I guess Jeff Cooper has been dead long enough and people are really starting to believe that he isn't coming back. Everybody and his Uncle is switching from .45 to 9mm these days. But now that the Colonel is dead fer sure they don't have to worry about getting made fun of doing so.
Plenty of reasons to do so. But there were plenty of good reasons to do so in 1989, too. What 'new' reasons are there besides the absence of Cooper's ferocious visage looking down upon you, disapprovingly??
People are convinced that the ammo makers have dialed it in on the self-defense bullets that are out these days. The Miami shootout is almost 30 years ago and decent ammo has been readily available for 25.
If .380 was good enough to tote in 2008 then 9mm is just fine in 2012, right?
Double stack magazines are arguably better now than in the days of Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. Personally, ammo cap has never been a selling point for me.
About the only thing that could stop this drift toward the Europellet is to have the cabal of gunstore clerks meet and develop a new patter. Instead of recommending J Frames to new female shooters/purchasers, they could go, "You're a girl, you need a girl gun like the S&W M&P 9mm. M&P stands for 'Mauve and Pink' because we can get that gun for you customized in those colors. It might also stand for 'Metrosexual and Progressive.' Either way, a perfect Lady's Gun." Yeah, those kinds of gunstore clerks. But don't dismiss their influence on the general public...
What?
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Zed Outbreak Map
Got this handy dandy map from one of the RoMERO auxiliary Team members. It's a way to track recent outbreak locations.
Keep it handy. Gonna get worse afore it git bettah...
Keep it handy. Gonna get worse afore it git bettah...
Another
Another face biting Zombie. This time in the Big Easy.
And one in Florida, again.
AND Connecticut. Look out JayG.
Carry your stuff people. Double check your BoB.
And one in Florida, again.
AND Connecticut. Look out JayG.
Carry your stuff people. Double check your BoB.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
A drone is gonna kill TAM!!!
Prolly a good thing Sam went to the range to powder clays with a shottie, I guess...
Prolly a good thing Sam went to the range to powder clays with a shottie, I guess...
Range Report
So, like I said... Uncle sent me to the range. It had been a while. A few practice mags with the Colt Commander and I real hunker in on feathering in the surprise break of the trigger with the tip of my finger. It seems slow, but the shots are better than the foolish practice rounds. The final target, I shoot this:
Three magazines, 1, 2, 3.
I ditched the shoot-n-see because sometimes that is a crutch for me. I really concentrated on the trigger on that upper right hand corner and shot the best string out of a 1911 I've ever shot. I am very pleased.
That is the closest I've come to a true shooting Epiphany. I was resigned to not even getting close to one, and here one is.
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The purpose going in was to test hollow point ammo out of this pistol. I had Federal Hi-Shok and Hydra-Shok (they are different.) Not a hiccup, and now I have self defense ammo up and running.
In fact, I've never had a hiccup with this Colt since I got it. I need to put more time in to be sure I am over 500 rounds through it, but I have to be close. Plus, to hold onto whatever I got a hold of this session with the trigger. Again, very happy I am.
Oh and this leather thing came in the mail 2 days ago.
The Milt Sparks holster for it.
Good week.
Three magazines, 1, 2, 3.
I ditched the shoot-n-see because sometimes that is a crutch for me. I really concentrated on the trigger on that upper right hand corner and shot the best string out of a 1911 I've ever shot. I am very pleased.
That is the closest I've come to a true shooting Epiphany. I was resigned to not even getting close to one, and here one is.
---
The purpose going in was to test hollow point ammo out of this pistol. I had Federal Hi-Shok and Hydra-Shok (they are different.) Not a hiccup, and now I have self defense ammo up and running.
In fact, I've never had a hiccup with this Colt since I got it. I need to put more time in to be sure I am over 500 rounds through it, but I have to be close. Plus, to hold onto whatever I got a hold of this session with the trigger. Again, very happy I am.
Oh and this leather thing came in the mail 2 days ago.
The Milt Sparks holster for it.
Good week.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Comcast wants to 'help'
Got this comment from this post.
You wanna help, Mark? Stop doubling my bill every 12 months and then refusing to lower it again until 3 months have passed at the higher rate. That practice just makes me angry. And angry customers are...
YOU fill in the blank.
No? Soon to be EX customers.
I'm sick of the practice. I'd have even signed a contract if it would have meant 5 years of no price fluctuation.
Uh huh.
"We can certainly reach out to our local colleagues to see if they can offer you a better package. Please feel free to contact us at we_can_help@cable.comcast.com. Please provide your info and a link to this page for reference.
