So, I wanted a rubber bayonet for my SIG 556

But, I thought, nah,, that wouldn't be good enough.

So, when I walking thru Walmart to buy grass seed, my little eye spotted this, and due to my innate ability to measure diameter at a glance, knew that it would fit in a scope mount ring 

( ya, right, it was just a wild ass guess)

But, wth, here is
The Battle AXE Bayonet

 Pic's suck, but come on, it's late.

See you tomorrow

My life will be complete, if

Some one will just sell me one of these,

Oh, and by the way, this is how pencil sharpeners work

Bet you didnt know that, huh.

Now, back to airsoft crap

Another Monday, another joke.

I always wondered how they made those damn things

Well, we made it to another Monday,

Now for a oldie, but a goodie.

 A man walks into a restaurant with a full-grown ostrich behind him.  The waitress asks them for their orders.

The man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke," and turns to the ostrich, "What's yours?"

"I'll have the same," says the ostrich.

A short time later the waitress returns with the order.  "That will be $9.40 please."  The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out the exact change for payment.

The next day, the man and the ostrich come again and the man says, "A hamburger, fries and a coke.."

 The ostrich says, "I'll have the same.."

Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change.

This becomes routine until the two enter again. "The usual?" asks the waitress

.

"No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and a salad," says the man.

"Same," says the ostrich.

Shortly the waitress brings the order and says, "That will be $32.62."  Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.

The waitress cannot hold back her curiosity any longer.  "Excuse me, sir.  How do you manage to always come up with the exact change in your pocket every time?"

"Well," says  the man, "several years ago I was cleaning the attic and found an old lamp.  When I rubbed it, a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes.   My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money  would always be there."

"That's  brilliant!" says the waitress..  "Most  people would ask for a  million dollars or something, but you'll  always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!"

"That's right.  Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there," says the man..

The waitress asks, "What's with the ostrich?"

The man sighs, pauses and answers, "My second wish was for a tall chick with a big butt and long legs who agrees with everything I say.."

I guess the moral here is, be careful what you wish for.

See you tomorrow, same bat time, same bat channel.

Were the heck are the stinking reviews you promised.

View of the inside of the NAFOM ready room

I know I have promised time and again that I would have some reviews up.

Here is why I dont. 

I have been waiting for a trigger pull gauge that I won on Ebay, but have never received.

I have realised that I could just do the reviews and go back and update them when I get the money again for a trigger pull gauge.

I also want to do a good job, if I am gonna do it, it might as well be right.

On that note I am trying to do reviews like they should be done, that is, more than one gun bought from different retailers. I think this is the proper way to do a review. If you do just one, it could be good or bad, if you have more than one I feel it gives it a better chance to let you know how they really work out.

I now have a few built up so I can go forward.

I have bought most of the guns I review myself, this on top of the fact that I have not had a job in 15 months now ( if any of you had you fingers crossed for me on that interview I mention in a earlier post, thank you so much, I did not get picked, but thanks for the effort) .

So you can see funds are tight., but I will try and do a good job for you.

I have received some guns to review from X-caliber Tactical. The SVD in a early review was from them. I will tell you in the review if the gun is provided to me and who it's from. 

I will print my exact findings, good or bad, I refuse to sugarcoat a review.

I would not want someone to buy a item because I lied in a review, I wont do it.

If you have a item or gun you would like a review on, contact me. As long as you understand how I work.

I have bought 4 Tokyo Marui Detonics for my next review, two silver, two black. I have managed to misplace one of the silver one's, so I guess I will do the review on three of them.

Thanks go out to everyone that reads this stupid blog,

sometimes the only high point in the day is seeing my reader count go up.

See you tomorrow.

It's sad that this is the way it has to be.

HK's measured response to another airsoft retailer listing a MP5

No mama, we from some lame ass company that sues for trademarks, were here to help 




I understand why it is, I just am dismayed when I see emails like this,

Dear Retail Partner,

We would like to take a moment to remind all  Retail Partners not to use real firearm brand (ex. HK, Glock, FN, etc.) or real firearm model (ex. G36, G17, SCAR, etc) to advertise or describe airsoft products whether online or in print. 

