Thursday, November 10, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
You should
Follow this link and read.
I donated $20. Think about it.
spend the cost of a latte every day for a week....
I donated $20. Think about it.
spend the cost of a latte every day for a week....
Sorry for the lack of posting
The internet was down at the asylum and I had other things to do anyway.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
And this was just a few days
Seriously, in Connecticut, after only a few days without power, folks are going nuts.
Apparently unable to go for even a few days without the convenience of blow dryers, microwave ovens and electric lights, these people (at least some of them) are going off on the power company and the line workers.
All after only a few days without power.
They are apparently unable to deal without that wonderful AC and all that it does. And it's not like there is real winter yet. Not too terribly cold. Not too terribly windy.
Look folks: if you want to know what things will be like after an EMP or CME event (also known as a Carrington event), you need look no farther than this story. Folks there do have people who can help, they do have a timeframe for repair of the grid, they do have shelters to which they can retreat. Think about what these folks would do if the power DIDN'T come back on in a week or a month.
These are the same folks who depend on electricity but cannot take the time to prepare for a bad storm...who won't get a generator, who can't be bothered to have a few days of low-prep or no-prep food on hand. Who cannot be bothered to have a secondary source of heat for their home. These folks have access to food, water and shelter. Just think if none of that were available. How would they act then...when there was NO food and NO shelter and no near term (like months or years) chance that it would be available...What would they act like then? You think that the thin veneer of civilization is going to still be intact after weeks or months? When they are hungry and thirsty (or their children are)?
Kaytina and scenes like this should be a warning to all of us.
Be smart folks: have a generator or a plan to access one...have fuel for it for at least 40 hours. Or a plan as to where you can take your perishables and your family where there will be what you need. And a plan to keep what you have, and a plan to prevent others from taking your stuff.
'cause sure as shit, the folks referenced above will likely be demanding it.
And if things get all pear shaped, you'd better have a plan to deal with folks like this....and the smarter but less ethically challenged ones too...'cause otherwise they'll likely take your shit and squander it.
HT
And I have noticed that for some reason this sort of thing seems to happen more in the bluer shaded areas than the red ones. Here, we are glad that the line workers show up after (or during!) a storm. Few people get all bent at delays due to massive line damage. I remember an ice storm years ago that saw 99+ percent of the area without power. We dealt with it. We might have been uncomfortable, but we survived, and quite well. And no one whined, even though we had no power for a week or two.
Must be the blueness. Must make people into sheep, unable to care for themselves.
Apparently unable to go for even a few days without the convenience of blow dryers, microwave ovens and electric lights, these people (at least some of them) are going off on the power company and the line workers.
All after only a few days without power.
They are apparently unable to deal without that wonderful AC and all that it does. And it's not like there is real winter yet. Not too terribly cold. Not too terribly windy.
Look folks: if you want to know what things will be like after an EMP or CME event (also known as a Carrington event), you need look no farther than this story. Folks there do have people who can help, they do have a timeframe for repair of the grid, they do have shelters to which they can retreat. Think about what these folks would do if the power DIDN'T come back on in a week or a month.
These are the same folks who depend on electricity but cannot take the time to prepare for a bad storm...who won't get a generator, who can't be bothered to have a few days of low-prep or no-prep food on hand. Who cannot be bothered to have a secondary source of heat for their home. These folks have access to food, water and shelter. Just think if none of that were available. How would they act then...when there was NO food and NO shelter and no near term (like months or years) chance that it would be available...What would they act like then? You think that the thin veneer of civilization is going to still be intact after weeks or months? When they are hungry and thirsty (or their children are)?
Kaytina and scenes like this should be a warning to all of us.
Be smart folks: have a generator or a plan to access one...have fuel for it for at least 40 hours. Or a plan as to where you can take your perishables and your family where there will be what you need. And a plan to keep what you have, and a plan to prevent others from taking your stuff.
