Me, doing a demo of the Strafer at the North Atlantic Airsoft expo

The Strafer

175 bb's per second or so

400FPS

Louder than hell

More fun than a bag full of weed whackers or a Hello Kitty Chain Saw

As you can see, I could not edit these to just show you how awesome the Strafer is, wish I could have cut out my ramblings, but for some reason I cant edit videos shot on my Nano with my computer, so live with it. 

Wallace from Z-Shot graciously donated the box,  

Doug from Tactical Duo Stock worked as the camera man.

Your announcer and trigger squeezer was me, in all my old, fat glory.

The Strafer was supplied by X Caliber Tactical

Goggles supplied by ESS, the only airsoft goggle used by NAFOM

Look at that cool shirt I have on, that too was supplied by X caliber in a collaborate design with yours truly.

Next month 5.11 will come out with it and claim the idea, remember where you saw it 1st.

Get your Strafer here

http://www.xcalibertactical.com/products/strafer/index.html

They are going thru them like Pelosi goes thru Botox,
better get yours now.

It's the weekend, and I want to rant

The view from right outside my office in the lair.

I have been letting this one build for a while, I have addressed it time and again on some forums. I then realize when it turns into a flame war that I need to remember my mantra, 

fighting with morons is like teaching a pig to sing, it wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

Lets start on my first rant, this one is on Airsoft suppressors.

This will usually start with a post from a new member wanting to reduce the sound of his AEG or GBB.

Some one will chime in with the fact that its not a good idea, then it will turn into a "why not",
"that sucks", "ATF sucks", "you don't know crap", " my cousin is a ATF agent and he said it was fine"
and so on and so on.

Lets boil this down to just what you need to know. If you make a device that can be removed 

( QD, screwed off etc) and it can some how be attached (tape, threads, gorilla glue etc)

to a real firearm and it reduces the sound level by just 1db
(even if it is destroyed in the process),

You have made a "NFA Firearm" and are subject to 

 a $250,000 fine, 10 years in prison, or both.

Now really, is it worth fighting about on the forums when you know what the penalty's are?

In reality, the chance of ATF busting down your door and 
flash banging mom and dad at dinner are slim. 
I do know if you get pulled over on the way to a game and the Law Enforcement officer that asks to search you car will not know all the laws. 
If you show him a solid metal tube that acts as a barrel extension, that's one thing,
if your "barrel extension" has baffling or foam, that's a lot harder to explain.

"But I asked my wife's third cousin who is a reserve sheriffs deputy 

and he said it was OK"

Here is a news flash, police officers know the laws they use the most,
they don't know all the laws, nor could they, some just wont admit it.

You will be dealing with a Federal case, something most locals want nothing to do with.

"I called ATF and they said I was fine, just do it"

This one amazes me, that someone would put in writing a legal opinion that can come back and bite them harder than a rottweiler on a ham bone.

Come on, don't you think some idiot will read this, then go out and make a can and when caught with it, give you up faster than a Strafer firers bb"s (175 per sec)?

Please, everyone ,
remember that the internet is forever,
what you say now will float around for years and
get you when you least expect it.

I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV.
I am a fool that has been around on this earth for almost 50 years
and have spent the greatest bulk of it in the Firearms industry. 

I have seen someone go to jail for "fake suppressors ", 
can I cite this with a internet link, no, it happened in 1987, 
long before I perfected the WWW you use now. ( me and AlGore)

He was a west coast competitor of mine when I was with Command post.

Back it those days, MGC company made MAC-11 Blowback guns 
( They used a cap in a brass shell to simulate firing of the gun)
if my feeble brain is still working, 
I believe he brought in 30 of the PLASTIC mac's with the cans. 
Customs seized them and ATF tested them, he went to jail for a long time for the lack of knowledge about the TOYS he was bringing in.

