If there is one thing I learned from these post-apocalyptic movies it's:
"Poor People Screw Up Everything."
We shouldn't prop them up now, and when the world is ending don't DARE try to save the folks of the underclasses. It'll just come back and bite you in the arse. It usually also has the rich villain saying 'Nature has to be kept in harmony' monologue of eliminationism, but, again, that is a poor people's Intellectual's conceit
Poor folks in the back of the train do an uprising, and everyone suffers. Including the poor people. In Snowpiercer. But that movie, I just saw, reminded me of other movies.
Good Morning Vietnam (see: Communism)
Elysium, but I woner why the resources were withheld in the first place in that one.
Repo Man.
Who runs Bartertown?
Anyway, saw Snowpiercer. The secret to getting out of oppression is realizing the cops have no bullets in their magazines... Kind of an odd flick. It has some BIG names in it. A Korean production, too. It's fascinating. Like Fallout, the video game, but on a world train. Glad I didn't pay to see it in the theater, but fine offa Netflix.
Monday, November 10, 2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Barret Recoil
A Springfield 03 has worse recoil. A Mosin Nagant has worse recoil. A bolt action 12 gauge loaded with 3" magnum slugs has MUCH worse recoil.
Oh sure, the Barret will move you. But it's like getting hit by a fire truck. Going 3 miles an hour. It's doesn't punch you it shoves you. My retina was in no danger of being detached
That's what I learned taking the Barret offa my bucket list.
Oh sure, the Barret will move you. But it's like getting hit by a fire truck. Going 3 miles an hour. It's doesn't punch you it shoves you. My retina was in no danger of being detached
That's what I learned taking the Barret offa my bucket list.
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Glorious Monstrosity
Somebody else had this shotgun at the Range last Saturday. It was a 12 Gauge Saiga with some modifications, including to the magazines. R&R Targets. Some magazines were doubled up to hold 20 shells.
And it seemed to work better than most Saiga's I've seen. TWO big muzzle brakes, and an extended tube with a serrated end.
Now you KNOW my feeling about using a 12 gauge on zombies, but the owner seemed to be having fun.
And it seemed to work better than most Saiga's I've seen. TWO big muzzle brakes, and an extended tube with a serrated end.
Now you KNOW my feeling about using a 12 gauge on zombies, but the owner seemed to be having fun.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Mountain House
Haven't eaten these since 50 mile backpacking trips on the C&O Canal. Did those with my Dad, and shared the meal with him, alternating spoonfuls out of the packaging one spoon at a time.
Did two of those. 50 mile hikes. We did it on Spring Break. So the weather was iffy. We also walked North to South on the canal towpath. Because that was down hill. I am so glad it was flat otherwise.
So two 50 milers of 186 miles of tow path. Plus at least on 20 miler. A few 10ers. And in the end, over the years, I walked the whole canal. I recommend the northern parts. Prettier.
I discovered something hiking with that 75 pound pack. I was never an athletic kid. Even when I wasn't pudgy. I was a skinny as a kid. But I was the slowest at foot races, picked last for kickball... etc. But I found out on these long endurance hikes, that slow old me... was the same speed at the end as I was in the beginning. I was in the caboose position at the beginning of the hikes, but always finished ahead of everyone. Dunno if my constitution is like that anymore. But I was glad for it then.
Another trick? I hated hiking boots. Even when the calluses formed on my heel it still hurt my Achilles tendon to wear anything with ankle support. And a canal path is flat. SO... I wore tennis shoes. People felt bad for me when it was snowing and my feet were wet in 5 minutes and their boots had mink oil on the leather... So their feet were wet in 25 minutes instead. And when the mud stuck to their feet their feet were that much heavier. So I was fine, I just had to keep moving to keep warm.
Those were good trips. 50 miles in 5 days. Very back to nature. Wouldn't trade if for anything. Snow when you woke up, sleet for the first hours, then rain, then 40 knot winds with trees falling all around. The next day, sun, and 80 degrees. Campsite often had a porta pottie. So you looked for it. Because it meant the day was done. We had to carry our water as the well pumps weren't on yet.
I am glad I wasn't into coffee at the time. That would be trouble.
But the meals, they got great shelf life these expensive backpacking freeze dried meals. And I wondered what to stock up on, if slowly, in case of emergency. You know, for survival. In the big cans...
The lasagna? Meh. It's pretty good. Better than it used to be I bet.
Did two of those. 50 mile hikes. We did it on Spring Break. So the weather was iffy. We also walked North to South on the canal towpath. Because that was down hill. I am so glad it was flat otherwise.