'cause sure as shit, the folks referenced above will likely be demanding it.
And if things get all pear shaped, you'd better have a plan to deal with folks like this....and the smarter but less ethically challenged ones too...'cause otherwise they'll likely take your shit and squander it.
HT
And I have noticed that for some reason this sort of thing seems to happen more in the bluer shaded areas than the red ones. Here, we are glad that the line workers show up after (or during!) a storm. Few people get all bent at delays due to massive line damage. I remember an ice storm years ago that saw 99+ percent of the area without power. We dealt with it. We might have been uncomfortable, but we survived, and quite well. And no one whined, even though we had no power for a week or two.
Must be the blueness. Must make people into sheep, unable to care for themselves.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
A religion of peace?
no doubt many of it's followers are peaceful. I know some who are as nice and decent as anyone could ask. In fact, I wouldn't mind having those folks as neighbors.
Yet I bet we see no outraged condemnation of things like this. And until there is condemnation of such things, there can be no mutual respect.
Yet I bet we see no outraged condemnation of things like this. And until there is condemnation of such things, there can be no mutual respect.
Monday, October 31, 2011
You'd think people would learn
and prepare for when Momma Nature deals harshly with the infrastructure which makes their lives comfortable.
I mean, seriously. If you need electricity to keep your home from freezing, have a spare method besides a fragile electric grid which can be damaged by ice and snow and wind. If you need electricity to keep your food from spoiling, same advice. You can get a generator for less than $500. That is likely about the cost of the contents of your freezer and fridge. And what will it cost if you have to have your home fixed because your pipes freeze? (yeah, insurance will (maybe) cover it, but you are still out the deductible.) End result, cheaper and less hassle to have the genny and a few gallons of gas. Personally I am thinking of buying one of these so that Midwest Chick can have some power until I get home and start the Lister diesel generator. I already stock both gas and diesel in fairly large quantity.
Which brings me to:
IF YOU KNOW that a significant storm is coming (and who in the US could fail to be aware of the fact, as the east coast based media trumpeted the fact for several days) FILL UP your gas tanks on your vehicle. Fill up your gas cans too. BEFORE the storm hits. Before the electricity that operates the gas pumps fails. Bother to prepare. Bother to think farther ahead than your next bowel movement.
For gods sake people, stop being sheep. Learn to take care of yourself (and your family), even if just for a few days. I'm not saying you should be prepared for the "Zombie Apocalypse" (but if you were, then you'd not have any issues with a mere power outage), but a little thought and preparation will take you a long way.If you have an all electric house, then you might want to plan for some other way to heat it, like a Kerosene heater or something, and maybe have some alternate method of cooking food, like a Coleman stove.
Must be a "blue" thing. Seems like the less "blue" a state is, the more they are able to deal with things and the more they have preps to deal with issues like the above linked storm.
Have you checked your preps for the winter? Car stuff? Storm and blizzard preps? Power outage preps?
I have. I'm good for (no kidding) power outages of 40+ days, if I stretch it, more like 75. I got food for longer than that. I don't expect you to have that kind of prep, but you SHOULD have some, say a week's worth or more. If you have them, then ya oughta check 'em.
If you haven't checked 'em, you should. Srsly
I mean, seriously. If you need electricity to keep your home from freezing, have a spare method besides a fragile electric grid which can be damaged by ice and snow and wind. If you need electricity to keep your food from spoiling, same advice. You can get a generator for less than $500. That is likely about the cost of the contents of your freezer and fridge. And what will it cost if you have to have your home fixed because your pipes freeze? (yeah, insurance will (maybe) cover it, but you are still out the deductible.) End result, cheaper and less hassle to have the genny and a few gallons of gas. Personally I am thinking of buying one of these so that Midwest Chick can have some power until I get home and start the Lister diesel generator. I already stock both gas and diesel in fairly large quantity.
