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silliness
Silliness is defined as engaging in "a ludicrous folly", showing a "lack of good sense or judgment", or "the condition of being frivolous, trivial, or superficial". In television, film, and the circus, portrayals of silliness such as exaggerated, funny behavior are used to amuse audiences. Portrayals of silliness, provided by clowns and jesters, are also used to lift the spirits of people in hospitals.
The other day, an old Forgotten Weapons video auto-ran on one of my monitors. In the monologue of said, the host used the expression "Cobray and stupidness". That manufacturer did indeed put out some silly stuff back in the day, so I laughed heartily.
Which brings me to my question: what...
The requirements for pin & weld or silver solder jobs seems ridiculous for AR15 owners. If I wanted to slap a short barrel on my stocked lower, I could just swap uppers in less time than it would take to unthread a barrel extension device that was tightened on. What am I missing?
I saw a reference the other day to the now defunct Paladin Press. I remember being on their mailing list for a while as, so I recall, was my father back in the day. Now, granted, they had some actually good books on guns, as well as manual reprints. And some of the material was from the...