the other day someone ask me why carrie a scout model around all the time when i am out on the homestead here in alaska ...
i tried to explain to the person that the rifle was more for my personal protection againest big game animals than people but it would work both ways if need be used on a human just as fast as a animal for i gotten out of the truck here in the little town that i go into get the mail and was getting ready to run up to tok to get more supplies for the bigger box outlet stores there ..when the couple in a rv pulled up next to me and parked and was getting out of the rv and was walking around for a few mins stetching there legs when the husband saw the rifle in the homemade rifle rack set up i have inside the driver side down to keep the rifle ready for use when i get out of the truck and have to get to it quick .. the husband pointed out to his wife and said that the m14 rifle ..
we where in the front of this little highway tradeing post parking lot when the guy started asking me about the rifle and pistol set up ..
for i keep a cmi 25.rd mag in the rifle along with a 20.rd mag in a single mag kydex plastic mag pouch a guy had made me on my belt for the rifle
i tried to explain to the couple that when a bear or moose get into there head to come after you it makes you feel better that you got a 25.rds on tap to deal with the problem at hand .. for i told the first shot might be a panic shot so it nice to have a quick follow up shot if need be ..with the 18.inch barrel and muzzle brake set up it makes for quick handleing if need be in the bush or around a building if need be ..
for a cold weather trick i do for use with the ebr stock is
cut a piece of black foam rubber 1.inch thick shaped to the cheekpiece then duck tape it down to the checkpeice then take a old sock that has a hole in it and cut it to slide over the unit and tape the end down on the unit and you have a cold weather checkpiece cover..
i use plain old fixed sight system no optics on the rifle ..
they where asking me that when i around the homestead they though it was odd that i have a 44.mag revolver and a rifle with me all the time..
for i explain to the person that a rifle can break down at a wrong moment and you be in trouble if you do not have a backup plan to have something else in the works ..
plus i was trying to tell that when working around the cabin it easlyer to carry a handgun than a rifle when chopping wood or tending the garden or doing a hunderd little things around the cabin ..
the rifle is never far my hand and i can panic shoot my 44 revolver pretty good at close range if need be for all the pratice drawing and double action work when it snowing outside and i get to pratice a few hours a day to break up the boredom at times ..
plus i did not have the heart to tell the guy that i have a 1911 45 acp pistol underneath the shirt also for if i was going into the bigger towns for supplies i take the chest holster off along with the extra rifle mag pouch and was puting to the bag that i keep in the truck to stash it in the truck intill i get back out in the tradeing post combo gas station there right before my turn off to go home out in the homestead .. for i was putting on the 1911 belt holster inside the truck door and along with the mag pouch for it and rethreading the belt back though the pants belt loops when the rv pulled up and was trying to get finish before they had gotten out of the rv to see what i was doing ..
when the guy pulled up beside the truck and saw the rifle in the rack along with the chest holster on the seat with the extras rifle mag for that when the husband started to ask me question about after telling his wife about the rifle ..
it funny about how people think about alaska and they allways take pictures of you and the truck for the way it set up .with a super short flatbed and cut out fenders on the front ..for my truck looks like it been cut down and made to look like a tonka toy truck with the way it set up for use in the around the town and on road trips for supplies
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i tried to explain to the person that the rifle was more for my personal protection againest big game animals than people but it would work both ways if need be used on a human just as fast as a animal for i gotten out of the truck here in the little town that i go into get the mail and was getting ready to run up to tok to get more supplies for the bigger box outlet stores there ..when the couple in a rv pulled up next to me and parked and was getting out of the rv and was walking around for a few mins stetching there legs when the husband saw the rifle in the homemade rifle rack set up i have inside the driver side down to keep the rifle ready for use when i get out of the truck and have to get to it quick .. the husband pointed out to his wife and said that the m14 rifle ..
we where in the front of this little highway tradeing post parking lot when the guy started asking me about the rifle and pistol set up ..
for i keep a cmi 25.rd mag in the rifle along with a 20.rd mag in a single mag kydex plastic mag pouch a guy had made me on my belt for the rifle
i tried to explain to the couple that when a bear or moose get into there head to come after you it makes you feel better that you got a 25.rds on tap to deal with the problem at hand .. for i told the first shot might be a panic shot so it nice to have a quick follow up shot if need be ..with the 18.inch barrel and muzzle brake set up it makes for quick handleing if need be in the bush or around a building if need be ..
for a cold weather trick i do for use with the ebr stock is
cut a piece of black foam rubber 1.inch thick shaped to the cheekpiece then duck tape it down to the checkpeice then take a old sock that has a hole in it and cut it to slide over the unit and tape the end down on the unit and you have a cold weather checkpiece cover..
i use plain old fixed sight system no optics on the rifle ..
they where asking me that when i around the homestead they though it was odd that i have a 44.mag revolver and a rifle with me all the time..
for i explain to the person that a rifle can break down at a wrong moment and you be in trouble if you do not have a backup plan to have something else in the works ..
plus i was trying to tell that when working around the cabin it easlyer to carry a handgun than a rifle when chopping wood or tending the garden or doing a hunderd little things around the cabin ..
the rifle is never far my hand and i can panic shoot my 44 revolver pretty good at close range if need be for all the pratice drawing and double action work when it snowing outside and i get to pratice a few hours a day to break up the boredom at times ..
plus i did not have the heart to tell the guy that i have a 1911 45 acp pistol underneath the shirt also for if i was going into the bigger towns for supplies i take the chest holster off along with the extra rifle mag pouch and was puting to the bag that i keep in the truck to stash it in the truck intill i get back out in the tradeing post combo gas station there right before my turn off to go home out in the homestead .. for i was putting on the 1911 belt holster inside the truck door and along with the mag pouch for it and rethreading the belt back though the pants belt loops when the rv pulled up and was trying to get finish before they had gotten out of the rv to see what i was doing ..
when the guy pulled up beside the truck and saw the rifle in the rack along with the chest holster on the seat with the extras rifle mag for that when the husband started to ask me question about after telling his wife about the rifle ..
it funny about how people think about alaska and they allways take pictures of you and the truck for the way it set up .with a super short flatbed and cut out fenders on the front ..for my truck looks like it been cut down and made to look like a tonka toy truck with the way it set up for use in the around the town and on road trips for supplies
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