Gun & Prepping News #36

Just some gun and prepping related links that I thought interesting or useful: 

VIDEO: "How to STOP a DOG ATTACK in 3 Seconds - GUARANTEED!"
American Standard Dog Training (16 min.)

This video goes over different methods of stopping a dog attack that all relate to a method of choking the dog without permanently harming the animal. He begins the video with some self-promotion and discussion of some techniques that don't work. At the 6:20 mark, though, he starts going over the techniques. If you have studied methods for choking out a person, you will instantly understand how and why each of these work. 

• Be sure to check out Greg's Active Response Training Weekend Knowledge Dump from this past Friday. Links to articles on various firearm and self-defense topics including some "secrets" of shooting by Clint Smith, lasers versus red dots on handguns, a guide on surviving violent crowds, a link to an archive of nuclear survival resources, a look at after-market magazines for handguns, and a couple articles on revolvers, and more.
• "Shoot and Scoot: A Day in the Life of a Blackwater Mercenary"--Athlon Outdoors. This piece is adapted from the book Guns, Girls, and Greed: I was a Blackwater Mercenary in Iraq by Morgan Lerette. The vignette recounted involves trying to move through traffic on the author's first mission "outside the wire". 
• "Police sound alarm on dangerous 'jugging' robbery trend sweeping across America"--Fox News. In case you don't know, "jugging" is a form of robbery where the robbers case someplace like an ATM watching for people making large withdrawals, then follow them to another less public location (e.g., the victim's home or office) and rob them when getting out of the vehicle or otherwise more vulnerable. 
• "Practicing with a Snub Revolver"--Tactical Professor.  Some of the author's favorite snub revolver course of fires to use for practice and training.
• Speaking of snubbies: "Charter Arms Coyote .380 Revolver"--The Truth About Guns. This is a 5-shot, short barreled revolver using, as the title indicates, .380 ammunition. The ammo fits into a moon-clip to allow for easy extraction. Why something in .380? The author explains:

    I know what you’re thinking: why a .380 ACP revolver? Well, it sounds weird at first, but it makes some sense when you think about it. With a .38 Special you lose a lot of velocity out a short barrel. Sure, there are loads specifically designed for short barrels, but they’re generally more expensive and not always readily available. Plus, the .38 out of a light, short-barrel revolver with a small grip can be pretty snappy.

    The .380 ACP, on the other hand, is made for use out of short barrels.

    Any .380 ammo you pick up is going to work fine out of a 2-inch barrel. Any .380 defense loads is already optimized for a short barrel, too. Recoil is less with a .380 ACP than most any .38 load as well. On top of that, Charter Arms has added porting to the barrel of the Coyote to further mitigate recoil. 

Of course, if the manufacturers shortened the frame and length of the cylinder to match, it would make even more sense. The old .38 S&W pocket revolvers had smaller frames and shorter cylinders than the J-frames (and similar) of today because the .38 S&W case is the same length as the 9x19mm case. Thus, the same size of revolver would probably work quite well with the slightly shorter .380 case. 

• "A Beginner Tries NRL Hunter, Part 1: Background And Preparation"--The Firearm Blog.  Although there are other long range rifle competitions out there, the National Rifle League is intended to a be a more "practical" competition to mimic long range hunting and the equipment that you would use in that role.
• "How The .223 Remington Became The Modern .30-30"--The Firearm Blog. The author notes that the .30-30 long reigned supreme as a "general purpose" cartridge capable of hunting small and medium game (being especially popular for white tail deer in the Eastern U.S.) and argues that the .223 is now filling that role: good for home defense or taking deer at the same ranges as the .30-30 was used. 
• I wonder if this is in response to the lawsuits against Sig over the Sig 320 pistol: "Ruger Adds Two Manual Safety Variants to LCP MAX Line"--The Firearm Blog.  One of the models simply adds a manual safety while the other has both a manual safety and a magazine disconnect safety.
• "Lipsey’s Exclusive S&W Model 629 Mountain Gun"--Revolver Guy.  S&W occasionally releases limited runs of of the "Mountain Gun"--.44 Magnum revolvers with a 4-inch tapered barrel and some other metal work to make the gun a bit lighter, better looking, and easier to operate. This latest version is coming through Lipsey and will be a version without a "Hillary Hole" locking mechanism. This article goes over some of the other differences between this version and earlier versions, the most significant (other than the absence of the internal lock) being a different front sight using a brass insert and walnut stocks (grips). The author notes that the original Mountain Gun model was intended to shoot bullets weighing between 240 and 280 grains, and apparently this model is set up for the same; and, as I gather from the article, seemed to work very well with loads producing muzzle velocities of just under 1,100 fps using 240 grain bullets, although he tested both more powerful and milder loads. 
• "The Rimfire Report: The FRW Taquito 22 - The Silent Sizzle of 22LR"--The Firearm Blog.  A review of a $300 suppressor for the .22 LR. Unlike some of its wholly aluminum competitors, it uses some steel parts to make maintenance easier. 

