol. The slim magazine can be conveniently carried in a pouch or pocket, with the rounds protected, and individual cartridges can be thumbed into a single-shot chamber, the magazine tube of a rifle or the loading gate of a single-action rimfire revolver.

I’m not sure about a 1911-style mag, because those tend to be spendy.  But any old cheap .22 pistol mag will do, surely?  Like this one:

That’s under $15 per mag, it holds 15 rounds, which means that four such mags would mean… [carry the 4]  ten reloads for a Single Six revolver, or… [carry the three]  five or so reloads for the Model 63.  All in a handy little package, so to speak.

Definitely worth thinking about.