Bottom line on this rant

DON"T DO IT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP 
EATING CHEETOS AND PLAYING COD4

It is not worth the hassle for a little quieter gun, 
you make more noise walking than an average GBB makes anyway, 
you are not "Solid Snake" or "Sam Fisher"

Do I use cans on my guns, yes sir. Nice solid ones that wont ( maybe)
get me in trouble.

Will ATF get you? They are busy now with fools trying to blow up Pathfinders,

but you never know.

Mr Murphy shows up at the strangest times. 

So ends this rant for Saturday May 8, the year 2010

Stay tuned for more rants, reviews and genuine sillyness to come.

The above does not constitute legal advice,
I am not now nor have I ever been a bloodsucking, low down  lawyer guy
( just kidding, you guys do come in handy from time to time) 
This is just the mindless ramblings of a pre demented soul.

I am not an "expert" like most people on the internet.

Now I am going to bed, see you tomorrow. 

I have been "dark" for a few days

Do you think that this sign hangs outside a "China Clone" makers shop?

Sorry I have been remiss in my postings. 

I have been journeying thru the wilds of the great state of West Virginia attending the Mock Prison Riot that is held each year in the beautiful town of Moundsville.

Least you think that I have my tongue firmly implanted in my cheek when I say that, you would be wrong. 

It is a great show with tons of vendors,
Glock, Safariland, FN, Sage (great M14 stocks), Duostock, Foxfury Lights, X Caliber Tactical, MSA, ESS and of course, me (the main reason most people attend it each year).

It is limited to SWAT and Correction SERT teams. 52 competed this year and 1375 attendees were present.

Not much new was shown that would interest you guys,
I did hook up with a target company that is making targets just for airsoft,
they are sending a sample that I will diligently test.

This was the first year in the past 5 that I did not get sick or injured at the Riot (yaaaa)

Last year I had my foot ran over, year before dropped a 5lb co2 tank on my foot,
few years ago I was so sick I set up, went to the hotel, stayed in bed for four days
then broke down and went home.

This year was (thank god) fairly uneventful.

If you plan on going to the upcoming Airsoft event there,
give me a holler,

I have learned the best bars and foodstuffs and have a local guide on tap 

( this is, if you are over the age to consume adult beverages).

I should be back on track now, of course as always it takes me a few days of rest before I am myself again, but never fear, I will be back to "normal" soon.

I did get a new carry "Real Steel", what do you think?

See you tomorrow.

I ordered new guns from Aisa and they sent me this

At my age, what the hell am I going to do with this? Now I have to feed it until I get an RA number. I hate when they mispack stuff

Just some random thoughts that have come into my head while mowing the grass today.

Why do you have to mow grass, can't our genius scientists come up with a grass that only grows 4 inches, they breed horses that are only a foot tall.

I believe it's a conspiracy with the people at Toro, the same people that can't build a mower that last more than two seasons.

What is it with red shirts? They never get to last until the end of the show.

Good rule of thumb

I want to give a big shout out ( what the hell is a shout out? My mother used to shout out, she would come out the front door at supper time and scream "TIMMY". You could hear her voice 10 damn blocks away. No one had a cell phone, hell, I never called my friends on the phone, you just went over to their house and knocked. their mom (who was always home) would tell you if they could play or not, I was in the mall last week and thought I heard my phone ringing, I dug around for it then looked over at some 6 year old kid pull his out, What in the hell do you have to talk about on the phone at 6, that you just made a poopy? Wait a minute, where was I..............Oh ya)
to the guys reading from the Snow Storm company in Austin TX, Thanks for reading this crap. 

Here's a hint, if you take our little Thai friend out to a game, watch him close.

He is prone to screaming out his name and running into situations where angels fear to tread.
I am just saying.

After he pulls that move, listen for this

Sounds like something he would do, don't it?

To find out the history of the scream

click here

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-wilhelm-scream

or here
http://hollywoodlostandfound.net/wilhelm/

Why didn't they have a S&W M76 in I am Legend? I thought the movie was crap compared to Omega Man but if they had at least had a 76 or BAR in it, I would watch it again.

