Sunday, October 31, 2010
New Blaster
Got a new gun from the gun store place.
It's a Col. James Fizziwig design out of his company Nemesis Now LTD or it may also be known as CJF Industries (est. 1849). They don't have much of an online presence, these. The model is called "The Big Daddy" and it's a doozy!
(Please excuse the dust. I haven't been able to replace the cleaning woman just yet. One 'Incident' and word gets round and no service will let me engage them. What's a bachelor Gentleman like myself to do.)
The thing runs off of photons, and uses genuine Ossotronic valve gauges. It's really a wonder of engineering. But the 'ammo' is expensive! (and it may well be radioactive...) It'll take me a while to build up a supply, but it's worth the effort.
As is the gun. Worth every farthing. The thing has very little kick. Honest Injun. I was expecting .51 Magnum, but it seemed less than a .38 +P.
As you can see, it could cause some serious damage. The trigger is ok. About the same as my 1911, or perhaps a little worse. Not too mushy. Not as good as a single action revolver like my S&W 686. And, like most guns, I shoot it low and right. That's my fault. And that one hole on the lowest part was a flier from my first shot, I was too excited and still learning the operation. There is a slight pause you have to account for, but I think I can tighten up the shot grouping after a bit more familiarization. Like I mentioned, it kicks less than the .22 with shorts in the cylinder. I should do much better. 10 yards was the range.
It's a 6 shooter, naturally. The ergonomics could be a bit better. The grip is reminiscent of the 1896 "Broomstick" Mauser. Where have I seen that pattern on a blaster before? That cylinder is larger than the Taurus Judge. And it was made for a righty. The safety is only on that side. But there were instructions on how to pin the safety down, in the box. I wonder if they drop tested the design? An unexpected discharge would light up the room.
I only got the three rounds off at the range because, for one, I mentioned the expense of the cylinder charges that serve for ammunition, and secondly, we noticed daylight coming out of the backstop of the range. Oops. Glad there was an hill behind the store. Luckily no one was hurt. Thirdly, the damn paper thing smoldered and smoked and if I left the target down range much longer it might have gone up in flames. Next time I must try iron plating of some sort.
Way too bulky to CCW. But woe betide any blackgaurd or ruffian that comes to my door plotting mortal mischief. Especially if I am in my cups and well past my 7th Vodka Gimlet or Gin Rickey and heading toward my usual 14th or 15th. Ooo, that reminds me. My Urban Assault Conveyance would make a poor back stop. If I ever wanted to ride it again. I better move it. And I must lay in more stocks of bourbon. It's well past Labor Day. I should be drinking the brown spirits at this point. See if I had a woman in twice a week... I thought I was helpless without my batman. PO1 Brindell. (I didn't rate a Chief, or CPO.)
Oddly enough, the ATF hasn't classified this as a firearm. Yet. But I'm not telling. No sirree, Sonny-Jim.
Bonus: I'll be ready for any killer-robut uprising.
It's a Col. James Fizziwig design out of his company Nemesis Now LTD or it may also be known as CJF Industries (est. 1849). They don't have much of an online presence, these. The model is called "The Big Daddy" and it's a doozy!
(Please excuse the dust. I haven't been able to replace the cleaning woman just yet. One 'Incident' and word gets round and no service will let me engage them. What's a bachelor Gentleman like myself to do.)
The thing runs off of photons, and uses genuine Ossotronic valve gauges. It's really a wonder of engineering. But the 'ammo' is expensive! (and it may well be radioactive...) It'll take me a while to build up a supply, but it's worth the effort.
As is the gun. Worth every farthing. The thing has very little kick. Honest Injun. I was expecting .51 Magnum, but it seemed less than a .38 +P.
As you can see, it could cause some serious damage. The trigger is ok. About the same as my 1911, or perhaps a little worse. Not too mushy. Not as good as a single action revolver like my S&W 686. And, like most guns, I shoot it low and right. That's my fault. And that one hole on the lowest part was a flier from my first shot, I was too excited and still learning the operation. There is a slight pause you have to account for, but I think I can tighten up the shot grouping after a bit more familiarization. Like I mentioned, it kicks less than the .22 with shorts in the cylinder. I should do much better. 10 yards was the range.
