Pat Riot

Excellent Movie!

Where do they buy their steel, wood and polymers? These could be taxed if imported.

When I was a kid I found her totally annoying. Years later I watched a bunch of episodes on tape and I found her very funny. I was 7. Go figure. Rest in Peace, Miss Buzzi

If one already has several guns one may not want more until things settle down financially.

Check out Monty Python’s “Life of Brian”. It’s hilarious!

I had this same scenario when I ordered from another business. The response from @Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 is probably the correct one. That’s what happened to me. I actually expected a request to do a review on how satisfied I was to get my package a day early, but that didn’t happen.

Excellent! 10 years for me.

I have a Ruger PC Carbine that I really like. It has been 100% reliable. It takes Ruger and Glock magazines. This S&W would be very tempting if I had S&W semiauto pistols. https://www.smith-wesson.com/product/fpc?trk_msg=BAJKA2VUTO845CP8AH497QLLUK&trk_contact=P3I0OISHLC5N84DQLODDENUSF0&trk_sid=3RD2CSHSI4T94US09A8CHUQB2O&trk_link=7T4LICUV5664P0NQOD747UGBS8 A range buddy of mine bought a KelTec Sub2000 9mm carbine recently. He really likes his. I know his takes Glock mags. https://www.keltecweapons.com/firearm/rifles/sub2000-series/ One thing I should mention. When I first bought my PC Carbine I was amazed at how much felt recoil there was from it with 115 grain 9mm ammo. Since its blowback operated much of that recoil is from the tungsten bolt block. My range buddy says the KelTec has a bit more recoil. It’s a very light carbine.

@Alpo there are lots of .22 brands that are not copper plated or copper washed. The bullets are lead with a wax coating. Most sub-sonic .22 LR ammo is lead and has no jacket. Most “target match” .22 ammo is all lead.

Not really. Mostly because titles are usually too short, incomplete sentences and are often just a form of click bait.

He took over just in time for a new, more gun friendly administration. Gun sales dropped. Also, I believe these tariffs and people waiting to see what will happen with them is also part of the issue. People are being conservative with their money on nonessential purchases.

Last night, for the first time, the big mule deer doe that appears to be in charge of the group let me get about 15 feet ( 3m ) from her as I was putting down some corn for them. I think it may have been she was really hungry and they were all very wet from a storm that passed through. Typically they stand off about 40-50 feet (12-15 meters) away.

We get a lot of deer here. White tails and Mule Deer. The females will hang out together, which is uncommon I’m told. We put corn out for them otherwise they eat all the birdseed out of the feeders. Here are some grainy night photos that my iPhone lightened automatically.

When I get a random text that appears to be a mistake I have fun with it. Some responses I have sent that elicited som funny responses: ”I told you not to text me when I am in the middle of a robbery!” ”Okay, but my fee has just doubled. I want $24,000 now!”

Years ago I used to peruse the Gun Digest Annual editions like I was going through an old Sears “Wishbook”, as my grandmother called it. I found and wished for guns that I had no practical use for, but they were there so I wanted them. There have been guns I desired and purchased and once owning them the shine wore off quickly for one reason or another. There were also the guns I desired and got the opportunity to shoot and quickly decided I didn’t like them so much after all. In the ‘90’s at B&B Sales in Westminster, CA they had a Rigby double rifle in .416 Rigby for sale that was the price of a small car, but I wanted it. If I remember correctly it came with a box of shells. It was displayed in its own case and it was beautiful. Every time I went to that store my first stop was to go directly to that case and look at it. I had no need for that rifle whatsoever. I would never go to Africa with it and I would never shoot big African game with it if I did. I just wanted it. If I remember correctly the price was $7000. It was a steal at that price. One day, just before they closed up for good the manager offered me that gun for $3000. I felt like crying because I definitely couldn’t even afford it at that price at the time. She was a beautiful rifle made in 1930 and she could have been mine.

For a long time I wanted a Browning Hi-Power and a CZ75 (before they were cool). They were on my grail gun list. I finally got to rent and shoot both. I didn’t like either one. That was the day I realized that my “grail guns” should be guns I truly wanted, not guns that others thought I should want.

I think I became a Glock guy because I couldn’t afford Sig Sauer pistols. At one point I had several Glocks but after my bike crash in 2019 I bashed up, but didn’t break, my right hand. I started noticing the accuracy of my Glocks going bad. It wasn’t the guns. It was me. My hands no longer fit the ergonomics of the Glocks. I traded my last 3 Glocks for the Sig P229 M11A1. I also traded a S&W model 63 .22LR 3” and a Ruger GP100 for the P226 Mk25. I decided that guns I no longer shot or couldn’t shoot well needed new homes so I could get guns I truly wanted. As others have mentioned, my Grail Gun List has changed over time, but the Sigs always remained on the list. A few of the other guns that I had on my list from years ago are in my safe now S&W 25 .45 Colt Colt Detective Special S&W 36 Chief’s Special S&W 19 6” S&W 17 6” S&W 66 4” - my latest acquisition prior to the Sigs. The above were just handguns I wanted and for no particular reason. One revolver still on my list is the S&W model 27 4”. Though my desire for one isn’t what it once was. Also, I want an Sig Sauer P232 .380 stainless just because.

My grail gun list has always been simple. I never really wanted anything truly rare or expensive. Recently I got one of my grail guns; a Sig Sauer P229 M11A1. Yesterday I picked up another of my grail guns, an Sig Sauer P226 Mk25. Both of these Sigs were military and government issue pistols. The M11A1 was a Coast Guard gun for a while. The FBI, NCIS and a few other alphabet agencies used them. The P226 Mk25 was the gun of the Navy SEALs. I have wanted one of these for years. Now I finally have one. A brand new one, not a used gun. Here they both are. Mk25 (top) M11A1 (bottom) Do you have guns that you have wanted for a long time or a “grail gun” list?

In the Star Trek V movie the character God says “You doubt me?” in a low booming voice. Over the years I have used that on my wife, daughter and others. The other day I was asking my wife if she had set the timer for too long on some chicken dish she had in the crockpot. She looked at me sternly and in as deep a voice she could muster said “You doubt me?” I nearly fell over laughing.

Congratulations 48 years. That’s wonderful.

My wife is a good sport in regard to my odd sense of humor. She actually went with me last year to see the Holy Grail in a theater. Though she refused to play along when I would recite lines from the movie afterwards.

Carrier sailors don’t usually experience the ship’s movements that other ships have when cruising so a hard turn might have disoriented the crew that was moving the plane. Luckily no crew members were lost.

Bring us a shrubbery!

Aboard ship one Sunday in the IO (Indian Ocean to you Lubbers) the guy running SITE TV (Ships Internal Televised Entertainment…I think) Placed The Holy Grail then The Life of Brian back to back twice. This unleashed a rash of funny constant quotes from both movies every day, all day and was known to be quite annoying to those with little or no sense of humor. Which, in itself, was also entertaining. One day at chow the mess crank put a piece of meat on my tray. I said “He says he isn’t dead” while poking at the meat. The mess crank, without missing a beat says “Yes he is” ”Well I can’t take it like this.” ”Isn’t there something you can do?” I whacked the meat with an imaginary hammer. The Mess Crank says “Awe, thanks very much.” And I proceeded down the line. Laughter erupted all around the mess line. This trend continued by quite a few guys. One day there was a blackboard displayed at the head of the chow line that said: “The meat is most certainly dead. No need to ask about it. We do not serve SPAM. Good Day” Even with low morale the guys aboard that ship were a unique and funny bunch.