If you have not seen Omega Man, watch it, if you have seen it, watch it again,
Chucks movie was so much better than Will's.

Did you ever get ready for a game,
and just can't decide what M4 would be right for that particular game?

I have that problem all the time,
but as you can see above,
I found a way to fix it.

You have to say it with a Scottish accent to get the joke.

I will be going dark for a few days on Pic's as I replace my PC,
have to use the laptop for a while and my stash of images that I have ripped off from around the
World Wide thingy is unavailable. 

But never fear, I will post up some crap that has nothing to do with airsoft in the mean time.

Until then, stay thirsty my friends,

See you tomorrow.

An Idea, to make your Games go faster

YOU WILL OBEY THE MEDS ( minimum engagement distances) 

So, I was in the shower and had an Idea,"how can I make the sign-up and crono go faster and smoother at my local Game".

My thought was to take business size cards, print on them the field name, a number 1-500 and the statement "If lost, replacement card fee $1.00". It's best that they should get laminated also.

(A neck lanyard would be great too, they get all sweaty in the pocket and when you have 20 pockets on your 

"high speed, low drag" gear, you forget what one its in )

When a player signs up on the sheet, he is given the card that matches his sign in number line. He then goes back to the parking lot, piddles around in his trunk, shows off his new Hello Kitty camo, walks around with his new gun on a sling so everyone notices it and then makes his way over to the crono station. Now he waits in line and gets to the crono and hands over his card to the dude that runs the thing. After pulling the trigger 10 times he realizes he forgot his battery, he is given his card back and he heads back to the car. Back in line, gets back up to crono he hands in his card again and forgot his mag. Someone behind him in line loans him a mag and he shoots , (215FPS)  Now because he did turn in his card he gets a Zip tye on his gun that is the color of the weekend for guns under field limits 

If he shot over then a different color would be used and he would be informed of his MEDS.

As you exit the crono station, it would be great if you had a line painted on the grass and  orange poles set at 50 feet, 100 ft and 150ft so that he has a visual grounding on what his MED is if he shot over field limits.

After the big rush, you look for what card numbers have not been turned in yet, match it to the sign in sheet and announce the names of the players and tell them to go to crono.

After all have been thru, then just stand at the insert entrance to the field to make sure all have zip tyes.

This way, you know all have paid, cronoed and most importantly for the field owner, signed a waiver.

I am not PC and sign in 7 was my idea.

Now, if you have been doing this at your field for years then you suck, 

you should have shared it before now and not made me tax my pea brain to come up with this.

shame on you!

I think that's a little hotter than 400 FPS and where do I put the damn zip tye

See you tomorrow

H& Kock of the tech industry?

The new I AK, with proprietary user interface, white paint not added yet, it's a prototype, 

(note to steve, I do not have this at my house)

I like apple to a degree, I have some of their products and they work well.

I do hate the attitude, much like some gun companies we know.

This is funny as all get out though.

http://tv.gawker.com/5526868/jon-stewart-slams-apple-over-its-handling-of-gizmodo-case

 

I need to do a rant vid on all the Airsoft lawsuits

laugh out loud and I will see you tomorrow.

Trade Dress and airsoft, again

If they would hurry up and get here, then all this trade dress stuff would be moot

The rumors are at it again, now it's FN that is going after airsoft.

I know for a fact that H&Kock has filed lawsuits.

I can not find anywhere that Glock has filed lawsuits.
( here, I was wrong, I just found this
http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuit.asp?id=48003

It names Glock, H&K and Walther as suing parties.