It's a 6 shooter, naturally. The ergonomics could be a bit better. The grip is reminiscent of the 1896 "Broomstick" Mauser. Where have I seen that pattern on a blaster before? That cylinder is larger than the Taurus Judge. And it was made for a righty. The safety is only on that side. But there were instructions on how to pin the safety down, in the box. I wonder if they drop tested the design? An unexpected discharge would light up the room.
I only got the three rounds off at the range because, for one, I mentioned the expense of the cylinder charges that serve for ammunition, and secondly, we noticed daylight coming out of the backstop of the range. Oops. Glad there was an hill behind the store. Luckily no one was hurt. Thirdly, the damn paper thing smoldered and smoked and if I left the target down range much longer it might have gone up in flames. Next time I must try iron plating of some sort.
Way too bulky to CCW. But woe betide any blackgaurd or ruffian that comes to my door plotting mortal mischief. Especially if I am in my cups and well past my 7th Vodka Gimlet or Gin Rickey and heading toward my usual 14th or 15th. Ooo, that reminds me. My Urban Assault Conveyance would make a poor back stop. If I ever wanted to ride it again. I better move it. And I must lay in more stocks of bourbon. It's well past Labor Day. I should be drinking the brown spirits at this point. See if I had a woman in twice a week... I thought I was helpless without my batman. PO1 Brindell. (I didn't rate a Chief, or CPO.)
Oddly enough, the ATF hasn't classified this as a firearm. Yet. But I'm not telling. No sirree, Sonny-Jim.
Bonus: I'll be ready for any killer-robut uprising.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Artful Use
Of the Gadsden Flag. Parody.
From that Comedy Central fake political rally in downtown DC.
From that Comedy Central fake political rally in downtown DC.
Distill it all down
The difference between the political left and the political right? One side thinks a 'need' is an ojective rather than subjective notion. The other side thinks need has nothing to do with it.
Unreasonable Stuff
So, what gun restriction that we have now are, to a common sense person, unreasonable?
May-Issue CCW is unreasonable, I think. But convincing non-gunnies that it is might be an uphill climb and may take a little while longer.
The ATF acting like our opposition when they can come to our side and work WITH pro-gun folks to go after bad actors. They'd get rid of our antipathy and actually help their own mission. That's up to them to make a Herculean effort to mend the fences between us. But gunnies are a natural ally. Gunnies are law abiding and hate criminals and don't want to be grouped with bad actors.
Restriction on suppressors is unreasonable. They aren’t restricted in Europe. Some AOW (any other weapon) restrictions are silly too. If I attached a rifle style stock to the area where my mainspring housing is on my 1911, I have just committed a felony? Ridiculous!
May-Issue CCW is unreasonable, I think. But convincing non-gunnies that it is might be an uphill climb and may take a little while longer.
The ATF acting like our opposition when they can come to our side and work WITH pro-gun folks to go after bad actors. They'd get rid of our antipathy and actually help their own mission. That's up to them to make a Herculean effort to mend the fences between us. But gunnies are a natural ally. Gunnies are law abiding and hate criminals and don't want to be grouped with bad actors.
Restriction on suppressors is unreasonable. They aren’t restricted in Europe. Some AOW (any other weapon) restrictions are silly too. If I attached a rifle style stock to the area where my mainspring housing is on my 1911, I have just committed a felony? Ridiculous!
Of course the most reasonable thing we can forward, if we could only convince ordinary voters about it, is that the problem isn't a lack of reasonable gun laws, it's a failure to ENFORCE THE ONES ALREADY THERE.
Friday, October 29, 2010
OPFOR Strat
You saw me mention that WaPo series on guns this week. Odd they would bring that up the week before a midterm election. The last time the Dems were in the majority on both houses of Congress and held the Whitehouse the whole gun issue was a major impairment for their electoral chances, turns out. This series would better server Liberals if they had waited 2 weeks to publish.
