…and more Americans started packing heat:
Last fall, I wrote about a surprising trend: gun sales have skyrocketed since Barack Obama became president. During that time, the stock of gunmaker Sturm Ruger (RGR) has outperformed gold. Analysts aren’t quite sure what’s causing the trend…
Probably just an outbreak of clingy bitterness.
Read Joshua Green’s “Barack Obama, ‘Greatest Gun Salesman in America'” here.
7.62×39 is not a round noted for accuracy
That’s the ‘quality’ of the surplus Chicom ammo, not necessairly the 7.62×39 round. It’s also the inherent ‘acuracy’ of the SKS and AK-47. It was designed more for ‘spray and pray’ rather than sharpshooting. I’ve loaded 7.62×39 for a Ruger mini30 that was every bit as acurate as 30-30 WIN.
I reload for Mini 30 as well with Hornady .310 cal, very good accuracy scoped.
A SKS plinker I occasionally shoot for fun I load with .312 cal, again very good accuracy with open sites & aging eyes.
Playing around with the reloads a little makes a big difference as well as the rifle mechanics.
Knight 99
I don’t own a gun, but do shoot at ranges.
After your post I’m beginning to think its not a tool of choice anymore, but a must just like a hammer.
Your too right.
Revnant Dream >
“…I’m beginning to think it’s not a tool of choice anymore, but a must just like a hammer.”
A good analogy!
Firearm ownership is and should be a fundamental freedom and right. It is the bases of the US Constitutional Second Amendment for a reason. Its primary function is to protect you and all of your other rights from tyranny and bully alike.
In other words, the legal right to own a firearm is a contract of trust, between a government and its citizens.
As a tool a gun is an individual’s first means of dependant survival and security, for themselves and their communities. This evolution of society began with the first tribes and stone spears, and has never changed or been far from its roots. Just look around the world today and through recent history, we have not evolved enough to throw away our most basic and fundamental rights.
As a toy, as others have pointed out, firearms are just fun. If you have the resources and the luxury of time there is no better way to spend a Thanksgiving picnic out in the country, than with the family, a rifle, and some soup cans to plink.
It is a part of our culture and heritage that so many endeavour to tear away from us.