Watch Me Soar
In my flight sim...It is December 1956.I am a pilot in the Royal Air Force flying a Hunter F.5.I have four 30mm cannon with 150 rounds per gun.This is a within visual range only plane and the only...
View ArticleCost Effective
With my discovery that I actually like the MIAD in its thinest configuration, there's just no reason at all to buy a $35 pistol grip.The $20 MOE grip is identical to a MIAD with the middle thickness...
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M16A1 (Clone) on $100 a month...
Got the barrel today. Tabitha now looks like what she'll be. This is officially a BAG day preview.Next $100 goes for a bolt carrier group. Well, $125.This gun is my answer to the mosin customizers...
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Progression
The progression from M16 (early R604) to M16A1 (late R603) to M16A2 (R645)...How many differences can you spot?
View ArticleSaving
For years I was an "deposited in the bank on Friday, spent on Saturday" type.Despite my mothers impassioned entreaties, I never really learned to save.I figured out that access is what allows me to go,...
View ArticleAnd Here I Thought I Was Special
6.8 people get grief from 6.5 people and vice-versa.And this is nothing new..270 v .30-06 and .280 v .30-06 have been going on since the "new" rounds were introduced.9mm v .45..40 v 9mm.And others.It...
View ArticleNext Project
A friend has an idea.They have $100 a month.They want an AR.So we're going to (pending spousal approval which he might not get) make him an AR (meaning I am going to do all the research, shoot him...
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Tabitha Returns
Took one of the spare bolts and borrowed a bolt carrier from another gun to zero Tabitha. This is my 10-shot confirmation group.I think I might just keep this one!I think my retro guns challenge some...
View ArticleHigh School
Blogging is starting to remind me of high school.There's the popular kids. The unpopular kids. The kids who just want to be different. The kids who earnestly want to belong...Gods but I hated high...
View ArticleBad Design
The battery compartment on the EOTech 552 might be the worst I've ever encountered.The bridge that connects the two batteries in the front of the cover often becomes pressed down so far as to allow the...
View ArticleFilling The Tactical Purse
I have a 5.11 Bail-Out Bag.It was originally going to be my range bag, but I rediscovered the Tumbuk2 bag that Aunt Bat gave me, and it's more than large enough for my range supplies since my rifle...
View ArticleWhere Are They
I intend to get a Glock 17 sometime in the next year.I used to have a 1st Gen, so that's got some appeal.I can't find one for sale. I can find a few 2nd gens. Lots of 3rd and 4th.This has me thrown...
View ArticleMusic
Wandering the library on the hard drive...I am once again struck by the variety.This harkens back to the "jeebus, high school is OVER" post...Back then I was notable in the school for traveling in...
View ArticleWatch What You Think
If you talk to yourself you've got to think about what you're thinking or you'll be muttering it to yourself as your internal monolog heads for roomier places.
View ArticleDemocrat Death Warrant
The Boy is on Medicaid because of his total disability.Yes, we're part of the Free Shit Army (with the exception that we have someone paying taxes in the house).Got a letter today telling us he needs...
View ArticleCrap
If you're in the market for a bolt carrier, don't get the AR Stoner offering from Midway.It's improperly finished and rough.Likewise, DPMS seems to have forgotten how to make bolt cam pins.I have the...
View ArticleCovered
Based on a letter I got last year from the VA, I don't need to enroll in Obamacare.So I didn't.The VA being my sole healthcare provider is terrifying enough. They've something of a...
View ArticleOther Side Of The Line
Looks like someone has made a 5.45x39mm pistol and that's gotten importation of cheap surplus ammo stopped at the dock.We've been here before with 7.62x39mm. It looks like we'll be heading there again...
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