Damnit. I sling up my first post in almost a week and I mention that nobody booed McCain’s speech.

Two minutes later this pops up in my RSS reader:

Over the years, I haven’t agreed with the NRA on every issue. I have supported efforts to have NICS background checks apply to gun sales at gun shows. I recognize that gun shows are enjoyed by millions of law-abiding Americans. I do not support efforts by those who seek to regulate them out of existence. But I believe an accurate, fair and instant background check at guns shows is a reasonable requirement. I also oppose efforts to require federal regulation of all private sales such as the transfer between a father and son or husband and wife. I supported campaign finance reform because I strongly believed our system of financing campaigns was influencing elected officials to put the interests of “soft money” donors ahead of the public interest.

It was at this point, early in his speech, that a slow but steady trickle of people started leaving the venue. He had lost our interest. John McCain’s determination to do away with the private sale of firearms is unacceptable. Yes David, no one booed. Honestly now, would you have? This was not a crowd of liberal college students bent on making a disturbance, but a crowd of good and decent Americans. They offered up polite applause and stood when he was done. They clapped again when he came back on stage, it was the polite thing to do.

Emphasis mine, just to draw your attention to it.

Yeah, that was definitely the polite and mature way to handle it.

Sqeaky has some photos of those there.

John Snow was badgered by Michael Bane long enough to make him wander over to the Bushmaster booth and see their prototype AR in .338 Lapua He says a version in .416 Rigby is also in the works. I suspect we’ll see a Remington branded version in a year or two.

Speaking of Remington, they announced their R-25 line recently. It’s an AR-10 done up in camo for the hunting crowd chambered in .308, .243, and 7mm-08.

Don’t room with SayUncle: he might make you blog from the bathroom.

Caleb has a 63 second teaser trailer up as well as some gun porn. The forend mounted Taser on a Taser shotgun seems a bit odd to me too. Seems like a rubber bayonet would be more fitting.

McCain gave a speech, and like David Codrea I wonder: And not one person “Booed”? Seriously? They guy calls for an end to private transfer of guns at an NRA convention and he gets a standing ovation? Ugh.

I hope I can make it there next year.

It happened again.

A few years back S&W started shipping their revolvers with an internal lock. You use a special key to engage and disengage it. It seems simple enough but every now and again you see reports one just locking itself while firing. Every one that I’ve heard of has occurred in a small, lightweight, magnum caliber pistol. This one is no exception.

Robb has it.

Two months ago I got a new guide rod for my 1911. I finally got it to the range on Sunday and sure enough, it works perfectly.

The same can’t be said for the loose nut behind the grip though. Holy crap have I got some trigger control issues.

In related news I sat on this little upgrade for two whole months without taking it to the range that’s two whole minutes from my house.