This is the blog of a truly conservative/libertarian UAW member.
Conservative UAW member is not an oxymoron.
I hate liberalism, but only because liberalism is inherently evil.
Please note: This is a generally HUMOROUS site (or that's the goal, anyway). It is also for rants and gun stuff. Please don't get all offended. If you do, you're intolerant; get diversity training!
CHECK ARCHIVES FOR OLDER STUFF!!
Don't get me wrong, I would have loved to write the script for the big move to the big screen. Two-thirds of the way through, after the usual montage of tiresome romance, relationship babble in expensive restaurants and designer retail therapy, the four aging ghouls would be revealed to be vampires. That's right, the perfect blending of the Sexually Empowered '90s Woman and Dark Romance! And after two hours of this excruciating sensory torture, what man wouldn't pay to see a grand finale of the Unsexiest Woman Alive thrashing around screaming and spraying blood all over the place with a wooden stake hammered through her chest?
According to this guy, the conventional wisdom holds true.
45's rule.
At least when reviewing things in real-life (and death)applications. Go give the article a read, the information is anecdotal as you'll note, but still a very interesting read.
As for me, I'll take a slow-moving .45 to a gun fight any day. I absolutely despise a 9mm for defensive situations (yes, they will eventually kill but often not quickly enough to prevent the BG (bad guy) from doing you in first)and the .380 as well.
I don't know if I despise a 9mm, but it would not be my first choice, that is for sure.
45 ACP - Slow and heavy. The Teddy Kennedy of pistol rounds, at least from a physics standpoint. And a proven bad guy stopper.
I guess I'm just old-school. I like that late-1800's/early 1900's design. It has withstood the test of time, albeit with some modifications, but has remained basically the same gun it has been for the last 100 years or so.
The contest rules, targets and such can be found here: ePostal match: Pin Shooting Training (no passport needed, yet!). Manfred is the one calling the shots; It looks to be a challenging one, so we shall see what happens.
This reminds me of a conversation at the pistol club this evening: One of our premier, top shelf, dedicated shooter's was not at the range tonight.
Dialogue was as follows (approximately): K: Where's J. L: He can't make it tonight, he has a bridge game to go to. CUG: Forgo your weekly shooting with the guys to play bridge... (a litlle loudly) Well THAT doesn't sound gay at all.
Robert M. is an 18 year old libertarian (and Ron Paul supporter!). It's great to see young shooters, especially ones with cool revolvers! Go take out a young and/or new shooter this month; you'll both enjoy it, and it will help preserve our rights and heritage...
KD5NRH shot his targets while standing in a brier patch. That is dedication, too!!
Leon and Manfred are both blogger/shooters from France, and make Mr. C's ePostal contest an international event!!
Thor began shooting again a couple of months ago, after a 25 yr hiatus. And he did a dang fine job, too. Make sure to keep shooting, Thor; 25 years is too long!
"Saturday at the range it was 25 deg, 30 mph winds, blowing dust and dirt mixed with snow. Today at the range it was 72 deg, 5mph winds, slightly overcast. Springtime in the rockies. Took my daughter along, had great fun."
Sounds like good times (except for the wind). :)
And finally, I shot a perfect score on my two handed rimfire! Yay!! A rarity, to be sure.
Thanks to all the shooters for participating in the contest, and don't forget to enter the next contest (which should be announced soon(, hosted by our friends across the way at Armes et tir passion.
2. If you attempt to energize a 3000KVA transformer by throwing in the 13,800 volt switch connected to it, and you hear a big shotgun type bang; that's bad.
America is sitting on top of a super massive 200 billion barrel Oil Field that could potentially make America Energy Independent and until now has largely gone unnoticed.
The US imported about 14 million barrels of Oil per day in 2007 , which means US consumers sent about $340 Billion Dollars over seas building palaces in Dubai and propping up unfriendly regimes around the World, if 200 billion barrels of oil at $90 a barrel are recovered in the high plains the added wealth to the US economy would be $18 Trillion Dollars which would go a long way in stabilizing the US trade deficit and could cut the cost of oil in half in the long run.
Why do I get the feeling nothing will come of this? You know Alaskans get a check every year for their oil. Can we do that here on the mainland?
Thank you for putting a face (and voice, for that matter!) on gun owners that people could love, admire, and trust. If you can't trust Detective Robert Thorn, Colonel George Taylor, and Moses, then who the heck can you trust?
And let's face it; Chuck was just plain cool. And classy.
