The rally at the Alamo in San Antonio Saturday was all about the right to carry a long gun openly, and naturally there were some pretty nice looking guns on display. And in some cases, pretty nice looking people who were holding the guns on display. See: above, a young woman who styles herself as Molly Pitcher and was carrying a CMMG AR-15. Make the jump for more pictures . . .
Ahren Fields, seen here with his bolt action Springfield m1903 rifle.
Corey Martin with her Rock River Arms AR-15.
Christina Hodnett built this pretty pink Seekins Precision rifle with her boyfriend.
Kevin Fucci showing off his converted Saiga 12 shotgun.
Matt Williams was actually selling these guns, a Remington 700 in .30-06 and a Bushmaster AR-15.
Eli Meir was carrying his Hatsun 12 gauge shotgun.
Mike Scully actually had a rifle that I coveted, a reproduction Southern mountain rifle contemporary to the Texas revolution. The first one, that is.
A man named Castro was carrying this RPK (that I first thought was an RPD, shows what I know).
Chris O. was sporting this Mak-90 with a 75 round drum magazine.
Not too sure about that top mounted flashlight on tge SxS, but to each their own~
I Would have been there rockin’ either my 336 or Mini-14.
The joe biden school of tacticool.
Great pictures, looks like a fun event.
Except for the guy with the Cerakoted FDE AR, with the PRS stock and the improvised sling. He is a perfect argument for carrying the rifle muzzle-down if your sling can’t keep your rifle tight against your back or shoulder. I would be VERY uncomfortable standing or walking in the 180 behind him, especially as he appears to be carrying a loaded weapon.
Did you see any “bubba” guns?
I wish I could have gone. Definitely would have worn a suit and my Garand. Or possibly cowboy formal and my Marlin 336.
Fashion is important to the modern OC.
Was thinking the same thing. Suit and tie with a Thompson…
If you’re going for the mafia look, don’t forget your trusty fedora.
Would’ve worn my Albanian SKS.
I think there is a lot of truth in what an earlier poster said about the internet. Without it we would not know about all the QC problems and recalls or at least not in almost real time like we do now. There is also a lot of truth in the statement about all the AR parts vendors and “manufacturers” that have sprung up in the last few years. On the other hand, I just bought a upper and lower from one of these economy manufacturers and the assembled gun works great. So does my $600 S&W MP15 Sport. I spent almost twice as much on an AR from SIG that had to immediately go back to the factory. The insanity of the last 9 months no doubt led mfrs to cut corners and push product out the door as fast as they could to cash in onthe buying bubble. Some of the big boys can afford to do that and not worry about the down side of piss poor QC. Others will not fair so well.
Someone should have set up a booth, as a public service, on how to use a sling. Man oh man. Here’s a tip: If it slaps against your ass when you walk, you’re doing it wrong. I’m looking at you, “Corey Martin with her Rock River Arms AR-15,” as well as the Cerakoted FDE AR that AlphaGeek pointed out.
oh my god, somebody take the nipple out of this guy’s mouth because if he keeps talking out his arse, he’s gonna hurt himself.
Carrying a gun isn’t about insecurity. It’s about preparation and awareness. Do I feel the need to carry a firearm in my hometown? No, but i also know what areas to avoid. If i go to an unfamiliar city, i would like to have the option of a gun. The point remains that if i didn’t snooze during gun classes, if i didn’t just pop a couple shots a month just say I practiced, then if something does happen, the odds of me surviving goes up. and even if i am the most insecure man on earth (Don’t ask the ex girlfriends) training gives me the confidence i need to ignore the gun till it is needed.
I’d have carried my Garand. Naturally.
What??? All these dangerous & scary-looking weapons, people walking around handling & carrying them and nobody got shot? How can this be? Aren’t guns the problem?
Ya know why CCW hasn’t stopped mass killings? Because most Americans just sit around and say “What are the odds?” If every American walked around with something as simple as pepper spray, crime would decrease.
Now…what was it that your were saying that was bad about most Americans who put their ego away when the gun comes out being armed against a real threat?
Amazing that there wasn’t a Wild West scenario, all these gun crazy people all armed up and in one place? Have you ever seen so many assault double barrel shotguns in one place? All those wild eyed right wingers didn’t start busting caps?
An armed society is a polite society….fact.
He says that if the NRA had its way, we would be a nation where you can just go into a Wal-Mart and buy an AR-15. I hate to break it to him, but we already are a nation where you can go into a Wal-Mart and buy an AR-15. He also uses that nonsense term “assault weapon.”
http://www.personaldefensenetwork.com/choosing-a-holster-to-fit-the-fight/
An alternate take on the straight drop vs cant arguement. And I have to say that some times you have to make compromises to fit the situation. I can’t afford a $100 plus holster from a custom leather shop. Not when I’m gonna sweat all over it down here in hot as hell Texas and ruin it in a few years, so I went with an IWB kydex rig. Not the most comfortable, but I gut it out because its important.
