There was a discussion on Reddit the other day about what makes someone a “mall ninja.” If you’re unfamiliar, that’s a derogatory term for someone who fancies themselves a “tactical operator,” dresses solely in tactical clothing and buys a lot of useless crap for their firearms. Some of the Reddit readers wanted to put a numerical limit on the number of attachments, like “anything more than three is a mall ninja” or some such. My argument is that it isn’t the number of attachments — it’s the quality. This pile of junk is exactly the example that proves my point. On a quality rifle with a real silencer, this would be a pretty good setup. But done on the cheap, this POS isn’t only the ugliest rifle I’ve seen in months, but also possibly the most illegal. The guy claims to have bought the oil can can through an FFL, but is it really registered, or did the FFL just sell him a thread adapter he picked up off the internet? Who knows. It’s available on ArmsList, and here’s the description . . .
I started with the barrel and receiver from a Mosin
I made the stock and machined a housing for the receiver threaded the barrel to 14-1 right hand modified the bolt put a tri rail on top and rail on the bottom it has a tactical green dot laser and a forward grip with a push button eject able bipod ammo pouch 2 inch but plate 4-16x50mm mill dot sniper scope
the oil filter adapter was purchased legally through a ffl dealer it is not home made and it ((does not)) go with the gun its not for sale the pic is an example of what the gun is set up for but you can put any adapter compensator flash suppressor etc… you wont on it
asking 1400 obo or trade call or text you will get me faster if you text ***-***-****
if your not interested in buying or trading for the gun do not contact me with your comments keep them in your head
I’ve been carrying the LCP for about a year now. It sits on my hip all day and I almost forget it’s there.
I’ve taken it to the range to see what it’ll do and I must say it does well. Just don’t expect to hit a target over 20 yards away. It is a bit snappy, but it’s not an all day ranger. Just have a little fun with it.
By the way, the fellow who sold it to me included some 20 year-old .380 ammo and every one fired perfectly. Not sure if I should applaud the ammo or the gun, but I’ve yet to have any misfires.
I’m pretty sure he would get more money if he sold the parts separately.
I mean… really? I spent a few buck tweaking my mosin, but my rule was no one piece over $50 since it was a hundred dollar rifle.
The single most expensive item was the ATI monte carlo stock. In addition I put a cheap scope on it. One of the buttstock ammo sleeves, cheep sling, cheap bi pod, plus I’m going to chop the barrel down a bit.
I don’t know I have a hard time knocking the guy though. I like to to do things and gun smith on my stuff. Especially on a mosin since if I ruin it I won’t be out a crap load of money, or I can just go get another and resue the parts.
But asking $1400 for a mosin though? Thats a tough sell.
Still I don’t think that qualifies him as a mall ninja. He did make a stock from scratch. Mall ninjas buy ar-15’s and put things on them just because they think it makes them a more operationally, operative, operator, operating in operative operations.
I agree. 2×4 stock, aluminum bar stock from Home Depot scope mount, oil filter suppressor? This isn’t mall ninja at all, it’s another fine firearm brought to you by Bubba the gunsmith and his legendary Dremel tool.
I made a really smooth trigger on my Mosin with a dremel tool, and still passes the bump test. But you are right, this is a fine piece of craftsmanship from Bubba.
Surprisingly not the most Bubbaed up Mosin I’ve ever seen. Close, but I’ve seen worse. Even if it’s a “just a Mosin” I still cringe when people modify antique firearms. Also, how do you transfer an oil filter through an FFL? And does that actually work on a m91/30?!
And does that actually work on a m91/30?!
Only if it’s 10W-40.
$1400 for that atrocity?! It would have to be a brass tagged unissued m27 to be in that price range!
At least it’s a quality oil filter, not a Fram.
Total knee-jerk reaction to a false problem by a bunch of panty-waist crybabies. Grow a set of nads man, err, maam, or, oh, whatever.
I love Mosins, so in the name of all that is holy, please find me a cutting torch and a bonfire so we can humanely euthanize that abomination and give it a decent burial.
On a more serious note, I have a very hard time believing that ANYONE ignorant enough to assemble such an item as this would possess either the funds, intellect, or patience to legally purchase a suppressor. Sadly, we’ll probably never know about the ATF raid that puts and end to his brilliant scheme.