But the WaPo, while reliably liberal, is not foaming-at-the-mouth batshite liberal. We can see that anti-gunners calm, collected, seemingly reasonable response to rights gains our side has seen recently. We can see how they expect to most effectively counter us from where we now stand, forward.
The level headed anti-gunners don’t whine about “Oh noes, the Wild West.” They know that that is of limited utility. Their issue that might have legs is simply and entreaty for “common sense gun restrictions, not like that Bloomberg guy’s. Who can be against that?” they’ll argue? And they’ll sorta be right, as most pro-gun people have no problem forbidding violent felons from gun possession. I know some libertarian types that don’t have a problem giving ex-cons their gun rights back. But they almost always put in the caveat that if the felon was still a danger to society he should still be in jail until he isn’t. If he’s out of jail, he isn’t a danger, and ergo gets his pistol back. Effectively, it’s the same restriction, just some unreformed felons are on the street in the first scenario and forbidden guns, and other unreformed felons stay in jail and are forbidden guns there.
The new common sense gun restriction is going after gun shops that are loose, in their view, about selling guns that then end up in the hands of criminals. The common sense gun restriction is coming down harder on these gun shops.
Who can be against that? Close up crooked gun shops? That’s a good thing. Right? Right?
Yes, but the devil is in the details. We have been burned by restrictionists so many times that we don’t trust them on this now. Let them write a law and they’ll be clauses in it that go too far and shutter innocent shops. Or they’ll close the worst 10% of gun shops and then… later, close the worst of the 10% of gunshops that remain open and then later close the NEXT worst 10%...
If we dig in our heels opposing such new ‘common sense’ restriction legislation the other side will wave their bloody shirts, calling us unreasonable.
It’s a fine line we must tread. Not all of our opposition are idiots. Some are quite savvy. They can back us into a corner if we aren’t ready.
So what do we do when they come up with some scheme to go after the gunshops (or other items)? We trot out our innocent gunshops. Small business people trying to realize the American dream providing a legal product that possession and bearing of is a right recognized by the Constitution. When they come up with a so-called reasonable restriction we counter with THREE unreasonable ones that need to be taken off the books.
By the way need to start thinking of some more unreasonable restrictions to throw out there for repeal.
That's just some ideas. I’m not on the board of SAF or NRA-ILA or GOA. But all of us gunnies tend to be politically active and thinking on these things early, hashing them out on backs of envelopes, is something that can only help our cause.
But the WaPo, while reliably liberal, is not foaming-at-the-mouth batshite liberal. We can see that anti-gunners calm, collected, seemingly reasonable response to rights gains our side has seen recently. We can see how they expect to most effectively counter us from where we now stand, forward.
The level headed anti-gunners don’t whine about “Oh noes, the Wild West.” They know that that is of limited utility. Their issue that might have legs is simply and entreaty for “common sense gun restrictions, not like that Bloomberg guy’s. Who can be against that?” they’ll argue? And they’ll sorta be right, as most pro-gun people have no problem forbidding violent felons from gun possession. I know some libertarian types that don’t have a problem giving ex-cons their gun rights back. But they almost always put in the caveat that if the felon was still a danger to society he should still be in jail until he isn’t. If he’s out of jail, he isn’t a danger, and ergo gets his pistol back. Effectively, it’s the same restriction, just some unreformed felons are on the street in the first scenario and forbidden guns, and other unreformed felons stay in jail and are forbidden guns there.
The new common sense gun restriction is going after gun shops that are loose, in their view, about selling guns that then end up in the hands of criminals. The common sense gun restriction is coming down harder on these gun shops.
Who can be against that? Close up crooked gun shops? That’s a good thing. Right? Right?
Yes, but the devil is in the details. We have been burned by restrictionists so many times that we don’t trust them on this now. Let them write a law and they’ll be clauses in it that go too far and shutter innocent shops. Or they’ll close the worst 10% of gun shops and then… later, close the worst of the 10% of gunshops that remain open and then later close the NEXT worst 10%...
If we dig in our heels opposing such new ‘common sense’ restriction legislation the other side will wave their bloody shirts, calling us unreasonable.
