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Guns > Thursday Gun Links #7

The big news this week was in Washington, and bloggers were all over it, especially Geek With a .45, Publicola, and SayUncle.

Jeff has the weekly check on anti-gun bias, with special coverage of the action on Capitol Hill.

TriggerFinger wraps up the sequence of events in the Senate on Monday. Hat tip to SayUncle.

Wendy McElroy examines the claims of the "Million Mom March" and finds that their claims are as exaggerated as their name.

Dave Kopel reviews the history of the dim-witted controversy over "cop killer" bullets that hadn't killed any cops.

Flashbunny is an addictive site for gun lovers. Via Rebel Yell.

Kim du Toit notes that the legendary Dodge City of the Old West was safer than many cities today. The Ludwig von Mises Institute report is here, and makes for fascinating reading. Hollywood and history tell two different stories.

Smallest Minority fisks an account of a parent concerned about her sons playing with toy guns.

Technique

Interesting tip for making a pistol slide easier to rack: "Assume you shoot with your right hand (reverse if not so). Hold the gun pointing down, finger off trigger, with your right hand. Grasp the slide with your left hand. Extend both arms out (downward), and lock your elbows with your hands side-by-side. Now pivot your shoulders so that you drop your right shoulder pushing the gun down while simultaneously raising your left shoulder pulling the slide up. When the slide is all the way back, let it go. You get a lot of mechanical advantage this way, and you need very little arm strength to make it work."

Also from the S&W Forum: modified Mexican carry for snubnose revolvers.

Great tips on cold bluing from Smith &Wesson Forum. Brownell's Oxpho Blue seems to be the favorite, and preparation seems to be the key.

If you have any interest in Smith &Wessons, the Smith &Wesson Forum is indispendable. Nice bunch of guys, too.

Russian Military Rifles

The Commissar is spreading propaganda about the superiority of Mother Russia's AK-47.

I was in a local gun shop yesterday that had a stack of surplus Mosin-Nagant, bolt-action, 7.62 x 54 mm rifles with bayonets and accessories for $98. I'm sorely tempted to get one, even though the price is a little high. Any advice?

Here's a page devoted to the rifle. Aztec Guns sells the rifles for as little as $49 plus shipping and transfer fees.

Legendary Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev - the subject of the Jude Law/Ed Harris movie, Enemy at the Gates - used a Mosin-Nagant. According to the nitpickers, posters for the movie showed the rifle in a mirror image that put the bolt on the left side. There were many errors in the film itself, but I didn't notice them and liked the movie, anyway.

Site of the Week - SurplusRifle.com

SurplusRifle is an amazing resource for military collectors and shooters. They have information on dozens of rifles, including history, disassembly, maintenance, sighting, and more. The downloads section offers movies and PDFs on the same topics, as well as refinishing and rebluing.

Picture of the Week

Speaking of the Mosin-Nagant, here are a few of the variants. The picture comes from Mosin-Nagant.net.

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