Daily Archives: June 18, 2007

A day late

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June 18, 2007

and a dollar short, but since I called Father of Ahab yesterday I don’t feel too bad. Thanks for letting me shoot that P7 when I was eight, thanks for buying me that Crossman Air rifle a little later. I wonder if you had any idea what you had started when you did that....
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Martial arts

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June 18, 2007

A conversation at my other internet home someone devolved into a debate about martial arts; which for anyone not in the MA community is rather similar to the debate between 1911 cultists enthusiasts and rabid equally enthusiastic Glock fans. I believe that the actual debate was on the merits of point-sparring (disparagingly referred to...
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Smaller, lighter, faster

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June 18, 2007

It seems that trend in automatic weapons continues to be smaller, lighter, and faster. You could (convincingly) argue that this was started with the introduction of the 5.56 NATO as the standard service round, and continued in handguns with the adoption of the 9mm. The latest and greatest in the smaller-lighter-faster club seem to...
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