So two 50 milers of 186 miles of tow path. Plus at least on 20 miler. A few 10ers. And in the end, over the years, I walked the whole canal. I recommend the northern parts. Prettier.
I discovered something hiking with that 75 pound pack. I was never an athletic kid. Even when I wasn't pudgy. I was a skinny as a kid. But I was the slowest at foot races, picked last for kickball... etc. But I found out on these long endurance hikes, that slow old me... was the same speed at the end as I was in the beginning. I was in the caboose position at the beginning of the hikes, but always finished ahead of everyone. Dunno if my constitution is like that anymore. But I was glad for it then.
Another trick? I hated hiking boots. Even when the calluses formed on my heel it still hurt my Achilles tendon to wear anything with ankle support. And a canal path is flat. SO... I wore tennis shoes. People felt bad for me when it was snowing and my feet were wet in 5 minutes and their boots had mink oil on the leather... So their feet were wet in 25 minutes instead. And when the mud stuck to their feet their feet were that much heavier. So I was fine, I just had to keep moving to keep warm.
Those were good trips. 50 miles in 5 days. Very back to nature. Wouldn't trade if for anything. Snow when you woke up, sleet for the first hours, then rain, then 40 knot winds with trees falling all around. The next day, sun, and 80 degrees. Campsite often had a porta pottie. So you looked for it. Because it meant the day was done. We had to carry our water as the well pumps weren't on yet.
I am glad I wasn't into coffee at the time. That would be trouble.
But the meals, they got great shelf life these expensive backpacking freeze dried meals. And I wondered what to stock up on, if slowly, in case of emergency. You know, for survival. In the big cans...
The lasagna? Meh. It's pretty good. Better than it used to be I bet.
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Offset Sights
Offset sights are kinda neat. In battle, what if your optics break and are suddenly opaque? What if the optics are set up for long range and trouble starts close at hand? What if your AR is a race gun is set up for long range and you want to cut the transition time to close stuff?
Cant the rifle 45 degrees and use the offset backup iron sights.
But why so 'tall'? Off the shelf AR sights are like that for good readon. It where the sights have to be when you have a cheek weld on the straight stock of an AR. So, all off the shelf after market BUIS sights are gonna be like that, too. But if you hang the sights off the side of the rifle, then maybe they don't have to be so tall. I wonder if some supplier is thinking of a more streamlined shorter offering. I bet so.
Cant the rifle 45 degrees and use the offset backup iron sights.
But why so 'tall'? Off the shelf AR sights are like that for good readon. It where the sights have to be when you have a cheek weld on the straight stock of an AR. So, all off the shelf after market BUIS sights are gonna be like that, too. But if you hang the sights off the side of the rifle, then maybe they don't have to be so tall. I wonder if some supplier is thinking of a more streamlined shorter offering. I bet so.
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Oh, and congrats
To Larry Hogan. Maryland has a Republican governor again. Which means a goodly number of Maryland Democrats crossed the aisle. The state is 66% Dem. And Larry won decisively, in a state that cheats at the polls for Dems. It wasn't a squeaker. 9 points! I guess Marylanders of a liberal persuasion have noticed all the big taxes that have come down on our wallets.
This is only the second GOP governor of my state elected in my lifetime.
Michelle Obama, Martin O'Malley, Brack Obama, NONE of them campaigning for the hand picked successor to O'Malley could not move the needle their way.
We were promised by the Democrats that the state would be wall to wall ARs if Hogan is elected. Meh. Wish it was a firearm I liked better. But I'll take it.
I'm just glad that the hemorrhage will be slightly staunched for a few more years. It's been a while since someone I voted for in Maryland actually won.... Feels ok.
The biggest obstacle to gun rights in the Maryland Senate, Brian Frosh, is gone. That's the good news. The bad news is is that he is now Attorney General.
This is only the second GOP governor of my state elected in my lifetime.
Michelle Obama, Martin O'Malley, Brack Obama, NONE of them campaigning for the hand picked successor to O'Malley could not move the needle their way.
We were promised by the Democrats that the state would be wall to wall ARs if Hogan is elected. Meh. Wish it was a firearm I liked better. But I'll take it.
I'm just glad that the hemorrhage will be slightly staunched for a few more years. It's been a while since someone I voted for in Maryland actually won.... Feels ok.
The biggest obstacle to gun rights in the Maryland Senate, Brian Frosh, is gone. That's the good news. The bad news is is that he is now Attorney General.
It's a Wash
Washington State...
This was the one that would have been the best thing to have gone our way yesterday, but didn't. Washington State's universal background check ballot initiative. Sad.
