Quotes of the Weeks

"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."

- Michelangelo

"I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is
determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."

- Martha Washington

"Optimists these days learn English, pessimists learn Chinese, but realists learn how to operate an AK-47."

- Unknown

I am at the Nations Gun Show Today

Gun show Blogmeet!

Map to the Gun Show

On Saturday September 29th there will be another edition of the Nations Gun Show.

Dulles Expo Center
4320 Chantilly Shopping Center
Chantilly, VA 20153

It's 22 Miles from Washington, DC - Directions: I-66, Exit 53B, go 3 miles Rt. 28 N, turn right onto Willard Rd., take 2nd left into the Chantilly Shopping Center, Follow signs to Expo Center.

I love this Gun Show. It is huge. I have purchased several firearms there at good prices. They usually have everything. New items, Class III, optics, old and new firearms, gadgets, gear, knives, books, accessories, ammo (esoteric and bulk), pretty much everything.

Anyway, I go to this gun show often. I have gone with TBolt several times. I have heard that many other bloggers attended the same show at the same time as me.

So the idea behind this Blogmeet is go to the gun show on the same day and the all get together for dinner and drinks and hanging out for a bit. We will meet by the Hotdog Tables, in the front of the hall, in the corner, at 1pm and 5pm. Email me and I will send you my cell number too. Look for this hat:

I also have made reservations for dinner at 5:30pm at BOB O's for 20 people. It is in the same parking lot right across from the Expo.

--I'm doin it! See you there.

Range Safety

I like to think I am polite when I am at the range.

I mind my own business and normally don't speak to other people there unless spoken too.

Unless I see a safety issue.

In the case of safety issues I am never shy. I will ask people to be mindful of their muzzle and various other things.

I was recently at the range and it was hot. REAL hot. Tons of shooters and even a couple Uzi's rocking full auto. I turned from the line and noticed a woman there that did not have her eye protection on. She had some, but wasn't wearing them. I had gotten a hot casing burn that very day.

I simply said to her, "Range is hot. You forgot your glasses." gestured at them in case she could not here me through her ear plugs.

She looked at me like I had a shrunken head.

She didn't put on the glasses. No skin off my nose. It's her eyes. I did my duty.

Turns out she was a Range Officer.

I was a Range officer for several years at the NRA Range when I worked near there. During the training, the key thing they made clear was that RO's lead by example. ALWAYS.

--Just sayin...

Global Bacon Shortage

I don't know why Bacon goes so well with shooting. It's probably because Bacon goes well with everything.

If you have been watching the news or reading the web you already know about the horror of the expected Global Bacon Shortage!!

This time last year it was $15 a can. Now it is $23 a can!!

Oh the Humanity!

If you like your Bug Out Bag to be properly provisioned, you need to get some Tactical Bacon!

Make some room next to your extra ammo, in that backpack, for a can of smokey goodness.

It even has a shelf life of 10 years!!

--It's worth $23 a can if the pending Zombie Apocalypse hits!

Gun show Blogmeet!

Map to the Gun Show

On Saturday September 29th there will be another edition of the Nations Gun Show.

I also have made reservations for dinner at 5:30pm at BOB O's for 20 people. It is in the same parking lot right across from the Expo.

--I'm doin it! See you there.

Wounded Warrior Blogshoot

Glock 21 .45ACP with Gemtech Suppressor

It was a beautiful day for the range, made better by supporting a good cause.

Murphy over at Lagniappes Lair (the organizer) should be proud of another excellent event!, Tempestuous Sea, THOTPolice (and Missus), Another Day Another, Old NFO, Proud Hillbilly, Shekel, MSgtB (and Missus), and a many commentators, like Bubblehead Les, and Stretch, and The Axe, and Morlock, and AZMrMacs. And many more.

I stole the list from TBolt who was also there!

The 340 Defense Range where it was held was really nice and shady It was just the right size and configuration for the event. It had lanes from 7 yards to 400 yards. Love it.

Lots of great guns there including a couple Uzi's in full auto!

--Fun was had by all!

Failure to feed.

I am trying to sort out a feed jam on the JR Carbine. I had 2 of these failures in 300 rounds this weekend.

As far as I can tell the bolt is not sliding back all the way to be able to pick up the back lip of the cartridge. In the large version of the image you can see where the bolt started trying to pick up the round.

It does it with force. enough to damage the bullet and the casing.It will happen with or without the suppressor and all the mags are Glock factory mags.

Another thing that may or may not be related is that it is rattling all the nut loose. Had to pause a couple times to tighten up everything.

--I need this thing to be an Easy Button.

Quotes of the Week

Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

--Sigmund Freud

To know anything well involves a profound sensation of ignorance.

--John Ruskin

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.

--Lucretius

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

--Robert Cushing

Suppressor Design

--In music!

DBD

One of my daily reads over coffee is Day By Day. It even has gun content now and then. I thought this one was worth linking specifically:

--One last reminder for this weekend The Wounded Warrior Fundraiser blog shoot in West Virginia. For more info and range location, e-mail: martinihenrywv@gmail.com

Updating My Want List

It has been a long time since I have added anything to the want list.

