This 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider is offered as an engine-less, transmission-less rolling project. The car wears fiberglass flares, hood and trunk lid, and comes specced with modular Revolution wheels, Accusump oil accumulator, ATL fuel cell, plumbed-in fire system and more useful race-grade parts and upgrades, and though rather rough around the edges seems to be a good platform on which to build a race car. Find it here on Craigslist in Kingwood, Texas for $3,800.
This 1964 Dodge Polara is said to have all original paint and interior and has worn black plates since it was purchased new in Northern California. The seller says that the 4bbl 383 is the matching numbers unit and the 727 auto is a good match. This car has us wondering why we would ever spend any more for a Mopar. Find it here on Craigslist in Oakdale, California for $19,999.
Remington has just introduced an all-new series of “Ultimate Muzzleloaders” that promise to “raise the bar” for muzzle-loading performance. These rifles, based on Rem 700 actions, feature a new type of ignition system with a special breech plug and a primed, brass case. The magnum-primer-fitted ignition casing is pushed onto the breech plug by the bolt (see illustration below). This creates a tight gas seal for the magnum primer, allowing reliable ignition of up to 200 grains of powder. That translates to higher velocities and more energy.
Video Shows How New AMP Ignition System Works:
Remington reports: “The Ultimate Muzzleloader sets a new performance threshold with the use of a closed breech system that provides a cleaner and hotter ignition. The AMP (Accelerated Muzzleloader Performance) ignition system uses a uniquely-sized brass case with a Remington 9 ½ large magnum rifle primer that is push fed into the breech plug creating a gas seal in the flash hole of the primer (see cutaway below). The result allows the shooter to load up to 200 grains of powder for increased range, energy, and on-game performance.
Using 200 grains of Triple Seven® Pellets in combination with Barnes’ Spit-Fire T-EZTM 250-grain muzzleloader bullets, the Model 700 Ultimate Muzzleloader gives the shooter the ability to reach velocities over 2400 fps. [A 300gr bullet can travel 2200 fps with 3300 ft-lbs. of energy.]”
Remington claims its new system yields “centerfire-like performance and accuracy out of a muzzleloader” with “higher velocities, greater energy, and further effective range.” In addition, the primed casings are easier to handle in the field compared to small 209 shotshell primers. Spare primed cases can be stored in a compartment below the receiver (see below).
Two stocks are offered — a gray/brown laminated stock or a gray Bell & Carlson M40 fiberglass stock. Both versions come with a 26″ stainless barrel. On the laminated model the barrel is fitted with rifle sights front and rear. The Rem 700 muzzleloader features an adjustable X-Mark Pro trigger, factory-set at about 3.5 pounds pull weight.
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M700 Ultimate Muzzleloader – Synthetic 26-inch SS Fluted Barrel Bell & Carlson Medalist M40 Stock with Storage X-Mark Pro® Adjustable Trigger, 2.5-5 Pounds 24 Primed Cases and 24 Projectiles Ships in a Hard Case MSRP – $1295 |
M700 Ultimate Muzzleloader – Laminate 26-inch SS Fluted Barrel with Rifle Sights Laminate Stock with Primed Case Storage X-Mark Pro® Adjustable Trigger, 2.5-5 Pounds 24 Primed Cases and 24 Projectiles Ships in a Hard Case MSRP – $1295 |
It’s only fitting that the night after Danger compiled John Oliver’s finest Daily Show moments that the man himself made an unannounced visit to the program to deride fake British correspondents, let Jon Stewart in on the beauty of working for HBO, and give his new Sunday night show a nice plug over fake tea.
I don’t want to spoil any of the True Detective or Game of Thrones jokes so get to watching.
The Chinese authorities have chosen a rather unusual firearm with which to arm their police forces, a revolver that shoots 9mm. The Wall Street Journal says that several readers contacted them with doubts about the accuracy of the story due to the unusual configuration (and because journalists aren’t known for accuracy regarding firearms), but the WSJ says that the unusual design is purposeful. The move to beat cops carrying guns is a recent one, and the choice of a revolver is to minimize risks associated with introducing handguns into a society that has little experience with firearms. Also, they chose nonstandard ammunition so in the event a police weapon falls into the wrong hands, it will be more difficult to feed it. Chinese authorities are going to great lengths . . .
to make sure that the revolvers aren’t misplaced, including extensive training, signing guns in and out at the beginning and end of each shift, and even (as above) retention chains that keep the gun tethered to the officer’s belt. Officers are even trained to walk their beat with a hand rested on the weapon.
Your Lockdown of the Day™ comes from my hometown, Fort Pierce, Florida. Forest Grove Middle School and Fort Pierce Central High School were both briefly locked down and surrounded by deputies Friday after an observer spotted two boys with what was believed to be a rifle. According to the Miami Herald, deputies flooded the area, sent in a K-9 team, and flew in police aircraft overhead. A 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old boy were found, and reportedly dropped a BB gun in the woods. The older boy faces unspecified misdemeanor charges, and the younger one will be placed in a juvenile diversion program, also for unspecified reasons.
Here’s a protip: If you’re going to attempt to get rid of evidence, make sure you get rid of all the evidence. Boston police apprehended a man Wednesday night who was seen glancing “furtively” at passing cars and periodically adjusting his waistband. When he saw an unmarked drive into the area, he took off running, discarding a pistol along the way. When officers caught up to him, he was holding a magazine loaded with 10 rounds of 9mm. Officers retraced their steps and found a S&W 9mm handgun without a magazine. Kinda hard to deny it was his at that point. I know ammunition is still somewhat scarce in some areas, but be smart about it.