It’s a fine line we must tread. Not all of our opposition are idiots. Some are quite savvy. They can back us into a corner if we aren’t ready.
So what do we do when they come up with some scheme to go after the gunshops (or other items)? We trot out our innocent gunshops. Small business people trying to realize the American dream providing a legal product that possession and bearing of is a right recognized by the Constitution. When they come up with a so-called reasonable restriction we counter with THREE unreasonable ones that need to be taken off the books.
By the way need to start thinking of some more unreasonable restrictions to throw out there for repeal.
That's just some ideas. I’m not on the board of SAF or NRA-ILA or GOA. But all of us gunnies tend to be politically active and thinking on these things early, hashing them out on backs of envelopes, is something that can only help our cause.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
More Elaborate CCW Explanation
Michael Bane and I are on the same page wrt to CCW and firearm desgin trends. He just says it better and has less wishing.
To sum it up, we both see new pistols coming soon that will cater to new carriers. The market responds to the desires of the consumers. He is guessing more slim, reliable, composite 9mm will come out pretty quicklike, and I wish it was single stack carry-.40s on the way, but I may have to wait for the wave AFTER the coming wave.
To sum it up, we both see new pistols coming soon that will cater to new carriers. The market responds to the desires of the consumers. He is guessing more slim, reliable, composite 9mm will come out pretty quicklike, and I wish it was single stack carry-.40s on the way, but I may have to wait for the wave AFTER the coming wave.
Hello, Commenter Jon...
Were you looking for .38 S&W ammo (not special or super)?
Cuz it is available commercially. I was checking Midway to see if I could suggest reloading component options, but they do carry new made .38 'short'. It's just out of stock right now...
Keep the faith. It'll prolly come back.
Sure are a lot of .38 cal bullets. Special, S&W, ACP, Super, +P, .380... .357 sorta.
Cuz it is available commercially. I was checking Midway to see if I could suggest reloading component options, but they do carry new made .38 'short'. It's just out of stock right now...
Keep the faith. It'll prolly come back.
Sure are a lot of .38 cal bullets. Special, S&W, ACP, Super, +P, .380... .357 sorta.
Crotchety Old Neighbor and HIS Machine Gun.
Well, there is a possible machine gun shoot coming up on the 7th, and my gunstore guy said he’d be sure to tote along an M3 Greasegun. Archie, the Crotchety WWII veteran neighbor I look in on, had been telling me he’d love to get a chance to get his hands on the GM Guide Lamp Division Submachineguns, and play with it one last time, so I’d thought I’d do him a treat and haul his crust butt to the range to shoot it.
He wasn’t as thrilled as I thought.
During the big war, Archie was in the Navy, delivering Marines to the beaches. While the Marines were at chow, they often left their Greasegun on their bunk. It was here that Archie familiarized himself. That and through Marines he was sorta buddies with.
Archie isn’t a gun guy, so shooting is no particular pleasure. And his years in a body shop has given him wicked tinnitus, and loud noises are particular bothersome to him even with lots of hearing protection. So he begged off the happy expedition. Ah well.
But he wouldn’t be remiss going to a gunstore to examine a Greasegun there. Well, heck, THAT’s easy. I’ll get that lined up. It’s a 5 minute drive instead of an hour, too. This should be fun.
All this talk about machine guns with Archie did reveal an interesting misconception. He assumes there are LOTS of machineguns out there on the streets, routinely used in crimes. I tried to explain that since 1986 and the Hughes Amendment, that the price on machineguns has skyrocketed, making them a bit too dear to just get tossed around and accessible for criminals. He countered with talking about news reports where criminal use AK-47s. He knows those are machine guns! I explained that that pattern of rifle LOOKS just like an AK-47, but isn’t a proper AK as it doesn’t actually have a full auto ‘switch’ on it. It can only fire one round at a time. He countered AGAIN citing a series of articles in the Washington Post this week. The articles are about how some gunstores sell guns that end up in crimes at a more prevalent rate than other gunstores. But HE cited how someone shot somebody 33 times. So THAT had to be a machine gun. I checked the article closely. Yes, it was 33 shots fired, but out of a Glock 17 with an extended magazine. NOT a full auto Glock 18.