The Ruger Takedown is the newest item.

Here are a few Specs:

Caliber          : .22 LR

Receiver         : STAINLESS STEEL

Action           : SEMI-AUTO

Finish           : Stainless or blue

Magazine Capacity: 10

Stock            : Various colors

Barrel Length    : 18 1/2"

Model            : K10/22-TD-USA

Overall Length   : 37"

LOP              : 13.50"

Weight           : 4.67LBS

TWIST            : 1:16" RH

Front Sights     : GOLD BEAD

GROOVES          : 6

Rear Sights      : ADJUSTABLE

Street Price     : Under $370

It even comes in a carry pack!

--Might pick one up at the gunshow next weekend.

Time is short today

Tea Party or OWS message?

I was really busy last night and didn't manage to get to a blog post. The gas can is a bit dry today.

A lot of good blog fodder coming up though:

SQRPT be there or be somewhere else
Wounded Warrior Fundraiser Blogshoot
Nations Gunshow Blogmeet
Northcoast 3
Hunting season
Bacon and coffee
Politics and other noise
New Kilts
Walking Dead season premere
New TV shows with TONS of guns
Random photos

--Come back soon for some actual content. Maybe...

Larry Correia

Stretch and Larry

On Sunday morning I went to NOVA Armaments to see Larry Correia who was stopping in there for a bit.

It was nice. There was a small very happy crowd. Larry was having a good day. I introduced myself and mentioned that I knew JayG and NancyR. He went on and on about how cute Susan was. He continues to monitor the increasing imbalance of like counts on Facebook.

I met some other bloggers and commenters there too.

Stretch, who I met at the Wounded Warrior Blogshoot last year was there and he had his custom-engraved Smith & Wesson model 625 with the MHI logo and the custom Dragonworks holster that Dennis made with the MHI logo.

Stretch wanted a photo of Larry holding it.

When Larry was handed the firearm, without missing a beat in his conversation, maintaining excellent muzzle and trigger discipline, he opened and checked to see if it was loaded. No big deal. I totally respect that.

I even got a good picture of Larry, Stretch and the gun. I could not find Stretchs email address to get permission to post it. (Update: Stretch emailed me!)

--If you get a chance to see Larry on his book tour, do it. Great books. Great guy.

Reminder: Wounded Warrior Blogshoot

Saturday, Sept. 22nd.

Charles Town, WV area (Rippon, WV). Lots of good people coming out to have fun and donate to a great cause.

For more info and the NEW range location, e-mail: martinihenrywv@gmail.com

--Had a great time last year. Good Shooting. Great people.

Quotes of the Week

"Let me get this straight. You have so much clean water you shit in it?"

- Unknown African Boy

I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go down and meet them with baseball bats.

- Woody Allen

Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

- Isaac Asimov

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

- George Orwell

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

- Abraham Lincoln

I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution to the American's problems just to avoid violence.

- Malcolm X

Rule Number 2: Be Prepared

Sales are Up

I stopped into one of my favorite gun shops to look at holsters didn't find anything buy the place was packed for 4pm on a Thursday.

When I got to talk to a guy he said sakes are climbing the closer we get to the elections. ARs and AK are selling like hotcakes.

All the items that could suffer another assault weapons ban blah blah blah.

Looking at this crowd I could not help but thinking, hoping, that these people vote.

-TGIFF

Heads. On. Pikes.

The US ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens was murdered with three other Americans when terrorists stormed the US consulate and killed them. They then burned down the consulate.

I consider this an act of war.

If the Libyan Government (what there is of it) does not come down hard on these villains. We should declare war.

Real War.

Make an example.

--I want heads on pikes.

I Love Seeing These

Yet another Groupon flooding Washington DC with positive messages regarding shooting.

At this time 110 people have already signed up.

$74 for Shooting-Range Package with Instruction, Handgun, Ammo, Target, and Range Fees for Up to Three People.

--We are winning.

Larry Correia Is on a Book Tour!

Larry Correia is on the book tour and will be sweeping into the MD/DC area this week. His new book Monster Hunter Legion is out!

Check out Monster Hunter Nation for full details.

Here is a quick schedule!

September 13, stock signings at B&N in Towson, B&N in Baltimore, B&N in Pikesville. Signing at the B&N in Ellicott City MD, 7pm
September 14, signing at B&N in Bethesda, MD 7pm
September 15, Signing at Ft. Belvoir. 12-2pm.
September 16, Fort Meade exchange 1-3pm.

-- His books are great. Damn nice guy too!

Zombies: Getting it Right

There is so much to love in this photo.

First off, it has a woman that is kick ass. No rescue required. Not only is she competent and aware, she is smart in her pick when it comes to Zombie defense firearms.

She has an AR-15 with a Trijicon ACOG®, good capacity magazines and a pile of spares.

She knows the minivan itself is a weapon.

--I want her on my Zombie Apoc Team!

