The extended weekend put me a bit ouf of rythm, what little I have, when it comes to blog posting, so here’s a meta update:
It looks like Hornady is now offering their LEVERevolution ammo in .357 magnum and .44 magnum rounds. I like that. I’m not sure why exactly, but I like that. I suppose for me all it means is that they’re now tooled up to make .357 magnum bullets with the LEVERevolution tip in them and that might eventually result in some handloaders getting hold of them, and that might eventually result in some really interesting hunting rounds. To further confound you I don’t hunt, so I’m not sure why I’m interested in a new load for a .357 LEVERevolution round but some part of my inner geek just wants to see it happen because it could.
On the other hand I regard my .357 Marlin 1894C lever gun as a great carbine for home defense, but I consider it a 25-50 yard rifle because I’ve never felt I had any reason to take it out to the 150-200 yard range. Perhaps with proper ammo I could do that, and then the thing would turn into my “do all” rifle.
The whole Heller v. DC rhetoric is picking up across the blog world. The anti-gun crowd seems to be shitting their pants while the pro-gun crowd sits and wonder where we’re going next after this is ruled in our favor. Just today I read a piece (no link handy) by Mike Cox, Michigan’s own Attorney General, that argued strongly in favor of the individual rights model. I’m obviously biased, but it seems that anybody with a modicum of legal authority is predicting an indvidual rights outcome. Good. It’s about damned time.
I hit the local Dunham’s on Black Friday looking for some good gun deals. I was most interested in the WASR-2 that they had for $199. Unfortunately it was the single-stack version (10 rounds only) and it came with the thumbhole stock. That’s just not worth it to me.
Speaking of deals, I’ve noticed that local Meijer stations are kicking off some really good deals with regards to Remington ammo. It’s all about 33% off right now. I’m not sure why, though I do suspect that they’re trimming back the amount of gun stuff that they have in their stores. However the optimist in me just assumes it’s a deal to get hunters in the store during deer season. I hope for the later, but presume the former. I snagged about 55 round of #3 buck in 20 gauge this week because of the deal they had on it. That and I found out that I’m getting back my Saiga 20 gauge! Wooo!
I lent that thing out 3 years ago to a buddy and eventually assumed I’d never get it back. Well, he’s moving, he’s giving it back, and now I’m amped. I can’t wait to put some #3 buck through it and see what it does. I might replace my 870 for the Home Defense gun quite quickly.
