Tomboy by day, girly girl by night

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Oleg Volk

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Comrade Bronstein, I presume?

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Oleg Volk

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Video card problem?

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Oleg Volk

Just had both of my screens blink to black for a fraction of a second. It did so twice over about five minutes. Exhaust temperature from the fans is cool. Any thoughts on figuring out what’s going on?

(The PC has been reliable for a while otherwise).

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Upgrading the PSL

Posted on December 21, 2013 by Oleg Volk

Romanian PSL is a decent way to launch 7.62x54R without punishing recoil. For a 13 year old marksman, that’s an important consideration.

Sure, she’s fired 338 Lapua Mag rifles last year, but they were heavy, set up on a bipod and suprpessed, the the kick was much reduced. And x54R ammunition runs 60 cents per round vs. 338LM $2.50 for similar quality. Surplus ball is still available for two dimes a shot. So fairly accurate but girl-portable .30 that won’t break the piggy bank…PSL is an acceptable choice.

(Not firing yet. Real live fire would have featured safety glasses.)

The rifle was upgraded with a TWS rail cover to support a fixed 10x scope of much higher quality than the original Romanian surplus optic.

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Photos from range day with Faxon

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Oleg Volk

I promised photos.

The gun runs at about 700rpm and remains controllable. Trigger is good enough for squeezing off single rounds in auto mode, though we shot 2-4rd bursts most of the time.

Beta testing showed full compatibility.

And, of course, girls were posing in pink because that’s very girly. Almost as girly as the 60rd Surefire magazine and 1.5/6x Elcan.

With a longer tube, the rifle can go the distance.

Fast paced, up close varminting is also an option.

Use a 37mm bird bomb to flush the varmints out, then follow up with .223 to take them down.

Works for left-handed users, too.

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Nice thing about bullpups

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Oleg Volk

The fit, in ready to use mode, containers in which nobody would expect a long gun. Very handy when a conventional long gun case would attract too much attention. In this case, a KSG and 40 Brenneke slugs (15 internally) fit easily.  In fact, 20 more could fit on a second layer.

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Little Red

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Oleg Volk

Could you guess her age from the photo?

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Light rifles and heavy

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Oleg Volk

This rifle combines a GWACS Armory polymer lower and a Head Down upper. It is very light, and has little recoil — so little 13 year old Grace could get away with this shooting position. She was pinging a small steel plate at about hundred yards with it. The sight is the new model HD7 with turret caps removed for zeroing.

Just another horribly polite, well-socialized and highly educated home schooled teenager.

She shot my new groupsourced FAL which, contrary to its name, was neither light nor automatic. The rifle is based on a Coonan receiver, with most other parts from a surplus kit gifted to me by a friend. Vortex flash hider and DSA rail were a present from another friend, who also Cerakoted the whole gun to my design. The 6x Primary Arms scope was just thrown on to check accuracy beyond shooting with iron sights. It sits too high in this particular mount but the Magpul stock has an adjustable cheek piece, so it worked out. Eventually, I’ll replace it with something meant for .308 trajectory. So far, this rifle had about a hundred rounds through it, no malfunctions.

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Skull

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Oleg Volk

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And a touch of steel

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Oleg Volk

The same model, a little more purposeful.

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A touch of lace

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Oleg Volk

From a test shoot with a new model.

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Had much fun today

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Oleg Volk

My IP lawyer Glenn and I went shooting with Bob Faxon and his friends.

(Photos by Bob Faxon)

Long-stroke piston rifles were very controllable even at 700rpm. I ended up wearing one pair of gloves over another and still froze. Despite the cold, we all had fun. I will post my observations, photos and videos later this week.

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Jewelry for guns

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Oleg Volk

People buy jewelry for others to make them feel better and happier. Often, jewelry indicates commitment. Replacement triggers are similar to that: they are small, somewhat expensive and make your interaction with the gun more pleasant.

Apex trigger for Smith&Wesson M&P pistol has been mentioned on Sayuncle blog for years. I finally got curious enough to try it and got one of my own. It does improve the pistol considerably.

I already have Timney triggers in my M48 Yugo Mauser and Ruger 1o-22. The next rifle to get the upgrade is the Superior Arms HBAR Varminter. It’s a 1/2MOA rifle but shooting that with milspec lower is challenging.

Triggers are great present for people who just can’t pull the trigger on a discretionary puchase for themselves. Make sure to figure out who — you, the recipient or a gunsmith — will install the upgrade.

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Her goblin-cleaver…

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Oleg Volk

…is chambered in .35Remington.

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Improving the PSL

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Oleg Volk

PSL aka Romak3 is a 7.62x54R AK clone. It’s a Comblock designated marksman rifle popular in the US mainly because it is far more affordable than the Soviet SVD. It usually comes with either just iron sights or a truly wretched 6x scope on a high side rail mount.

Best examples of this gun yield 1-1.5MOA. In .30 caliber semi-precision rifles, PSL is a fairly economical pick that can be further improved with better optics and forend.

Which is precisely what TWS rail cover and forend provide. The 10x scope shown allows the cover to be unlatched for cleaning while keeping zero.

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37mm standing in 40mm

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Oleg Volk

Another reason for TWS forend: installing 37/40mm launchers. My experience with this handguard on the .308 Vepr has been positive.

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Quite possibly the best deal in fixed-magnification AR optics

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Oleg Volk

This optic is designed for AR15 but works on AK with a receiver rail and cheek riser as well — or you can take off the mount and use lowerrings. Prismatic scope with BDC reticle has magnification of 2.5x and very clear, sharp optics. It’s not an ACOG but gets fairly close for 1/5 of the price, and even offers longer eye relief. The body of the scope looks rather industrial, but the BDC is well designed, light gathering is excellent and illumination is daylight visible even at high noon in the desert.

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Alley sweeping

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Oleg Volk

Saiga 12 with TWS rail cover and Primary Arms red dot.

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Short, handy, reliable enough for 3-gun competition

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Oleg Volk

PLR16 pistol with SU16 rifle stock. Registered as a short-barreled rifle. Vortex red dot, Magpul furniture and Red Lion Precision forend complete it.

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A cute puppy or a semi-autonomous bioweapon?

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Oleg Volk

That yearling puppy was one of the cutest and most friendly dogs I’ve ever encountered.

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