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Greetings and Salutations!
Sooooo a wee bit of a interesting changeup here in Florida!

Seems that as of September 25th of this month “Open Carry” will now be legal here. Seems that the ruling from the 1st District Court of Appeal stated that the law regarding Florida\u2019s nearly 40-year-old prohibition on openly carrying guns, contending that it is unconstitutional due to recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

Namely Bruen and other laws. That being that “The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in\u00a0New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen\u00a0struck down New York’s strict “proper cause” requirement for obtaining a concealed carry license, ruling that it violated the Second Amendment.\u00a0The decision declared a constitutional right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense and established a new framework for evaluating Second Amendment challenges, requiring gun regulations to be consistent with the nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.”

So cool on that.
Now, I’m not<\/strong> one of these assholes who plans on running around open carrying an AR because I can. The reason -I’m- pleased with this is NOW I don’t have to worry about ‘printing’ anymore. A BIG problem I have (as do many others) is that in order for me to do the ‘concealed carry’ is that UNLESS I’m wearing a circus-tent sized shirt, I ‘print’ like a motherfucker.

And any weapon I can carry fully concealed is a wee bit too smol IMO for a good defensive carry. I mean my Smith 669 is a good CC, BUT I really DON’T want to carry it as it’s getting hard to find them, as they’re collectible, and IF I have to use it, it’d vanish into the maw of the ‘just-us’ system, which to me is unacceptable.

So Now?
I can carry my Glock .45 and NOT worry about the whole printing issue which is AWESOME!!!

So I got that going for me…
Otherwise, I’m still avoiding Poly-Ticks.
Although a few memes out there caught my eye:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No shit right?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Yep.
So the only<\/strong> thing I’m going to comment on it the rifle that was ‘supposedly’ found an attributed to the shooter. The picture that we have is not the greatest, which I’m pretty sure is intentional. The one I got with the best resolution is thus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now…
A couple or three things ‘jump out’ at me right off the bat.
One is the scope placement.
That sucker is so far back <\/strong>that it positively would have given the shooter a ‘scope-eye’ black eye. It’s LITERALLY as far back as it could possibly go. Normally the turrets for the H\/V adjustment would be about midway along the bolt… not in this case.

Number Two is the mounts themselves.
Is it me, or does that front mount look like it’s bart of the barrel itself? Like as in the chamber looks<\/em> strangely oversized without a seam?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now because of that, I went down a wee bit of a ‘rabbit hole’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As many of you commented, a Mauser Actioned .30-06 was pretty common ‘back in the day’. And as we see here, it does appear to have a Mauser style bolt-rear. The thing is, that appears<\/em> to be a new stock… composite\/plastic from the looks of it.

According to a LOT of sources out there, it was supposedly given to him from his Grandfather…which if true makes sense that it was an older rifle passed down to him. HOWEVER<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve only found ONE RIFLE <\/strong>with a similar set of rings and action that even comes close to this one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Up to and including the rear screw and weird angle of the front ring mount…
What say you?
Even (despite the exceptionally blurry pic) the rear of the bolts appear<\/em> to match up. There’s only one major problem<\/strong>

The rifle above?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It’s from a McKay-Brown rifle… in this particular case a $21,000.00 sold-at-auction rifle. David McKay-Brown stopped making rifles back in 2021 when he semi-retired at aage 80. He was\/is considered the ultimate rifle\/shotgun ‘small batch’ custom gunmaker. His weapons are world-renowned for his unbelievable craftsmanship.

So I’m pretty sure<\/strong><\/em> that that CAN’T be a McK-B.
At least I sure as fuck hope it isn’t.
BUT
Like I said, I’ve been doing some insanely deep dives<\/strong> trying to ID that thing, and let me tell you, I’ve been pulling up a dry hole so to speak. If anyone has a better idea, let me know.

Also, as far as the whole entry\/exit wound issue.
I want to know, no matter WHAT it was, Where was the cloud of spatter!?!<\/em><\/strong> Almost every. single. person. I’ve seen shot (and unfortunately, I’ve seen quite a few) there is, invariably a spatter\/cloud of flesh\/blood that goes along with a bullet entering and exiting. Usually the exit wound is VERY messy… to the point one poor bastard who caught one next to me?

I had to wash chunks of his brains out of my hair afterwards…

VERY messy\/gross\/PTSD inducing…

So as cold hearted as it sounds? Where was Charlie’s splatter factor? I mean the fountain of jugular blood was about right, but there was no pink mist\/flesh spray like you’d see with that shot… and considering how he was shot with a .30-06 which just happened to be<\/em> the main round used in WW2 in like ALL our primary weapons from the Springfield 1903A3 and the M1 Garand, as well as the M1917\/19 Light Machine Gun?

I mean even watching old battle footage from back then, you can SEE the clouds of blood\/flesh and splatter when the GI’s are lighting up either Herman-the -German or Luke-the-Gook…

Charlie getting hit?
Nada. Zip. Zilch.
How Bizarre, How Bizarre…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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