Benchmade Rukus Folder - Hands on Review

I know, Benchmade again right? Well what can I say, they make quality knives. This one is no exception from what I can tell, very sharp and easy to open/close. The handle is micarta and is well constructed. I have seen online that they area also selling various colors of replacement grips (should you decide you want to alter the aesthetics), but the stock colors look just fine to me.

Only potential weaknesses I can see would be the pocket clip and the grip screws. I haven't seen any issues with the clip so far, however it is also a screw on piece (as opposed to an integral clip, which would be more robust). Having had lots of knives with crappy pocket clips, the screws in the clip are almost always the first things to fail me.

The micarta looks cool, and seemed to be attached pretty sturdily, but on closer inspection there was a bit of wiggle. Long story short, I pulled the screws out and re-tightened them with an allen wrench and a little lok-tite. Problem solved.

Overall, a good little pocket knife. Once again, Benchmade being expensive is a bit of a downer, but you definitely get what you pay for in this case.

Best USO Tour ever?

Best USO tour ever?

 

Yes. Yes it would be.

Winchester Autocomp

Ok, this one has been in the works for a while, just haven't taken the time to sit down and write it up. I got this powder thinking it would be a great option for 9mm loads, but have run into more issues than I can begin to describe here. My first problem with this powder is the near-total lack of reloading data for it. Outside of hodgdons annual reloading manual (and even then, the bullet selection is very limited) I can't find any data AT ALL. This doesn't bode well for the manufacturers confidence in this product, since if they aren't even willing to support it with a good amount of load data, then WTF are they selling it for?

Issue number two is more a gripe with all super fine powders in general, but this one is no exception. Its sticks in the powder drop, and after 30 or 40 measurements starts to reduce the total volume dropped into the cases. I have done my damndest to keep the thing clean, but at this point its just becoming irritating. I don't really want to spend my whole reloading session waiting on my RCBS electronic dispenser (all BS aside, the drop measure is twice as fast), but that's what I've been reduced to at this point.

Last, but not least I get the feeling from chrono readings and other Autocomp user experience that the Hodgdon loading data is significantly under-charged. I have enough powder to start exploring the real limits of this powder, but that's not what I bought it for. I just want clear, diverse, and accurate load data. Is that too much to ask?

At the end of the day, I suppose that with a little tweaking and a lot of range time I seem to have found a couple of better than average loads. But for the amount of shooting and tweaking and trial & error I had to do to get there, in retrospect I should have just bought a pound of Winchester 231 and never bothered with Winchester Autocomp

Top Ten Things I hope to Hear during the Sentencing of the Ft Hood Shooter

Here now are the top things I hope to hear during the sentencing of this cockbag who killed his fellow soldiers and didn't have the courage to just fucking die already and save us all the trouble.

10. "...beaten repeatedly with pork chops..."
9. "...excessively throat punched..."
8. "...non-fatal wounds as a result of bacon-filled hollow points..."
7. "...clean the grease trap of every barbecue pork joint that requests it..."
6. "...cock punched by 70 middle aged midgets with brass knuckles..."
5. "...hold rifle targets at Ft Hood qualifying range..."
4. "...pork lard enema..."
3. "...ham bullet..."
2. "...pig bone coffin..."
1. "...a sociopathic, self centered, homicidal fucktard who is unworthy to wear the uniform of the United States Army. This being a time of war, the Ft Hood commanding General has every right to drag his dumb ass out on the front lawn, shove a ham sandwich up his shit pipe and put two in the back of his skull. Say hi to allah for me, mother fucker!'

Top Ten Things I hope to Hear during the Sentencing of the Tucson Massacre Shooter

Here now are the top 5 phrases I hope to hear included during the final sentencing of the Tucson shooter.

5. "...shall be excessively throat punched..."
4. "...electric-hanging-injector chair..."
3. "...cock punched by Mike Tyson..."
2. "...until extra crispy..."
1. "...kicked in the nuts by NFL place kickers until he cries like a whiny bitch..."