Which brings me to:
IF YOU KNOW that a significant storm is coming (and who in the US could fail to be aware of the fact, as the east coast based media trumpeted the fact for several days) FILL UP your gas tanks on your vehicle. Fill up your gas cans too. BEFORE the storm hits. Before the electricity that operates the gas pumps fails. Bother to prepare. Bother to think farther ahead than your next bowel movement.
For gods sake people, stop being sheep. Learn to take care of yourself (and your family), even if just for a few days. I'm not saying you should be prepared for the "Zombie Apocalypse" (but if you were, then you'd not have any issues with a mere power outage), but a little thought and preparation will take you a long way.If you have an all electric house, then you might want to plan for some other way to heat it, like a Kerosene heater or something, and maybe have some alternate method of cooking food, like a Coleman stove.
Must be a "blue" thing. Seems like the less "blue" a state is, the more they are able to deal with things and the more they have preps to deal with issues like the above linked storm.
Have you checked your preps for the winter? Car stuff? Storm and blizzard preps? Power outage preps?
I have. I'm good for (no kidding) power outages of 40+ days, if I stretch it, more like 75. I got food for longer than that. I don't expect you to have that kind of prep, but you SHOULD have some, say a week's worth or more. If you have them, then ya oughta check 'em.
If you haven't checked 'em, you should. Srsly
So what is the difference
Between those "occupy ______" folks who want to take your hard earned earnings, those goods which you purchased with your hours of hard work (and the position in your related field of endeavor which you worked hard to earn, be via hard work post school or just plain hard work and perhaps ability, or a combination thereof) and the folks who would redistribute your wealth into their pockets via the threat of force...say a mugger or a house theif or a carjacker or whatever?
Both would take your hard earned...(and by hard earned, I mean earned with hours of your life)..possessions for their own, without giving any value in return. They both want, essentially, something for nothing. And they would take your possessions (and therefore steal hours of your life) with no remorse, only because you have it and they don't, and they think that It Isn't Fair! that you have so much and they have less......
Come to think of it, it is only a matter of degree between them and our current president and his crop of sycophantic followers (and fellow liberalsocialists democrats, but I am being redundant) and the "Occupy xxxyxxxxyy" folks.
Except, of course, that the folks in power want to give your money away to others of their choosing....(with an appropriate cut) in order to Do Good. (or their definition of Good).
Anywhere there was real civilization, they'd be incarcerated (and branded) as thieves, and treated accordingly.
Both would take your hard earned...(and by hard earned, I mean earned with hours of your life)..possessions for their own, without giving any value in return. They both want, essentially, something for nothing. And they would take your possessions (and therefore steal hours of your life) with no remorse, only because you have it and they don't, and they think that It Isn't Fair! that you have so much and they have less......
Come to think of it, it is only a matter of degree between them and our current president and his crop of sycophantic followers (and fellow liberal
Except, of course, that the folks in power want to give your money away to others of their choosing....(with an appropriate cut) in order to Do Good. (or their definition of Good).
Anywhere there was real civilization, they'd be incarcerated (and branded) as thieves, and treated accordingly.
Happy
Ah, WTF....eat yer candy this evening after having yer parents check it *.
Or whatever.
*( The poisoned or boobytrapped candy is actually only Urban Legend. There have never been verified reports of actual poisoned candy handed out on this holiday) But You Can't Be Too Careful.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
On the way to the
gunshow in Nappanee:
Text from people in car 15 miles ahead:
"slow down coming into Walkerton
Speed Racer just got pulled over for speeding."
We did, and arrived just as he got his warning ticket..
The Town Policeman was decent, and acted as a "peace officer" rather than an asshole cop. All he wanted was to keep his citizens safe, not to generate revenue or to measure his dick against someone else's.
He was, apparently, impressed with the amount of firepower worn by the occupants of the scofflaw vehicle.
If you haven't been to the Nappannee gun show, you should try to make the one in the spring of 2012.
