Random Thursday

Teach your children well.

Running on empty today.

The pollen is killing me. If I am outside more than fifteen minutes I start wheezing like an old man.

Going to the range tonight and have not decided what to shoot. Probably my new .22LR again. I'll go to the 100 yard indoor range and dial it in.

A new coffee shop opened in Old Town Manassas. I may go and check it out tonight.

My cat is very demanding this morning. He thinks I need more fur on me.

--Today is about family. No work.

Weekly Comic Wednesday

A Big Monday

I took the week off after I finished my Solstice 31 Saga.

Today I start working on my next project titled: Proper Darkness

I believe there will be more guns in this science fiction novel. I have decided to make up all the various Makes and Models that will appear. These will include:

• Handguns
• Shotguns
• Carbines
• Rifles
• Suppressors

I differentiate Carbines and Rifles by the distance it was designed to be used. I am also planning on new ammo standards as well.

• No ejected casings
• Frangible ammo for inside ships and stations
• Advanced armor piercing for destroying same
• Specialty projectiles

--Let me know if you have any cool ideas I can roll in!

Quotes of the Week

Communism isn't sleeping; it is, as always, plotting, scheming, working, fighting.
– Richard M. Nixon

America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference.
– Sylvia Earle

The world's problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom...
– Julian Lincoln Simon

We are expected to believe that...the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.
–L. Neil Smith

a Communist? One who has yearnings–for equal division of unequal earnings.
– Ebenezer Elliot

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
– John F. Kennedy

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
--Alfred Hitchcock

Saturday Mornings

I finished writing Blood of the Scarecrow the third book in Solstice 31 Saga, and it's off to the editor. The audio edition of the The Broken Cage has been released. My next novel has a fifteen page outline. So I took the week off from writing.

I went to the range. Alone. I kinda like going alone sometimes. Especially on weekday evenings when the range is not crowded. I need to write a book about a gun enthusiast.

--Saturday coffee is the best coffee. I guess I'll go organize the garage.

Gun Porn:

This is the Mossberg MVP Flex. I love this design. It uses AR15 mags for 5.56mm goodness and compatibility. The adjustable stock is perfect right out of the box.

Mossberg MVP Flex.

--I need to update my Want List!

Solvents and Lubricants

Weekly Comic Wednesday

Wake up. It isn't Racism.

This says what I am feeling today.

Quotes of the Week

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
– Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
– Kapil Dev
Global warming is indeed a scam...in need of crash courses in geology, logic and the philosophy of science.
– Martin Keeley

Neither political party is clean when it comes to tactics that divide our people.
– Roy Barnes

Global warming has become a new religion.
– Ivar Giaever
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
– George Bernard Shaw

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
– Thomas Paine

Friday Gun Porn: Saiga 12

This is my Saiga 12ga shotgun.

It's a monster. Fully loaded with the drum it weighs a ton. A ton of fun...

Saiga 12

Hunting Hogs with a Savage Mark II

This video shows what a good .22LR can do to put meat on your table.

Weekly Comic Wednesday

Running on Empty

I have been heads down to finish my next novel: Blood of the Scarecrow.

My deadline is Monday to finish polishing. I will be back then with actual content in real posts that actually include stuff about guns!

--Stay tuned. I'll be back.

Quotes of the Week

Global warming has become a new religion.
– Ivar Giaever
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
– George Bernard Shaw

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
– Thomas Paine

Freedom is something people take and people are as free as they want to be.
– James Baldwin

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves…
– Abraham Lincoln

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.
– Henry David Thoreau

If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
– Abraham Lincoln

Random Friday

Jim Rockford died. Er, I mean James Garner. What I liked about his show is that he personally didn't like guns but understood the need for them.

RIP Jim.

I saw Whisky Tango Foxtrot and liked it way more than I expected. Tina Fey enjoying the recreational shooting of a full auto AK47.

Going to try to go to the range again this weekend. Alone. In the morning. On the 100 yard indoor range. Need to finish dialing in my new Savage MarkII.

I have a self imposed deadline for my third Scifi Novel on March 21st. Might need to take a day off.

--Happy Friday People!

Weekly Comic Wednesday

Why gun control fails

This is a simple example of how simple it is to make a gun.



--I may have to build one myself!

Range time.

Went to the range yesterday. It was crowded as usual on weekends The four of us that went shared one lane. We ended up on a 25 yard lane. I took my Beretta Px4 .40 cal and my new Savage MarkII.

I dialed the Fixed 4x scope in and was getting groups I could cover with a dime. Zombies beware. Next time I go I will take it to the 100 yard range at ESS and finish dialing it in.

I added a bi-pod to the front of this rifle. It worked great except at one point the spring loaded lead mechanism bit my right thumb and I bled all over the place.

--Still, it was a good day.

Quotes of the Week

“The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.”
― H.L. Mencken

 If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
– Abraham Lincoln

...the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.
– Frederic Bastiat
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself.
– Alexander Hamilton

If you think Hollywood is depressing and corrupt, politics is...fueled even more than Hollywood by money, if that's possible.
– Ben Affleck

Friday Gun Porn: For the Mantel

I have been looking for a classic double barrel shotgun for my mantel. It has to be pretty and have exposed hammers.

--Simple and beautiful.

Roni Carbine SBR

This video shows the features of the Roni Glock conversion kit. I have one for my suppressed Glock 21.



--Fun stuff.

Weekly Comic Wednesday

.300 Blackout mags

My current favorite AR-15 is this .300 Blackout SBR, There are many reasons I love this rig.

What I don't love is confusing mags.I did one. Luckly, nothing happened. I marked the mags with some blue masking tape but that not good enough. I was going to buy mags that were a different color but I already have a mountain of mags.

--I decided on paint and a stencil. I am thinking a classic B.