A 19-year-old Milwaukee man trying to buy ammunition from a seller he met online was shot Wednesday night when he went to complete the transaction. The seller turned out to be a would-be robber, and demanded money at gunpoint when he arrived. The buyer fled, and the seller fired multiple shots that struck the buyer, causing non-life threatening injury. The victim ran home and called police. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Milwaukee police recommend anyone wanting to buy ammunition from a stranger to make those transactions at their neighborhood police station.” Mmkay.
Eric & Chad from Moss Pawn & Gun dropped this yesterday, their “Top 5 Guns For The Ladies.” They say “In this video we discuss some of the best options for the ladies in our opinion. We based our choices on our experience here in the store and what our female customers are most interested in.”
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Right at the end of the day, I made it over to DS Arms, makers of excellent FAL and RPD firearms. (Alex C. will have an upcoming factory tour and review soon!). Their sales rep, Mike, kept directing my attention to his axe. Thinking it was just one of the numerous “cheap” bladed weapons hocked at the show, I dismissed it.
Mike was persistent…
It really is a bad camera. Ignore it for now and trust me that good pictures are coming!
As he should have been. That is no ordinary axe. Pay close attention to cut-outs on the weapon. It is an AR-15 armorer’s tool.
The axe includes the following:
Plus, it has a gnarly powder-coat finish. Weight is a manageable 3.2 lbs.
Preppers may buy it through DSA “soon”.
Sharps Rifle Company had a small, but significant booth. They were there primarily to focus on two products: the relia-bolt and their new cartridge, the Sharps .25-45
The Relia-bolt is an upgrade over the standard mil-spec AR-15 bolt system. Using rounded and tapered front lugs, the bolt is better able to break past fouling and debris to chamber rounds in harsh conditions.
In addition to the new lug geometry the bolt is NP3-coated (think like nickel-boron) and uses an even higher quality than mil-spec steel (S7) to make it 75% stronger.
The Relia-Bolt is covered by a lifetime warranty.
Relia-bolt with lugs clearly visible.
Awesome cut-away of the chamber of an AR-15 with the Relia-Bolt installed.
Also now shipping is Sharps .25-.45 ammunition. Developed in response to continued “shortcomings” of the 5.56 round and other substitutes, the .25-.45 Sharps increases the lethality of the AR platform. In short, it necks up a 5.56 brass to accept a .25 caliber round. The current loading pushes a 87-grain bullet 3,000 FPS out of a 20″ barrel.
Like the 300 BLK, the .25-.45 Sharps is designed to be a barrel-only replacement. Barrels are now available from Sharps with other manufacturers coming online soon. Reloading dies are also available.
The Scots have messed around with single-varietal barley expressions of Scotch for years — so why not Bourbon? Does the type of corn used to make Bourbon make a difference, too?
You’d think this kind of experiment would be performed by the brain trust at Buffalo Trace, which never stops experimenting and releasing the results of those experiments for you and I to tipple on. But this experiment is being done, oddly enough, in the state of New York, by the good folks who make the impressive Widow Jane craft Bourbon.
This is not sourced whiskey, like Widow Jane’s 7 Year Old expression, but rather whiskey distilled right in Widow Jane’s Brooklyn-based stills. Three expressions are offered, one using Wapsie Valley corn, a hybrid of American Indian corn that was farmed in Iowa. The other varietal is Bloody Butcher corn, “bred by crossing Native American seeds with settlers’ white seeds around 1800, in the Appalachian mountains.” One of the Bloody Butcher varieties is a “high rye” expression, using the same corn. (More appropriately: the other variety is a “no rye” expression.)
All three of these are young spirits. No age statements are offered, but the mashbills are detailed exactly. All three are bottled at 91.8 proof. Thoughts, as always, follow.
Prices reflect 375ml bottles (gulp).
Widow Jane Wapsie Valley Single Expression Bourbon - 60% organic Wapsie Valley corn (mixed yellow and red endosperm corn), 15% heirloom barley, 25% rye. Nutty, almost smoky, with exuberant corn notes. The body starts off a bit brash and overpowering with popcorn notes, but these settle down a bit to reveal some notes of maple syrup and honey. That intense, smoky corn character lingers. B / $115
Widow Jane Bloody Butcher Single Expression Bourbon - 85% organic Bloody Butcher corn (dark red endosperm corn), 15% heirloom barley. How to put this? Even cornier, and smokier — with a touch of that maple syrup character. While the nose is a bit rougher (85% corn will do that), the body brings on ample sweetness, like a cola syrup, up front. Racy with spice, big cinnamon notes that do a good job at massaging some of the cornier notes and the rougher edges. A- / $125
Widow Jane Bloody Butcher High Rye Bourbon - 58% organic Bloody Butcher corn (dark red endosperm corn), 15% heirloom barley, 27% rye. Similar nose as the above, perhaps a bit gentler, with graham cracker and Bit-O-Honey notes. Cleaner on the body, too, which turns toward mint in the mid-palate, but finishes on the hot and indistinct side. B+ / $135
The fight for the iron throne heats up, as the Mother of Dragons rallies her ever-growing army, the Lannisters are on the ropes, and the Wildlings descend from the North. In other words, all hell breaks loose. Premieres 4/6.
When they bust out “the helicopter,” you know it’s gonna be a long night.