No jumped up, rich, bigotted hoplophobes think they can throw their money at new Gun Crow laws like this registration-prior-to-confiscation thingy and win. That's the takeaway. Not that gun control parties lost in Maryland even with Michelle Obama helping, not with West Virginia showing gun traitor Joe Manchin the light there, no. And Bloomy recruited some DEEP pockets out there in Redmund.
This was the one that would have been the best thing to have gone our way yesterday, but didn't. Washington State's universal background check ballot initiative. Sad.
No jumped up, rich, bigotted hoplophobes think they can throw their money at new Gun Crow laws like this registration-prior-to-confiscation thingy and win. That's the takeaway. Not that gun control parties lost in Maryland even with Michelle Obama helping, not with West Virginia showing gun traitor Joe Manchin the light there, no. And Bloomy recruited some DEEP pockets out there in Redmund.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Yo Vote
Here's the scam. No one asks you if you are an American citizen when you get your Maryland Driver's license. And motor-voter registration is practically compulsory. So now, you are on the voter rolls. And can drive legally.
So you can vote. You are registered here. Of course, this is a crime
When your jury duty comes up, who wants to do THAT? Just tell them you aren't a citizen and you get out of it. Of course if you ARE a citizen and claim not to be, that is a crime. Too.
So, they are finding people that do both. Claim not to be citizen AND are registered to vote. It's a matter of public record. One crime was committed.
It doesn't matter if you voted or not, but...
Anyway, lawyers are noticing this and taking these circumstances through the Maryland and Federal legal system.
So you can vote. You are registered here. Of course, this is a crime
When your jury duty comes up, who wants to do THAT? Just tell them you aren't a citizen and you get out of it. Of course if you ARE a citizen and claim not to be, that is a crime. Too.
So, they are finding people that do both. Claim not to be citizen AND are registered to vote. It's a matter of public record. One crime was committed.
It doesn't matter if you voted or not, but...
Anyway, lawyers are noticing this and taking these circumstances through the Maryland and Federal legal system.
Gerry?
Is that you?
A Map of Maryland Congressional districts. I'm in 8, with Van Hollen. But my favorites are the 2nd 3rd and 4th districts for their shapes.
Well, non citizens will be voting all around me today, diluting my own legal vote. That's if the voting machine doesn't switch my votes from GOP to Dem. The Dems I vote for? The machines NEVER switch those over. And I've had to put in provisional ballots in the past because the polls are sure I requested an absentee ballot so I could vote from my dorm in North Carolina. Wish they'd cut that out. It's like my state is systematically trying to disenfranchise me.
But that's just here. I'm sure YOUR state is perfectly legit and above board.
A Map of Maryland Congressional districts. I'm in 8, with Van Hollen. But my favorites are the 2nd 3rd and 4th districts for their shapes.
Well, non citizens will be voting all around me today, diluting my own legal vote. That's if the voting machine doesn't switch my votes from GOP to Dem. The Dems I vote for? The machines NEVER switch those over. And I've had to put in provisional ballots in the past because the polls are sure I requested an absentee ballot so I could vote from my dorm in North Carolina. Wish they'd cut that out. It's like my state is systematically trying to disenfranchise me.
But that's just here. I'm sure YOUR state is perfectly legit and above board.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Range II
Lot's of usual suspects there. And some new faces.
One unusual one was Hayden. He's British, you see. Wore his Squirrel Report t-shirt and everything.
The only thing better than shooting a .50 and a Machine Gun is helping facilitate a former resident of the UK shooting a .50 and a Machine Gun. I was correct in my assumption that he wouldn't have brought spare 7.62x51 with him, so he got a donation from the battle packs MBtGE and I brought along just for this purpose. And we were happy to do it. Freedom! And all that.
And hey, I learned a valuable skill. How to link up ammo for the belts. So I got THAT going for me.
One of my personal purposes on this trip was to zero in my M1A again. Shooting at gongs the last range trip, I noticed my eyes aren't what they used to be. The tiny gray target 300 yards away disappears when I look through a peep sight, and the red dot seems huge. So I swapped the scout stope 2.5x to the M1A, will restore my Garand to 1960 US Navy issue condtion (It's a 1944 manufacture, rebarrelled to 7.62x51) and will rely on the AR for red dot optics short range stuff. So there.
"Old NFO, JayG, Nancy and her adorably precocious daughter, Murphy, Keads, Aaron, Maureen, David, Larry the Historian, MBtAGE, Glen and his son Brendan from New York, Hayden and his wife Cara, Bubblehead Les, Stretch, John, Bruce, Joby, and Cindy."
One unusual one was Hayden. He's British, you see. Wore his Squirrel Report t-shirt and everything.