Apparently oil filter adapters (called “solvent trap adapters” for this purpose) are legal for use during gun cleaning. The idea is that you can spray fluids into the barrel from the breech and you can run patches through and keep the muzzle pointed down and the oil filter catches all of the chemicals. And you can store it muzzle down to catch drips long-term. This is their stated purpose. Only if you use it as a suppressor or intend to use it as such are you violating the NFA. As-is, it’s just a cleaning tool.
This is something I happened to hold an unpopular opinion about when the NRA was calling for officers in schools after Sandy Hook. When schools are gun free zones and the only people that the children see armed or know can be armed are agents of government, then the children learn at an early age that it is proper to rely solely upon government for self defense. This is then re-enforced in subsequent years because that’s what they see. Also, some public school officials and faculty already have too high of an opinion of their own power when it comes to other people’s children. Giving them armed guards will only exacerbate the problem. I’ve seen an urban school with armed officers when I was a young adult and temporary legal guardian of my kid sister. It negatively changes the way schools treat everyone.
Don’t enforce the mistaken notion to children that government will be their sole protector. Don’t enforce the mistaken notion to some school officials that government owns the children. Eliminate ‘gun free zones’.
Long-term reviews = gold. Love hearing how equipment and opinions have held up over time.
That’s “bubba,” not “mall ninja.”
Makes sense. They have 10,000,000 AK-74’s in storage at the factory and they will make a good parts supply for the AK-12
For malfunctions it’s always “tap and rack”. For unloading I always eject the magazine, then rack the slide a couple times. Then lock it back and check the chamber. For loading/reloading, I insert the fresh mag and rack the slide. Even if the previous magazine wasn’t empty.
Ya ,we do want armed cops in our schools, not teachers who once in a while practice.But they need to be like air marshall’s, incognito.You protect banks and Federal building with armed security ,but our most valuable resource we leave hanging out there with marginal security and totally untrained personell with ineffective response techniques.This is because most liberals are anti gun and when a mental case with a gun shows up they are sitting ducks,police get there AFTER the fact.
plain clothes armed security could defuse a situation RIGHT NOW! BUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NEVER LEARN AND THEY AVOID THE TOPIC,so get ready for more events cause they are not doing anything effective to counter the threat,Stupid Idiots ,like Shannon Watts and MOM’S DEMAND ACTION or whatever they call themselves are CLULESS FOOLS if the think banning guns does one thing to save any lives.I
I’m just an ordinary vet, so take my advice with that background.
I’m no tactical expert or experienced shooter:heck, I haven’t even stayed at a Holiday Inn so far this year .
I do own a couple of guns and am a good enough shot to menace an attacker, so with all that being said:I disagree with McKee.
Consistency is no measure of safety.IMO , precise rules of consistent behavior is the path to training scars and safety violations.
Two, firearms cannot be run at max performance in exactly the same way .Take, for example, the storied controversy of overhand vs slide lock lever reload.Some weapons the overhabd method is faster, others have a big generous slide lock lever made to be used that way, and other guns dont have a slide lock lever at all.
The “consistent” way would be to run every gun overhand, but then you’re leaving time on the table with some guns ,and on ones with slide mounted safeties you even can decock the weapon unintentionally.
Sure ,you can decide to run one type of gun so as to preserve consistency.Striker fired only, hammer fired SAO only, etc.Yet ,not only does that limit your options for other models, even guns within the same channel work just differently enough to require, yet again, a “non-consistent” method.An M&P 9 won’t handle exactly the same as a Glock 17,and an FNS9 won’t handle the same as a Walther PPQ.
Since every gun has minute differences in characteristics, we may as well embrace the diverse differences and act accordingly.This “one way or the highway” philosophy is bunk ,and I wish that one day soon the shooting community would abondon that bankrupt ethos.
Somewhere, there’s a guy toting around an old Series 70 1911 .Somewhere else, there’s an experienced shooter hauling around a six shot Colt SAA.Yet elsewhere , there’s a cool hand packing a 459 Smith all but unaware the community considers his hardware passe.Guess what,those people are still deadly to those who mean harm.
Lets put aside this “One Way and Dogma for All Guns” nonsense.
I think you are missing his point. All he’s trying to say is whatever your method is do the same steps the same way in the same order every time. kinda like always follow the 4 safety rules or bad things happen.
Agreed that uniformed cops are a minimal deterrent. Columbine was planned for over a year, and the on-campus cop was easily discouraged by two shooters directing fire at him and his marked vehicle. He took cover and waited for back-up, and the back-up waited for SWAT, etc. etc. while the slaughter continued without interruption.