Airsoft guns are NOT real firearms.  Do NOT use without permission the names of gun manufacturers or their gun models in your product description, advertising or sales records of your airsoft products.  Use of real firearm models to describe replica airsoft products are inaccurate, misleading, and may be a violation of trademark. 

Thank you for your effort and support to make airsoft better for everyone!

Best Regards,

The email above came from an airsoft distributor. It is a CYA type thing.

There is a company out there who's sole purpose in life is to find people advertising "trademarked" items, then

suing those people in the name of the trademark holder, or sending out demand letters that the advertiser pay X number of dollars for it to go away. 

And it's not even Cybergun doing it this time.

I guess my reviews will have to now be of  Colt or XXXXXXXX Gun-maker brand pistol.


On a related note, I found this in a search, I can not find the court date on it though.
I will try and to keep on top of it and see where it leads.


http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-waedce/case_no-2:2010cv00078/case_id-49891/




Don't get me wrong, I do understand trademark and trade dress law. I just think that the way some companies go about redressing these issues is very underhanded and the worsts way to do things.
To a lot of airsofters, this is the way they are learning about what they like to use. When they reach 21 and buy their "Real Steel" guns they will have already made up their minds and buy what they have been collecting and using for years.
It is impossible to buy that kind of brand loyalty, no matter how much you spend on advertising.
On the same page though, brands that go out of their way to target these potential buyers and their sport, will be remembered when the time comes for money to be spent.

Remember, This is what you get if you use a trademarked name, you scum!!!

Also  Remember 

It's just not right.

What is an Airsofter?

Kinnda like paintball masks, with less vision

The internal question has arose, What is an Airsofter?

I need your input here, I think that there are many facets of airsoft, just as there are in the real firearms world.

I know in the beginning in the US, back when I started in the mid 80's airsoft guns were just toys.

Most people thought of them as either low powered airguns that looked somewhat cool or as a 

"look what I got" unit to impress there buddies. 

It has grown so much more from that in the past years.

I will keep updating this post as my thought process matures throughout the week.

Right now all I am thinking about is tomorrow,  the day the Govt strips and rapes my bank account like they do every year.

Stay tuned for updates, rants and general wandering mind thoughts that trickle out thru the week.

Today is a good day to drink, say hello to my little captain!

Categories; 

Players;

 
Paintsofters
  Young or old, but skews towards young,

 tends to use high caps or box mags,
spray and pray the order of the day,

never takes the selector switch off full, 

Run and gun is their motto,not worried about getting the kit right, any old camo will do, likely be big into COD or HALO
Real mil

 

 

 
Mil-sim
Middle of the road, mid-caps only, 

might mix kit but uniform will be at least RAID style,

upgraded gun,will uses semi-auto setting most,

Probably a video gamer and have watched Blackhawk down a few times

 

 
New one, LARPsofter
Posers
Goes to games, but never plays (me),

likes to BS before the game (me), 
helps with admin (me), 

Too old, fat or has to many old injury's to run and gun (me)
Likes to show off newest gun, but wont field it (me)]


Non Players
Backyard shooters for fun
Shooters that use airsoft to train for RS

 
Collectors
Just all around gun nuts that have to have everything.

 
Chairsofters


What am I missing?


If I have offended anyone in my posting, please click here. 

Very funny, dated but had to share

Unexpected?

So the cover of this month's American Rifleman announces "The Unexpected SIG516".

A new AR clone these days is about as "unexpected" as another Friday the 13th sequel or Law & Order spinoff. What's "unexpected" is that there are still some gun manufacturers who haven't jumped on this bandwagon, since all that's needed to get in the game is an ATF variance letter sent to Consolidated Continental [ed: D'oh!] Machine Tool or Sabre Defense. In a world where such unlikely candidates as Ruger, Remington, and Smith & Wesson are pimping AR-style carbines, what's left?

