I needed a laugh…

For everyone else out there who needs one as well, here’s the ballet scene from “Brain Donors”, quite possibly one of the funniest movies of all time, next to “Top Secret.” If you haven’t seen these movies, you really should. I’ve never met someone who didn’t like them. The first time I saw this movie I nearly passed out from laughing so hard, no joke.

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It followed me home…

It followed me home, at least that’s what I’m going to say when my relatives and friends ask me why I bought yet another rifle. Me, depression and lots of cash don’t mix well. It makes it harder to tell yourself “No!”

I’d been drooling over this rifle for months now, and with the above mentioned circumstances being what they are, and factoring in a possible Obama/Biden presidency, I gave in to my baser instincts and plunked down the cash for this bad boy. And what a bad boy it truly is! That rustling sound you hear is my future paper targets quaking in fear.

Gun grabbers and people suffering from severe cases of PSH should leave now. You have been warned.

You’re looking at a Bushmaster Varminter in .223/5.56mm with the 24″ fluted and parkerized chrome-moly barrel. The rest of the rifle is finished in a matte black. The rifle comes with a flat top upper and has scope mounts already installed. I personally like the A2 buttstock better than the adjustable one, and the pistol grip fits my hand like it was made for it. It only came with a five round magazine, but I’ll be remedying that shortcoming soon. I love the two stage match trigger! There’s a very light first stage with a detent at the end, and just a little more pressure on the trigger and it lets off smooth as glass. I don’t have a trigger pull gauge, but I’d put it right in the 4.5 pound area. I outfitted it with a Bushnell Banner 4-12×40 scope with the adjustable objective,  a Rock Mount pivot bi-pod and a Uncle Mikes padded nylon ultra sling. I have yet to take it up to the range, but when I do I’ll have a full range report complete with pictures.

Click pictures to embiggen…

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Happy Labor Day

There’s a knot in the pit of my stomach and I feel like I need to throw up. At my brothers last night we had dinner and talked about funeral arrangements. My Mom isn’t gone yet, but we’re taking it one day at a time. She could surprise us all and live for a long time yet, but I don’t think so. As long as I can keep myself distracted I do okay, otherwise…not so well.

Sorry for not blogging as much as I used to. I felt I owed you all an explanation. I know I have some awesome readers out there who read me everyday for some reason. Thanks!

Blogging will be on a purely “as I feel like it” basis for a while.

Oh, if you would like to join my blog as an author, let me know and we’ll discuss it. You can contact me via the Contact link above.

Thanks!

-Yuri

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Poll Results

Here are the results from the last poll “Do you consider yourself a “Three Percenter“.

• 48 or 71.6% of respondents answered "Yes"

• 11 or 16.4% of respondents answered "No"

•  8 or 11.9% of respondents answered "Undecided"

The mathematically inclined will notice the percentages add up to only 99.9%, but it’s as close as I could get in three decimal places.

That reminds me, as some of you may have noticed, the poll widget I use is math challenged. This means the percentages it figures while the poll is running are off and when the poll closes I have to figure out the percentages by hand. If someone can reccomend a better poll widget, I’d be happy to hear it.

Also, I’ve a new poll up concerning the upcoming election. Does the addition of Sarah Palin to John McCain’s presidential race make you more or less inclined to vote for him.

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I want me one of these!

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McCain Does Something Right

I might just have to reconsider McCain… It’s about time he did something right:

McCain Veep is Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

DENVER — John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention.

In an announcement, the campaign said that Palin, who has been governor less than two years, “has the record of reform and bipartisanship that others can only speak of.”

“Her experience in shaking up the status quo is exactly what is needed in Washington today,” the campaign said.

UPDATE: Obama spokeswoman Adrianne March said, “Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Gov. Palin shares John McCain’s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush’s failed economic policies. That’s not the change we need; it’s just more of the same.”

Excuse me? Isn’t that a bit like the pot calling the kettle…erm, black?

Seriously, who comes up with this stuff?

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Verdict in BATFU vs. Wyoming

More here:

Wyoming loses federal gun case

By BEN NEARY
Associated Press writer Thursday, August 28, 2008

CHEYENNE — A federal appeals court in Denver has ruled against Wyoming in a lawsuit over a state law that seeks to allow people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence to regain their gun rights.

A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ruled that the procedure spelled out in Wyoming law fails to expunge the criminal record of people convicted of domestic violence.

The ruling is a victory for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The agency had informed Wyoming that if it persisted in using the state law, the federal government would no longer accept Wyoming concealed weapons permits as a substitute for instant background checks for gun purchases.

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Fake Only Ones

This is freaking scary!

Police Say Fake Officer Had Cache Of Police Equipment

TACOMA, Wash. — Lakewood police arrested a man Wednesday on suspicion of impersonating a police officer and discovered he owned a cache of law enforcement equipment, guns and a truck equipped to look like an undercover police vehicle, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

Police impounded the 52-year-old Dupont man’s Nissan Frontier pickup truck that was equipped with red-and-blue flashing police lights, sirens, K-9 stickers, a public address system and a police scanner.Also found inside the truck were two police-type badges, handcuffs and a handgun, police said.

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Neat photo from the plate match

I just had to post this photo I took yesterday.You can see an ejected case just above the shooters gun and another about to hit the camera, i.e. me. Click to bigify.

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Plate Match

Some days you’re the windshield, and some days you’re the bug…

Well, it’s not shooting at Blackwater with Todd Jarrett, but it was fun (mostly) all the same.I will state right up front that the gun performed flawlessly. All errors and misses were entirely my fault.

I did okay mostly, but it seems I’ve developed a bad habit of “losing it” when I shoot against someone else. Seriously, when I’m shooting the plates without being in competition, no sweat, I can do that all day, but put me head to head with someone and my grip falls apart and I rush things when I don’t need to. Below is a video of me doing it right for a change. I’m on the right.

In this video you can see me shooting five plates, four discs and one duck with six shots in about three seconds. Yeah I missed the duck on the first try.

Here’s a shot of the .22lr rack to illustrate what I’m talking about. The two poppers below are for the centerfire, autoloader and revolver divisions only. These are shot at 14 - 15 yards.

Piece of cake, right?

After the competition was over I convinced Jeffersonian to leave the plates up for a few minutes so people could practice. Wouldn’t you know it, I knocked them down repeatedly in five to seven shots; five shots being the norm.

There are at least three things I noticed about myself at the match. The first is my grip. If I concentrate on gripping the pistol in such as way as to leave my trigger finger “floating” I have much better luck hitting the target. Otherwise I find myself with a “death grip” on the gun and my shots tend to go low. I also need to work on not stressing out when shooting against someone else.”Hurry up and take my time” is a mantra I need to take to heart.

And the last thing…

Put a fracking magazine in the gun before shooting in a match! Yes folks, I actually did it, or didn’t do it, depending on your point of view. I don’t know how I managed to do it, I just know that I did it.

I hereby award to myself, the Special Bonehead Award for forgetting to put the magazine in my gun at the match.

Anyway, here’s a cool shot of me qualifying at the match. Notice the gas jets coming out of the compensator, the bolt on it’s way back under pressure and the empty case just clearing the ejection port. You may have to click the image to biggify it for the details.

Thanks to Jeffersonian for an outstanding photo!

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