This one 

http://www.rfcexpress.com/lawsuit.asp?id=48001 

Names H&K, Walther and Umarex as Plaintiffs )

I do not see where any of these cases have been settled yet,

Heckler & Koch, Inc. v. Johnson Yang
Heckler & Koch, Inc. et al v. Kenneth Chang
Heckler & Koch, Inc. v. Thomas Li
Heckler & Koch, Inc. et al v. Airsplat
Heckler & Koch, Inc. v. Dong Ying Manufacturing, Inc. et al
Heckler & Koch, Inc. et al v. Evike.com, Inc.
Heckler & Koch, Inc. v. Team S.D., Inc.
Heckler & Koch, Inc. v. Airsoft G.I.
Heckler & Koch, Inc. v. Airsoft Atlanta, Inc.
Heckler & Koch, Inc. v. BT Paintball Designs, Inc.
Heckler & Koch, Inc. v. Tippman Sports LLC et al
Heckler & Koch, Inc. v. Precision Airsoft, LLC
Heckler & Koch, Inc. v. Gamo USA, Inc. dba Aftermath Airsoft

Of course I am not a lawyer, your mileage my vary.

I will ask next week if I can get a "factory" statement as to FN's stance on this issue.

I understand why this is happening, but have stated my reasons before as to why it could be a mistake for manufactures.

Too many people take "what they heard from a rep" or something that was mentioned from someone who "knows a guy" to be fact.

It's like asking a street cop about guns, just because he carries one he is more than likely not an "expert"

I myself am far from an expert on anything, except being old, but I do have the benefit from knowing people that can sometimes get me the straight scoop. Now, will they want to go "on record" or not, I don't know. But let's give it a shot.

Until then, stay thirsty my friends

(This message brought to you by the most uninteresting man in the world)

That is the last time I listen to those guys on the forum as to what uniform color to wear to the game!

It's not Monday, but , what the heck

I know, I know, but we even need to laugh on Tuesday too.

Being an old man, I remember when this came out, I bought it on a cassette tape  (see below),

(look up what this was on your fancy winky thing) and played it to death.

Yes I am a Weird Al fan, Dr Demento and the like.

See you tomorrow.

Just found this new event, I am stoked

WOW

Just found out about this, I have been a fan of the Moundsville prison for years now. 

They put on the Mock Riot each year for the corrections community,I have shot many an airsoft BB's there,

( http://mockprisonriot.org/mpr/index.aspx) and it is a awesome facility.

I have had the opportunity to attend the Riot the past 4 years and have wanted to put on an airsoft game there myself.

I did not have the funds to do it right, 

so I am very happy to see someone better than I has stepped up to the plate.

Info here, http://www.airsoftcon.com/

Exhibit hall at Moundsville

I hope to get some info next week to share with you on this event, but for now, mark your calenders for what looks like a hell of a time.

The Wagon Gate, they used to hang prisoners from a trapdoor inside this building, very creepy

That's my old truck,This pic was taken in 2005, that razor wire looks mean!

I will keep you updated as I hear anything.

It's Monday, you know what that means,

 If "Bamby" the clown was a little late for the party, here's why.

It means another glorious week of fun, sun and AIRSOFT!

Don't you hate cheerful people, especially on Monday?

Time for a laugh, God, I could use one,

When you are down in the  dumps  and  think you have real problems,   just    remember:
SOMEWHERE    IN THIS WORLD,
THERE  IS A  POOR GUY  NAMED MR.     PELOSI...

For you that are married ( I am sorry), here's one for you,

INSTALLING A HUSBAND

A woman writes to the IT Technical support Guy

Dear Technical Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and I noticed a distinct slowdown in the overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, 

such as
Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NEWS 5.0, MONEY 3.0 and Football 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.

Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
What can I do?

Signed,

_______ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________



Reply

DEAR Madam,

First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.

Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme. Html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.
If that application works as designed, 

 Husband1.0should then automatically run the applications Jewelery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5..

However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause 

 Husband 1.0 to default to Silence 2.5 or Beer 6.1.
Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 

(it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)

In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly.
You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance.
We recommend: Cooking 3.0 and Good Looks 7.7.

Good Luck Madam!

Don't we all wish this was true 

Have a great week, I hope all your shots fly straight, you don't have any AD's and you run out of gas in your GBB right after you drop the last man in that massed charge.

See you tomorrow.