Here are my predictions for "unexpected" AR announcements at SHOT:

1. Harrington & Richardson H&R-15: Cast parts and stained birch furniture keep costs down. Sold at Wal-Mart for $109.95.
   
2. Marlin MAR-15: Neither direct impingement nor piston operated, the MAR-15 is California-legal, since the bolt is cycled via a complex linkage actuated by rocking the pistol grip forward and back.
3. Thompson/Center EncoR-15: Available in almost two hundred chamberings, three quarters of which are designed by J.D. Jones and only of interest to handloaders who also hunt rabid grizzly bears.
4. General Motors GI-15: Unsold inventory stocks will allow these to be sold at zero percent financing with a hefty manufacturer's rebate less than six months after their introduction. Brace for recalls.
5. Apple iR-15: Only works with proprietary ammunition. Made of sleek, white plastic. Has to be sent to an authorized service center for field-stripping and cleaning. Owners soon sport glazed, zombielike expressions of loyalty familiar to posters at MacForums or GlockTalk.
6. Harley-Davidson HD-15: Leaks oil. Comes with clip-on ponytail and lick'n'stick eagle tattoo in box, as well as coupon for chromed BUIS, charging handle, and highway pegs.

Taken from http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2009/12/unexpected.html

Super Video done with less than 300.00

This link is dead due to the music, try the one below

And now part two







Not airsoft, but airsoft guns were used.

It amazes me that this can be done so cheap, but turn out so great.

Look for the tan Duo-stock on the hero's gun

http://www.duostock.com/site/

Perfect choice of a stock for wearing cold weather gear.

I have a couple and love them, they might look a little odd at first, but once you "get it" you understand why they look that way and they work.

Monday Funny's, just a little early, because you never know if you will make to Monday

 Bruce "THE KING OF ALL MEN" Campbell as Brisco County Jr

My wife sat down on the settee next to me as I was flipping channels. She asked, “What’s on TV?”
I said, “Dust”.
And then the fight started…

My wife and I were watching “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” while we were in bed.. I turned to her and said, “Do you want to have sex?”
“No,” she answered.
I then said, “Is that your final answer?”
She didn’t even look at me this time, simply saying, “Yes.”
So I said, “Then I’d like to phone a friend.”
And then the fight started....

Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the boat up to the van, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day.
I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. I cuddled up to my wife’s back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, “The weather out there is terrible.”
My loving wife of 5 years replied, “Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?”
And that’s how the fight started…

I rear-ended a car this morning. So, there we were alongside the road and slowly the other driver got out of his car. You know how sometimes you just get so stressed and little things just seem funny? Yeah, well I couldn’t believe it.... He was a DWARF!!! He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, “I AM NOT HAPPY!!!”
So, I looked down at him and said, “Well, then which one are you?”
And then the fight started.....

My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. She said, “I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.”
I bought her a bathroom scale.

When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her some place expensive… so, I took her to a gas station.
And then the fight started…

After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver’s license to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later.
The woman said, “Unbutton your shirt”. So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair. She said, “That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me,” and she processed my Social Security application.
When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office.
She said, “You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability, too.”
And then the fight started…

My wife and I were sitting at a table at my school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table.
My wife asked, “Do you know her?”
“Yes,” I sighed, “She’s my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn’t been sober since.”
“My God!” says my wife, “who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?”
And then the fight started…

I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason took my order first. “I’ll have the steak, medium rare, please.”
He said, “Aren’t you worried about the mad cow?”
“Nah , she can order for herself.”
And then the fight started…

A woman was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror. She was not happy with what she saw and said to her husband, “I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.”
The husband replied, “Your eyesight’s damn near perfect.”

           and then the fight started......

Bruce Campbell is the "KING OF ALL MEN", Chuck is just his bodyguard

Just in case you are having a rough day, here is a seven step stress management technique used traditionally in Sicily. It really works!
1. Picture yourself lying on your belly on a warm rock that hangs out over a crystal clear stream.
2. Picture yourself with both your hands dangling in the cool running water.
3. Birds are sweetly singing in the cool mountain air.
4. No one knows your secret place.
5. You are in total seclusion from that hectic place called the world.
6. The soothing sound of a gentle water fall fills the air with a cascade of serenity.
7. The water is so crystal clear that you can easily make out the face of Nancy Pelosi, the person you are holding under water.