The only thing better than shooting a .50 and a Machine Gun is helping facilitate a former resident of the UK shooting a .50 and a Machine Gun. I was correct in my assumption that he wouldn't have brought spare 7.62x51 with him, so he got a donation from the battle packs MBtGE and I brought along just for this purpose. And we were happy to do it. Freedom! And all that.
And hey, I learned a valuable skill. How to link up ammo for the belts. So I got THAT going for me.
One of my personal purposes on this trip was to zero in my M1A again. Shooting at gongs the last range trip, I noticed my eyes aren't what they used to be. The tiny gray target 300 yards away disappears when I look through a peep sight, and the red dot seems huge. So I swapped the scout stope 2.5x to the M1A, will restore my Garand to 1960 US Navy issue condtion (It's a 1944 manufacture, rebarrelled to 7.62x51) and will rely on the AR for red dot optics short range stuff. So there.
Range Day
Knocked a few items off my bucket list at the blog shoot.
Shot a Barret
Sorry about the blaspheming. Not me. Some other dude. Thank's Larry the Historian
Shot an M60
So, of machine guns I've shot there is that, shot a single shot Ma Deuce (it wasn't working well that day), an MG42, an MP40, and an M2 Carbine. Thanks Murphy's Dad.
Shot a flintlock
I had shot a precussion cap front stuff before. And that capped job might have had rifling. But this is the first flintlock smoothbore I've had fun with. Thanks Nancy!
Shot a Barret
Sorry about the blaspheming. Not me. Some other dude. Thank's Larry the Historian
Shot an M60
So, of machine guns I've shot there is that, shot a single shot Ma Deuce (it wasn't working well that day), an MG42, an MP40, and an M2 Carbine. Thanks Murphy's Dad.
Shot a flintlock
I had shot a precussion cap front stuff before. And that capped job might have had rifling. But this is the first flintlock smoothbore I've had fun with. Thanks Nancy!
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Good question...
This is the first weekend since April that Pres. Obama hasn't fit in a round of golf. Bad optics before midterms... or too cold?
— Emily Miller (@EmilyMiller) November 2, 2014Email.
Been gettin lots of important stuff.
Hmph.
- The Clerk of the Court says I have a Notice of Appearance. No court knows any of my email addresses, and certainly not THAT one.
- There is a Neighborhood Child Predator Alert, please open this attachment. I have no children.
- I can look 20 years younger in minutes
- Who's Who sent me an invitation
- Plus a Chinese Nigerian wants to buy my land.
Hmph.
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Music
Music is the bane of my existence. I hate earworms, and am susceptible to them. And rare is the earworm you don't mind rattling around in your head. And the good songs grow tiresome, even, if they are up there too long.
Songs on the radio alarm clock immediately delete any memory of the previous night's dream. Even more so than news announcers or commercials.
I played in the school band for years. Until 9th grade. What a waste of time. And the High School band instructor tried mightily to get me to continue. No way that was going to work. I had done my time.
I've never liked concerts. Either boring or loud or both. Hurt-my-ears loud.
And night clubs? Even louder. And often claustrophobia inducing crowded. Because of the volume you isolated even more because simple communication is impossible. You are totally alone in a huge crowd of obnoxious sweaty people.
I'd ban it with my duruthers. If I was emperor of universe. Same with dancing. And card playing.
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But....
I have noticed that if you sing the jingle to the Meow Mix commercial in your head when you are shooting at the pistol range, accuracy is great improved. Dunno why that is.
Songs on the radio alarm clock immediately delete any memory of the previous night's dream. Even more so than news announcers or commercials.
I played in the school band for years. Until 9th grade. What a waste of time. And the High School band instructor tried mightily to get me to continue. No way that was going to work. I had done my time.
I've never liked concerts. Either boring or loud or both. Hurt-my-ears loud.
And night clubs? Even louder. And often claustrophobia inducing crowded. Because of the volume you isolated even more because simple communication is impossible. You are totally alone in a huge crowd of obnoxious sweaty people.
I'd ban it with my duruthers. If I was emperor of universe. Same with dancing. And card playing.
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But....
I have noticed that if you sing the jingle to the Meow Mix commercial in your head when you are shooting at the pistol range, accuracy is great improved. Dunno why that is.
Friday, October 31, 2014
Out of Blog
I've been scraping dope posts up off the kitchen floor just to survive...
I guess I'll be at Murph's blog shoot tomorrow... So more then. I need to bring a fish eye lens with me.
Waughmp Waughmp!
I guess I'll be at Murph's blog shoot tomorrow... So more then. I need to bring a fish eye lens with me.
Waughmp Waughmp!
Thursday, October 30, 2014
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