March 2010 - Argghhh! - The Network of Care

Probably the last post on the M6

But I dunno, you guys keep asking questions... As Casey observed, it is a top-break weapon. And between that picture above and this one, you can determine how barrel selection is made - i.e., how you choose which barrel you are shooting from when you (literally, on this weapon) squeeze the trigger. Exactly how, I'll leave to you to deduce from the two pictures....

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 5:59 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Gun Pics, Rifles

Ready For Aqua-Zombies

If brain-ravenous zombies ever develop gills, it is good to know that your .45 ACP does cycle underwater.

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 5:48 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Pistols

Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 2 March

There are eighteen Medals awarded for actions on this day. Seventeen split between two Civil War battles, and one from Vietnam. One award was posthumous.Civil War. Three sailors from the Fort Hindman, and fourteen soldiers who apparently were playing "Capture the Flag" at the battle of Waynesboro, Virginia, in 1865, where Union Generals Phil Sheridan and George Custer destroyed the remnants of Confederate General Jubal Early's force.ANDERSON, CHARLES W. Rank and organization: Private...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 5:26 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Medal of Honor

From the Front: 03/01/2010

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 8:15 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Global War on Terror (GWOT)

Rifle, Survival, M6

Regarding the previous whatziss... you were right, and you were wrong, those of you who said it was an M6 survival rifle. You were wrong, those of you who said it was one of the more recently manufactured clones, but hey, you couldn't have known.You are all to be forgiven in that regard, since this rifle is in fact a variant rifle, of the type characterized by the "FrankEnfAusers"... the Turkish Mauser barrelled, Enfield receivered, and mixed stock rifles.This double-gun started life...

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 5:56 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Gun Pr0n - A Naughty Expose' of the fiddly bits, Rifles

Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 1 March

There is only one Medal awarded for actions on this day, during Vietnam, and it was posthumous.Vietnam. An iconic form of self-sacrifice for the modern era.*BRUCE, DANIEL D. Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Headquarters and Service Company, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Place and date: Fire Support Base Tomahawk, Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam, 1 March 1969. Entered service at: Chicago, 111. Born: 18 May 1950, Michigan City, Ind. Citation:...

Published Mon, Mar 01 2010 2:10 AM by Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..

Filed under: Historical Stuff, Medal of Honor

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