Besides, the restaurant nearby has Bacon by the pound...per person. I ate my $8.99 worth (it's a buffet). Watched Og eat his share too.
Almost bought an Argentine contract 1911 from 1932, but the seller and I were unable to find a consensus on value. Was tempted by several Garands, but found no joy.
Spent the rest of the day with Brigid and friends. Food, (and more food) (did I mention food?) adult beverages, and great conversation. You should be so lucky. Sometimes you just gotta stop and smell thebacon roses.
Text from people in car 15 miles ahead:
"slow down coming into Walkerton
Speed Racer just got pulled over for speeding."
We did, and arrived just as he got his warning ticket..
The Town Policeman was decent, and acted as a "peace officer" rather than an asshole cop. All he wanted was to keep his citizens safe, not to generate revenue or to measure his dick against someone else's.
He was, apparently, impressed with the amount of firepower worn by the occupants of the scofflaw vehicle.
If you haven't been to the Nappannee gun show, you should try to make the one in the spring of 2012.
Besides, the restaurant nearby has Bacon by the pound...per person. I ate my $8.99 worth (it's a buffet). Watched Og eat his share too.
Almost bought an Argentine contract 1911 from 1932, but the seller and I were unable to find a consensus on value. Was tempted by several Garands, but found no joy.
Spent the rest of the day with Brigid and friends. Food, (and more food) (did I mention food?) adult beverages, and great conversation. You should be so lucky. Sometimes you just gotta stop and smell the
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Dangerous
This idea is dangerous. Seriously dangerous...
While I, (and no doubt every other person who will read this today) would like to be able to carry any time, anywhere, in any state, THIS is very dangerous. Are we willing to support this even though it undermines the very Constitution which we revere and which we hold up as a sacred document? One whose second amendment we regularly quote in order to protect our rights to carry? Is the 10th any less important?
Once we begin chopping away at parts of that document which is what separates this country from all others, we erode the foundation of what makes this country great. Want to change the Constitution? No problem. Do it the right way. Hold a Constitutional Convention, get enough states to vote for it, and DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
The 10th amendment is in the Constitution for a reason. And if we pre-empt this for concealed carry, what is to prevent us from preempting in for other, more nefarious reasons?
Look: this is, at best, an end run around the Constitution....Legislation which will end up being, in the near future, the thin end of the wedge..and one which is supported by a significant group...Gun owners. But what happens next? What other things will this enable the feds to force states to swallow? Yeah, Roe V Wade was a wedge too...and this will be another. One that opens up cracks which we really don't want to have opened up any farther. There are (currently) limits to the power of the federal Government. Put in place for a reason.
What if, soon, we decide that other licenses shall cross state lines? Doctors and layers and such, maybe no big deal...Cosmetologists and such, who cares, really....Prostitutes? (hey, I really don't care, but many folks would). After all, they are licensed in Nevada, so why can't she (or he?) ply their trade in Atlanta? (I mean, openly...maybe advertise and such).
Look, I think that California and Illinois and their ilk are way stupid, and folks who live there are dumb to do so because of their laws. I chose where I live based upon many things, and CCW was/is one of them. But if the people of the state choose to live where the laws are what they are, and don't elect folks to change their laws, then they like their state enough to live where the laws are the way that they like them. And the Feds don't get a say.
Otherwise, eventually, there will be no states, just one happy federal government run giant state. Federal folks making decisions for all of us, no local control.
And I really don't want to see how THAT would turn out.
While we may be headed that way already, I don't want to do anything to facilitate that day. Especially not when they are going to get us gun owners to aid and abet their precedent setting legislation.
Just say no. Say it loudly. Call your Reps and congressmen (and women) and tell 'em "NO".
While I, (and no doubt every other person who will read this today) would like to be able to carry any time, anywhere, in any state, THIS is very dangerous. Are we willing to support this even though it undermines the very Constitution which we revere and which we hold up as a sacred document? One whose second amendment we regularly quote in order to protect our rights to carry? Is the 10th any less important?