If a school can’t get at least 1/3 of the faculty and staff trained — and willing — to respond to the slim but real possibility of a school shooting, then it’s time to make some revisions in staffing.
Nobody should know who those armed guards are. Let any would-be killers find that:
“It is not the lion you see that will kill you — it’s the lion you don’t see.”
The only crime i give two shits about here is the one against humanity for doing that to a classic rifle.
I’m anti-scope mount, so needless to say these things make me borderline apoplectic.
These assholes being relieved of their firearms would be the best outcome for the pro gun movement.
These assholes being relieved of their gene pool membership would be the best outcome for the human race.
We should petition to have some twitchy Jersey cops relocate to ND so they can have an ‘accident’ next time these guys pull this Neo Nazi John Wayne shit.
well, to get the NJ cops to shoot them, your best bet would probably be to have these neo-nazis get dressed up in a realistic dog costume.
great, I have been looking at buying one of these for my Saiga .223. sounds like a great optic for low to mid range shooting with a flat round like .223. I had no idea the illumination had a “smart” feature, that’s pretty cool.
can’t wait to see how they manipulate the stats in their favor and whine about it. I’m in Canada on business right now, and they joke about Chicago’s violence. I offered that it is a social issue and not a firearm issue, and they just sort of looked at me. Oddly, it’s a software company, and they have nothing nice to say about CGI (obamacare website ‘creators’) either.
As a FORMER resident of that God forsaken state, I can honestly say when we go back to visit family the second I cross the state line into IL the only thing I feel is utter disgust and it stays with me until I the second we hit the MO state line on the way home. IL has been so backwards for so long now the residents there think it is “normal”.
If I have to read that Illinois is the “last state to allow concealed carry” one more time I’m going to shoot someone… (/sarcasm off)
But seriously… New Jersey anyone? Illinois may be the latest state to allow it, but there are other places that are now worse.
Bringing back the BDM would be neat.
I don’t have an issue with the 1st 2 stops. I don’t have a problem with the officer knocking out the windows with a night stick under the circumstance. The guy showing up on the scene after the fact and shooting into the van was a disaster. That said, she and the 14 yo son needed arrested and that guy needs seriously evaluated and probably terminated and LEO certification pulled.
Gun safe (safes) with a few revolvers (six/eight shot 357/38) in each. If there is a problem, a couple self trained school officials not known to the students run to the safe (safes) and then handle the problem while the authorities are on the way. End of story.
Isn’t the Army always the hero of the day?
“Police officers are going to have to show a lot of restraint”
Well, there’s a first time for everything. Frankly, I’d rather take my chances with Crips than cops.
Jeez, if the police is so worried about their safety at traffic stops, then stop stop conducting then… Oh, wait, the state makes money off it.
It is the difference between a firearms friendly state and a state like Texas. In Alaska if you were carrying a rifle down the road the only reason the cop would stop would be to talk to you about hunting or your choice of arms.
Once again, the police are out of line. Here are the facts. Someone called in and reported a man walking down the road with a rifle. Walking down the road with a rifle is a legal activity. No one claimed that the man with the rifle was pointing it at anyone or threatening anyone. So the policeman drives up and sees a man and his son walking down a rural road. And the policeman sees that the man has rifle. At that point the policeman immediately confronts the man rather than simply observing him. There was no immediate danger to anyone or anything.
This stop and arrest stinks. If the policeman wants to engage the man in a consensual encounter that’s fine. And if the man refuses to engage in a consensual encounter, that is fine as well. Given the totality of the circumstances, the policeman had no business grabbing the man’s rifle. The man was in a rural location. He had his son with him. He was walking down the road. He had a rifle. All someone reported was a man walking down the road with a rifle. And the police officer did not even observe the man long enough to see him do anything threatening or illegal.
Perhaps now everyone understands why the first words out of many people’s mouths are, “Are you detaining me?” And the second words out of many people’s mouths are, “I do not consent to any searches or seizures.”. And finally the third words out of their mouths are, “I am invoking my right to remain silent.”
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…and his faithful dog,…. Spot.
Raise your hand if you think a brawl between The City of Brotherly Love and the Keystone State would be something worth watching!
Just watched the entire linked video by SAAMI. Very good information indeed, but it also saddens me to see good ammo (“over 400,000 rounds,” they say) being destroyed in the name of research.
That being said, am I the only one thinking about the sound of popcorn popping as they ignite?