Hate and Airsoft

Get the T-shirt at

http://zombietools.net/accessories/i_dont_hate_zombies_t_shirt/

 

 

 I was doing some research online and was perusing some "real Steel" gun forums that I normally don't spend the time to read. I found it odd that the subject of how much people "hate" airsoft comes up in a lot of these online venues.

 

It started me thinking about how much the word "hate" comes up in airsoft forums also. 

I have spent 25 years walking in both camps, so maybe I am not the perfect one to understand this, but it vexes me to no end.

 

Let's start with the RS forums ( I have even read a posting on how that person hate's the term "real steel") 

 

HATE AND REAL STEEL

I have read how much they hate airsoft guns, airsoft players, airsoft accessories and just anything that has to do with airsoft in general.

 

I can understand some of their arguments, 

  if you do a Google search for a part, 90% of your 1st hits are airsoft.

 

Airsoft breaks the 1st rule of firearms safety 

(Never point a gun at something your not willing to destroy)

 

Some kid will point a airsoft gun at a cop and will get killed

Some one will use an airsoft gun to rob somebody.

They go on and on, ad nausem. Let me just give you my take on these 4.

 

1. Learn how to do a proper Google search and this will not be an issue, just as you learn how to shoot and not blow off any of your body parts, learn how to search so you don't blow your stack on a gun forum

 

2.Yes, I agree about pointing guns at people that don't need killed. but in a controlled environment this happens all the time.

LE training with simunitions, paintball games, Military training with MILES gear. When I was young we had BB gun wars and also took shotgun shells, cut out the shot and had wad fights 

(DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME)

Stupid? YES, but we grew out of that phase before anyone got hurt.

Airsoft is an extension of these endeavors, one that although can take an eye out, has not killed anyone yet

(Except in Japan)

Boys will be boys, no matter what age they are, when everyone stops playing, I don't want to be around then.

I have seen stupid crap happen at airsoft games, but I have also seen very stupid crap happen at ranges and pistol and rifle matches.

 

3. Some kid points one at a cop, his parents should be to blame, not the inanimate object. People get killed pointing cell phones at cops. If you are to young to understand that you shouldn't do this, you are too young to have a airsoft gun. If you are too stupid to understand this, then you are just too stupid to walk around anyway.

 

4. This argument first came up in 1986 when we had the first display of airsoft at the SHOT show that year, I must have heard it a thousand times, after the first day my retort became this statement, " If I could give every criminal in the US an airsoft gun free, I would, line um up, let's do it. Wouldn't you rather have them pointing a plastic pistol at you than a .32?"

I said it so much it just came out of my mouth before they had gotten half their statement out.

I have only heard one other statement used more, I used to have a knife shop and people would drag their friends in from the mall to point at a bowie and say "Now, that's a knife"  Damn Mick Dundee to hell!!!

 

HATE AND AIRSOFT 

 

You see this come up in airsoft also, I hate noobs, paintsofters, chairsofters, real milers, hi caps, box mags, sniperkids, halokids, full face masks and on and on.

These I can not even wrap my head around to understand, we were all noobs once, even if you came from Seal team six and Dick Marchino had at one time ate part of your liver to survive, you were still an airsoft noob at your 1st game.

 

Sniperkids grow up fast, only takes a game or two.

 

Paintsofters and Real millers, play at different times or different places. It's all for fun, we are not training to take over the town hall.

 

Chairsofters, I have become one lately, soon it will be wheelchairsofter, but hey, I get my own designation then. 

 

Before I start channeling Roddy King, I just want to say, 

we should all hang together, or we will certainly hang separately.

 

In the coming months we will see attacks on our sport of Airsoft, up until this point in time we flew under the radar. Now with glossy airsoft magazines on your local newsstands, 26 booths with something to do with airsoft at the SHOT show and Airsoft stores springing up in strip malls throughout the US, we are going mainstream.   

All I would like to see is us to dial back the hate, just one notch.

If they get our toy guns, it's one step away from our real ones. If they get the real one's, do you think they will let us keep our toys for long?

What do you think?