In the first video I show you how to simply swap out the 40 S&W Barrel in the Sig 239 to 357 Sig. To get a barrel like this the only source left seems to be directly from Sig Sauer
Then in Episode 19 of season three of The Duck Chronicles we start off with the babies. They all did good over night except one polt we lost. Losing one or two birds is a normal part of things especially on the first day or two. A day later we have had no more losses and everyone seems good to go.
We then head out to the front pasture and food forest to visit the ducks, we check out the effect of the swales and moderate irrigation vs. the rest of the property and pray for rain to come soon with out tornadoes.
The KWA LM4-PTR is a “Professional Training Rifle” Designed for Military and Police Training with Airsoft.
Today we delve into the misunderstood world of airsoft. I think airsoft has an unfair and undeserved stigma among many of the “tactically minded” due to the majority of enthusiasts being gamers. While I have no interest in the game aspects of airsoft I feel even this community is misunderstood and many unfair assumptions are made about them.
Today though I will focus on what I call “Airsoft for Practical Training”. By that I mean real world training that benefits the average civilian that either carries a gun for defense or keeps a gun in their home for the same purpose or both.
While I love things like IDPA and IPSC shooting and I have great respect for the many tactical training schools like my good friends Frank Sharpe Jr. and James Yeager run, or even the big time schools like Front Sight provide, I don’t find what they teach particularly valuable to the average guy with a job, two kids, wife and a dog to protect from a group of thugs or an armed intruder in the middle of the night.
Join me today to discuss…
The reason people dislike airsoft
It is just a toy
Gamers that think they are heroes
It isn’t realistic (rate of fire, machine guns, etc.)
Why people should love airsoft if they are gun owners
Cheap practice
Practice every day
Realistic practice (in ways you never thought of)
The basics of airsoft guns
Springers
AEG (automatic electric guns)
Gas (blow back and non blow back)
CO2 and “Green Gas”
Pellets, yes they matter
Just forget .12 they are flatly junk and ruin guns
.20 is the most common and the “industry standard”
Generally, .25-.36 can be more accurate in many guns
Some Good Low Cost Guns and Accessories on Amazon – Like I said on the air I had lousy luck with the few people offering GBB guns on Amazon, use the stores above for that. But here are some things you can get on Amazon.
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Today I was supposed to have an interview for you but due to a technical problem, that has to be postponed. As this came up late in the day doing the Thursday show today isn’t really an option either, so you get two just Jack shows this week.
I feel this subject is very important and it is why I created the Granddaddy’s gun club recently. I think too many in this nation who are pro gun rights are in a false sense of security today, seeing only “liberals”, “progressives” and politicians as enemies of the 2nd Amendment.
The truth is that the largest growing anti gun block in America is people under 30 and there is a reason! You can blame politicians and policy makers for it but changing them out won’t help, the problem is far more systemic.
Join Me Today to Hear…
The objections we hear and how misguided they are
Thinking you will fight the government is delusional
We only want “common sense gun control”
You are more likely to kill yourself or a loved one than stop a crime
The second amendment is about the National Guard
Why we are in real trouble long term
The level of ignorance about guns has hit an all time high
The gun show loophole myth
The second amendment is about muskets
Assault rifles are “more powerful”
Many pro gun people are not active gun owners/users
Children are being taught to fear guns
Children are not being taken out to shoot
Finding a place to shoot is getting harder every day
People with guns are being vilified just for having them
What we need to do and start doing right now
Make no apologies and no concessions, 20,000 plus “infringements” are enough
Take non shooters to the range, to the back 40 what ever
Use training tools like airsoft, etc. to soften entry
Teach your children to tell you anything they hear in school about guns
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The Belgian Browning Auto 5 – One of My Favorite All Time Guns
With a title like 10 Gun and Ammo Combos you may think of this as a top ten list type of thing. As in Jack’s top ten guns, it isn’t. I personally love guns and the science of ballistics. I love the art of the gun, the design that goes into everything from a tactical AR15, to a lever action design that is more than a century old at this time.
