Remember

Another Memorial Day is upon us, another summer beginning. Before with get on with our sporting events, cookouts and get togethers, before we go on with our lives. Let us stop for a moment and recall what the day is really for, to keep in mind those whose lives ended early so that we could be free. Remember.

Saturday Funny

Okay so I did unashamedly rip this off from Cowboy Blob and his commenter, it's still funny. Makes a great poster too! (NOTE: Best if read with fake Russian accent)

Gone Shooting - Shoot a Magnum day

Being off from work today I decided to go shooting. The forecast predicted a chance of rain but I went anyway. It has been nearly 2 months since I've gone (mostly because of rain) and I was going crazy, I was getting an itchy trigger finger and starting to twitch. The only gun I took with me today was my Smith & Wesson Model 27-7, I've had it over a year and it was in danger of becoming a Safe Queen if I didn't shoot it soon. When I got there everything was already wet and muddy so I didn't stay long. I did stay long enough to put 100 rounds through it using 50 rounds each of Fiocchi 142gr target loads and S&B 158gr soft points. The 27-7 was a special limited run Performance Center revolver, with a smooth, silky 10-pound double action and a crisp 3 ¾ pound single action trigger this gun obviously got some one on one with a S&W employee that knew what they were doing. All shooting today was at 10 yards (just because I didn't want to trample back and forth in the mud) using a Weaver stance and Shoot-N-C 5-inch targets. Normally I like to only fire my double action revolvers in double action. I don't want to get in the habit of firing single action on any DA revolver that I might carry. Today I continued firing (almost) all DA although I did put a couple cylinders through it in SA just to see what it was capable of this first time. Top group is the only one I shot (on paper) SA and the bottom is one of my better DA groups this morning, as usual trying to fire as fast as I could. I also took some shots (SA) at a 10-inch steel gong at 50 yards and hit it seven out of eight times. If I could only keep one .357 Magnum revolver (BLASPHEMY!) this would probably be it. A 4-inch barrel is a good compromise for the caliber and having eight rounds of .357 goodness available makes this Smith & Wesson extra special. Despite the rain and mud and generally miserable conditions I still had fun shooting today and discovered that I have yet another "keeper."

If at first you don't succeed...

That guy that got a lot of people worked up saying that the Rapture was happening last Saturday has revised his prediction. Noting that he is still here he rechecked and found his math in error. New departure date, October 21st of this year. Keep trying fella, sooner or later you'll have to hit it.

Goodbye

A lot of people are saying the world is ending today. So just in case, nice knowing ya and thanks for reading my blog...