Quotes of the Week

An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.

--Robert A. Heinlein

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.

--Robert A. Heinlein

One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.

--Robert A. Heinlein

Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.

--Robert A. Heinlein

Saiga 12 Bullpup

I have a Saiga 12 and it's big fun. I saw this conversion kit while looking for some accessories.

"THIS IS A BULLPUP SHOTGUN STOCK KUSHNAPUP MADE EXCLUSIVELY TO FIT YOUR SAIGA FOR TACTICAL COMPETITION OF SPORTING OR HOME DEFENSE! NOW YOU CAN TAKE YOUR ORDINARY SAIGA-12 AND CUSTOMIZE IT YOURSELF IN MINUTES WITH JUST A SCREW DRIVER, THERE IS NO GUNSMITH REQUIRED! THIS PATENTS PENDING PRODUCT MEETS 922R COMPLIANCE AND INCLUDES A QUICK AND EASY INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR ASSEMBLY."

--I wish I could handle one before dropping $275 on spec.

Movie Endings We Always Wanted

--Ever see the movie Wizards?

Bloggers not Blogging but Socializing

There is some blogger get togethers coming up fast!

September 22nd:

From Lagniappe's Lair: Following on last year's shoot and all-around fun day, there will be another blogshoot here in the VA/WV/MD area to raise money for Wounded Warriors.

For more info and range location, or contact info, e-mail martinihenrywv@gmail.com.

I'll be there!

September 29th:

On Saturday September 29th there will be another edition of the Nations Gun Show.

Dulles Expo Center
4320 Chantilly Shopping Center
Chantilly, VA 20153

It's 22 Miles from Washington, DC - Directions: I-66, Exit 53B, go 3 miles Rt. 28 N, turn right onto Willard Rd., take 2nd left into the Chantilly Shopping Center, Follow signs to Expo Center.

I love this Gun Show. It is huge. I have purchased several firearms there at good prices. They usually have everything. New items, Class III, optics, old and new firearms, gadgets, gear, knives, books, accessories, ammo (esoteric and bulk), pretty much everything.

Anyway, I go to this gun show often. I have gone with TBolt several times. I have heard that many other bloggers attended the same show at the same time as me.

So the idea behind this Blogmeet is go to the gun show on the same day and the all get together for dinner and drinks and hanging out for a bit. Maybe a restaurant, maybe my house to grill burgers with bacon and pepper jack cheese, hanging at my bar or at the fire pit, having a cold beer or two.

--We're doin it! Mark you calendars now. Guest rooms filling up fast!

Justin Beiber is an Asshat

Gun-Wielding Justin Bieber

How many Four Rule violations do you want to stack up in damn photo.

For Christ sake, will someone slap some sense into this kid.

This is not the first gun pic or video of the idiot mishandling firearms.

Between his car and gun assholery he is headed for a tragic accident.

Oh, by the way, the man whose belly he is pointing the at is his girlfriends father.

--Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over.

Guns Don't Kill People, Bullets Do

I have been watching in the news the classic actions of Gun Grabbers dancing in the blood of recent tragedies.

They know they are losing the fight on gun control so their most recent attempts are on Bullet Control.

There are fresh calls to stop the sale of ammunition on the Internet. If they can't stop it they want to report it.

The Colorado shooter had a, OH MY GOD, Stockpile of 6000 rounds he got from the Internet. I don't consider 6000 rounds a stockpile. I call it a good start.

They also want to control the amounts of ammunition you have on hand. They are demonizing "Stockpiles". They are questioning why we "need" all that ammo.

Finally they also want to control the features of the bullets themselves. They want to limit the penetration, expansion and just basically how lethal the rounds are. They call various types names to incite fear like, "Cop Killers" or "Armor Piercing" or "Sniper Bullets", if they can penetrate body armor. "Why would you need that to hunt?".

--"Why do you need...?" Because Fuck You.

--

Range Report

On a beautiful day I packed the car with my freshly finished JR Carbine and my pal Tony.

I tricked out the JRC with the LASER, the EOTech and the GEMTECH Suppressor.

It was time to work it.

There is so much love on this baby now I cannot believe it.

First off, all three sights are on the same point out past 30 feet. On the bench at 25 yards it may be the best groups ever with a .45ACP. All the holes touching each other.

Maybe it's just the added weight but I thing the suppressor reduces the recoil a lot in addition to reducing the sound and eliminating all flash.

I Love EOTech. Out to 100 yards with this it is awesome.

--At 100 yards all the hits would have dropped a Zombie!

Another Gun Groupon

Today there was another Gun related Groupon locally!

Quotes of the Week

"Anyone who doesn't take Truth seriously in small matters can't be trusted in large ones either."

- Albert Einstein

Dreams are often most profound when they seem the most crazy.

--Sigmund Freud

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.

–Robert Cushing

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.

–Louis Pasteur

Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.

–Chinese Proverb

Pic of the Wekk

I wish I knew where this picture was from.

It's all kinda awesome.

I loved Gillian Anderson!

--Where did she go!