Once we begin chopping away at parts of that document which is what separates this country from all others, we erode the foundation of what makes this country great. Want to change the Constitution? No problem. Do it the right way. Hold a Constitutional Convention, get enough states to vote for it, and DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.
The 10th amendment is in the Constitution for a reason. And if we pre-empt this for concealed carry, what is to prevent us from preempting in for other, more nefarious reasons?
Look: this is, at best, an end run around the Constitution....Legislation which will end up being, in the near future, the thin end of the wedge..and one which is supported by a significant group...Gun owners. But what happens next? What other things will this enable the feds to force states to swallow? Yeah, Roe V Wade was a wedge too...and this will be another. One that opens up cracks which we really don't want to have opened up any farther. There are (currently) limits to the power of the federal Government. Put in place for a reason.
What if, soon, we decide that other licenses shall cross state lines? Doctors and layers and such, maybe no big deal...Cosmetologists and such, who cares, really....Prostitutes? (hey, I really don't care, but many folks would). After all, they are licensed in Nevada, so why can't she (or he?) ply their trade in Atlanta? (I mean, openly...maybe advertise and such).
Look, I think that California and Illinois and their ilk are way stupid, and folks who live there are dumb to do so because of their laws. I chose where I live based upon many things, and CCW was/is one of them. But if the people of the state choose to live where the laws are what they are, and don't elect folks to change their laws, then they like their state enough to live where the laws are the way that they like them. And the Feds don't get a say.
Otherwise, eventually, there will be no states, just one happy federal government run giant state. Federal folks making decisions for all of us, no local control.
And I really don't want to see how THAT would turn out.
While we may be headed that way already, I don't want to do anything to facilitate that day. Especially not when they are going to get us gun owners to aid and abet their precedent setting legislation.
Just say no. Say it loudly. Call your Reps and congressmen (and women) and tell 'em "NO".
He was....MEAN
Or something.
Jesus. I can't believe that we let the Mexican government decide how our Border Patrol folks act..
Or that the jusdge hasn't been ridden out of town on a rail, wearing a new suit of tar and feathers.
Or just plain had his ass kicked up around his ears.
Jesus. I can't believe that we let the Mexican government decide how our Border Patrol folks act..
Or that the jusdge hasn't been ridden out of town on a rail, wearing a new suit of tar and feathers.
Or just plain had his ass kicked up around his ears.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
yeah, I wish
That I could get the government I control to buy a book that I had published...using YOUR money.
The fact that he is getting away with this makes me yearn for November of 2012.
The fact that he is getting away with this makes me yearn for November of 2012.
I'd leave 'em
As smoking piles of rubble. No bases for us? No bases for you, either.
All of 'em. Nothing useful, nothing but scorched earth.
But then again, I get like that when people act like Maliki is acting.
Ungrateful bastards.
All of 'em. Nothing useful, nothing but scorched earth.
But then again, I get like that when people act like Maliki is acting.
Ungrateful bastards.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Update on the Helicopter ride
So in answer to the question of why the 'copter waited for 45 minutes or so last Sunday AM, here is the scoop.
So some kid got a 'copter ride early Sunday morning for broken legs. Maybe very badly broken legs, but broken legs nonetheless. Even with a broken back, they transported one of the victims to a local hospital by ambulance.
Again: I am not a doctor.Nor am I an EMT. (although, last Halloween I did go to a party as Dr Feelgood...)
But I fail to see how any of the injuries from a drunken car crash, especially broken legs and ankles, is a reason for a whirlybird ride.
But whether the helo ride was justified or not, there is no way that the 44 minute wait was a good idea.
I always was under the impression that a 'copter ride was for circumstances where every second counts....like when you had a 4" pipe through your abdomen and were bleeding to death internally....and the 'copter brought you to the waiting surgical team...or when your melon was so badly injured that you needed a neurosurgeon as soon as possible so it didn't explode or something like that...Not mangled legs.
