Ugh! Another crappy dream post. Everyone looooooooves those...
In this one, MBtGE and I were hunting pigs for pest abatement on a relative of his' farm. The piglets were easy. The relative got them with a .22. MBtGE and I were armed with unloaded shotguns and had to deal with an angry LARGE sow at close range in the woods. I was thinking that this is REALLY dangerous. We had a limited supply of double ought buck and slugs. I was picturing, in the dream, what would happen if the buckshot didn't get to anything vital in the pig and just served to enrage it. I was wondering if I should load buck/slug/buck/slug/buck in the Model 11. Was not a happy stress-free gun dream.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
"We both support the Second Amendment"
Stop. Yay! Nice of you to admit.
Good news that you claim to be 'for' it! Throw up some reforms in the gun laws first to prove you are earnest. There are plenty of 2nd Amendment violations out there. I must apologise because I was under the impression you were for the banning of firearms for the law abiding. The repeal of ban on classes of weapons would be a start. That and carry restrictions by the whims of bureacrats and where we good guys can tote them. Get those reforms passed and nailed down to make up for all the heinous anti-human-rights regs passed in the past 100 years. Then let's talk about your concerns.
No? C'mon yer honors...
Good news that you claim to be 'for' it! Throw up some reforms in the gun laws first to prove you are earnest. There are plenty of 2nd Amendment violations out there. I must apologise because I was under the impression you were for the banning of firearms for the law abiding. The repeal of ban on classes of weapons would be a start. That and carry restrictions by the whims of bureacrats and where we good guys can tote them. Get those reforms passed and nailed down to make up for all the heinous anti-human-rights regs passed in the past 100 years. Then let's talk about your concerns.
No? C'mon yer honors...
Thursday, February 9, 2012
747s at 30,000 feet
Legal loophole permits weapons powerful enough to down aircraft to be sold without checks!!!!!1!!1!!!1!eleven
No, silly MSM. A bolt action .50 caliber rifle is not the same as a Quad 50 Meat Chopper/Krautmower.
Am I supposed to mount 8 of these private-sale .50s in the wing root of one of my P-51 Mustangs I keep in the garage and go all interceptor on a Delta flight?
No, silly MSM. A bolt action .50 caliber rifle is not the same as a Quad 50 Meat Chopper/Krautmower.
Am I supposed to mount 8 of these private-sale .50s in the wing root of one of my P-51 Mustangs I keep in the garage and go all interceptor on a Delta flight?
Via Metrocon Mag
I watch National Review, so you don't have to.
From Senator Cornyn
An attempted distillation of Fast and Furious. Good. Get the word out, all the time. Until the whole country listens.
A friend keepa saying to me that Fast and Furious is just the Bush era Wide Receiver program. No. It's not.
Wide Receiver was:
Fast and Furious, in the kindest light, was:
Stop it.
Just because you are stonewalling now when you hand got caught in the cookie jar doesn't mean you get to retrench and pursue other means at suppressing our civil rights.
THIS is why voting and insisting that government representatives have less sway in our day to day lives is important. For guns, for what we eat, for what we do... leave us alone, dammit, and ratcheting up the pressure is just going to continue to ratchet up the the push back.
Or is should. Ratchet up the push back. Or all will be lost for us. Us, We the People.
Glad the Metros give this sort of thing a forum, sometimes.
From Senator Cornyn
An attempted distillation of Fast and Furious. Good. Get the word out, all the time. Until the whole country listens.
A friend keepa saying to me that Fast and Furious is just the Bush era Wide Receiver program. No. It's not.
Wide Receiver was:
- Sell guns to straw purchaser that may be heading to Mexico
- Trace those guns
- Arrest the person they go to as well as the purchaser
Fast and Furious, in the kindest light, was:
- Sell guns to straw purchaser that may be heading to Mexico
- ???
- When they get to the cartels, bust the cartel Bigs
Stop it.
Just because you are stonewalling now when you hand got caught in the cookie jar doesn't mean you get to retrench and pursue other means at suppressing our civil rights.
