Month: June 2019

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Now we proceed on to the Czech CZ 52. This weapon is a bit prettier than the TT-33, but it’s kind of odd looking. This rifle is similar to a weapon from a futuristic pulp movie. The CZ 52 is a magazine fed, single action, semi-automatic pistol. Moreover, the weapon uses an odd operating system. It utilizes two rollers that lock the barrel and slide together with a cam block. Notwithstanding, this weapon is pretty unique in terms of what it could do.
The weapon is single action and the trigger pull will vary from gun to gun. My model was a little bit spongy, but I have fired TT-33s who have truly wonderful triggers. The TT-33 was initially designed without a safety, as the common practice is to carry the hammer down on an empty chamber. The good people we all know and love at the BATF regulated safeties on all imported firearms, but these safeties shouldn’t be relied on. I also advise against locked, cocked, and secure as a method of carrying.
The hammer on this weapon will be familiar to western shooters. The safety is a de-cocker. This safety is much better than the tacked on security that you will see on the TT-33, as this weapon was developed to have a security.
So how can we combine affordable, dependable, and powerful? The answer is similar to the Mosin Nagant: surplus Eastern European weapons. They aren’t pretty, but they do work. In essence, they’re the epitome of affordable and dependable sidearms. Furthermore, you can buy the ammo cheaply off the net or at most gun stores. Both weapons I am talking about are the TT-33 and the CZ 52. Each one of these handguns was constructed to be chambered in the 7.62 x 25mm, which is also called the 7.62 Tokarev.
The grip is not much more comfy than the TT-33. It’s a slight bit more difficult, but also very wide with a few ugly grips. This weapon features great inherent accuracy but it’s hampered with a stiff, heavy trigger and minimalist sights.  It’s the normal European mag release, which is located on the base of the grip. You push it back along with the mag falls out. What’s the problem? Well, the mag has a removable floor plate which slides off. If you’re not careful, the mag release can slide back into place since the magazine is coming out. This will send your mag spring flying into next week.

So Why Use These Two Cheap And Dependable Sidearms?

These safeties can fall off, refuse to remain in the fire place, or they will refuse to go to the safe position. The best thing to do would be to take the gun apart, remove the security, and then take it back to its initial configuration. For naysayers who believe that this procedure is terribly unsafe, I would counter that the most significant safety is between your ears and behind your eyes.
These weapons are also perfect if you need a couple handguns around to pass to trusted friends and family that are a little less prepared than you. Alternatively, you may use them as bartering tools. I usually don’t agree with trading firearms, but you gotta do what you have ta do, and guns will have lots of trade value. You can also keep them as cheap backups, or frankly, the answer for a great deal of us is just a new, fun to shoot, cheap little gun to plink with. Whatever your reason may be, I’d get one now. Like Mosin Nagants, the price is slowly rising, and such as .303s, the surplus will dry up eventually.
The TT-33 ai not pretty, but like the proud heritage of mass-produced, tough-as-nails Russian weapons, it is going to work when you want it to. In spite of this, if you see this weapon through the eyes of someone who can afford it, the story may change. If you already have a modern pistol, I am not saying you want one of them, but if you don’t, it’s definitely better than a sharp stick and harsh language.

The ability to hide a weapon is important, and that is why a handgun is a must in a disaster scenario. However, we will need to acknowledge that carrying a weapon around after SHTF situations can make you a target for both police and criminals or cause undue fear by civilians. So, if you are on a budget, what sort of handgun can you purchase? Well, there is the always the option of a cheap .22 revolver like a Rohms, or possibly a .380 Jennings. But do you trust your life to cheap, underpowered guns? Furthermore, there’s a difference between”cheap” and”affordable.” Plus, the ammo can be hard to find and is expensive, particularly during a SHTF situation.
While it’s a lot better looking, it does have a few design flaws. Nonetheless, this problem doesn’t make the weapon ineffective. The most important design flaw is in the ergonomics because the barrel is high above the grip and causes an increase in felt recoil. So, you have to pull the slide back and let it slingshot forward.   Aftermarket slide releases are available, but it’s kind of like putting makeup on a donkey. Save the money and purchase additional ammo instead.