No these are guns that in general are simply great guns, have a real role if put to proper use and the caliber or gauge that I feel really makes a particular frame sort of sing, and again this is just my opinion.
My goal is for the show today to be fun and expand the listeners knowledge of various guns and calibers. To get off of the Glock/AR rut I think many are in today. Don’t get me wrong, both are great guns, but they are a tiny fraction of the beauty, quality and tradition that is firearms as a whole.
This is a 44 Special Load from an older Lee Manual. Do NOT reduce any further!
300 Grain Lead Bullet
Standard Large Pistol Primer
9.8-11.5 grains of H4227
I settled on an even 10 Grains of Powder. In a 20 Inch barreled 1894 Marlin 44 Magnum it is quieter then most Break Barrel Pellet guns and will penetrate 7 inches of solid pressure treated lumber at 25 yards and is accurate to about 50 yards before the low velocity takes over and drop becomes extreme.
Similar loads should be possible for rounds like,
357 Mag – Try light 38 Spc Loads
45 Colt – Try Cowboy Action Loads to start out
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I grew up with guns. Got my first BB gun from a grandfather at 7 and was running though the Florida swamps alone with it by 9. Moved to Pennsylvania at 12 and was turned loose alone with a 22 rifle and a 20 gauge shot gun, only conditions, do nothing stupid and pay for your own ammo with chores.
Shot my first deer with a bow that fall, another with a rifle that winter. I have a 22 I got that Christmas that likely had 100,000 rounds through it before I left for the Army at 17.
I learned the Army way of shooting next, qualified expert with the M16 and spent time shooting weapon like the M2, M60 and other fun stuff like the SAW. Left service and returned to PA for a bit, came to Texas and started collecting and shooting all types of guns.
In all of this it gets easy to forget there are 40 year old men that are even a little bit “country boy” types that have never owned a gun, perhaps never even fired one.
Today’s show is for that brand new gun owner, or the would be new gun owner. I want to help demystify things, I want to help avail fear and I want to help Barack Obama! What? LOL
See our current President is likely the all time best selling gun salesman in history. Every time he opens his mouth about taking away gun rights, sales go through the roof. Well he has about a year left, I hope to push his record over the top, to make sure that more Americans become new gun owners during his presidency than any three presidents in US history. And you thought anarchists were not interested in politics. Ha!
Join Me Today to Discuss…
Replacing fear with respect
Defending a right by exercising a right
Yes a gun is “dangerous” so are chain saws, cars and power tools
Yes you very well may need a gun to defend yourself
You likely won’t need a gun to defend yourself, you likely die young but have insurance anyway
Trying to reach the reluctant spouse
Go to a class on safety and shooting
Explain your view
Ignore the statistics battles, they are pointless
At some point man the F up or woman the F up
Yes women you should carry too if you can
Getting started
Get training
Find mentors
Go shoot rented guns
In general start with long guns
Learn gun functionality
Learn gun maintenance
Develop protocols and procedures
My basic gun battery and the reasons for it
A 22 rifle
A center fire rifle
A 22 hand gun
A center fire hand gun
A shot gun
Whatever you want and can afford
Using airsoft as a training and practicing tool
Loose the fear, seriously lose it, it is irrational and makes no sense
Bob Wells Plant of the Week – Flavor King PluotThe Flavor King is adaptable from zone 6 to zone 10.
It is a cross between a Plum and an Apricot. It only requires 400 chill hours and ripens late July. It has sensational sweet flavor with reddish-purple skin and crimson flesh.
Bob Wells Nursery specializes in edible landscape plants and trees including: Fruit Trees, Berry Plants, Vine Fruit, Nut Trees, as well as the hard to find Specialty Trees. Find this plant and more at BobWellsNursery.com
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Today on The Survival Podcast I take your calls on a special firearms edition of the Listener Call in show. Today we discuss reloading, carry guns, tactical rifles, surplus rifles, training and more.
Remember to be on a show like this one just pick up your phone and call 866-65-THINK. The best way to improve your chances of being on the air is ask your question or make your point up front, then provide details.
