SGN Classifieds

Yesterday I checked out a couple sites advertised in the back of Shotgun News.  One was by Battle Arms Development, featuring their "BAD-ASS" ambidextrous safety selector.  Pretty sweet, there's just the matter of $60.  The other ad was by Kitanica, the copy of which advertised tactical clothing made in the USA.  Of course I had to look.  They have the most bad-ass cargo pants I've ever seen, the PNT X.A.  $160 is pretty spendy for a pair, but high-end brand-name jeans can go for close to that, and they're certainly less functional.  (The downside is that they only come in inseam 34, but at least the pant cuffs have drawstrings.)  I'm contemplating trying out a set for potential use in my upcoming training.  In searching for reviews of Kitanica gear, I found the Tactical Pants Blog, which does reviews of this sort of thing.  Perhaps I'll try out a couple less expensive pairs of pants as well.

AR-15 Lower Manufacturers

You know, I could've sworn that I saved the link, I think it was on Arfcom, showing the various lower brands with their actual manufacturers.  For some reason, I can't find it in my links.  So here's another list I found:

Lewis Machine & Tool

• LMT
• Lauer
• DS Arms
• PWA
• Eagle
• Armalite
• Knights Armament
• Barrett

Continental Machine Tool

• Stag
• Rock River Arms
• High Standard
• Noveske
• Century (New)
• Global Tactical
• CLE
• S&W
• MGI
• Wilson Tactical
• Grenadier Precision
• Colt

LAR Manufacturing

• LAR
• Bushmaster
• Ameetec
• DPMS
• CMMG
• Double Star
• Fulton Armory
• Spike's Tactical

JVP

• Double Star
• LRB
• Charles Daly

Mega Machine Shop

• Mega
• GSE
• Dalphon
• POF
• Alexander Arms

Olympic

• Olympic
• SGW
• Tromix
• Palmetto
• Dalphon
• Frankford
• Century (Old)

Sun Devil

• Sun Devil forged billet receivers

Superior

• Superior Arms
• Lauer (New)

Aero Precision

• Aero Precision

Ruger 22/45 Mark III Field & Detail Strip

Ruger .22s are a bit of a pain to disassemble.  I found a site that not only details the field strip procedure better than the factory manual, but also has detail strip information.

HK Builds

Since I'm getting more interested in gunsmithing and was in a superfluous meeting, I went on HKPro looking for interesting stuff and, in particular, build info.

G3 DMR kit from Bravo 5
Sexy jig for bending receiver flats
...a few more build links on Calguns
HKParts' contract barrels are POF, huh?  Shit...

FH Workbench Designs

• Folding workbench
• Modular workbench
• 4 knockdown designs

OS X Burning Software

Alternatives to Roxio Toast 10, which has horrid reviews on Amazon, include Burn and LiquidCD.  I downloaded the latter two, but haven't tried burning anything with them yet.  I discovered I hadn't upgraded to the last version of Toast 7 (7.1.3) yet.

Kye Kye Kule

最近ジアダがアンパンマンのDVDを毎日見て俺は頻繁に「チェッチェッコリ」の歌を聞いてしまって頭の中で回る。歌詞の意味を調べたところ、別に意味がないと分かった。「ぴっとんへべへべ」みたいなもんだな。

Arfcom's Guide to Assembling an AR-15 Lower

AR-15.com has a detailed guide on how to assemble an AR-15 lower.  I guess I didn't have to buy a book and two videos on AR-15 builds, but it sure helps a rank novice to the art of gunsmithing.  Seems simple, but hey, most gun owners can't even detail strip their guns, so....

George Bernard Shaw

Found an old (2009.01.22) note to myself regarding some excellent sayings by George Bernard Shaw:

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Brilliant!