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The TT-33 and CZ 52 are two affordable and dependable sidearms that can assist you in a disaster situation.
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The cartridge was produced in Russia in the early 1930s for uses in a large number of different weapons. They include the sub-machine firearms PPD-40, PPSH-41, PP-19 Bizon, and undoubtedly the handguns TT-33 and CZ-52. This round is lightweight and has a remarkably fast velocity. A hot load with an 85-grain FMJ round can reach speeds of over 1600 feet per minute, while an average load is approximately 1220 feet per minute.  The round is renowned for piercing soft body armor, military issue helmets, and it provides excellent insight against obstacles. This round is light and small but transfers a lot of energy–360 foot-pounds of it from a typical load. Not bad at all.

These weapons are loud and breathe muzzle flash like a dragon. They’re fun to take, snappy little pistols. The ammo is cheap and accessible. These barrels sell for approximately 30-50 dollars online.

Do you know of any other pistols that you would suggest as cheap and dependable sidearms? Tell us in the comments below.

Affordable And Reliable Sidearms: The CZ 52

As I said, the weapon is not pretty, but she functions. The gun is extremely accurate and it shoots surprisingly flat to get a pistol. The sights are extremely simple, small, and not too efficient, but they operate. Spoiled American shooters like me will not be very impressed by them. The weapon’s grip is not particularly comfortable, but it’ll do.

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Be aware that the majority of these cheap rounds are corrosive, which means some of the components can lead to corrosion in your weapon. Any time after firing, make sure that you thoroughly clean the weapon. Now let’s talk about the ugly girls in the Royal Ball:

Prepping is not a cheap thing to do, and with most of us on budgets, we can not always afford the things we need. This is particularly true when it comes to firearms, as firearms and ammo get expensive pretty fast. You hear this a lot in regards to the Mosin Nagant rifle. It’s a inexpensive rifle with cheap ammo, but is it the best option? No, it’s not, but if you need a gun and you do not have the funds, the Mosin is a reliable, powerful rifle. What do we do about cheap and reliable sidearms, however?
The TT-33 is the first weapon to discuss on our list of cheap and reliable sidearms. She sure is not going to win any beauty contest, that’s for sure. Fans of the 1911 may see some slight resemblance and there’s a reason for that. The pistol was, in certain respects, based on the 1911. Most Russian satellite countries embraced the weapon and China has used it as well. The different variants are all pretty much the same, except that the Yugo version holds an additional round in the magazine.
I’m critical of those weapons, but I far from hate them. I think these offer people who do not have the means to get a better weapon a way to defend themselves. I wanted to give a precise look at them. They are not great fighting pistols by any standard. Around 200 bucks. These weapons are more powerful and reliable than a Rohm, a Jennings, or a Raven.
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There’s very little if anything that pisses me off more than people torturing or abusing animals. Obviously it’s terrible when people abuse others, whether on an individual basis or on a societal level…warfare, genocide, etc..  But people have potential or the ability speak up, to flee, or fight back.  Animals can’t speak up, they could t escape, and they can’t fight back.  In my view, those who abuse animals are the worst of the worst – individuals who should not be permitted to live freely and continue their dreadful acts.

The U.S., and many if not all states, participate in all sorts of horribly immoral acts.  The government workers that sanction them and the people that commit them probably justify them with some sort of mental gymnastics, something that makes them think they aren’t doing something as bad as they really are, that there is a greater good they are serving, etc..  And I’m sure that with dog and other animal experimentation the researches justify their actions by imagining they are serving some greater good…making sure the cosmetic products they’re pushing aren’t bad for human health by way of instance, or analyzing untested medicines on animals to see what side effects they cause, if they’re deadly, etc.. .
I ask that you discuss this story, https://theintercept.com/2018/05/17/inside-the-barbaric-u-s-industry-of-dog-experimentation/, every place you can, and do everything you can to prevent and stop such products and practices.  Do what you can to make the world a location that’s best for all living beings.  When you have any ideas as to what we can do to stop these practices, feel free post them in the comments.

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Yeah, a friend put on the Sad Indie Spotify playlist for a gag the other day and it was sorta appalling how limp the substance was. Even for something marketed as’sad indie.’

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Consider this quote from Herodotus of Halicarnassus (c. 484 BC — c. 425 BC) that the historian famous for his writings on the conflict between Greece and Persia, as well as the descriptions he wrote of different places and people he met on his journeys.

– Herodotus
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Becoming adept in technique allows the martial artist to accomplish defense of oneself without force sometimes. And isn’t that the ideal? I’m not saying force isn’t useful or necessary at times. It certainly is. But there are times when the skillful can accomplish much without it, and in those times it has no location.