I insisted that actual machineguns are not used in crime anymore. You don't need them. If Capone were alive today and sending out hit men to a 2010 version of the St. Valentines Day Massacre, they wouldn't use, or even need, a machine gun or guns. They are just rare. When an actual machine gun get's used in a shooting it makes bigger news. I can think of the North Hollywood bank robbery in 1997, Waco in 1993, maybe, The SLA stuff in the 1970s. There aren't that many instances. It rare enough to be a special event and notices, a machine gun deployed by bad guys.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe he is right. Maybe all those reports of AKs in the news are machine guns that bad guys got their hands on. Or other machine guns, beside AKs, as we know that the media has trouble accurately identifying weapons. And the news reports aren’t properly reporting the facts by saying something like, “the shooter used an AK-47, and NOT the semi-automatic variety so popular with gun enthusiasts, but an ACTUAL select fire weapon.”
Does anyone remember an actual confirmed machine gun used in a crime inside the US in the past 10 years or so? Not an ‘assault weapon’ but a real select fire weapon made to be a select fire weapon?
He wasn’t as thrilled as I thought.
During the big war, Archie was in the Navy, delivering Marines to the beaches. While the Marines were at chow, they often left their Greasegun on their bunk. It was here that Archie familiarized himself. That and through Marines he was sorta buddies with.
Archie isn’t a gun guy, so shooting is no particular pleasure. And his years in a body shop has given him wicked tinnitus, and loud noises are particular bothersome to him even with lots of hearing protection. So he begged off the happy expedition. Ah well.
But he wouldn’t be remiss going to a gunstore to examine a Greasegun there. Well, heck, THAT’s easy. I’ll get that lined up. It’s a 5 minute drive instead of an hour, too. This should be fun.
All this talk about machine guns with Archie did reveal an interesting misconception. He assumes there are LOTS of machineguns out there on the streets, routinely used in crimes. I tried to explain that since 1986 and the Hughes Amendment, that the price on machineguns has skyrocketed, making them a bit too dear to just get tossed around and accessible for criminals. He countered with talking about news reports where criminal use AK-47s. He knows those are machine guns! I explained that that pattern of rifle LOOKS just like an AK-47, but isn’t a proper AK as it doesn’t actually have a full auto ‘switch’ on it. It can only fire one round at a time. He countered AGAIN citing a series of articles in the Washington Post this week. The articles are about how some gunstores sell guns that end up in crimes at a more prevalent rate than other gunstores. But HE cited how someone shot somebody 33 times. So THAT had to be a machine gun. I checked the article closely. Yes, it was 33 shots fired, but out of a Glock 17 with an extended magazine. NOT a full auto Glock 18.
I insisted that actual machineguns are not used in crime anymore. You don't need them. If Capone were alive today and sending out hit men to a 2010 version of the St. Valentines Day Massacre, they wouldn't use, or even need, a machine gun or guns. They are just rare. When an actual machine gun get's used in a shooting it makes bigger news. I can think of the North Hollywood bank robbery in 1997, Waco in 1993, maybe, The SLA stuff in the 1970s. There aren't that many instances. It rare enough to be a special event and notices, a machine gun deployed by bad guys.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe he is right. Maybe all those reports of AKs in the news are machine guns that bad guys got their hands on. Or other machine guns, beside AKs, as we know that the media has trouble accurately identifying weapons. And the news reports aren’t properly reporting the facts by saying something like, “the shooter used an AK-47, and NOT the semi-automatic variety so popular with gun enthusiasts, but an ACTUAL select fire weapon.”
Does anyone remember an actual confirmed machine gun used in a crime inside the US in the past 10 years or so? Not an ‘assault weapon’ but a real select fire weapon made to be a select fire weapon?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Stainless
JayG asks, “which do you prefer, Stainless or Blued steel?”
Oddly, my preference for stainless revolvers happened because of Soldier of Fortune when I was a kid, and long before I even thought about buying a gun.
