My thoughts on Rifles

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I am not a hunter, in my younger years I went Deer hunting with my Father but I refused to shoot a Deer, he had no choice but to accept that my interests lie else where. I have always owned many rifles but my rifles were for other purposes. In the 1950 era the Winchester model 70 was king. I never even knew anyone personally that ever bought a Remington high powered Rifle. Marlin was always a very popular rifle, I remember when they came out with micro groove rifling, that was a very long time ago.


I have always wanted a rifle for protection of life and property. I always bought the best optics that I could afford. I remember buying an M1 Carbine from the Government for about $17.00 , Years ago it was possible to buy rifles from the Government like 1903 Springfield rifles, mine was made by Smith Corona . I had it fitted with a Bishop stock and had it customized. I never shot it much but I was glad to have owned it.


The rifles that I like are mostly ones that can be used for home defense such as a small AR 15 or an HK 93 with a collapsible stock. The HK was on the heavy side but it was very well made. The old UZI model A or B was another favorite of mine as I had never a thought about using any rifle for hunting as a sport. I personally have no interest in serious sport hunting of any kind, my only interest is self defense weapons of all kinds. In todays current market of available AR 15's, I think that a Bushmaster is the best buy for the money. They are a good solid performer. I like to bake a moly coat on the bolt carrier or just use ceramics, either type coating will cut down the friction and improve reliability.


The Bolt carrier in an AR will be much easier to clean if it has a somewhat permanent coating of moly or ceramics. Nothing in reality can ever be said to be permanent when metal grinds on metal some coatings will show scrape or grind marks but there is no way to prevent this. I have a Remington 700 that I airbrushed a moly coat on the entire bolt and it did smooth out the operation of the locking and unlocking of the bolt. For those that use an AR 15 there are different type springs available that most of you are not aware of, ISMI make these buffer type chrome silicon alloy wire springs and they may sell them thru another company. I am not positive if ISMI sells these direct. This is a very superbly made spring.


Keep in mind that the buffer spring in a Colt CAR (shorty) rifle uses a buffer spring that is 2.5 coils shorter than the full size AR 15. Its more difficult to bore sight a rifle like an AR 15 because you must align everything up so much higher. I think the best solution they have come up with is a 223 bullet that has a laser in it which is used specifically for bore sighting one of these assault rifles. As for optics, do not ever look for a bargain, the optics are more important than anything. I probably own at least a dozen quality scopes of all kinds. I remember the old weaver scope that I used in the 1950's era, you could barely see the cross hairs and they would fog up on you.


The military had this problem it Viet Nam, the scopes were sometimes taken off at nite and put in some kind of heated box that prevented humidity. I do not remember them having nitrogen filled scopes with tight O ring seals. I had a long discussion about this with Mr. Bobby Sherrill who was a military friend of Carlos Hathcock, they worked as a team at times.
They had plenty of problems with scopes of that era, today you can buy the finest scopes this world has to offer. The 308 winchester cartridge was never popular in the 50's as it is today. It has proved to be a very accurate caliber.


I sincerely advise every american that they should own a 22 caliber rimfire rifle. It is one of the very best investments you will ever make. You will be able to protect your family and your property in an emergency. Do not sell a 22 long rifle bullet short, when used in a good rifle with good optics its a real killer. Try shooting a full unopened can of coke or pepsi using a CCI Stinger bullet using a rifle with an 18 or 20 inch barrel and you will see how destructive that tiny bullet really is. I suggest that a person buy a Ruger 10/22 or a Remington 597 or one of the Marlin rifles. I have never had one malfunction using a Ruger 22 rimfire rifle chambered in 22 long rifle. This is awful good advice I am giving you. It will not cost you that much to buy one of those Ruger rifles. If trouble and hard times come you will be very glad you listened to me but of course don't forget the ammo.


I have a Ruger 10/22 with a match grade barrel and a very good scope on it and it is far more accurate than I am. At 50 yards a group the size of a dime is very possible. At my age maybe a quarter. I am going to do a commentary on 22 caliber rimfire ammunition. The bullets are coated with wax and when these rimfire guns build up wax and dirt you have a jam in the making so just keep it clean and your problem is solved. I honestly believe that every serious person must own a 22 caliber rifle of your choice, hell most of you spend more money on ordinary vices in a month than this rifle would cost you.


I have always owned a shotgun, at one time I had a 16 gauge. I only use a 12 gauge at this point in time. I still like steel receivers but most shotguns have aluminum receivers. There are 2 shotguns I know of that have steel receivers, one is a Remington 870 and the other is an Ithaca. They both work very well as do the aluminum models like the Mossbergs. You do not have to spend a fortune for a decent riot type shot gun, the one I have holds about 8 shells. Remington has shotgun shells that I like to buy in #00 buck that has nickle plated shot. It is harder than pure lead and will penetrate better, I suggest you look into this. I remember buying S&W brand shotgun shells at a police supply that were sabot shaped slugs. They were very devastating for the purpose intended. Most of you do not know that S&W had (past tense, a long time ago) an extensive line of ammunition sold in their traditional blue box with the S&W logo on it.


To sum up, I am going to tell you a true personal story, When I was a young guy I lived in my Father and Mothers house and one night, in the dead of night some guy came to the front door and started to beat the door and was screaming that he wanted his wife to come out. I am telling you his wife was not in our house. Needless to say he woke us all up and my folks got very upset, I put them in another room and I went to the door in the dark, I had my 30 caliber carbine in my hand loaded with a 30 round magazine. It was too dark he could not see the rifle. When I opened the door I tried to explain to this man who was really drunk that his wife was not in our house. I was 2 feet from him and he persisted, I told him one last time that he was at the wrong house, I got no where so in the dead of night I jacked a bullet into the chamber of that M1 carbine and it had a chilling effect on this drunk instantly. He looked at me and said "I AM SORRY, I THINK I HAVE THE WRONG HOUSE" He could not leave fast enough and was gone in seconds. This is a true story.


AUTHORS PERSONAL NOTATION:
This commentary as well as all my previous commentaries are my personal opinion and my personal viewpoint only. The story I have told you is fact.


Teddy Jacobson / Pistolsmith - (semi retired)
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