Iain Harrison Becomes U.S. Citizen

I got to meet Ian Harrison at the NRA convention this year in Pittsburgh. We were lucky enough to spend and evening with him over dinner and drinks.

We had a lot of laughs. He has a great sense of humor. We talked a while about the weirdness of becoming famous. He is a really great guy.

Anyway, Ian became a U.S. Citizen this week! On the morning of December 3rd, 2011, the 446th Airlift Wing bestowed the enormous honor of swearing him in as a U.S. citizen in the cargo bay of one of its enormous C17 aircraft. Read about it in his own words!

--Welcome home, Ian. Don't forget to vote!

My Father

I should have posted this on December 7th.

This photo of my father in Panama was taken on December 7th 1941.

He was an aviation instrument mechanic in in the Air Corp. He was stationed in the jungles above the Panama Canal when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. When they took this photo that day they had no idea what had happened in Hawaii.

--Is that an M1 Garand he is holding? Click the photo for a larger version.

Quotes of the Week:

"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators."

--P.J. O'Rourke

"Central governments have managed to turn murder from a hobby pursued at home by individual craftsmen into a wholesale industry churning out slipshod and substandard corpses in numbers that can’t be read without sounding like Carl Sagan. Even the worst serial killer has to operate at a retail level; you need uniforms and flags and stylish logos to go truly wholesale."

--Tam
 
"People like Bloomberg can end up in positions of such power are one of the reasons I think gun ownership is important."

--Sebastian

WANT: I need a new belt!

I am on a trip with the wife this weekend and I forgot my damn belt. This should not be a problem except I have been on a fitness program and have lost a ton of weight recently. I wish I had this one!!

--Headed to Goodwill for a belt while holding up my pants with one hand!!

Cx4 Trigger

Cx4 Storm .40

At the recent Blogshoot in West Virginia I was lucky enough to shoot a lot of various firearms.

I was paying particular attention to the trigger action on the various guns I was shooting.

OLD NFO has guns that have triggers that are soft and smooth as butter. The comparison to the trigger on my Cx4 was dramatic.

I never thought the trigger on the Cx4 was all that bad until that day. It felt absolutely sandy by comparison. I will be making a project out of smoothing out the trigger on this firearm.

--I still love it. It couldn't be that bad! I was ringing the gong at 250 yards, even with the sandy trigger.

Groupon Listens

Late last week the gun blogging community was all over Groupon for its position regarding Gun related content.

Well they actually listened.

There has already been multiple Groupons that feature guns and shooting sports.

I applaud their choice. Actually it's just good business sense because there are more shooting entheusists in this country now than ever. In fact, Black Friday booked record numbers in gun purchases!

--Support Groupon! Buy gun stuff!

BING!

TBolt was ringing the 18 steel gong at 250 yards with his M1A like a monk. All those Zombie missions have paid off in spades when it comes to that .308!

The iron sights on this baby are excellent. The trigger is smooth. I even picked it up and hit that gong four times in a row.

Now that we have discovered this new range we will be doing more training at long distances.

I wish I had brought my Armalight AR-10 and my Savage 110FP.

I love Steel targets. I am going to get a few gongs of various sized. I love the satisfying feedback of that resounding BING!

--Gotta remember to bring my the spotting scopes next year!!

Stephanie Hayden Has It

Stephanie Hayden in "Bikers vs Nazis"

What does she have?

Trigger Discipline.

They never talk about the classic four rules. They never harp on safety. They exhibit good practices though. They always warn the audience not to try their shit at home. Much of the time there is no need. I am NOT going to restore a flame thrower!!

I will restore my fathers old Fulton 20 gauge.

She always has good trigger and muzzle discipline. They always wear ear and eye protection when they step over to the single lane next door.

They have even used remote trigger pulls at time.

--If the viewing population learns any lesson from about safety from the show. Let it be one about Stephanies lovely finger...

Mid-Atlantic Blogshoot I

50, 100 and 250 yard lanes

I want to begin by thanking our hosts from Lagniappe's Lair for an excellent Blog Shoot!

I hope this becomes a regular event because this facility was excellent!

We met at the Peacemaker National Training Center in Inwood West Virginia. This is a new facility that has recently opened this year. It has several ranges for handgun, shotgun and rifle at various distances all the way out to 1000 yards. The staff was very friendly and helpful and were obviously shooting enthusiasts themselves.

The range we were set up on had a handgun range and rifle ranges of 50, 100 and 250 yards. It was a beautiful sunny day but a bit cold. Everything was frosted when we arrived. There was lots of rifle stations for everyone. I ended up sending over 800 rounds down range during the day. Mostly .22LR because I was airing out my new Ruger 25 round mags (more on that later).

We all were enjoying ringing the steel target out at 250. Old NFO brought some more of his sweet gear. His sniper rifle had the best scope and trigger I have ever used. I never missed using it. I also was amazed by the fact that I rang 250 yard steel, 4 out of 4 times, with the iron sights on T-Bolts Sweet M1A.  I even managed to hit it with my Cx4 carbine and my Ruger 10/22 with some help from a spotter. It was big damn fun.

--Several more posts will follow about this Blog Shoot! Next time I will have even more long range fun!!

Quotes of the Week

"The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation." 

- Pearl S. Buck

"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."

- Scott Adams 

"To guarantee success, act as if it were impossible to fail." 

- Dorothea Brande

"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 

"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose." 

- Lyndon B. Johnson


We are Americans and we are exceptional. And that is worth being thankful for! 

- Michael Bane
The happiest moments of my life have been the few which I have passed at home in the bosom of my family.

- Thomas Jefferson

Blogshoot

I am about to head out to the Blogshoot in West Virginia!

--Looks like it will be good weather. I will post about it later!

Product Placement!

This roll of tools was pried from the cold dead fingers of a guy on the TV Series The Walking Dead!

--I would love to keep one of these rolled up in the back of my truck!

WANT: JRC 45

I just found the carbine that I have been looking for.  The JR Carbine 45ACP - For Glock Mags.

JR Carbine .45 ACP

It has the features I have been looking for:

• .45 ACP Carbine
• Takes Glock 21 magazines including my 27 rounders
• Price: $639 retail
• Simple, reliable, straight blowback operation
• Ambidextrous bolt - configurable for left or right-hand ejection
• Lightweight 16-1/4" barrel
• Free-floating quadrail forend
• Picatinny rail machined into top of receiver
• Telescoping 6-position collapsible M-4 style buttstock
• Standard M-4 buffer tube, buttstock, and pistol grip
• Utilizes standard M-4/AR-15 furniture and trigger components
• Lightweight - approximately 6.5 lbs.
• Overall length: buttstock extended 33-1/2", collapsed 30-1/4"
• Made in the U.S.A. (no 922r problems)

It's also available in 9mm (Glock mags), .40cal (Glock mags) and .45 using 1911 mags. I hope I can find one to handle because I want it bad! I will also be able to use my suppressor from my Glock 21! Add an EOTech to this baby and the Zombies will be dropping!!

(Update: T-Bolt had a good discussion about it yesterday)

--This will be my next purchase.

Triggers at NRA HQ

You Need These

Rainier Arms Spork

We talk about camping and survival preps pretty often on around here. It is good to find nice, light, well designed items to add to your camping gear or Bug Out Bags (BOB).

This new Rainier Arms Spork is an excellent addition to a desk drawer at work or a side pocket of your Get Out Of Dodge (GOOD) full pack.

The price is $2.99 and is very easy to order ten or twenty and seed them all over the place.

--They should make a bottle opener jaw on it!