Photographer/model Chryseis Dawn.

In case of civil unrest, rioters would be well served to stay away from people with rings on their fingers. A single person might choose to retreat, but those who can’t maneuver due to kids would be more inclined to make a stand. They won’t feel guilty about removing any perceived threats to the kids and spouse.

Also useful for computer wallpapers.

Assuming just one range trip per month weapon, it still works out to more than a case of ammunition per caliber just staying in practice. Had we done movement drills or run three firing points, the ammo consumption would have at least doubled.

308 Vepr with 5-round magazine, 16" barrel, 2.5-10x Nightforce scope

Took the 308 Vepr to the range for the first time. Since I didn’t have the lowest rings available, the gun could have used a cheek rest. Even so, the nice 2.5-10x scope worked really well at 50 yards. Rain came and went, so we just fired steel-cased ball to get a rough zero. Got to give to the AK types, they run pretty much any ammo. Good trigger, very mild recoil.

Vepr with 20rd TSD magazine

In addition to the standard 5 and 5 round magazine, I tried a TSD 20rd magazine. It’s an M14 mag body with welded tabs for AK receiver. Rock-solid — which is good news for people who want to use it for support on firing!

We put about a hundred rounds through this rifle but ran out of time for accuracy testing. Next time, will try different types of ammo.

Superior Arms HBAR in .223 with 4-16x scope and red dot from Primary Arms

This rifle is a heavy barrel upper on a milspec lower. The scope and the red dot are inexpensive but work very well. The ability to adjust parallax is very helpful. The dot is placed very high but it’s meant for two purposes: centering the scope on target at higher magnifications and close-in defense when the bore offset is inconsequential. Despite the basic GI trigger and plan looks, this rifle is accurate. Below, a typical 50 yard target fired with ball ammunition.

Some ball ammunition can be quite accurate. A 3-shot group at 50 yards.

Last year's 50-yard 3-shot group with IMI ball

Keri tries out a GSG522.

Storyline: 5/5
Acting: 5/5 — main and secondary characters all convincing
SFX: 4/5 — impressive but a bit unrealistic at times
Music: not a notable factor

The film gets a lot of story-telling in a two and a quarter hours. Both action and interpersonal sequences were very well done. A few moments appear more theater-like but that doesn’t detract from the realism of the film. I wonder why American films utterly fail and portraying such convincing and engrossing worlds.