Poodles Everywhere Would Breathe Sighs of Relief

I am still not quite determined enough to quit looking at the news. I saw a few stories this morning. Man, it’s crazy out there. The US has gone certifiably insane, and I don’t think we’re going to recover. I think this is the end. Seems like all we can do is evangelize and try to stay saved.

I don’t know what will happen in November. The utter lunacy of the antichristians is surely scaring millions of people. Maybe enough voters will swing to the right to buy us 4 more years of Trump and conservative federal judge appointments. It won’t mean America is okay, but it could give sane Christians time to situate themselves as well as possible for the pogroms, killing fields, and gulags.

This stuff isn’t the talk of fantasy, nor is it related to far-off events. As of this year, we are officially in the gravity well of the Antichrist. We are sinking quickly into Satan’s singularity of evil.

It was bad enough when you could get fired for saying you didn’t support homosexual marriage. Now people are getting fired for saying things like, “The coronavirus threat was exaggerated.” It proves conservatives were right about the antichristian hype and bias surrounding the disease, but antichristians have never been very concerned about being proven wrong, because logic is not something that concerns them.

If you think they’re vicious now, wait till they’ve spent 4 more years under Trump. When they finally get the White House back, they will be like rocks flying out of a sling. The pent-up energy of years of restrained rage will escape containment like ball bearings from a pipe bomb.

How long am I going to be here? How long will the world be permitted to exist in anything resembling the form we are used to? The age of the Gentiles is clearly over. How long will it take for the end to manifest fully?

I guess it’s okay to buy green bananas, but I would be surprised if Jesus will stay away long enough to let anyone pay off a 30-year mortgage.

I wish I had accomplished more for God. I will be evaluated like everyone else.

The word says Jesus won’t return until the whole world is against Israel. We always assume that refers to a military attack, but does it? The UN is already against Israel. When pro-Israel matters come up, only a handful of countries stand by Israel.

If the Bible says “all nations” will be against Israel, does it really mean every single nation? I will make some people mad when I say this, but sometimes when the Bible says “all,” it really means “most.”

I’m not a prophecy scholar, so I don’t know exactly how things are expected to proceed.

What do I do while I wait? I’ll fool with my hobbies, of course.

I think I have a plan for the AR15. That’s news.

I wanted my AR15 to be a fun target and varmint gun. I put a scope on it and shot some cheap FMJ ammo which ought to produce 2 MOA groups. I got more like 5 MOA, which is smoothbore territory. That motivated me to do more research. Along the way, I read some things I didn’t like too much.

For one thing, I saw depressing things about the 5.56 cartridge, which is what military AR-style rifles shoot. For in actual use, it’s interchangeable with the .223. Many guns, mine included, will fire either round without a barrel change. I read that the military liked the 5.56 partly because it was weak! The idea is that if you wound an enemy soldier without killing him, you take more people out of the battle, because at least one person has to stop fighting to help him. If he dies, everyone else can keep fighting.

I’ll bet this is true. Soldiers have complained a lot about the 5.56 failing to stop enemy troops. It has to be a bummer when enemy soldiers charge you and you’re stuck with a gun designed to not kill them. It turns you into a statistic. Somewhere, a defense analyst is happy with your situation, because even though you may die, overall, the gun you’re using may be more effective in achieving victory for the people who outlive you.

Weak rounds may be great for winning wars, but civilians don’t fight wars. They generally have to shoot somewhere between 1 and 5 criminals, and in those situations, they need their assailants to be incapacitated as quickly as possible. Wounding isn’t enough.

I know murderers who have used the AR15 to kill innocent people have used the .223 (or 5.56) round, but when these things happen, you generally see a very high ratio of survivors to fatalities. Would that happen if they shot M1 Garands?

People who are critical of the .223 call guns that use it “poodle shooters.”

Why do I care, if I don’t plan to use the gun for self-defense? I don’t know. It just seems silly to buy into a specialized pair of calibers that clearly were never designed to solve civilian problems. I can also say it highlights the 5.56’s total unsuitability for hunting anything bigger than a coyote.

The .223 doesn’t seem all that accurate. I should add that. A really good AR15 with great ammunition generally won’t shoot as well as a $350 .204 Ruger bolt action rifle with cheap Fiocchi cartridges. I believe this is true. Feel free to correct me. My .204 Ruger rifle appears to give match-grade performance for a budget price.

I also read about the 6mm ARC, which is the newest hotshot AR15 cartridge. The AR15 has been chambered in a bunch of calibers, partly, I’m sure, because of the problems with the 5.56. Some cartridges have done well, and some have bombed. If the current hype is to be believed, the 6mm ARC is a monumental step forward, and it solves a lot of problems well.

It’s better for self-defense because it’s much harder on human beings and obstacles than the .223 or 5.56. It’s better for hunting because it will kill deer and bears reliably. It’s better for varmint hunting because it’s crazy accurate. It’s better for long-range shooting because it’s powerful beyond distances at which the .223 poops out.

What’s the drawback? The only one I’ve seen is that it takes up more room. A 30-round magazine full of 6mm ARC rounds will be larger than a .223 magazine. I don’t really care about that. I’m not going to be carrying 20 magazines up and down hills in Afghanistan.

The 6mm ARC has more recoil than the .223, but not a whole lot more.

If it’s really what people say it is, it sounds perfect for me. I can get a new upper and some magazines, and I’ll be all set. I’ll be able to shoot deer, if I ever get around to it. It will be great for target shooting. It will work fine on coons and coyotes. It would probably tear them up pretty badly, but who cares if a coyote has a closed-casket funeral?

The big problem right now is that 6mm ARC ammunition is expensive, for no good reason. I can’t find any ammunition not made by Hornady, and Hornady charges a lot. I’ll bet Fiocchi will make an excellent version for less, but it hasn’t happened yet. If I got my upper, I would have to wait weeks or months to see ammunition below 90 cents per round.

If I do this, I can keep my .223 Wylde upper and use it to shoot up my stock of .223 in good time. I have some tiny V-Max cartridges on the way, and I think they would still be useful even in a post-6mm-ARC future.

I think the smart move is to get an 18″ barrel of very high quality and try 6mm ARC out on the berm.

I can also get a .204 Ruger barrel for my gun. That would be interesting. It’s far superior to .223 for shooting little pests. It would do everything I want .223 to do, better. If I had a .204 Ruger barrel, I could just sell my .223 ammo. Why would I want it? It’s slower and less accurate. It hits harder, but I would have 6mm ARC for that.

I ordered better .223 ammo 9 days ago, and UPS says it has been sitting in Salt Lake City for 4 days. Not normal. I feel like I can’t make a decision until I’ve tried this stuff.

If 6mm ARC and .204 Ruger work out, I can put two nice uppers or guns together and then forget all about the AR platform. I’ll have my AR experience, I’ll have the performance I want, and I won’t have a good excuse to buy anything else from the realm of Stoner.