Both my father and grandfather fixed watches and clocks. You know, the older kind that had the intricate working bits that caused hands of the clock to rotate to tell time. Not the newer electronic clocks and watches so many use today. It’s obvious when thinking about fixing these fine instruments of time that force wouldn’t be necessary, and that only skilled craftsmanship, like used to create such time pieces, would be necessary to repair them.
“Force has no place where there is need of skill”

So is this quote even relevant for martial arts? Yes, I think it is. As martial artists, we learn how to defend ourselves when we don’t posses larger force. We also learn options so we don’t have to just bash ’em on the head. I found this very important when working bodyguard and safety work. I was in many situations where I had to be physical with people, but I couldn’t just bash them and hurt them. I needed to control them, and sometimes they were bigger and stronger than I was. It was skill and technique that allowed me to prevail. And it wasn’t always physical skill. There were times with verbal and people skills allowed me to handle situations without resorting to physical procedures or force.
But does this quote relate to martial arts? Why not just party ’em on the head with force and be done with the altercation? And I’ll admit, there were lots of fights in my younger days I prevailed in because of conditioning and force, not skill or technique. I wrote about that in my book for Paladin Press over twenty years ago. Strength and conditioning go a long way in protecting yourself.

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It’s not rocket science by any stretch. It’s a concept that is simple. In many situations, after a certain point raising the magnitude or intensity of a particular factor results in a negative decrease in the overall effect. But before the stage, the increase corresponds to a positive growth in overall effect.

For example:
Increasing the confidence of someone with low self-confidence produces a positive effect.
Increasing the confidence to somebody with lots of present self-confidence creates the negative effect of over confidence.

Take in Too Little calories and you are skinny. Take in Much and you get fat. There’s a Just-Right amount of caloric intake that helps you keep your ideal weight.

There are a lot of examples of this Goldilocks Law which it is helpful to think of an example of what does not fall under the Law.

Judgment and decision making skill and ability, you really can’t get too much of that. To put it differently, people with seemingly opposing viewpoints may actually agree on the fundamental idea. But they may disagree on whether a certain (known, perceived, imagined) amount of that concept is actually positive or negative.

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“Generally speaking, it is essential to create your ordinary bearing the posture you use in martial arts, and produce the bearing you are using in martial arts your ordinary bearing.”

In terms of physical appearance, your face shouldn’t be tilted downward, upward, or on the side. Your gaze should be steady. Do not wrinkle your forehead, but make a furrow between your eyebrows. Keep your eyes unmoving, and try not to blink. Narrow your eyes. The idea is to keep a serene expression on your face, nose straight, chin slightly ahead.
There have been studies where criminals choose which people they would target based on their appearance while walking down sidewalks. The choose those who seemed timid, weak, and unsure of themselves. There have been studies done on successful executives, and often they’re more confident and carry themselves as such.

This illustrates that even if you never need to use your martial arts training to defend yourself, the confidence you gain and how you carry yourself because of that training will keep you safe without you ever knowing it. That same training might help you succeed in other areas of your life also, and that’s a double win, or perhaps even a triple or quadruple win, as I think there are many advantages of training in the martial arts.
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There is a teaching called ‘tightening the wedge,’ which means that the abdomen is braced from the scabbard of the brief sword in such a manner that the belt does not loosen.
Keep training, and bear in mind, as Musashi said, your bodily bearing ought to be give careful consideration.

• Miyamoto Musashi

Broadly , it is essential to create your ordinary bearing the posture you use in martial arts, and make the bearing you are using in martial arts your ordinary bearing. This is supposed to be give careful consideration.”

Among the advantages of studying martial arts is the confidence one gains. And that confidence is often portrayed through better look and bearing. Walking tall, head up, and not scared of the word. But it’s not an exaggerated boastful look of a braggart or bully, but a calm confidant look of the man who trains and knows who they are, but doesn’t have to put themselves above others to feel important.
The back of the neck should be straight, with strength focused in the nape. Feeling the entire body from the shoulders down as you can, lower the shoulders, keep the spine straight, and don’t allow the buttocks stick out. Focus power in the lower legs, from the knees down through the tips of the feet. Tense the abdomen so that the waist doesn’t bend.
Someone ’s physical bearing is important in everything they do. We all make initial judgments of others based on appearance and posture. Someone can be considered passive and weak, or strong and confident, based on appearance and bearing. And while judgments might be inaccurate, often they’re not. It’s beneficial for security reasons, in addition to being successful in business and other ventures to have a positive, strong, and likable look and bearing. This is not new.