Scot’s Product Review: CMMG Mutant Mk47 AKM

If you like the 7.62x39mm Russian cartridge but aren’t a fan of the AK47 or SKS, CMMG may have just the rifle for you. At first glance it looks like an AR, but the second look tells you something is different. They call it the Mutant because, while it uses a lot of the basic AR platform, both the upper and lower receivers are unique as they were re-sized for the cartridge and to use the AK magazine. In other words, it is not a standard AR by any means though some parts will interchange, like the trigger group, safety, …




Pat Cascio’s Product Review: Kershaw Knives – Launch 1

We have Hollywood to thank for portraying automatic knives as being demonized by not only states laws and statutes but fed gov laws, too. I don’t know where the term “switch blade” came from, and it is puzzling when you think about it. The blade doesn’t “switch” when you open it, does it? No, the blade on an automatic folder flings open when you press a button on the handle of the knife. However, for some strange reason, the ill-informed still call automatic opening folding knives “switch blades” for some reason, and they believe, stupidly, that an automatic opening folding …




Recipe of the Week: Luscious Chocolate Sauce, by C.S.

This recipe yields about 2-2 ½ cups of sauce. Ingredients: 1 14-oz. can Eagle Brand sweetened condensed milk 2 squares (2 oz) unsweetened chocolate 1/8 tsp. salt ½ to 1 cup HOT water ½ tsp. vanilla extract Directions: Put condensed milk, chocolate, and salt in the top of a double boiler. Add water to the lower portion and heat water to boiling. Cook contents over rapidly boiling water, stirring often, until thick (about 10 minutes). Remove from heat. Slowly stir in hot water to desired constancy. Stir in vanilla extract; remove from heat and cool to use in recipes or …




Letter Re: Uncommon Calibers

Hugh, I can respectfully understand one reason that someone would switch to a non-standard unpopular cartridge; hear me out on this one. I don’t want to start an argument about what is better; I just want to say whatever you have at hand that you can hit a target with might be what’s best for you! Whatever works for you is what you might want to stock up on. It’s always cheaper to have common stuff, but it might not be your best solution. Consider my situation. I found out this year that I have carpel tunnel and my right …




Economics and Investing:

Default Nears: UBS’s Puerto Rico Bond Funds Implode, “Collateral Value” Drops to Zero, Investors Screwed – H.L. o o o Credit card debt makes up for lack of income growth: Credit card debt outstanding back up to $900 billion. Since 1980 household income up 300% while credit card debt up 1,760%. o o o Could Another Great Financial Crisis Be Just Around The Corner? o o o 1.5 Million Teens Don’t Think They Can Get a Job In This Economy o o o Oil Price Rout Set To Inflict Real Pain On Russia




Odds ‘n Sods:

The exploding U.S. prison population and its skyrocketing costs, state by state – G.P. o o o Persecution in Middle East threatens to erase Christianity from the region o o o On four continents, historic droughts wreak havoc – MtH o o o Cracking Up and Cracking Down: Spain Is Bursting at the Seams – H.L.