By David E. Petzal

At no time did the Obama administration’s disconnect from reality shine more brightly than last November, when Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four fellow 9/11 conspirators would be tried in Federal court in lower Manhattan. People who had some grasp of reality pointed out to the A.G. that such a trial would turn lower Manhattan into an armed camp, cost millions which New York did not have, create a backlog of other trials that would take 15 years to clean up, and paint a big bull’s-eye on the Big Apple. The AG snorted and farted and announced that other venues would be considered, although New York was still in the running.

By David E. Petzal

A friend of mine once told me that he had a pre-64 Model 70 in .308 that would not shoot accurately, and asked what he should do with it.

“Drop it in a deep lake,” I said. “Don’t let it breed. A .308 that won’t shoot* is a danger to everything we hold sacred.”

By David E. Petzal

In case you missed it, here is part one of the Warlord review.

My rifle had seen some use when I got it—I’d guess a couple of hundred rounds, and I didn’t bother shooting it with hunting bullets or with .308 slugs of less than 167 grains (the current 7.62 sniper round uses a 175-grain bullet). ALL GROUPS ARE 5-SHOT, NOT 3. (Bear in mind that T/C guarantees 3-shot ½ MOA, and that the target that came with the rifle was 3 shots in .400.)

By David E. Petzal

You might recall a recent post regarding putting five shots in one hole. Here is a little more on the gun that did so.

The Thompson/Center Warlord is based on the premise that any shooting you do with a tactical rifle is bound to be serious and for high stakes, and that you don’t want your bullets going other than where you aim them. It’s built on the principle that if you want to make an accurate rifle you have to a) eliminate vibration as much as possible and b) make whatever vibration that’s left over as uniform as possible. So, with that firmly in mind, let us look at the beast.