THIS is why voting and insisting that government representatives have less sway in our day to day lives is important. For guns, for what we eat, for what we do... leave us alone, dammit, and ratcheting up the pressure is just going to continue to ratchet up the the push back.
Or is should. Ratchet up the push back. Or all will be lost for us. Us, We the People.
Glad the Metros give this sort of thing a forum, sometimes.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Rust
Not a problem with me and my appropriate carry weapons. Pocket carry is a stainless 640 snubbie. IWB possibles is the aluminum and stainless P229 and a stainless Colt Commander.
About the only place I have possible rust issues is if I OC the parkerized Springfield full sized 1911 (oiled), and even there the finish should help a bit. If I worried, the Colt can go in that paddle holster. Even then I'd worry about the leather on rainy days.
I know it is semi-sacrilege to favor stainless. John Moses Browning (pbuh) never designed a stainless gun. I don't know if he might have if he had been working in the 1980s when brushed stainless became more of a 'thing' in firearms fashion. It's certainly not traditional. And I gravitate, normally, to the traditional.
I just have liked the look. Probably from what gun mags I was exposed to and absorbed as a kid forming my opinion, partly. And I know from experience that stainless steel does indeed rust, some grades more than others. There are other metallurgical issues, but they rear most of their ugly heads during production and manufacturing.
But there you have it. My preferences inadvertently solve a problem for me. Good.
[also: 3-in-1 oil was good enough for the Marines at Belleau Wood, it's good enough for me!]
About the only place I have possible rust issues is if I OC the parkerized Springfield full sized 1911 (oiled), and even there the finish should help a bit. If I worried, the Colt can go in that paddle holster. Even then I'd worry about the leather on rainy days.
I know it is semi-sacrilege to favor stainless. John Moses Browning (pbuh) never designed a stainless gun. I don't know if he might have if he had been working in the 1980s when brushed stainless became more of a 'thing' in firearms fashion. It's certainly not traditional. And I gravitate, normally, to the traditional.
I just have liked the look. Probably from what gun mags I was exposed to and absorbed as a kid forming my opinion, partly. And I know from experience that stainless steel does indeed rust, some grades more than others. There are other metallurgical issues, but they rear most of their ugly heads during production and manufacturing.
But there you have it. My preferences inadvertently solve a problem for me. Good.
[also: 3-in-1 oil was good enough for the Marines at Belleau Wood, it's good enough for me!]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Oops
"There is blood all over me," and now I am infected with the zombie virus and some smarter dude with a rifle is going to have to end my final suffering.
Go hand to hand only in extreme circumstances, friends.
No Sling Points? What Now?
One of the bad things about a Model 11 shotgun is there is no sling on it. Boo! Its one of the only things I dislike about it. Getting it into a tree stand is a dog's breakfast at best, with paracord tied pull ups from the ground.
I don't like that. There is an alternative that I do kinda like. H/T Uncle.
With this I can walk to a stand in the dark and have my extra stuff there in the pack part. Of course, I'd not have a shell in the chamber. Extra stuff? Like the cleaning gear, and extra warm clothes and an energy bar. Just need the camel back reservoir to be insulated so I can bring coffee. With a headband mounted light my hands would be free to do anything.
I don't like that. There is an alternative that I do kinda like. H/T Uncle.
With this I can walk to a stand in the dark and have my extra stuff there in the pack part. Of course, I'd not have a shell in the chamber. Extra stuff? Like the cleaning gear, and extra warm clothes and an energy bar. Just need the camel back reservoir to be insulated so I can bring coffee. With a headband mounted light my hands would be free to do anything.
Monday, February 6, 2012
I don't see the problem
...with the Clint Eastwood Chrysler ad. The same ad could have been used in 1979 with someone like Bob Dole as the nominee and you'd want Dole to come in in the 'second half.' It'd be nice o have a Reagan, but anything would be better.
