DPMS AR15 and Taurus TCP - Review and Video

I had the opportunity recently to shoot a couple of guns that I have never shot before.  One was a DPMS AR-15 and the other was a Taurus TCP.  Both are excellent guns for their respective prices; The DPMS retails at around $750 and the Taurus TCP is anywhere between $280 and $350.  

The DPMS AR-15 has been modified with a red dot scope, a more comfortable grip, a front vertical grip and a new break (not sure of the specifics), which lessens the kick but makes the gun a lot louder.  This one was owned by a friend and he added all the mods to it.  

While shooting it I found it to be very accurate.  In the video below you will see that I was shooting at a metal target on the ground.  It was maybe 20-30 yards away but I was able to hit it pretty regularly, and I don't consider myself an excellent shot.  



The second gun is a Taurus TCP.  It is a .380 and an excellent concealed carry gun.  It holds 6+1 rounds and is very light-weight.  Fully loaded, it is slightly heavier than my wallet. In the video I shoot all six shots at a metal target about 10-15 yards away.  I only hit the target one time.  So, this isn't as accurate of a gun (that and I'm probably not an excellent shot with it yet) but it is an excellent CCW gun and I would highly recommend it.  I haven't had any jamming issues or failures at all.  



This is my sister shooting the same gun.  She said that it hurt her hands while shooting it.  This gun definitely isn't made for comfort, but I haven't found it to be painful while shooting.  I suppose it is what you are used to that matters.  It also doesn't kick as much as I expected, despite its small size.

One thing we noticed is that it launches spent shells 10 to 20 feet back and behind the gun.  I haven't ever seen this on any of my other guns.  



If you have questions or comments please leave them below.  You can also see my other videos at www.youtube.com/mrashermarad 

Vindicated - Dashboard Confessional Acoustic Cover

Mr. Spock Playing Guitar

This is beyond excellent.  Everyone's favorite Vulcan (sorry T'pol) is taking a rather human-like break and playing an acoustic guitar.  I love music and I love Star Trek, so this is the Best of Both World (see what I did there?!?).

Justin Beiber IS illogical

 Also, for no reason other than pure awesomeness, here is a photo of Boba Fett hanging out with Abraham Lincoln.  I'm certain Boba Fett nammed his spaceship "Slave One" after losing an argument to Abraham Lincoln regarding the propriety in owning humans (frozen in carbomite or otherwise).

Probably my favorite non-fictional photo of all time

Lets Talk About Coke - Coca Cola

Let's talk about Coke.  What is Coke?  To be succinct, Coke is a gloriously amazing drink, brimming to the top with enough carbonation and caffeine to re-start a person's heart, if need be.  Its delicious flavor is unmatched (especially the coke from McDonalds, how do they do it?) and its powers of healing and comfort rival that of mixing the cure for cancer and unicorn tears together.  It enhances any meal (yes, you heard me breakfast) and it never gets boring.  There is no adequate substitute for Coke (because Pepsi is brown pee water).

True Dat Lady Drinking Soda From A Martini Glass

At this point you may be asking, "why does any of this matter?"  Well, to be clear I need to address the fact that there are several types of drinks that call themselves Coke, which are clearly impostors.  The only good kinds of coke are The following; Coke Classic, Mexican Coke Classic and Vanilla Coke.

Amazing.  Better with Ice.

Muy Refresco Indeed!

A Glorious Mix of Happiness and Flavor!

Anything more or less than these are simply evil.  In fact, I had to convince my step mom to leave the dark side and quit drinking Diet Coke, which I aptly call the anti-Christ.  Drinking ammonia would be preferable to me than drinking a Diet Coke because at least ammonia doesn't try to hide the fact that it is terrible.  

I am the mark of the beast.

 After this blatant blasphemy against Coke Classic, Diet Coke tried to be even more cunning and deceitful.  Instead of ceasing to exist it simply changed one ingredient, kind of.  This, apparently, was grounds for an entire rebranding (as well as a new lineup of falsehoods) of this kind of Coke.  Now we have Coke Zero.  All taste, no diet (or whatnot).  Lies!  All Lies!

Umm, no it isn't.

I promise that this in no way improves your gaming potential, unless your game is cribbage.    

Coke Zero is actually the same thing as Diet Coke in every way except for it adds some different kind of sweetener.  It also changed its label, to make you think it was cool and sexy.  Rather it looks like a fat person trying to look skinny by wearing black.  It kinda works, but not really.  

Then things began to get really silly.  A neutered, bland and depressing form of Coke was born; Caffeine free diet Coke.  This shouldn't exist.  

I'm Pepsi, in a different can.

No flavor, no caffeine, no sugar!  What on earth is the point of such a neutered drink.  I guess if you think brown carbonated pee is good then this is the drink for you.  

Even Willy Wonka hates Diet Coke.  

So, I hope that if nothing you learned that there is a glorious drink called Coca Cola Classic and there there are a couple of fantastic variations of it.  However, more importantly than anything I hope you learned that Diet Coke, Coke Zero and Rebranded Pepsi are horrible and degrading.  Coke betrays their own name by selling them.