Also please do your best to call from a quiet area with a good connection and speak up so you can be well heard.
While I can’t put all calls on the air but I do my best to get as many of them on as I can.
Join Me Today As I Respond to Your Calls and Discuss…
What is the minimum maintenance after range time
Pumps and levers compared to semi autos tactically
Military Mausers for deer hunting
Choosing a red dot for a shotgun without breaking the bank
Getting gun training and experience with out getting tunnel vision
The why of reloading beyond money saving
9mm vs 45 for storage as a prepper
Determining the value of a rare gun
Springfield Scout Squad vs the Ruger SR-762
Thoughts on the PAP M-45
Lever Action Shotguns in Australia
Single shot Savage Shotguns using rifle barrels????
Smith and Wesson Frame Sizes and what is Pre Lock
The 22 Hornet, why it is cool and why you want to make it a K – Hornet
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Episode-1598- The Ins and Outs of Legally Owning Firearm Suppressors (AKA Silencers)[ 57:02 ]Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Lane Douglas graduated from UT-Martin in 1975 with an Engineering degree. After a few years as an engineer, he began working in Industrial Sales. He retired in 2011, after 32 years in sales management, the last 12 as Regional Sales Operations Director for MSC Industrial Supply.
He opened Southern Silencers, LLC in 2014, a NFA Class 3, silencer business, selling silencers in the State of Tennessee. His company provides suppressors and nothing else. They are 100% customer focused and will work hard to help their customers make the right choice for their needs.
They also provide all the information you need to complete the necessary ATF paperwork for owning a suppressor and will even complete as much of the paper work for you as the law will allow, to help you make sure you get it done properly.
Join Lane and I Today as we Answer Questions Like…
Are silencers legal?
Do I need a permit or a license?
How effective are they?
How do silencers work?
Why is subsonic ammunition better?
Which caliber is the quietest?
How much paperwork is required?
How long does it take to complete the paperwork?
What is the cost of the paperwork?
What is an NFA Gun Trust?
What are the advantages of ownership through an NFA Gun Trust?
How do I clean the silencer?
Can I hunt with the silencer?
Do those oil filter things I see at gun shows work?
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75 Bucks when it was Brand New – 30 Years, 3,000 Miles, 300,000 Rounds, Still Knocks a Dime out at 30 Yards, What Else Could You Ask For?
I want to talk about guns today, but a bit differently then you might expect from a “survival podcast” to do. No ARs, no concealed carry and no ninja like accessories.
No today I want to tell you about the gun wisdom I learned at the hands of my grandfather and father as a young man. The stories, lessons and realities that made me love guns as the tools they truly are.
You may be shocked to learn I didn’t grow up hearing much about the 2nd amendment or gun rights. Where I grew up boys hunted squirrels with pellet guns for the table until they hit 12, at that time they could get a hunting license and were handed a 22 or a old single shot Sears brand 20 gauge and told to bring back more now that they had a better gun.
The concept that anyone would ever seek to take a gun away from a man who had never harmed a person with it, was so foreign as to not even be discussed. While there is a lesson in that alone, we shall save it for another day. Today I want to take you back to the 1980s in a small town with only two main roads, called RD1 and you guessed it RD2. The two is Joenstown, the boy is still called John, the squirrels are fat, the deer are plentiful and the year is 1986.