Or am I missing something here?
And what kind of friends sit outside the car while you lay trapped inside?
So some kid got a 'copter ride early Sunday morning for broken legs. Maybe very badly broken legs, but broken legs nonetheless. Even with a broken back, they transported one of the victims to a local hospital by ambulance.
Again: I am not a doctor.Nor am I an EMT. (although, last Halloween I did go to a party as Dr Feelgood...)
But I fail to see how any of the injuries from a drunken car crash, especially broken legs and ankles, is a reason for a whirlybird ride.
But whether the helo ride was justified or not, there is no way that the 44 minute wait was a good idea.
I always was under the impression that a 'copter ride was for circumstances where every second counts....like when you had a 4" pipe through your abdomen and were bleeding to death internally....and the 'copter brought you to the waiting surgical team...or when your melon was so badly injured that you needed a neurosurgeon as soon as possible so it didn't explode or something like that...Not mangled legs.
Or am I missing something here?
And what kind of friends sit outside the car while you lay trapped inside?
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Question for the EMTs...
Note: I am NOT an EMT, nor a Doctor, and I am NOT trying to pass judgement on the below referenced professionals....I would assume (and hope!) that they know more about emergency care and transport than I do.....But I do have some questions:
Sunday, 10/23/11
05:25AM: I wake up hearing an unusual disturbance across the street. Look out and there are lots of emergency vehicles in a (more or less) circle around a field. I have seen this before: Someone is going to get a helicopter ride to a hospital.
05:43 AM: Helicopter wakes me up as it lands across the street: this has happened before as the field is convenient for Lifeflight copters to get into and out of.
06:10 AM: ambulance arrives (presumably) with patient.
06:54 AM: Lifeflight helicopter takes off.
Question: Does the 44 minutes on the ground loading the patient not negate the "Golden Hour" when you have at least a 20 minute flight time (even by air and with priority routing) to a Level One Trauma Center?
I mean, on a Sunday morning, I could have driven 3/4 of the way to the nearest Level One Trauma Center in the time they spent loading the patient before taking off (without lights and sirens and just driving normally) . Add in the flight time, and I could have the patient at the same place in the same amount of time. Possibly less.
Seriously. And that is assuming that they went to a Level One center. A Level Three center is much closer and likely faster by ground ambulance.
Generally the time between ambulance arrival and helicopter departure is like 10 minutes MAX. Not so this time.
As the 'copters engines were shut down, I could hear the laughing and joking going on by the assorted crews. No real sense of urgency.
Now, while I really don't want to criticize the emergency responders (and I must point out that I do not know the nature of the injury) I do have a few questions:
If the injury is serious enough to require a whirlybird ride to a trauma center, why no rush to get the patient there? Why spend all the time on the ground? I was serious about being able to drive most of the distance in the time that they sat, with the patient, on the ground. I don't know what the cost is for a helicopter ride, but it has to be HUGE. (I also need to point out that I don't know the details of the incident, but it looks strange from here)
If there was no rush, then why the 'copter? If the 'copter was needed, then why the delay?
Enquiring minds want to know, and all that.....
Interestingly, Ambulance Driver has a comment on this subject as well
Sunday, 10/23/11
05:25AM: I wake up hearing an unusual disturbance across the street. Look out and there are lots of emergency vehicles in a (more or less) circle around a field. I have seen this before: Someone is going to get a helicopter ride to a hospital.
05:43 AM: Helicopter wakes me up as it lands across the street: this has happened before as the field is convenient for Lifeflight copters to get into and out of.
06:10 AM: ambulance arrives (presumably) with patient.
06:54 AM: Lifeflight helicopter takes off.
Question: Does the 44 minutes on the ground loading the patient not negate the "Golden Hour" when you have at least a 20 minute flight time (even by air and with priority routing) to a Level One Trauma Center?
