New Jovian Thunderbolt

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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Earl

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Like your Ferrari, a halfway decent 1911 needs oil.  Some of them fancy modern plastic jobs can and do run like a hippy from soap with nothi...
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Monday, November 12, 2018

Range 5 Nov

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I shot each mag fast.  Maybe too fast. 7 rounds of Federa HST, 56 of American Eagle, total through gun 320.  No malfunctions.  Did clean i...
Sunday, November 11, 2018

Success!

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On this Veteran's Day, this veteran set himself a task. Fix the washing machine. It has been streaming water.  Oh dear.  Out the bot...

100 Years

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The guns fell silent.
Saturday, November 10, 2018

Chinese Neologism

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Baizuo It's the Chinese epithet for Libtard . "It's a derogatory Chinese neologism used to refer to Western leftist libera...
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Master List 3

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Getting simpler over time.  Had a half dozen of so on Master List #2 . Do something with the extra 1911 frame I have. A .308 rifle good ...
Friday, November 9, 2018

Firing Pin Stop

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The firing pin stop in the back of your 1911 holds the firing pin in.  Obviously. It does other things, too tho. When the slide cycles b...
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Thursday, November 8, 2018

I do it less, but

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When under pressure I slap the crap out of the trigger.  Jerk City, USA, population:  Me. And there is the rub, isn't it?  Slap less a...
Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Notorious Marylanders

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Who is among the worst people that were from YOUR home state?  Oregon would say Hitler since he was born there before emigrating to Austri...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Scroo it

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I ain't voting and you can't make me. Ok, I may vote.  I gotta vote against the questions.  Hell no, I don't want same day v...
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Monday, November 5, 2018

Democrat Lessons Learned

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I think the Democrats learned a lesson in 1994.  They lost a 50 year majority because of a gun control law. With only a few exceptions, th...
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Sunday, November 4, 2018

Hard to kill

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You feel bad about killing stuff.  Not talking people, yet, just things. There was a dying rat in the neighbors yard a couple years back. ...
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Saturday, November 3, 2018

Dang Millennials

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Have you noticed that the school shooter have all been Millennials ?  And to define boundaries, and for it to be easily remembered I define...
Friday, November 2, 2018

Holster work

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I have a habit I need to break. When drawing from the holster I meet the gun with the support hand way too early.  There is a risk the sup...
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Thursday, November 1, 2018

Range 29 OCT

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I got the disconnetor hole closed up. A big too much, not it is a bit too tight.  Did you want perfect?  Did you want egg in your beer, to...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

The Koch Brothers

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They used to espouse all sorts of pro freedom pro liberty convictions they fervently believed.  You never hear about those positions any mor...

Autumn Leafs

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Ok, I gotta get this down so I can remember. Of course, trial and error can do the same thing, but I still want a record. If you have RE...
Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Party Time

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"People tend to tailor their economic theories to partisan preference, not vice versa. " BS! I am a republican because of ec...
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Monday, October 29, 2018

Where has Training Lead Me?

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So, Training Progress. Lots of people drank the Jeff Cooper Kool Aid and went 1911.  Plenty of people without red-stained sugar drank lips...
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Sunday, October 28, 2018

A little skill...

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... I wish I had. I wish I could crack an egg into a pan or a bowl and not break the yolk. What?  You thought it would be gunsmithing re...
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