The big new thing on the one or two issues I managed to pick up was reviews of the new stainless revolvers, like it was only just then introduced in the mid-80s, and I decided there and then that I could do a lot worse than to one day get a Colt Python .357 revolver.
Fast forward 15+ years and after trying a few models of MBtGE including a stainless .44 magnum, I settled on… A S&W 686. Colt Pythons weren’t made so much at that point, and the Smith was in the case.
Not that I don't LIKE blued steel revolvers. Blue looks better, stainless is easier to maintain... whatever. The differences are minor. I just had a little intertia down the stainless path. But I own 3 stainless revolvers. Blued 1908 Pocket Hammerless, and some blued stuff in the rifles, too.
Now that I think of it... Saucy Trollop got a big ol' stainless .44...
Oddly, my preference for stainless revolvers happened because of Soldier of Fortune when I was a kid, and long before I even thought about buying a gun.
The big new thing on the one or two issues I managed to pick up was reviews of the new stainless revolvers, like it was only just then introduced in the mid-80s, and I decided there and then that I could do a lot worse than to one day get a Colt Python .357 revolver.
Fast forward 15+ years and after trying a few models of MBtGE including a stainless .44 magnum, I settled on… A S&W 686. Colt Pythons weren’t made so much at that point, and the Smith was in the case.
Not that I don't LIKE blued steel revolvers. Blue looks better, stainless is easier to maintain... whatever. The differences are minor. I just had a little intertia down the stainless path. But I own 3 stainless revolvers. Blued 1908 Pocket Hammerless, and some blued stuff in the rifles, too.
Now that I think of it... Saucy Trollop got a big ol' stainless .44...
Quarantine
Survival.
Here is a “what if?” to ponder. Let’s say a virulent disease cropped up, and the wisest response was to quarantine the region/nation. Everyone was to remain in their homes. It’s the only way to stop the spread
Gov’t types in NBC suits would patrol outside, and you’d be perfectly safe from them. Unless you stepped outside.
Your stocks of ammo won’t even be touched. All your guns are nice to have, but not needed. The quarantine starts now, and lasts until Groundhog Day. Yes, 90 days.
Electricity, water, and gas supplies will be sporadic. For instance: the water may go off on day 2 and never come back, or it may stay on a week, and go off a week, that sort of thing. Sewage is not a problem. It may go to the river untreated, but we can worry about that later.
What’s the first thing you are going to run out of?
For me, it’ll be toilet paper. Unless I can sneak to Archie’s house. He has a closet FULL of boxes of Kleenex.
Water would be addressed with a full bathtub on the first day, topping it off whenever the water supply returned. If it returned. My hot water heater is also a supply of water. And if I have warning to fill the tub then I have the ability to fill everything in the house that holds water. So water might not be a problem. For drinking. I'd need about 90 gallons to survive. If I want to flush the terlet, I'll need 300. I don't have 6 55 gallon drums of water sitting around. Or just one to catch rainwater, even.
Fuel will be a problem. I have plenty of scrap wood for cooking fires, but it will be in the winter. And my house has no fireplace. If I didn’t have to step onto the back porch I’d survive the low temps easily. But dried peas, beans, and rice needs cooking. I'll get hungry if I can't cook. I'll get thirsty if I have to boil my water.
Here is a “what if?” to ponder. Let’s say a virulent disease cropped up, and the wisest response was to quarantine the region/nation. Everyone was to remain in their homes. It’s the only way to stop the spread
Gov’t types in NBC suits would patrol outside, and you’d be perfectly safe from them. Unless you stepped outside.
Your stocks of ammo won’t even be touched. All your guns are nice to have, but not needed. The quarantine starts now, and lasts until Groundhog Day. Yes, 90 days.
Electricity, water, and gas supplies will be sporadic. For instance: the water may go off on day 2 and never come back, or it may stay on a week, and go off a week, that sort of thing. Sewage is not a problem. It may go to the river untreated, but we can worry about that later.
What’s the first thing you are going to run out of?
For me, it’ll be toilet paper. Unless I can sneak to Archie’s house. He has a closet FULL of boxes of Kleenex.