Pass. Kydex. Haven’t yet seen a good retention system on leather.
I started out with leather in my career. Swivel holster with my dads model 27.
Had a Nelson, Lawrence, Hanson…
Then all of a sudden, I was getting old and wearing all that weight on the bat belt was getting old. Radio, ASP, flashlight, two mags, gun, OC spray, keys, Taser.
So I switched to nylon. Suddenly my back felt better.
I still prefer leather. Ted Blocker is just a few miles away.
I have a Galco Royal Guard in 1911 flavor that I quite like. It stays open when I draw and retains a firearm very well. However, with such a narrow surface against my body, it tends to pull my pants down when I’m wearing a heavier (read: 5″ barrel) pistol. I resorted to wearing suspenders under my shirts for a while, until I made a kydex and leather Crossbreed knockoff.
Leather has its place for sure.
Am I the only one who got excited and expected a totally different article? Oh, one more thing, is it just me or did the author seem to be talking down to people who don’t use leather?
I got the impression I was being talked down to, too. I had my butt reamed on a Facebook post by some know-it-all because I dared to offer my opinion (to someone who was asking for advice) about my preference for kydex. I’m still a bit bitter about it. I don’t really learn anything from people with this kind of tone.
So now we’re going to get a bunch of morons start making bullets from leftover lead. Great. Junior and Bobby in the garage, melting down 40 pounds of lead in Mom’s Pyrex, using the Coleman camp stove or 15 butane torches duct taped together to melt the lead. Not using proper gear, eating FunYuns and Bugles while they work. If they survive the eventual house fire, they’ll die from lead poisoning.
Iāve always had good results with Bianchi leather holsters over the years both for duty and concealed. IMO their products are good quality, durable and not excessively thick or heavy, though the duty holsters are of course heavier than are the concealed holsters.
Well… that was something.
Without the balloon in the same frame as the shot, how do we know you actuamqa;lrkmnerl… yeah, I don’t really care.
slow news day
OK.. I’ll go ahead and say it. (Cause I’m an OWG and not afraid to get a ribbing) Watching these shots is like a challenge. I’ve done ok on the others, I’ve even done the backwards over the shoulder using a mirror one.
This one might hurt. And I do yoga.
Nice shooting Ms. Weiss
12 bore. Buckshot. Average American tract home. It really ain’t rocket science. Reinvent the wheel for 6 bucks a shot and then a specialised choke to boot. I’ll pass.
Self referential hipster-teck social media propaganda- and not even that good.
Fail.
Ok that shot is fairly challenging but I wonder if she could still do it if she didn’t have the body structural support of her clothing? She’s going to have to eliminate that variable to prove she’s an expert!
I would like to see her paired with Camilo Vllegas.
Its the libtard (democrat) way. Use emotion, sex jokes, and the race card. I want them dead. Big Gov shall save us all….in the name of the children.
The tubular magazine section brings up an interesting premise with its discussion of “standard” round length, and the test being done with that. So if the test is based on a standard round for that caliber of firearm, doesn’t that make the “10 round .50 Beowulf” magazine (and labeled as such) a legitimate CT magazine?
“We” like I’ve played a part. I can only vote once and I only speak till my voice is hoarse and write until my hands cramp. If the majority still votes in these lunatics I am somehow still to blame?
It’s not “we”, certainly not “I”, who keep electing these people. It is “they.”
IT IS NOT ABOUT HUNTING!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it a bad thing to get ‘boy cramps’ watching that video?
Wow man. That’s very awesome. And your trigger reset is ridiculously loud in comparison.
Slightly jealous that you’ve been to my ranch more in the last month than I have. š
I’ve found, from training at night, any lighting over 300 lumens is just too much. You may blind your target, the problem is you stun yourself in the process.
Tactical lighting seams so lost to me. What does tactical light mean? Is it because it’s black? The lumens? None of this to me seems like a solid argument as tactical.
At Trifecta Tactical we have created a true tactical light. Like the writer stated “Iām just happy if I can find the power button”. The MERK as we affectionately call it will turn on and off at your motion command. Low ready the light is off, aim and push light on, the user has no other function to do. The computer controlled light does the switch for you. A quick magazine change you say? Yup you go dark get ammo and back in the fight, you don’t need to even think about your light it does it for you. If you’re in an awkward shooting position and need the light on push the button and you get the hard-on, push it again and back to MERK mode.
There’s 200 lumen beaming from this light, which in my experience is plenty. Look there’s so much more to this truly tactical flashlight and you can see video and read more at http://www.trifectatactical.com. We’ve put this light threw the ringer and it’s still shining bright, check it out tell your local gun shop to get on it. Be the first of your buddies to have the most tactically advanced light there is.