I'm still not voting for Mitt, but Mussolini's corpse would be better than what is there now. Even Bob Dole. To me, it is a neutral ad lamenting the sorry situation we are going to get ourselves out of in November.
I'm still not voting for Mitt, but Mussolini's corpse would be better than what is there now. Even Bob Dole. To me, it is a neutral ad lamenting the sorry situation we are going to get ourselves out of in November.
Indy
In JMB's hallmark year, 1911.
This made me think of Farmer Frank. Love me some old skool open-wheel. I'd watch more if they reverted to 1960 era race car designs. Why not, they still race horses, and that technology is 1500 years old.
This made me think of Farmer Frank. Love me some old skool open-wheel. I'd watch more if they reverted to 1960 era race car designs. Why not, they still race horses, and that technology is 1500 years old.
Today at National Review
VerBruggen takes Bloomberg, and his histrionics, to task. Halfway decent takedown
My quibbles with the metrocon?
The commenters tear into this ostensibly gun-friendly upper-crust city-folk (or at least that is the impression he is trying to cultivate for himself with this.)
My quibbles with the metrocon?
" a fair number of crime guns seem to come from private sources, and it’s not unreasonable to ask someone who wants to transfer a gun to drive to a licensed dealer first."Sheesh. For Crom's sake, we can't have anything not be under the purview of the gummint's watchful eye. Especially when it's irrelevant and the sub 2% range. A fair number come from private sources when it comes to "stolen from family members" and "bought from a fence." Something banning private sales will obviously not fix.
The commenters tear into this ostensibly gun-friendly upper-crust city-folk (or at least that is the impression he is trying to cultivate for himself with this.)
Rifle Range
I had no idea this place existed. It's a rifle range near Frederick MD. Cresap. As close as the OTHER Maryland rifle range near me.
Most definitely need to check it out.
Most definitely need to check it out.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
History-gasm
Oh my!
Thanks to DirtCrasher I have been enlightened to a wonderful website full of vintage historical pictures. Love this kind of stuff.
Thanks to DirtCrasher I have been enlightened to a wonderful website full of vintage historical pictures. Love this kind of stuff.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Five Fantasy Guns
I really can't think of a set to add onto this meme. No out of reach gun really burns a hole in my 'wants-it' gene that I'd get if hit the Powerball. I guess, like many, I'd scratch that full auto itch. Typical things like:
If I was thinking old school, any of these 3 revolvers... Colt Peacemaker, Remington New Model, S&W Schofield, IN those conditions:
And that's nine.
But none of those are the One gun. If I won Powerball it might not be any of those. I'm just not excited much. I'd rather spend it the pistol range in my basement and the rifle range in my front yard on my stately and palatial estate.
- Ma Duece, naturally
- BAR
- MP40 which is a sweet little shooter.
- Stoner 63
- M3 Greasegun just like my old neighbor loves
- KRISS with a short barrel and screw-on suppressor
If I was thinking old school, any of these 3 revolvers... Colt Peacemaker, Remington New Model, S&W Schofield, IN those conditions:
And that's nine.
But none of those are the One gun. If I won Powerball it might not be any of those. I'm just not excited much. I'd rather spend it the pistol range in my basement and the rifle range in my front yard on my stately and palatial estate.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
How Come...
How come...
When a gun control law passes or a court ruling goes against the 2nd Amendment, enforcement of that ruling goes off on time without a hitch.
But when a court ruling goes against the forces of evil, like DC and CHI, and expands freedom, they get away with dragging their feet and stall and don't comply with said ruling?
If a gun confiscation law came off at midnight, the cops would be coming the streets and knocking on doors before breakfast.
If Maryland changed it's law to "you can buy magazines bigger than 20 rounds now, it's ok" I picture that it'd be weeks before stores would dare sell them and they'd be unjustifiable harassed by pols if they tried.
When a gun control law passes or a court ruling goes against the 2nd Amendment, enforcement of that ruling goes off on time without a hitch.
But when a court ruling goes against the forces of evil, like DC and CHI, and expands freedom, they get away with dragging their feet and stall and don't comply with said ruling?