You will be missed, sir. God bless you and your family.
Now, go buy a gun or two to honor his memory. Or more...
Ok kids; here it is - the second ePostal contest of the season.
Here's the theme - Aliens want to abduct you!
And do... stuff... to you.
Your mission is to stop them. You know, from doing... stuff.
(Target courtesy of The Glock FAQ) But of course, life is never simple... So here are the rules (any similarity to Mr. C's rules is purely because I blatantly plagiarized them):
For every entry, you will need to shoot two targets, each printed out on a single 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. Download the target here (it's a PDF file, so you'll need the free Adobe Reader):
DISTANCE: All Classes: 25 feet, or 10 yards, which ever is available to you. PROCEDURE: First Target: 10 shots, offhand, standing, unsupported, 1 or 2 hands, your choice (three hands allowed if you're an alien). Second Target: 10 shots, offhand, standing, unsupported, 1 hand only, left, right, or middle hand - your choice! (NOW you remember me, don't you??!!)
The targets must be shot in pairs. You cannot shoot several target #1's, then shoot several target #2's and put together the best two. You can only submit one target pair per shooter/gun. You can shoot multiple entries, however, with different firearms.
You can shoot the match more than once if you don't like your score and want to try again, but remember to shoot the targets in sets.
SCORING: 10 shots per target, for a total of 20 shots per entry. Touching any object once will score. There are 7 large objects in a circular configuration in the center of the target (six aliens and a ship) -
These large objects are worth 1 point each.
There is also a row of small spaceships on the top (5) and bottom (4) of the target. These small objects are worth 2 points each.
Only one hit per object allowed. Multiple hits on a single object will only score once.
A perfect set will render a score of 38 points (2 X 9 ships, plus 1 alien or the 1 big ship = 19 points per target). This may take a little strategery, depending on what you're shooting.
Mark your individual scores for each target, target #1 total score, target #2 total score, the total score for both targets combined, and the name you want to use when listed in the results all on target #1 with a legible felt pen, along with the class and type of gun used.
Don't write your name on the target, only the name you want to appear in the results. Email the results to me at cugblog AT msn DOT com.
CLASSES: CLASS ONE: Rimfire - Iron Sight. Any rimfire handgun with no more than a 12" barrel. Optical sights such as red dots, lasers, or scopes are not allowed.
CLASS TWO: Rimfire - Optic Sight. Any rimfire handgun with no more than a 12" barrel. Red dots sights, lasers, or scopes can be used.
CLASS THREE: Centerfire - Iron Sight. Any centerfire handgun with no more than a 12" barrel. Optical sights such as red dots, lasers, or scopes are not allowed.
CLASS FOUR: Centerfire - Optic Sight. Any centerfire handgun with no more than a 12" barrel. Red dots sights, lasers, or scopes can be used.
CLASS FIVE: Other stuff - BB, pellet, arrows, slingshots... Let me know, but no shotguns.
ALTERNATE ENTRIES: If for whatever reason you cannot shoot the match in the manner described, shoot it anyway and send in your entry, but be sure to tell me what you did so I can include that info in the results.
MULTIPLE ENTRIES: You can enter more than once, in fact, it is encouraged. Shoot everything you own, and everything you can borrow! Take a buddy to the range, get him entered, then borrow his gun and enter that! The only restriction is that a shooter can only enter once for any given gun.
Different calibers in the same gun count as one gun. For example, .38SPL and .357MAG are considered as one, as would be .44SPL and .44MAG. Different guns of the same caliber and barrel length can be entered. A .22 conversion on a .45 frame counts as a second gun, so you can take off the conversion and shoot the .45 too.
PRIZES: My complete respect and adoration, as well as the respect of shooters (literally) across the globe, as well as a kudos on my site, which is read by millions of thousands of hundreds of tens of some people every day.
SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY: Take a digital photo of (or scan) your targets, and email the image(s), along with:
1. Your score for target #1, target #2, and your total target score.
2. The name you want to be used when we post the results.
3. Gun description - Brand, model, semi-auto, revolver, caliber, barrel length, and type of sights.
4. Class: Class One - Rimfire Iron Sight Class Two - Rimfire Optical Sight Class Three - Centerfire Iron sight Class Four - Centerfire Optical sight.
5. Anything interesting or unique about your entry that other shooters might enjoy hearing about.
6. Hot stock tips.
And if you're not quite motivated yet, here is a video of Joe Satriani playing "Surfing with the Alien" live, to get you going. Wow.
