Linoge reviews Exile Machine’s Hammerhead AR-15 rifle grip. A grip to make your AR California compliant.

SVI Infinity first 1,000 rounds. I have to say, that is one sharp looking gun.

’43 Colt 1911

Ugly Guns. Not sure which is worse.

Size Matters

John Lott points out the lies of Denis Henigan.

Ya know, a common theme here in the past was that they had to lie to win. Now, they’re still lying but they keep losing. How times have changed.

US Citizen decided to take a trip to Alaska to help out Joe Miller’s campaign.

Some of these are pretty cool.

Video shows a whale jumping out of the water and hitting a boat.

Congrats:

A Chicago man will likely soon have a gun weeks after winning his fight for the right to own one.

Otis McDonald, 76, went to Chicago Police Department headquarters Monday morning to request a firearms permit.

Gunny sorts used to make fun of the restriction on bayonet lugs during the Assault Weapons Ban by pointing out that drive-by stabbings weren’t really an issue. Apparently, they do happen.

Mike’s Holsters is having a contest.

I have one of his holsters and like it a lot.

Shooting Illustrated: Build Your Own AR—Part I: The Lower

David Codrea reports that reader, commentator and all around contrarian Straightarrow passed away last week. My thoughts are with his family and he will be missed.

Rest in peace, Charles.

Lots of pics at NRA Blog.

Sounds tasty.

A good read.

How they count members.

And they’re they taking the Amway approach to fundraising.

A look at how gun registration is going in the windy city. My favorite:

Believe it or not, we are trying to make registering handguns in Chicago as easy as possible

Pics and a report from the SC Military Museum.

And here’s a report from the NC Museum History.

Via insty, Congressman introduces resolution to protect citizens who videotape cops.

Robb has made one.

How did Benton’s bacon become a craze?

Browning Hi Power with stock.

VZ grips

B.A.D.

If you’re a redneck like me, odds are you’ve had these while tailgating or from a street vendor in the mountains. But our yankee friends probably haven’t had them. They’re tasty and easy to make. Most folks just do this with salt and water. I like to kick it up a little bit. Assemble ingredients:

From Home Life

Green peanuts, unsalted
Chicken stock or bullion works
Beer
Kosher or sea salt
Creole seasoning

This is a small batch. Usually, over a campfire, do five pounds or so. But it’s hot out (105 currently), so I won’t be starting a fire. And I’m just cooking for the family.

Crack open a beer and have some if you want. Then get another and poor in a large pot. Add peanuts. Add about two cups of chicken stock then fill the pot half way with water. The nuts float so you can’t really cover them completely. Add 1/4 cup of salt and three or so tablespoons of Creole seasoning:

From Home Life

Boil for three hours. Taste the stock mixture occasionally to see if you need to add salt or anything else. And add water or beer as needed. When done, let cool. You’re not eating the shells, though. Just crack open and enjoy.

Now, I must wait for three hours.

Pretty awesome pic.

Anchorage police officer tasers a wayward bear.

For German troops.

Awesome.

So you know, their new blog called RackAttack has nothing to do with boobies. Disappointing. But still cool that they’re blogging.

They chat with someone you may know.

I’m hearing all kinds of things. Like:

We’re less manly because women take birth control and their pee gets in our water and that shrinks our dudes.

That it’s not so much we’re less manly but women are doing more and therefore are more manly than they were.

And so on.

But TennGoodBoy wins with:

What kinda men sit around and analyze what is manly? Oh, I know. Girly Men…

Heh.

Thanks all for the various responses and emails to my camera bleg. We decided on the Nikon D5000 and we snagged a zoom lense to go with it. I’m not much of a photographer but it works quite well for the 15 minutes I managed to play with it. It snaps pictures really quick, which is what I wanted. So far, so good.

And, regarding my multi-tool bleg, I snagged another Skeletool. I like them a lot because, unlike other multi-tools I’d keep in the car, it’s light enough to carry in a pocket. This time, though, I got the one with partially serrated blade. Seems more practical.