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You look very professional :).

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Which isn't bad, considering what a rank amateur I am. ;)

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From a technique point of view, you should lean forwards, get your support arm under the rifle and your right elbow higher, and do a hasty sling-up like what I'm doing with the SKS in this pic. To the extent possible, of course; M-14s weren't really designed for smaller-statured shooters. If you were to get one, you might want to get its stock shortened.

We can work on this next time you're out, if you like.

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I doubt if I'll get a SKS, I didn't really enjoy shooting it all that much (enjoyed the bayonet charge, mind you). I'll probably stick with smaller-caliber rifles and shotguns, inasmuch as I'll ever consort with non-restricted firearms.

I could *really* get into the handgun thing, though...

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Hmmm... handguns. Lots of potential fun there. If you like, I can try to arrange an evening at the Vankleek Hill club with my buddy Enrico, who has more Smith&Wessons than I have guns. And that's just the Smiths :). There are a lot of options out there on the handgun market, and it'd be good to try as many as you can before buying.

The SKS is a cheap ugly military arm designed for use by illiterate Communist peasants. I kinda like it, but I'm a Sovietophiliac recoil slut.

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Hee!

Don't get me wrong: I love the *idea* of the SKS. I just didn't enjoy the feel of shooting it.

I would *love* a chance to get my hands on a S&W, to see what it's like. Is this your LMI from work?

Gah. Must remember to go get my photo taken for the RPAL application...

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Yes. Got get you application in!

Yup, Enrico is the LMI from work. Good guy; we have virtually identical MPOs, and it turns out that he used to knit, too. Big quiet gentle Italian guy with a beard. You'd probably like him.

Selecting firearms is kind of like selecting golf clubs; there are all sorts of different niches. Depends on what you want them for, what feels right in your hands, and then there are all sorts of other considerations. I seem to have emphasized cheap, powerful, reliable, and high-capacity; good zombie guns, in other words :). Given that you're thinking of eventually homesteading, you might want to have a look at Rawles' thoughts on firearms selection...

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Thanks for the link!

It is *awesome* that Enrico knows how to knit. :D

He isn't LJ-enabled by any chance, is he?

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No.

He's good people. He gets the zombie thing.

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Cool. I look forward to meeting him. Unfortunately, work and WorldCon are going to take up my entire month of August. Bleh.

Does Enrico keep up with the documentaries?

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He's not really into the documentaries, just the in-joke :).

He's spending most of August off in the woods fishing, the insufferably lucky bastard, so September might work better...

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So, you signed the Compact?

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Hah! No way. I *like* the shooty things. Just not the heavy ones. :D

Although I'd probably draw the line at laran weaponry just on principle.

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Ha! Boy, don't I wish I had me some of that.

Of course, I wouldn't want anyone else to have some.

Dick Cheney with laran doesn't bear thinking about.

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Oh, the humanity!

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heartofawarrior.livejournal.com

Shinyness! :-D

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chibipunkdemon.livejournal.com

I've uploaded my photos here

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Who is the handsome doggie? (a smooth collie?)

And I positively love the photo of Phnee & Fears knitting together, and her laughing with the bayonet up at the zombie target.

Thanks for posting!

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That is Carter. He belongs to

ai731 and

the_exclamation. I believe he is part husky and part... guh. I forget. Collie?

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Definitely a lot of collie; I'd say 50%. Chibi mentioned that, along with husky and GSD. I can see the GSD plainly and should have thought of that myself. Husky? Hmm...maybe in the curl of the tail and the pinch of extra length in the coat? :)

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Oh, there's a LOT of husky in there. He runs like a gazelle, for one thing. :)

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Waahhhh!!! You have the advantage of having hung out with him in person.

I am so dog-deprived I can't stand it. I'm back to laying in wait for the dachshund who walks by at 2 pm every day.

Waaaaahhhh!!!!

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The Dog is a friends of ours who visited on the weekend. I think it's a Husky/German Shepard/Collie mix?

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