Thanks,
Mark Casem
Comcast Corp.
National Customer Operations
We_can_help@cable.comcast.com "
You wanna help, Mark? Stop doubling my bill every 12 months and then refusing to lower it again until 3 months have passed at the higher rate. That practice just makes me angry. And angry customers are...
YOU fill in the blank.
No? Soon to be EX customers.
I'm sick of the practice. I'd have even signed a contract if it would have meant 5 years of no price fluctuation.
We'd be happy to review your bill for you and see how we can lower your rates. Please email our team at We_Can_Help@comcast.com. Our team is here if you need us.
Kind Regards,
Melissa Mendoza
Digital Media Specialist
National Customer Operations
We_Can_Help@comcast.com
@ComcastMelissa
Uh huh.
Something Wonderful
I went to the range today. Partly because I planned to, partly because Uncle told me to (do what your Uncle says...)
Something happened.
More later.
Something happened.
More later.
Using Zombies
To facilitate learning.
Good good. The wee bairns need more than trigger control and scrounging skills. Use Zed to help them learn up their geography.
Brilliant idea. Get kids thinking outside the box. Who cares that the capital of Texas is Montpelier or whatever... Useful info is where is Fort Boyard and how much canned ravioli and .22lr can I store there for me and my fambly. (It's a VERY long drive, sadly.)
Good good. The wee bairns need more than trigger control and scrounging skills. Use Zed to help them learn up their geography.
Brilliant idea. Get kids thinking outside the box. Who cares that the capital of Texas is Montpelier or whatever... Useful info is where is Fort Boyard and how much canned ravioli and .22lr can I store there for me and my fambly. (It's a VERY long drive, sadly.)
Actually
France hits back at Obama, "The crisis didn't start in Europe!"
Actually, it did. Start there in Europe I mean. This whole distribution of wealth thing is sort of a Continental thing. From back in 1789 and whatnot. And it is the cause of what ails us now.
Actually, it did. Start there in Europe I mean. This whole distribution of wealth thing is sort of a Continental thing. From back in 1789 and whatnot. And it is the cause of what ails us now.
Dead Tree TV
Via this.
Every year Comcast rudely informs me that the special I was on has expired and the TV portion of my bill is now going up 300%. I have made arrangments. Next time, in the Fall, instead of squawking and dickering I will go to that Roku box thingy.
Then, the only thing holding me to Comcast is the email address, and I've been easing offa that to gmail. So if they pump up my internet bill a switch to FiOS from Verizon will be easier.
If they had just kept my bill bad instead of occasionally gargantuan, inertia would have kept me in place as a ignernt customer.
Seems like a poor business model. Ratchetting up the pressure via the bill to intolerable levels until your customers flee. But what do I know.
Every year Comcast rudely informs me that the special I was on has expired and the TV portion of my bill is now going up 300%. I have made arrangments. Next time, in the Fall, instead of squawking and dickering I will go to that Roku box thingy.
Then, the only thing holding me to Comcast is the email address, and I've been easing offa that to gmail. So if they pump up my internet bill a switch to FiOS from Verizon will be easier.
If they had just kept my bill bad instead of occasionally gargantuan, inertia would have kept me in place as a ignernt customer.
Seems like a poor business model. Ratchetting up the pressure via the bill to intolerable levels until your customers flee. But what do I know.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Covering their Fundaments
Can't have a bureaucrat take responsibility for the ongoing outbreak. WAKE UP PEOPLE! Bureaucrats are ALREADY mindless shamblors that are eating you.
Zombies exist. Oh yes they do.
Zombies exist. Oh yes they do.
How to survie the Zombacalyspse
If you are an anal retentive college student. But who isn't?
Figure what with the Zombacalyspe actually HAPPENING, it wouldn't hurt to get some more tips out. Most of it is review
3:00 "you may to acquire a standard semi-automatic assault weapon, a shotgun, a pistol, a hand grenade, a battle axe, a prison style shiv..." Yeah, some weapons listed are less than practical, and you all know my opinion on shotguns. But something is better than nothing. I'll take a pocked full of bird shot shell and a single shot 20 gauge over my fists any day.
---
And here is what happened last time we had an outbreak, in 1599, as explained by folks that aren't sure if their accent is supposed to be American, Australian, or British.
William Shakespeare, thespian, Zombie-Hunter!