Join Me Today to Discuss…
My first lessons were in how to clean a gun
Guns sat in a cabinet, it wasn’t locked, nothing bad ever happened
If your rifle has killed a deer every year for a long time, you don’t want a new one
The 35 Remington is something special, almost no one knows that
Your dad’s 30-06 is an “elephant gun” but it is good for deer too
Don’t close one eye, you have two eyes for a reason boy
You have natural talent, it will be great when you develop skill to go with it
If someone hands you the exact same model of gun but it isn’t yours, you should know it
You can’t eat the horns, but it is certainly okay to have some pride in them
Hearts are great fried in butter and onions but no one here eats brains
Any man or boy for that matter can kill a deer, the skill is in butchering
Your shot gun and 22 will often feed your more than your rifle
A handgun is mostly for when a rifle isn’t practical
Always trust the dog, he is never wrong, even when you are sure of it
Never shoot anything in front of your dog that you don’t want him to hunt
Pack a lunch and let the yokels do the work
If you drop one duck of a pair, be patient and wait for the second to set its wings
Trust yourself, the gun will respond correctly if you do
See the target not the sites
Keep your head down on that shotgun and keep the gun moving
If you wound it, you find it, if you fail to find it, you learn from it
Bullets are cheap, if it doesn’t go down, shoot it again
Every trip into the woods is a scouting trip and a time to learn
The true value of a gun is in the hands of the man holding it
The guys that go home early, don’t eat well
When you start to see what others miss, you are figuring it out
Enjoy the experience, it is special, most won’t ever understand that
One day you will understand what we are trying to teach you
Bob Wells Plant of the Week – Belle of Georgia Peach Tree – This peach is one of the more adaptable out there doing well from zone 5 to zone 8.
The Belle of Georgia is an old-time favorite that produces brilliant red flowers each spring and large fruit in late August. The peaches are very firm and highly flavored, with creamy white freestone flesh tinged with red.
While excellent for fresh eating, the fruit is widely used for desserts and canning as well. It is self-fruitful and requires 800-850 chill hours.
Find this plant and more at BobWellsNursery.Com – Bob Wells Nursery specializes in edible landscape plants and trees including: Fruit Trees, Berry Plants, Vine Fruit, Nut Trees, as well as the hard to find Specialty Trees. Find this plant and more at BobWellsNursery.com
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Ian McCollum is a firearms writer and researcher specializing in arms from the 1880s to the 1950s or so. He is interested in the mechanical details of different firearms designs as well as their use in practical field situations. Ian has run a web site on these guns called Forgotten Weapons for about 4 years, and his work has appeared in publications including Gun Digest and the Canadian Press.
Ian has just recently released the first episode of his new project, InRange TV – an online TV-style show focusing on interesting factual and detailed content, without the drama and BS that is endemic to gun programs on cable TV.
He joins us today to discuss how older guns can be just as good as the modern AR-15 while costing less and looking better. We start out with what Ian feels is the current best deal in old military arms for long range shooting. We then discuss how shooting skills translate from one type of gun to another.
We continue with some of the best ways to improve your shooting skills and have a discussion as to is the AR15 really even a “modern firearm” at all and have we gotten out of hand with accessories, add ons, etc. We finish up with why Ian feels that all gun-related shows on cable TV so horrendously dumb and why Internet Television may be the answer to better gun related video content.
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265 Pound Boar Taken in 2002 with a NEF Handi Rifle in 45-70
On Friday I answered a question about the Rossi Combo guns and steered the caller toward the NEF/H&R Handi Rifle mostly due to the options with the Barrel Accessory Program, that would allow his kids a lot of options as they got older.
Personally I have been an NEF fan for a long time. In fact I have been a member of the NEF/H&R Yahoo email list since 2001. That list is a treasure trove of information on the Handi Rifle. It isn’t very active anymore but that is mostly because you can find an answer to almost any question in its archives.
I decided to dedicate today’s show to the NEF Handi Rifle and the huge number of options that are available in it.
Join Me Today to Discuss…
The basics on the handi rifle
Cost
Action
Advantages
Disadvantages
How the barrel accessory program works
Some of my favorite rifle options available
22 Hornet
223 Remington
243 Winchester
7mm-08 Remington
30-30 Winchester
30-06 Springfield
35 Whelen
357 Magnum
44 Magnum
45-70 Govt
Some Cool Shot Gun Options
24″ 12 Gauge with 3.5 inch chamber and screw in chokes
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I grew up with guns. Got my first BB gun from a grandfather at 7 and was running though the Florida swamps alone with it by 9. Moved to Pennsylvania at 12 and was turned loose alone with a 22 rifle and a 20 gauge shot gun, only conditions, do nothing stupid and pay for your own ammo with chores.
Bob Wells Plant of the Week
