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Yesterday I talked about the 10/22 PDW project, in which I’m going to convert your run of the mill Ruger 10/22 into a compact platform designed to toss small rocks Aguila 60 grain Sniper Sub Sonic rounds downrange.

I’ve found a couple places that stock barrels with the appropriate 1:9 twist for stabilizing the heavy rounds, but the real kicker is the stock. It’s got to be short, but I don’t really want to deal with the hassle (or $200 bucks) of making an SBR. I mean, if the OAL of the firearm comes out to less than 26 inches, I’ll register it – but that’s not the goal.

After digging around, I’ve found some pretty cool options for the stock.

Evolution Stock – The basic concept from their website is that it gives you the ability to put a bunch of cool toys on your 10/22, and you can make it a lot more like an AR15 if that’s your bag of hash.

Dixie Consolidated bullpup – I don’t even know if these guys are still in business, but this is probably the best bullpup conversion for the 10/22.

Muzzlelite bullpup – I’m more hesitant on one of these than I would be on the Dixie version; these have gotten mixed reviews all over the place. Namely, the trigger pull is reputed to be “god-awful”.

And last but not least, the Krinker Plinker – “Turn your 10/22 into a really scary looking AK thingy!” The one problem with this is that it seems to be a full kit conversion, and since I want that 1:9 barrel for the Aguila rounds, this might be a problem.

Obviously, if anyone has any thoughts/comments/experience with any of the above kits/equipment, let me know in the comments.

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“Sure I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave? Sure I love my country with all her faults. I’m not ashamed of that, never have been, never will be.”

And that right there pretty much sums it up. Despite my complaining about the bums in Congress, the thugs in the ATF, and the other sundry warts that our nation has, it is still the finest nation on Earth.

Sure, it could be better. Any system of government run by human beings is bound to have flaws, because we’re not exactly a bunch of flawless people. But for 231 years, the United States has managed to continue, warts and everything. In that time we’ve gone from a pissant bunch of “farmers with pitchforks” to the most powerful nation on the planet.

It is my sincere hope that my children, and their children, and many generations after that continue to remember the ideals of liberty, duty, and everything that has made this a great nation.

I’ve made a few posts about a PDW type weapons and how I feel about them. Suffice to say, I think they’re really freakin’ cool. Now that the top secret “E-Postal Destroyer” project is complete, I need something new to throw money at work on and occupy my time. So, here’s the idea. Take a Ruger 10/22 and convert it to a PDW type weapon, with the goal being compact size. My caliber options are either .22 Magnum, .17 HMR, .22 LR, or .17 HM2.

.22 Magnum and .17 HMR are problematic because Ruger isn’t making the 10/22 Magnum any more, and the 10/22 Magnums on Gunbroker are all going for more than $500 right out of the gate. Since I am (unfortunately) on a leash that’s been pre-imposed by the Budget Committee (Mrs. Ahab) an initial start up cost of $500 plus is out of the question.

That leaves me with the option of staying with .22 LR or converting the rifle to .17 HM2. What I think I’m going to do is build a compact rifle designed to shoot the 60 grain Aguila SniperSubSonic rounds. I really like these rounds, and so does my Walther P22 to about 10 yards. In a rifle though, you generally need a 1:9 twist barrel to stabilize them.

Now, I know that a PDW is “supposed” to have the ability to go through armor, but this is my baby. And besides, how cool is is a supercompact 10/22 that lobs a 60 grain round at 800 fps? At least, I think it’s cool.

Stay tuned for PDW updates!

Mrs. Ahab and I did some grilling last night on the new Traeger grill, which proved to be an excellent idea. This wasn’t purposeful grilling, we didn’t buy nice steaks from the butcher with the intent of grilling, no we just used the average cut of meat that we had originally planned on cooking on the indoor electric grill.

So, after being marinated and rubbed down, the three small steaks went onto the .22 Magnum. After about 11 minutes and one turn, they were done. Now normally when we’ve cooked steaks like these before on the electric grill, even I get them perfectly medium rare, they’ve still lost a lot of juice.

Not so on the Traeger. The smoker/grill sealed all the juices and flavor right into the steak, and since they were perfectly medium rare (the thick ones, the thin one was medium), this was easily one of the most delicious, juicy, melt in your mouth steaks I’ve had in a while. I really want to try this with a quality cut of meat and see the results.

The July E-Postal match is up at the Conservative UAW guy’s place. It looks, uh, well, hard. Those last two or three circles are going to be a pain in the fanny to hit, even at 25 feet.

Everything is going to be okay though, in a dark and secret place I’ve begun construction on what I may only call “the Anti-Mr. Completely project”, a .22 pistol which will dethrone Mr. Complete from his seat of Rimfire power.

(insert standard mad scientist laugh)

Anyway, this should be a fun match, and I think that my single action revolvers will have a good time with it.

Mrs. Ahab has ambushed me with cats. While I was returning from my Sunday racquetball match, I was essentially blindsided by the presence of two little furry mammals wreaking havoc in my house.

Luckily the pool table has a cover. Since I know that at least some of you folks like cats, here are some pictures of the little buggers. Right now, we’re leaning towards “Malcolm” for the boy, and “Inara” for the girl.

If you get that reference, +3 nerd points for you.

“Malcolm” pictures.

“Inara” pictures.

I should also point out, for the sake of fairness, that I was no match for their fuzzy cuteness and the ambush was a complete success. 100% casualty rate.