I mean, on a Sunday morning, I could have driven 3/4 of the way to the nearest Level One Trauma Center in the time they spent loading the patient before taking off (without lights and sirens and just driving normally) . Add in the flight time, and I could have the patient at the same place in the same amount of time. Possibly less.
Seriously. And that is assuming that they went to a Level One center. A Level Three center is much closer and likely faster by ground ambulance.
Generally the time between ambulance arrival and helicopter departure is like 10 minutes MAX. Not so this time.
As the 'copters engines were shut down, I could hear the laughing and joking going on by the assorted crews. No real sense of urgency.
Now, while I really don't want to criticize the emergency responders (and I must point out that I do not know the nature of the injury) I do have a few questions:
If the injury is serious enough to require a whirlybird ride to a trauma center, why no rush to get the patient there? Why spend all the time on the ground? I was serious about being able to drive most of the distance in the time that they sat, with the patient, on the ground. I don't know what the cost is for a helicopter ride, but it has to be HUGE. (I also need to point out that I don't know the details of the incident, but it looks strange from here)
If there was no rush, then why the 'copter? If the 'copter was needed, then why the delay?
Enquiring minds want to know, and all that.....
Interestingly, Ambulance Driver has a comment on this subject as well
A bad day
at the range beats a good day at work...Hands down.
Spent a portion of the afternoon at the range. Tried out some different combinations of powder and bullet for the .380 loads for Midwest Chick's Sig P238 (and, incidentally the TCP) and figured out that 3.15 grains of 231 with a 100 grain jacketed round nose closely duplicates the factory load from Winchester (white box bulk).
It would seem that I (and Para) have fixed the issues with the stainless LDA Carry. It shot BEAUTIFULLY, with no issues. Yet. We shall see.
My full size 1911 ran, as usual, flawlewssly.
All in all, I changed 350 rounds of reloads in .45 ACP to smoke, noise, and brass.
It Was Good.
I also re-shot the Traction Control postal match targets with the Ruger MK III...this time without the excess caffeine. While the timing of my range trip made for a lot of sun in my eyes, I was able to shoot a slightly better score:
Yeah, 85. Not what it could have been, but then again, I have been lazy and have not been keeping my paper-punching skills as sharp as they could be.... Amazing what I can do when I am not overly-caffeinated and shaking like a chihuahua without a sweater on a -20F day.
The weather was Perfect. 2 knot wind, 67 degrees....I sorta felt guilty 'cause I should have been doing more productive things in preparation for winter, but the range was calling and I REALLY needed some recoil therapy.
Sometimes ya gotta just say "fuckit".
( we didn't want to limit our options)
Spent a portion of the afternoon at the range. Tried out some different combinations of powder and bullet for the .380 loads for Midwest Chick's Sig P238 (and, incidentally the TCP) and figured out that 3.15 grains of 231 with a 100 grain jacketed round nose closely duplicates the factory load from Winchester (white box bulk).
It would seem that I (and Para) have fixed the issues with the stainless LDA Carry. It shot BEAUTIFULLY, with no issues. Yet. We shall see.
My full size 1911 ran, as usual, flawlewssly.
All in all, I changed 350 rounds of reloads in .45 ACP to smoke, noise, and brass.
It Was Good.
I also re-shot the Traction Control postal match targets with the Ruger MK III...this time without the excess caffeine. While the timing of my range trip made for a lot of sun in my eyes, I was able to shoot a slightly better score:
(Click to embiggenate)
Yeah, 85. Not what it could have been, but then again, I have been lazy and have not been keeping my paper-punching skills as sharp as they could be.... Amazing what I can do when I am not overly-caffeinated and shaking like a chihuahua without a sweater on a -20F day.
The weather was Perfect. 2 knot wind, 67 degrees....I sorta felt guilty 'cause I should have been doing more productive things in preparation for winter, but the range was calling and I REALLY needed some recoil therapy.
Sometimes ya gotta just say "fuckit".
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