If a gun confiscation law came off at midnight, the cops would be coming the streets and knocking on doors before breakfast.
If Maryland changed it's law to "you can buy magazines bigger than 20 rounds now, it's ok" I picture that it'd be weeks before stores would dare sell them and they'd be unjustifiable harassed by pols if they tried.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Range with a new toy
Went to the range last Tuesday. And I brought something new. Something that looks like this.
My brother gave it to me as a gift. Laser!!!
Let me give the sample target before I go into the grips. On the left is the Commander, on the right the Snubbie.
Typical 1911 performance for me lately. I shoot better when I can see the holes, as the shoot n' see shows. Trying to get the squeeze good.
The two revolver targets are not too good. And I blame the laser. Sorry Crimson Trace. Part of that issue is me, to be fair. The geometry is different, so figuring out where to put the thumb is awkward at first. But for a lefty, right on top of the laser is just fine. The support hand wants to block the beam. The activation button didn't work for me half the time because of my grip (it wasn't broken, no.) And concentrating on the red dot and on the sights... well... all these things were distracting and my shots, never great normally, suffered. I'm not giving up on it yet. I want to put it through a few more range sessions and see if it grows on me.
That's the bad.
The good is... The geometry of the grip is similar to the geometry of VZGrips I normally use, so that was nice. Point shooting with a laser is SPOT on. It's nice to hold the pistol at waist level, place the red dot on the target, then a hole appears where that light was. You can concentrate on holding the gun, and dot, still that way, and the sights aren't there distracting you. If you can rely on your grip lighting it up, and the laser not failing, using that kind of sighting system in defense situations might be hunky dory. Finally, I find that the Crimson Trace grips really shine not at a range with live fire, but when practicing dry fire at home. THEN you can see where the trigger is pushing you off center, and the click give you a better 'call' on where the hole would be based on the beam, and you can concentrate on making the wobble less without the distraction of a BANG!
Presuming my range performance with these things doesn't improve, are the the laser grips worth keeping, for me, considering the cost, time, and trouble of just using them for dry fire only? I would say yes, definitely. I'm not going to set up all my pistols with lasers now, certainly. But I am glad I have this set.
My brother gave it to me as a gift. Laser!!!
Let me give the sample target before I go into the grips. On the left is the Commander, on the right the Snubbie.
Typical 1911 performance for me lately. I shoot better when I can see the holes, as the shoot n' see shows. Trying to get the squeeze good.
The two revolver targets are not too good. And I blame the laser. Sorry Crimson Trace. Part of that issue is me, to be fair. The geometry is different, so figuring out where to put the thumb is awkward at first. But for a lefty, right on top of the laser is just fine. The support hand wants to block the beam. The activation button didn't work for me half the time because of my grip (it wasn't broken, no.) And concentrating on the red dot and on the sights... well... all these things were distracting and my shots, never great normally, suffered. I'm not giving up on it yet. I want to put it through a few more range sessions and see if it grows on me.
That's the bad.
The good is... The geometry of the grip is similar to the geometry of VZGrips I normally use, so that was nice. Point shooting with a laser is SPOT on. It's nice to hold the pistol at waist level, place the red dot on the target, then a hole appears where that light was. You can concentrate on holding the gun, and dot, still that way, and the sights aren't there distracting you. If you can rely on your grip lighting it up, and the laser not failing, using that kind of sighting system in defense situations might be hunky dory. Finally, I find that the Crimson Trace grips really shine not at a range with live fire, but when practicing dry fire at home. THEN you can see where the trigger is pushing you off center, and the click give you a better 'call' on where the hole would be based on the beam, and you can concentrate on making the wobble less without the distraction of a BANG!
Presuming my range performance with these things doesn't improve, are the the laser grips worth keeping, for me, considering the cost, time, and trouble of just using them for dry fire only? I would say yes, definitely. I'm not going to set up all my pistols with lasers now, certainly. But I am glad I have this set.
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