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Odds 'n Sods:
Many of you have already seen this
video clip of a Blackwater shooter plying his trade in Najaf, Iraq.
(Warning:
some coarse language, but no gore.) Talk about taking the wrong rifle
to a gunfight! It appeared that he was dinging Bad Guys at "800
Meters" with a .223. He surely would have been much
more effective with a scoped .308 Winchester. (Such as a match grade
M14.)
He had
the wrong tool for the job, but
at least the man behind the rifle appeared fairly competent. (He
was not using the traditional fire discipline of a sniper,
so obviously he was either very excited and wasting ammo, or he was
in a truly "target rich environment." (It is hard to say
which.) Regardless, it is an interesting video to watch. OBTW, note
his fumbling during his later magazine changes, under stress. As
the instructors
at Front
Sight are fond of saying: "Remember: In the stress of a
gun fight you will only be half as good as your worst day at the
range."
o o o
K&S dropped us a line to mention that the classic Thermette
(aka "`Benghasi Boiler") is back in production. This
device was invented in 1929 by New Zealander John
Ashley Hart . They are still hand made in New Zealand, from solid copper.
o o o
French-speaking readers of SurvivalBlog should be aware that there
is a new French language forum on emerging threats and survivalism,
called Le
Projet Olduvai.