Water would be addressed with a full bathtub on the first day, topping it off whenever the water supply returned. If it returned. My hot water heater is also a supply of water. And if I have warning to fill the tub then I have the ability to fill everything in the house that holds water. So water might not be a problem. For drinking. I'd need about 90 gallons to survive. If I want to flush the terlet, I'll need 300. I don't have 6 55 gallon drums of water sitting around. Or just one to catch rainwater, even.
Fuel will be a problem. I have plenty of scrap wood for cooking fires, but it will be in the winter. And my house has no fireplace. If I didn’t have to step onto the back porch I’d survive the low temps easily. But dried peas, beans, and rice needs cooking. I'll get hungry if I can't cook. I'll get thirsty if I have to boil my water.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Splinter
I found another fragment, probably picked up in the blog shoot. This one was in my wrist and I have no idea which gun did it to me. Or if it was from the shoot at all, but the timeline was right for it. I didn't notice when it happened.
It was about as big around as a thick eyelash but only about a sixteenth of an inch long. It wasn't lead, either. Too hard for that. Steel or maybe part of a copper jacket. It wasn't bending easily.
Odd that one fragment could go to the artery in my neck and another to the artery in my wrist... I'll be very happy if it avoided the one in my thigh at some future date.
It was about as big around as a thick eyelash but only about a sixteenth of an inch long. It wasn't lead, either. Too hard for that. Steel or maybe part of a copper jacket. It wasn't bending easily.
Odd that one fragment could go to the artery in my neck and another to the artery in my wrist... I'll be very happy if it avoided the one in my thigh at some future date.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Soft Case
NO MORE SOFT CASES
For my long guns. I think the wood of my Remington Model 11 shotgun got damaged in the car to or from the Northcoast Blogshoot. From contents shifting in transit. Or something. Anyway, never again. I had the one case my .308 rifles went in. But I want more case space.
Hey! Even Amazon has Pelican Cases for sale. That's the 2 rifle size. Or you can go a little bigger. Get 4 in that one. Or one and a lot of other stuff.
I use a carry-on size Pelican now for all my air travel needs. If my trip needs more stuff than one overhead baggage space allows then I am checking a handgun so I can lock up my cargo space luggage. With ammo if going to a CCW friendly area, without if otherwise. Or maybe with a starter pistol. Yeah, you can lock your hard sided luggage if there is a mere flare gun in there without any flares, fill out a form, and fly with it all. Cool huh?
For my long guns. I think the wood of my Remington Model 11 shotgun got damaged in the car to or from the Northcoast Blogshoot. From contents shifting in transit. Or something. Anyway, never again. I had the one case my .308 rifles went in. But I want more case space.
Hey! Even Amazon has Pelican Cases for sale. That's the 2 rifle size. Or you can go a little bigger. Get 4 in that one. Or one and a lot of other stuff.
I use a carry-on size Pelican now for all my air travel needs. If my trip needs more stuff than one overhead baggage space allows then I am checking a handgun so I can lock up my cargo space luggage. With ammo if going to a CCW friendly area, without if otherwise. Or maybe with a starter pistol. Yeah, you can lock your hard sided luggage if there is a mere flare gun in there without any flares, fill out a form, and fly with it all. Cool huh?
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Lawn
Lawn is mowed. It couldn't wait. It would have been better next week as it would have mulched up more fallen leaves.
The grubs have come back. And I only recently went through the last of my Grandfather's precious stash of DDT. Now I'm gonna have to put down something harmful to humans as well as bugs.
I hate grubs. There, I said it. I'm not a lawn obscessive. Our peoples could live in peace if they left that lawn green. It's the toleration I extend to green weeds. Clover and wild strawberry and violets? You are welcome in my lodge.
The grubs have come back. And I only recently went through the last of my Grandfather's precious stash of DDT. Now I'm gonna have to put down something harmful to humans as well as bugs.
I hate grubs. There, I said it. I'm not a lawn obscessive. Our peoples could live in peace if they left that lawn green. It's the toleration I extend to green weeds. Clover and wild strawberry and violets? You are welcome in my lodge.
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