01 Oct 08
On 223/5.56mm chamber dimensions, from a respected colleague:
"In a 'match' barrel and chamber, tested with 'match' ammunition through a "match' rifle, group size is nearly identical with the sameammunition fired through a plain-vanilla, utility rifle with a stock, 5.56mm NATO chamber (with ample freebore). The difference is miniscule and of interest only to the most tedious and anal of target shooters.
Who claim the 5.56 NATO chamber is 'inaccurate' are incorrect. It is the ammunition, in nearly every instance.
When you want a bench-rest rifle with exact chamber dimensions to match the length of the bullet seat you're using, great, but it will be useful for masturbation and little else.
On the other hand, when you want a rifle that is designed for, and immanently suited to, serious fighting, get one with a 5.56mm NATO chamber!
My opinion based on much review and painful experience!"
Comment: Once again, tight guns and serious use don't mix! When you buy a gun, ask yourself, "What is it for?" Is it for impressing your friends, or impressing your enemies?
A single gun will not suffice for both purposes. It needs to be one way or the other. Again, chose your seat and sit down!
/John
01 Oct 08
New "Go-Bag"
I'm currently testing a new go-bag, made by my long-time friend and colleague, Dan Abbot, from Oregon Firearms Academy. It's the WASP (Weapon-Accessible Survival Pack).
It is made exclusively for OFA, in the USA, and sold through _www.ofagear.com_ (http://www.ofagear.com)
It is a well-organized backpack. My copy is currently carrying my RA/XCR (223) with the stock folded and a dozen 30-round magazines. In addition Ihave a pistol SA/XD and several magazines. There is still room for IBDs, MRE, water bottles, a Leatherman Tool, et al.
It can be thrown on quickly and become instantly mobile, without tying up your hands.
It is a great idea. My copy is in my car-vault, ready to activate.
Recommended!
/John
01 Oct 08
Don't confuse occasional miraculous outcomes with good tactics!
Even the best poker players don't win every hand. They don't even win the majority of hands. But, at the end of the evening, they've always managed to accumulate the most money, while lesser players uncomfortably enumerate their losses!
Solid, competent play, like proficient fighting, doesn't always look masterful, as movies on the subject would have us believe. Even masterful play sometimes looks clumsy, and, conversely, even the poorest of players will, now and then, in spite of themselves, get lucky and win a hand!
Still, expert play will, in the long run, generate superior long-term results. Only the shallow and self-centered focus on occasional, arrhythmic " miracles." Among poker players it is called "resulting," and it inexorably leads, by a short route, to financial calamity.
Winning and losing are intrinsic to every game. Accomplished players focus on consistently solid play and long-term, commutative outcomes. Poor players charge windmills!
/John
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