Hit the Hamilton gun show today with some friends. (Yes, I have friends.) The show was a bit weak since a number of vendors cancelled at the last minute due to weather concerns. Still, its always nice to get out of town. I didnt see anything I wanted, but I did see a few things that were of note. The most interesting was an HK4, which isnt too terribly out there in terms of scarcity. What was interesting though was that it came with the factory set of four caliber conversions – .22, 25, .32, and .380. Don’t see that every day.

So, with my wallet intact, I left the gun show and stopped in at some local gun stores. Austerity waited in the truck while I went inside. I was doing pretty good well until something caught my eye in the display case. A used Trijicon MRO in a LaRue mount. Hmmm. I may have a use for that.

What use, you may ask. Uhm…well…in my defense, I am averaging one new gun per month, which is actually a marked improvement for me. Bad news is…it’s a two-stamper.

Its a 12.5″ S&W AR that has a Gemtech Abyss screwed onto the end. Because a 12.5″ AR is basically a semi-auto flashbang dispenser without some hardware on the end of the muzzle. Fun part is that even with the suppressor on the end, this thing is still just a hair shorter than your average 16″ M4gery. But its a two-fer as far as ATFE is concerned…one tax stamp for the whisper pickle and another tax stamp for the stubby SBR.

Okay, so we’re trending at one gun a month. Thats a far improvement over last years numbers.