Pat Riot

My Dad taught me very little about guns. I began learning about guns at the local library as a kid. I was a gun nut from the get go. In the Navy I was a Gunner’s Mate - Missile. All GMs have the same “A” school where we learn about gun and missile systems and, most pertinent to this thread, we learned about small arms (firearms). After that I went to “C” school where I was trained to work on and operate missile launchers but I volunteered to do work in the armory aboard ship and did so every chance I got. After the Navy I got into shooting Bullseye matches then tactical shooting and also target shooting. This led to learning about my guns and I started buying books on gunsmithing and working on my own guns. And again I would go to the library to find books on guns and gunsmithing. I used to get several gun magazines a month. I still get a couple of magazines, but the internet is my gun magazine now. I have learned a great deal in my internet searches and my time in forums. One does have to be careful with info from the internet. Always double and triple check information. No offense to anyone here but if I learn something anywhere on the internet, including here, I always double and triple check info, especially on reloading and firearms mods. Did I mention the library? You would be surprised how much info you can find there b

This ^^^^ …and yes, If introducing yourself is mandatory or encouraged I do it.

That’s how I judge areas. I pick one minor thing and derive my opinion of everyone and everything there from that. Sarcasm

I was going to do that but wanted to try Cerakote. I liked it and wouldn’t hesitate to do it again.

I have yet to meet a woman that carries a gun carrying a revolver. Yet husbands and men in their lives have foisted revolvers upon them only for the ladies to dump the revolver for a semiauto.

The most “hick” place I have lived is in the county of my birth, Greene County, PA. There’s some funky-a**ed stuff that goes on there with odd and taboo relationships. Anyway, after I moved to WV I had some PA folks making fun of West Virginia and making ignorant low class comments like “Hey, now you can marry your sister” or jokes about farm animal sex. I always ask if they’ve seen the movie “Deliverance”. If they say “yes” I say something like “You should come visit. I got buddies that’ll make you squeal like a pig as I am sure you would be into that.” or “West Virginia is nothing like Greene County, but I can understand your confusion, seeing as how you ain’t all that bright.” Those people don’t talk to me any more. Must be something I inferred. And, for the record, I lived in Arkansas for my entire 7th grade year. It’s a wonderful state with some really great people.

In my moly-coated lead bullet testing my test data is all gone or somewhere I haven’t looked yet. Having moved many times over the years I have lost a lot of information. Typically what I do is I un ladder tests on loads and create index cards for the most accurate of all my tests. Here are 2 load cards that I tested in my old Winchester 94 30-30 Carbine. I no longer own the gun, but I had a lot of fun with it. These loads were developed and tested for accuracy in the early 00’s. I did not chronograph them. Gratuitous photo of my old 94. Yes, the metal is green. I had it Cerakoted in 2012 after an idiot ex-friend’s “cooler that doesn’t leak” did leak in the back of my Suburban thus causing my 94’s gun case to become saturated. I figure it was like that for 7 days. My gun was covered in rust. I had it Cerakoted. EDIT: I forgot to add that I tested these loads at 125 yards. After paper testing of ladder loads I tested the “Whack of these loads on several 25# 4”x6”x12” solid steel blocks at 125 yards. The results were impressive in that the sound these bullets made on the steel and the movement of the blocks was quite gratifying.

My 94 Winchester carbine was like that. It was accurate with moderate loads but if I speeded things up the accuracy diminished quickly. I used to shoot Bear Creek Supply moly coated 180 grain lead RNFP in that gun with 5744 powder. The load wasn’t fast but had a nice whack when fired at steel blocks at 125 yards. I will have to look at my load cards tomorrow and I will post the recipe.

I recall one helluva a fight that broke out in a bar over a word trick like that when I was in the Navy. Locals would try and con drinks out of sailors with various trickery and word games. It was usually met with laughing and good humor and, of course, the drink that was bet. But this one day this guy pulled a word trick on a sailor and his buddies in a bad mood and things got heated then they got lively real fast. I abstained from the festivities and hung out with two pretty girls and we watched the maker from their table. The cops showed up and only the sailors got carted off to the precinct, including me. I think they were profiling. Those two girls showed up at the precinct and vouched for me and I was released. I bought them a few more drinks and we parted ways. I don’t recall what happened to the guys that didn’t have guardian angels looking out for them. Carry On!

A friend of mine found out the hard way that hotels charge high penalties for smoking in their non smoking rooms. I think they added $250 per day to his bill. We were there 5 days on a fishing trip in Oregon. My room was a smoking room. No fee for me. He tried to fight it through his credit card company. He lost. EDIT: The documents we signed when getting our rooms said “There will be a $250 fee for smoking in a non-smoking room for every day you stay in the room.” I even pointed that out to my buddy. He just made a face. I’ll bet he made more than “a face” when he saw his credit card bill and the letter his credit card sent him telling him the charges were legit. What a maroon!

I’ll bet you there is a course on this item in some California university.

I had some cousins that I would have liked to have removed. Not once, but every time they showed up.

I am glad you’re okay, CLK. I was worried.

Me too.

Yellowjackets and Water Moccasins. Two things I go out of my way to kill.

Put the bong down…

And it is a nice gun. Thanks for the range report. Get yourself one of these 3 different sites for same product. https://a.co/d/ipIREXK https://www.maglula.com/product/uplula/ BEST PRICE https://themagshack.com/shop/accessories/magazine-loaders/maglula-uplula-9mm-45acp-pistol-magazine-loader/ I do not recommend the color “black”. Too easy to mislay somewhere or leave behind at the range. The second link shows available colors.

That’s a very nice and thoughtful gift idea.

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I really don’t have much on my bucket list any more. There are a few things I would like to do, but they are not really bucket list material. They’re more like personal goals. Now, if I could just win the lottery…

They are impressive.

Cool! Thanks @J.D. Daily