This week’s article was “A Gunsmith’s Education: Some notes from our barrel fitting series reveals the route taken by some world-famous gunsmiths to master their craft.” This article was written by Chick Blood (awesome name) and published in the January 2015 edition of American GunSmith. The author starts off by stating things that he decided not to do in this article which I was completely lost about because they referred to other publications that I know nothing about. After that Mr. Blood gives us some useful advice inspired by his own experience. He tells us to take care and understand the firearm laws and regulations in our area and surround area before purchasing high dollar equipment and attempting to specialize in certain areas of gunsmithing. Blood noted that he did not do this and as a …show more content…
Next Blood lists some barrel turning and fitting procedures such as “facing off the center holes, drilling new center holes, turning a relief cut on the muzzle, the basic lathe step, turning the breech O.D., marking the breech and thread tenon length, turning the thread tenon diameter, turning the thread relief groove, facing the thread tenon to length, counter boring the breech face, shaping a coned breech, reaming a chamber, threading the thread tenon, determining correct chamber depth/headspace, finish chamber reaming and head spacing, chamber throat length, crowning the muzzle, milling the extractor cut, assembly of the barrel and receiver”. The author finishes after listing additional topics like “fitting a barrel to the single action, blueprinting a rifle action, chambering for the twenty-two rimfire cartridge”. After reading this article at least 5 times I am still unsure of exactly what the purpose was, it all seemed to be trivial information and then it ends abruptly making me wonder if I somehow didn’t get the entire
In Firearms: A Global History to 1700, Kenneth Chase investigates why Europe perfected firearms when the Chinese invented them. Kenneth Chase is an attorney at law who received his PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University. He uses primary sources in the form of texts and paintings as well as secondary sources in this monograph to trace the origin and spread of firearms. He also uses these sources to characterize militaries and determine why they used or did not use firearms. Chase dismisses the notion that the discrepancy between Eastern and Western firearms development was the result of cultural aversion. If anything, he argues that Europeans were more averse to firearms due to its association to Satan and a general
Guns, Germs, and Steel was published by Jared Diamond in 1977. Diamond is a UCLA professor and a scientist and his book has received remarkable response all around the world, in fact the book has won Pulitizer Prizer and was New York’s bestseller. Despite, of being highly regarded, the book is known as one of the most controversial book of its time. A lot critics has accused this book but the critic which stood out the most was William H. McNeill. McNeill is a historian and I agree with his criticism regarding the book and its conclusion.
Guns have possessed the spotlight of almost every news station. From the latest tragedy of a shooting killing innocent men, women and children to the arguments centering around if our gun laws possess strict enough qualities to keep our country safe. Charles C. W. Cooke, the author of “Gun-Control Dishonesty”, spreads his conservative view on the topic by ripping away any hope for a brighter day. Cooke’s main idea states that if nothing has happened to make gun law more strict even after the lives of innocent children were mercilessly ripped away from their young bodies than nothing should or could ever change. On the other hand, Adam Gopnik wrote his article, “Shooting”, uses a more liberal approach and inspires his audience to act upon the much needed change in our society
I first read Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel in the Fall 2003 based on a recommendation from a friend. Many chapters of the book are truly fascinating, but I had criticisms of the book back then and hold even more now. Chief among these is the preponderance of analysis devoted to Papua New Guinea, as opposed to, say, an explanation of the greatly disparate levels of wealth and development among Eurasian nations. I will therefore attempt to confine this review on the "meat and potatoes" of his book: the dramatic Spanish conquest of the Incas; the impact of continental geography on food production; and finally, the origins of the Eurasian development of guns, germs, and steel. In terms of structure, I will first summarize the book's arguments, then critically assess the book's evidentiary base, and conclude with an analysis of how Guns, Germs, and Steel ultimately helps to address the wealth question.
This is a credible and authoritative source that tries for the first time to handle different views between groups of culturists and empiricist. I think it’s a bold step into the whole debate issue of guns. I like the way the authors are able to break down the apparent differences between conflicting groups and even offer an amicable solution to solving the
Adam concludes this article by combining these two reasons and expressing the necessity for laws to be passed regulating these dangerous weapons. Throughout the article Estes briefly mentions the roadblocks the Constitution creates hindering the laws he thinks are necessary to discourage gun making. This article would have been better received by the readers if the author had a strong thesis and used pathos, logos, and ethos appeals appropriately. Estes ' article, "3D Printed Guns are Only Getting Better and Scarier," misuses emotional appeals and lacks credibility and logical support for the article 's weak thesis.
"A Loaded Gun," is a piece by Patrick Radden Keefe, which published on February 11 and 18, 2013 on The New Yorker weekly magazine. This piece revolves around Amy Bishop, a neuroscientist working at the University of Alabama, Huntsville city. On the day of February 12, 2012, at the conference room of the Shelby Center for Science and Technology, Bishop used a 9-mm rifle killed three colleagues and wounded three others. The question is how does a person with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) from prestigious university of Harvard, with a cozy family-a husband and four children, with no criminal record turn into such a cold-blooded killer? Does Bishop's tenure ended is the main reason that leads to the crime, or because of her "gun accidents" that
I believe that the environment deiced whether a society will or will not have technology, militaristic and farming abilities imbedded within the society. That will give an advantage so that one society is better equipped than others.
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13 What does boresighting do to the weapon system? removes the error between the barrel and sight to produce more accurate fire
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Frederick Gunn, who founded The Gunnery in 1850, was an outspoken man for his time. He spoke up about issues that weren’t to be spoken about then, he believed that students and teachers should have equal power, and felt that in order to teach students properly you have to understand the students personally.
What is the importance of the gun? The gun is one of the most important tools in the defense of our nation. Guns are responsible for a lot of death and injuries, but these things were going on before the existence of the gun. Guns aren't the reason for the death and injuries, they are just a means to it. They are tools and an engineering marvel of our age. The gun has evolved from a simple weapon that caused limited destruction to the modern gun that is so fast and powerful it is capable of mass destruction. Through the evolution of the gun, it has become a political tool.
Due to the alarmingly large number of public massacres, gun reform has yet again become a highly debated issue in America. In the past, laws were enacted that were meant to restrict ammunition and military classes of weapons from resale in the United States. Due to strong lobbying efforts of the National Rifle
When at a hunting store to purchase a hunting shotgun this past summer, there was a gentleman standing right next to the handgun case looking at a semi-automatic pistol. The man asked to look at a certain handgun and then proceeded to pick up the handgun and looked down the sight. This was dangerous because it was directed at the sales associate’s upper torso. Then the man decided to turn and look down the aisle, pointing the gun towards a group of people. It was obvious that because of his actions. The gentleman was not ready to be purchase and handle a firearm. He was escorted out of the store and was questioned about the intent behind his actions. This is one of many common problems with a significant number of people that have not been trained in gun safety or who are not mature enough; their actions show that they are not ready to be handling a gun. Another example of this display of behavior happened approximately two weeks after that first instance. My friend was at Shooters gun range with a few buddies. When he got to his firing lane he started preparing the target. While he