Posted on 01/03/2010 7:30:04 AM PST by Second Amendment First
I did see last summer one of my all time favorite bumper stickers there: Love my Country; Fear my Government.
While in Boulder, remember to say hi to “Soldier of Fortune” magazine.
I have it from a very good source that their 30 round mags were put to good use in Iraq!
Just does my heart a world of good reading the comments about the maggot infested, dope smoking, unwashed, clueless hippies!
I’ve got their ‘pulls’ on my AR mags...they are great....only they are a little bit on the expensive side..
Sooooo, is Mattel™ out of the gun stock business?
I've heard the same, that they're the best and practically indestructible.
For the longest time, you could hardly find them, and if you did, they were unbelievably expensive (I saw them for upwards of $60 each).
Now that things have calmed down, they're reasonably priced again.
Mark
Really cool website, magpul.com
I’m glad these guys are on our side.
There’s always been something a little goofy regarding the ‘People’s Republic of Boulder’. It is definitely a hippie-haven with more earth mothers per meter than any other place I could imagine. And yet, it is the home of Soldier of Fortune and, back in the early - mid 90’s, was home to Palladin Arms (they later moved to Longmont). Magpul is in the area and it seems I remember an early custom gun operation that was doing very early tactical bolt actions for law enforcement and nearly everyone else who wanted on (I think they also moved to Longmont, which is about 20 miles away.)
There was a very active shooting club in the area just north of town and one of the better general gun stores (was it Big Bear?) was right in the middle of town.
I met some old friends for dinner there last week and the smell of patchoulie was just as strong as ever.
Boulder, 32 square mile surrounded by REALITY!
Could’nt get the mags for some time but I see them in abundance at the gun shows I have attended. They are the best in my mind.
Live here and make parts for them here.
Go Magpul. We appreciate the jobs.
Good gear.
The PRS buttstock for the AR that they make is the next purchase on the list. I really appreciate the adjustable cheek plate. Might finally get good sight picture with the 6x24x50 I have on top of mine.
The fact that they enjoy giving it to the stinkin' hippies is just an added bonus.
I bought some Magpul rubber assists for my M14 magazines.
Maybe it’s kind of like Vermont. Liberal to a moonbattish degree, but they like guns enough to have some of the best gun laws in the nation. [shrug]
There was a very active shooting club in the area just north of town and one of the better general gun stores (was it Big Bear?) was right in the middle of town.
I met some old friends for dinner there last week and the smell of patchoulie was just as strong as ever.
You're thinking of Big Horn Trading Company at the corner of Arapahoe and 14th, which closed many years ago. I think there is a new, unrelated gun shop in the same building now called Gunsport.
I live near Boulder and worked there for 25 years, and as you know, while it is fun to think of Boulder filled with dope-smoking hippies, you really won't see much of that. Most people in Boulder look pretty much like people in most places in the U.S., though you'll notice that almost all of them drive either large SUVs or PCmobiles like Priuses.
However, Boulder is infested with something much worse than dope-smoking hippies, namely dope-smoking ultra-leftests. Smug, self-satisfied, know-it-all people who are so sure that their "progressive" world-view is so 100% correct that it is for all practical purposes a religion to them, given that it is all based on faith rather than facts.
I would far rather sit down for a chat with the random Rastafarian basking quietly in the sunshine on the Boulder Courthouse lawn in the summer time, than the average "progressive" Boulder citizen. It would be a much more pleasant and interesting chat.
That being said, like most any other U.S. community, Boulder is not a monolithic culture. Boulder is not really the San Francisco of Colorado, since Colorado state law overrides most local law, and at the state level Colorado has yet to succumb to the progressive disease. Thus Boulder is highly constrained as to the level of insanity it is permitted, much of it being limited to ridiculous "proclamations" periodically issued by its City Council.
In summary, there are plenty of fine, conservative, gun-toting citizens in Boulder, it's just that they are in the minority, and have learned long ago its pointless to engage the nutjob majority.
Yeah, I was thinking of Big Horn. Did a lot of business with them.
Yours is the more accurate assessment of the Boulder ‘culture’. Particularly apt is the distinction you draw between hippies and those smarmy, sanctimonious progressives. I lived north of there (about 5 mile up 36 from Lyons) from ‘91 - ‘00. And you’re right; there were a surprising number of conservatives there back then. Many have moved out. Seems they got tired of the left-wing BS.
I've got the poor man's version on some of my mags - a short piece of rubber inner tube, of a suitable size for the mag. Factory is obviously better (and Magpul is a great company to support)...
;>)
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