Drifting Fate

I can't explain it, but I have a real Jones for a new Savage Arms 110 Ultralight . It would provide all the practical use for me as a third nipple, but I have to admire what they've done. Not as slick of an action as some other brands, Savage, in my experience, spends their money on the barrel, which we all know is the heart of any firearm.  The actions just chug along doing their thing year after year, decade after decade, and the entire package is more accurate than their bargain basement price would have you believe possible. Not that the Ultralight is bargain basement price, and, as such, will likely never grace my collection, but a boy can dream. And, what chambering?  I think I would have to go with .270.  I used a .270 in college to repeal the overwhelming hoards of jack rabbits which were feared to take over the Southwest.  (Never heard of the Great Jack Rabbit Plague of the 1990's?  That's because we were good at what we did.)  And, rec...

I will attempt to be brief as this subject is really fairly forward... George Floyd, by all accounts, was murdered or at least negligently killed by the Minneapolis Police Department. The initial protests were peaceful, then, someone.... three guesses as to who and the first two don't count... bussed in Antifa thugs and true violence and rioting began. If there was a time for violence, it was agains the police while they were killing Mr. Floyd.  Yes, I said it.  Wearing a badge does not make you immune from the consequences of your actions or of someone righting a wrong you are doing, especially if someone's life is in immediate danger. Those who stood around videoing the murder should be asking themselves if a stick or rock would have been better for Mr. Floyd than a cell phone at that moment.  Would the person have been arrested, yes, but sometimes one pays a price for standing up against tyranny. As to the riots - they are nothing more than immature peopl...

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Good day! Some of you may wonder why I've been silent about this stage of COVID-19 and Obamagate. For a few reasons... First, the spectacle of Obamagate is so great that it makes me wonder what they are trying to draw our attention away from? Well, Obamagate is DOA.   Fox News is reporting that Barr says Obama and Biden, both whose hands are as dirty as it gets, will not be investigated for the "Russian probe", aka the attempted coupe d'etat to take down a duly elected official, the official being no less than the President himself.  This on top of Fast and Furious to gut the Constitution, the weaponization of the IRS, Benghazi, false birth certificates, seeding tens of thousands of leftist immigrants into cities across the USA to change their cultures, and so many other things which came out of the Obama years, who can remember them all?  They thought they were above the law, and it appears they were correct. This speaks of cowardice of the first order ...

Like many of you, I've been relying on the 9mm for a long time now.  It's cheap practice, easy to control, accurate, and does a fair amount of damage.  There are a lot of good guns chambered for it as well, allowing the consumer to have pretty much any flavor of pistol they want.  Currently, I'm finding the Beretta PX4CC, brain child of Earnest Langdon, retired USMC and world champion shooter, to fit the bill quite nicely (mostly because I just cannot warm up to Glocks, no matter how many decades I'm given): But, the 9mm is still no .45 despite it's popularity.  Tossing 230grn chunks of lead around at 850fps is, quite frankly, one of the most American things a person can do. Sure, a 115grn 9mm at 1300fps (Federal 9BPLE) is nothing to sneeze at, especially when you can have upwards of fifteen to twenty of them on board, but it's just not quite the same. For the time being, I'll continue to rely on my Beretta, but a man can dream.  And, what do I dream...

Happy Sunday, everyone! It's been awhile since I've posted.  I've been waiting to see how the response to the trickling end of the corona virus would be. Earlier, I posted that there should be a single captain of the re-opening ship.  The tactic of having governors going their own way with their own standards and motivations, only to be complicated by county and city "leaders", creates a situation where the citizen and small business owner have no idea what to do.  On one side of an imaginary line, it's illegal to sell a beer or give a haircut, an hour away, people are packing restaurants and small business, those which managed to make it this far at least, are opening their shutters and praying for enough commerce to continue on. Generally speaking, I'm not for a centralized power structure, but when the response was nation wide, we need someone to at least vet the plans and organize things for continuity and to leverage interstate commerce to ma...

I'm linking this article from Tim Challies , an interview with a doctor friend of his who specializes in ventilation and is on the front lines of COVID-19 treatment. It contradicts some of what I've read and supports some, but I leave it here not because I've changed my mind on the issues surrounding the present unpleasantness but to offer a more well rounded view. I present it with only one comment, and that is that the doctor says the number of deaths is more important than the death rate.  This is foolishness and probably goes to show why doctors are so poor with business decisions.  If I have 30 deaths in a village of 60 people, that is one thing, but if I have 30 deaths in Tokyo, that is an entirely different situation. After reading the article, my feelings remain the same - refuse a ventilator and instead request high level of oxygen and time.  Of course, it goes without saying that I'm no doctor (as if it would matter if I were as there is no medical co...