We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:59:57 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Or email does. I was going to do a nice, longish post this morning, but a small blog-controversy got dropped in my lap this morning (blast and heat from something going on in comments over at Blackfive) and my response ate my blogtime today. So, I'll go with something a little shorter, for the gunnies who still visit. Heh. This post is, in a weird way, tangentially related to that derailing email this morning... Simple enough, and both easy and hard. Hard depends on how much a geek on the topic you are, and which rabbit holes your geekiness takes... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:35:46 -0600 sure you've posted about having one. 7.62x54R - the oldest cartridge still in military service and the last remnant of the Imperial Russian Army of the Czars.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70730 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70730 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:19:18 -0600 Fetish? FETISH? Yeah, well, okay. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70710 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70710 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:46:44 -0600 All i can say is they are all mechanical components, probably spin and lock, designed for reliability. Awfully small. 1) Of course they aren't the same the triangle goes in the triangle hole and the square goes in the square hole... 2) knowing your fetish with guns and arty probably part of one of those. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70708 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70708 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:39:10 -0600 Prehensile Scrofulous Limber. Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70684 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70684 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:05:25 -0600 I've got a PSL? What's a PSL? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70682 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70682 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:41:16 -0600 it looks a lot like the bolt assembly from an AK but since it's longer than the reference bolt in the center (and because I know John has one) I'm guessing it's the bolt from a PSL. That leaves the bolt on the right as our 'mystery bolt' - and with John hinting that there's some sneakiness involved I'm guessing it's not a rifle bolt. Similarities to the M16 bolt - especially in the way it cams into place - but a much more robust looking extractor claw. Possibly from a mounted gun, as might be found on an aircraft? Just guesswork and imperfect memory - I'm stuck behind the Firewall of Idiocy here at work so no hope of invoking Google for help.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70680 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70680 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:32:48 -0600 Left is AK variant, looks like 7.62x39 by the bolt face and extractor, middle is M16/AR-15 5.56mm, and I have no clue what the one on the right is, although the bolt face looks to be 5.56 (5.45?) mm there bouts... It sure doesn't look like the bolt in my SKS. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70673 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70673 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:26:48 -0600 So far, we've established that the warriors know their Colt products. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70666 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70666 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:16:49 -0600 Middle - AR15 Right - SKS http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70651 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70651 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:49:20 -0600 On the left is the bolt to an M-249 SAW, the center is a bolt for an M-16/AR-15, and the right is unsure. (my guess is AK-47) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70649 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/work_gets_in_th.html#comment-70649 Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:32:12 -0600