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Sunday, April 11. 2010Ahhhh zombies two blocks down (i.e. my Remington 700)
I can't believe I forgot to post about this! This is a rifle I inherited from my grandfather back last July that he didn't need anymore. He's had it for well over 15 years and had used it to hunt deer with in Vermont. This is a Remington 700 bolt action rifle that holds 4+1 rounds in the internal magazine firing the .270 Winchester round (12ga, 20ga, .270 Win, 9mm comparison). The lighter 130 grain rounds are meant for hunting deer, but the larger 150 grain (that you can buy at Wal-Mart in FL...) is meant for hunting MOOSE!!! This rifle is zeroed in for 200 yards and reliable out to 500 yards range wise, so you zombies in my neighbors garden two blocks down, beware!
So it's a 15 year old gun however and I'm not a big fan of "hunter" looking guns with wood stocks. I plan to upgrade various parts of it to turn it into more of a tactical sniper rifle. A new Knoxx Axiom recoil reduction pistol grip stock to replace the wood shoulder stock, a new 10 round detachable magazine to replace the 4 round interior magazine, front mount bi-pod (already attached), and a multi-magnification high powered powered scope. Should look and be rather pimp after that.
Sunday, May 17. 2009Ahhhh zombies in our garden! (i.e. my carbine)
So I love shooting rifles since I've always been far more accurate with them and enjoy firing them more as well. I debated a larger caliber like the 223 or 308 but that meant going with a AR or AK style weapon which I've never been a big fan of their designs. So I decided to go with a 9mm since they cost a quarter of the cost of a AR-15 and the ammo is significantly cheaper (well when we're not in the middle of an ammo shortage it is...). The non-AR 9mm carbine market isn't all that large but I decided on the Kel-Tec SUB-2000 which actually uses Glock magazines so I can share between the carbine and the pistol and I only have to stock one type of ammo as well which is hard enough to do right now. It also folds in half allowing it to store in a compact 16" area which is the length of the barrel. Also thanks to the military spec Glock 18 there are official 33 round 9mm magazines I can use which helps put it on par with the AR/AK weapons. It doesn't have the range or penetration of a 223 round, but in my opinion that's what a nice full sized rifle is for.
 
Sunday, May 17. 2009Ahhhh zombies in my kitchen! (i.e. my Glock)
As I mentioned before we were at the gun show about 2 months ago stimulating the economy with our tax return. I was looking to get a pistol or a 9mm carbine (larger than a pistol but smaller than a rifle) and ended up getting both. Worked out a pretty god deal buying all 3 at once (the JenCannon too). I was debating between the Glock 9mm (17 or 19) and the Springfield-Armory XD9. I really like the features of the XD9 over the Glock, but the Glock won out because of magazine compatibility with the carbine I ended up getting. I've always like the polymer Glock designs so I was still more than happy to go with the Glock 9m 19 I ended up getting. It comes with two 15 round magazines and I picked up two 17 round ones at the show. I also picked up 3 Glock official 33 round magazines mainly for the carbine but they of course work in the Glock as well as you can see from the 2nd picture below.
 
Sunday, May 17. 2009The JenCannon, popping zombies heads! (i.e. Jen's .357 Magnum)
So we went to the gun show about 2 months ago looking to pick up some guns for me and Jen decided she wanted to get something herself as well. She ended up getting a Tauras Tracker 627 with a 4" barrel. This is a .357 Magnum 7 shot revolver she plans to shoot .38 Special rounds from. She wanted a large barrel revolver because the weight helps keeps the gun from recoiling as much making a much more stable shooting platform for her being a 5' tall woman. Which is also where the name then comes from cause it's a huge gun in her tinny hands, viola the JenCannon. It makes a pretty big bang with the .357 rounds, but with the .38 it's a lot more female friendly. I got her a nice pink case for it she loves. She enjoys shooting it and has gotten pretty good with it, my mother shot it and enjoyed it as well.
Tuesday, March 10. 2009You are not welcome here zombies! (i.e. my shotgun)I finally finished modifying my new shotgun the other night. I had gotten a Mossberg 500 12ga 8 shot about June last year primarily for home defense and secondly for Zombie defense. We don't have a hurricane/fallout plan/kit we have a Zombie preparedness one instead. :D I finished replacing the standard stock with the pistol grip stock made by Mossberg. 
I also added a 130 lumen LED flashlight. I had decided to get the larger capacity 8 shot instead of the normal 6 shot so it has the extended and apparently thicker magazine tube. This of course meant the weaver attachment to fit on the magazine tube was too small, so I modified it by bending it and getting some larger screws. It looks a little odd but it's secure. I picked up a 50 round bandolier and a 150 round dry box that's filled right now. I need to pick up another dry box to keep the filled bandolier in and some extra Hornady TAP rounds in. Trying to find a nicely sized 'hurricane' box to store various other items in as well. Large 15" chemical light sticks, MREs, misc survival items, etc. 
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