If someone were to ask you which products Colt has sold over the years, would you say a .22 semiautomatic rifle? I didn’t think you would. Colt made three versions of .22 rifles, the Courier, Colteer and Stagecoach, as well as others under several private-label names for Sears, Wards and other companies. This alloy rifle shot well, but did not hold up well. Unless it was kept oiled and clean, the alloy parts wore very rapidly. In spite of this, the little Colt rifles were good enough lightweight shooters that most owners will pay to get them fixed rather than discard theirs.

Introduced in 1963, the Remington Model 1100 shotgun has been around for over 40 years now. Variations include a sporter for field shooting, a Magnum version for ducks and geese, as well as a skeet and trap model for those who enjoy breaking clay targets. In all, there have been well over 3,500,000 Model 1100s produced over this period of time so you are bound to see one (or more) come across your bench. In this article, I’ll cover some of the common problems that result in ejection failures along with a few of the possible glitches that aren’t seen very often. And, of course, I’ll examine the cures that will help you get this shotgun back in service as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Check out several videos this week: Close quarter defense requires different tactics than defense from a distance. Pillar bedding is the process of installing aluminum columns in a rifle stock to ensure there is perfect metal-to-metal contact between the action and bottom metal. Gunsite Range Master Il Ling New demonstrates the how to properly load and unload your firearm.

What's ahead for the midterms? Jeff Knox at The Firearms Coalition says, 'There might be a few Democrats who haven't been able to bring themselves to declare support for the Second Amendment, but the official party line is broad support for the constitutional right, while interpreting it in the narrowest terms, and doing all they can to undermine and dismantle it.' As for the other party, 'Republicans, on the other hand, are generally supportive of the right to arms, but few of them have any more understanding of the issue than do the Democrats. They definitely lack the resolve and the backbone to vigorously oppose the Democrats' attacks on the Constitution and the President's appointments of radical extremists to the courts and high level government positions.'

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Nullification Redux: Resisting Federal Domination

From MonroeRising.com:

Recently, a friend and I were lamenting the steady dissolution of our Constitution. It seemed to us that the further our politicians have strayed from the spirit, meaning and intent of the Constitution, the more enervated, disunited and dispirited our nation and its people have become. Discussing how best to remedy the nation’s decline and to restore Constitutional governance, we briefly alluded to the discredited doctrine of nullification about which neither of us knew very much at all. So, I decided to briefly revisit the subject to see what I could learn. In a nutshell, this is it. I hope it will be of some interest to you.

The Constitution’s 10th Amendment unambiguously provides that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

Over the years, the federal government’s loose and expansive interpretation of the Constitution has steadily led to federal encroachment on state powers and individual rights at a pace and breadth not clearly foreseen by the Founders, leaving this country and its people more divided and polarized than since immediately prior to the Civil War.

Already this year, Tenth Amendment Resolutions have been passed and signed by the Governors in Alaska and Tennessee, and have passed one or both legislative chambers in Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, N. Carolina, N. Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, S. Carolina, S. Dakota, and Virginia. So, it’s not just a southern thing, not by a long shot.

In the following states, at least one legislative chamber has, so far, passed legislation asserting that federal regulation of firearms produced, sold and used within the state is beyond the “commerce clause” authority of Congress: Alaska, Montana, and Tennessee. In several other states, similar legislation has been introduced. (Note: to avoid a needless clash, Montana has also opted to test its sovereignty in this regard by submitting its jurisdictional contention to judicial review.) If one can achieve one’s goals peacefully, then why not?

Read the rest of the story (it's long) here.

Reader Comments

We know the Federal Government has over reached it's own tentacles on every avenue of governance. Let us hope that every state has the wisdom and foresight to cut off the diseased tentacles before they spread to every nook and cranny of life.The federal government is to this country what Hotchkin's disease is to an athlete. Bravo to any state that stands up to the Feds.(Sorry, if you live in Ca. you may want to move on to a different tentacle.) Guns and ammo are just the tip of the iceberg.

Comment by: Sharps | November 5, 2009

If you didn't follow the link and read the full article, you should take the time. We live in a very intriguing era of American history.

Comment by: P V B | November 5, 2009

Very interesting, thoughtful article. I wasn't that impressed with the comment following the article, though. Long on unsupported assertion, short on facts.

Gaviota

Comment by: Lee W | November 5, 2009

I have read several ideas on what to do to stop the insanity that is the Obama administration, and the one person that makes the most sense is Glenn Beck of Fox News. My own idea is that we have been so brain washed by the Washington Pols we have forgotten exactly why the 2nd Amendment was so important to Jefferson, and that is as protection from an oppressive government. The personal papers of the founding fathers of this great nation foresaw this very problem, and gave us the means to correct it. We have become so complacent that we are giving away what they were willing to put their lives on the line to give to future generations. Shame on us.

Comment by: olderndirtcop | November 12, 2009

WE haven't forgotten - the hoplophobes try to rewrite history and ignore the facts about why the Bill of Rights were added to the constitution, especially the Second. It was second on the list for good reason, and they clearly wanted it there so we could protect ourselves against tyranny. So, the antis vilify those of us who like firearms and other weapons, stereotyping our character while selectively ignoring factual matter that detracts from their arguments. Meanwhile, if an appropriate authority spends too much time looking into the otherwise suspicious activities of a minority, they are "profiling" by stereotype and may be admonished accordingly.

As we all know, antis assume the illogical position that the Second had been added to protect the rights of the government to field an army, thus citizens can bear arms when in service. If that were truly the case, our soldiers, sailors, Marines, and airmen would routinely carry weapons both aboard base and while on leave or liberty, not simply when deemed essential by their commanders. If that were also true, we would not have had the tragedy at Fort Hood.

Comment by: P V B | November 12, 2009