Paul Fletcher recommends cleaning the aluminum components with some soapy water and an old toothbrush and avoiding any harsh chemicals. The 17-4 stainless blast baffle is okay to put into a suppressor cleaning solution or ultrasonic cleaner if you wish. The blast baffle and tube by far are the easiest pieces to clean, with the first K baffle and end cap being the most difficult due to those two pieces getting blasted with the most debris. 

• "Weapon Lights for SHTF Survival Rifle Setups"--Ammo Land.  This article begins with a discussion of candela versus lumens, recommendations as to battery options, mounting and activation options, and options for IR (if you have night vision equipment). He then gives a quick comparison between 4 different models he has tested. 
• "Is the Cyelee CAT0 Worth $150?"--The Truth About Guns. A review of a low-cost red dot pistol sight. For the price, its a bare-bones optic, but the review appeared to otherwise be mostly positive. For what its worth, it offers shake-awake technology but seems to otherwise offer only manual settings to adjust the dot brightness. 
• "Armasight Sidekick 640 Mini Thermal Monocular: Power In the Palm Of Your Hand"--Recoil (warning: sounds starts automatically).  This is a $3,000 monocular intended for short and medium distances. The author notes: "In almost every way, the Armasight Sidekick 640 is a smaller, lighter, closer range version of the new Warden 640 monocular. But one major benefit of the Sidekick is the ability to mount it on headsets or helmets for hands-free use."
• "FISHING 101: Worms & Bobbers"--Athlon Outdoors. A review of the type of bobbers and how to use them. The author also discusses setting an earthworm as bait. 
• "Can speed beat drones on the battlefield?"--Bayou Renaissance Man. Like it or not, drones are going to have to be taken into consideration in a post-SHTF environment. I don't know if that means having to combat drones carrying munitions, but at least for surveillance and counter-surveillance. In any event, Peter Grant examines reports from the Russian-Ukraine War about a new tactic being used by the Russians: putting their men on motorcycles in the hopes that speed offered by the bikes will prove a defense against drones. It appears to have some success, with Grant quoting from an article: "Motorbikes can travel roughly 45mph across harsh terrain, while small first-person-view drones move at more than double that speed. But the drones have to get from their base to the battlefield, by which time the riders have enough time to reach the [Ukrainian] trenches." 
• "A Beginner’s Guide to Bushcraft"--Outdoor Life (via Get Pocket). Moving beyond just surviving in the wilderness to actually being able to subsist in the wilderness. The author notes that the basic bushcraft skills include:

•     Finding and purifying water
•     Fire-making
•     Foraging
•     Hunting with primitive weapons
•     Trapping with hand-made snares
•     Knot-tying
•     Navigating
•     Shelter-building
•     Using and making hand tools 

Although the specifics will need to be adapted to your specific environment. 

 

“In an area where you don’t have 365 days of sunshine, shelter and fires can be really important,” Knoke says. “In the Southern states, it’s [all about] getting water.” 

 

It discusses a few points in greater detail and includes links to a couple videos on specific skills. 

• "Ninth Circuit Panel Unanimously Affirms Second Amendment Foundation Win Against California Gun Rationing"--Breitbart. Basically, the 9th Circuit has affirmed a lower court ruling that California's "one gun a month" restriction was unconstitutional.