Figure what with the Zombacalyspe actually HAPPENING, it wouldn't hurt to get some more tips out. Most of it is review
3:00 "you may to acquire a standard semi-automatic assault weapon, a shotgun, a pistol, a hand grenade, a battle axe, a prison style shiv..." Yeah, some weapons listed are less than practical, and you all know my opinion on shotguns. But something is better than nothing. I'll take a pocked full of bird shot shell and a single shot 20 gauge over my fists any day.
---
And here is what happened last time we had an outbreak, in 1599, as explained by folks that aren't sure if their accent is supposed to be American, Australian, or British.
William Shakespeare, thespian, Zombie-Hunter!
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Why Now?
What is causing the zombie outbreak from South Beach to Joppatowne (to Yonkers?) now?
I blame chemicals released by the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Corporation. It's always some faceless evil Corp! Ask any DemaCommie.
Notice how they say it was "bath salts" that caused it? Always in quotes. Chemicals! Called "bath salts" because 3M has something to hide!
And, by Great Odin's Raven, whatever you do, don't stick a Post It note to your skin! That's the riskiest thing you can do. Sheesh, they won't let a car on the road if it doesn't have seat belts, crumple zones, safety glass, and expensive airbags but Post Its are practically unregulated.
(Hey... If cars are too unsafe to be sold in this country without all that safety falderol, why are new motorcycles legal?)
I blame chemicals released by the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Corporation. It's always some faceless evil Corp! Ask any DemaCommie.
Notice how they say it was "bath salts" that caused it? Always in quotes. Chemicals! Called "bath salts" because 3M has something to hide!
And, by Great Odin's Raven, whatever you do, don't stick a Post It note to your skin! That's the riskiest thing you can do. Sheesh, they won't let a car on the road if it doesn't have seat belts, crumple zones, safety glass, and expensive airbags but Post Its are practically unregulated.
(Hey... If cars are too unsafe to be sold in this country without all that safety falderol, why are new motorcycles legal?)
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Economy
I remember back in 2007 and 2008, the Liberal talking heads seemed to be itching for a recession. Like they were fetishizing poverty and couldn't wait for 1930s style soup lines. They were practically wishing bad times into existence.
I think they thought they couldn't lose. Their guys would gain political power, they institute socialistic policies and they'd retain more and more power. They were looking back to the 30s again and saw how FDR did just fine for 12 some years.
I think they also thought the business cycle would reverse the sour economy by now and they'd smell like a rose and take credit for it. The problem with wishing for bad times is sometimes you get it and the good times don't come back conveniently and on schedule. Especially with the anchor of those self same socialistic policies weighing you down. Plus the current crop of politicos aren't as good as FDR in diversion and the public kinda has the benefit of seeing this movie before and are less gullible.
November is coming.
I think they thought they couldn't lose. Their guys would gain political power, they institute socialistic policies and they'd retain more and more power. They were looking back to the 30s again and saw how FDR did just fine for 12 some years.
I think they also thought the business cycle would reverse the sour economy by now and they'd smell like a rose and take credit for it. The problem with wishing for bad times is sometimes you get it and the good times don't come back conveniently and on schedule. Especially with the anchor of those self same socialistic policies weighing you down. Plus the current crop of politicos aren't as good as FDR in diversion and the public kinda has the benefit of seeing this movie before and are less gullible.
November is coming.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Speaking of Great Illustrators
RIP matte painter Matthew Yuriscich.
You've enjoyed his work for all your life and didn't know his name.
Dances with Wolves
Ghostbusters
Blade Runner
Close Encounters
Logan's Run
Soylent Green
Poseidon Adventure
Ice Station Zebra
Ben Hur
North by Northwest
Forbidden Planet
many others.
You've enjoyed his work for all your life and didn't know his name.
Dances with Wolves
Ghostbusters
Blade Runner
Close Encounters
Logan's Run
Soylent Green
Poseidon Adventure
Ice Station Zebra
Ben Hur
North by Northwest
Forbidden Planet
many others.
Lovely
This blog has some absolutely stunning illustration collected from various sources. Most seem to be 50+ years old. Book, pulp, and comic book covers abound as you'd expect from a title like Golden Age Comic Book Stories.
Check the drama in these western scenes. Talk about gun content! And the tension from a single snapshot. There is a lot of good internet stuff to dive into beyond the gun content.
The Betty Page stuff is a tiny bit NSFW. If you are a Betty fan, tho... Also Little Nemo in there. Not NSFW.
Check the drama in these western scenes. Talk about gun content! And the tension from a single snapshot. There is a lot of good internet stuff to dive into beyond the gun content.
The Betty Page stuff is a tiny bit NSFW. If you are a Betty fan, tho... Also Little Nemo in there. Not NSFW.
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