That’s a reddot and a big ass Surefire.

Unfortunately most of the clay pidgins got away. After focusing on handguns over the winter, my hit % was n00b-tacular. But we did have a good time.

Note my curiosity as I examine the Rover’s rubberish bull guard while my sling does its own thing.

Other that various yard tasks, this was my first opportunity to get out and play in my 5.11 tactical pants. Here are a few notes:

- A box of 25 shells fits nicely in the cargo pockets and is in a great spot (for me at least) in terms of access.
- Not a torn or stick penetrated the pants. My soft suburban skill shall remain.
- I loaded these things up and still had more pocket room. They retained their comfort.
- My IWB holster was not out of place. Although was was concerned that the stretchy panels would hinder re-holstering. doubt most wearers of these pants are rocking IWB, OWB would not be an issue.

The pants were really the only new addition of gear. Everything else worked out great as usual, with the exception of my experimental sling setup.

Pridemore is a D running for US House in my district. He has always struck me a pragmatic, which is a quality that I like in a politician. If I remember right his background is in finance not law, which is another plus in my book. He is running against a young woman who came right out of UW, with a com degree and ran for office. Inexperienced plus communications degree thats two strikes.

What the hell do you do with a communications degree anyway?

Need to email Pridemore and ask him about a national CCW…

Not cute or cuddly, the clay pidgin is a menace that must be stopped.

Thats why I will endeavor to kill as many as possible this weekend.

Interesting read. DoD Buzz: Taking Back the Infantry Half-​​Kilometer

In Afghanistan, the infantryman’s “weapons, doctrine, and marksmanship training do not provide a precise, lethal fire capability to 500 meters and are therefore inappropriate,” Ehrhart says. Unlike on the streets of Iraq, where firefights were few and were typically fought under 300 meters, insurgents in Afghanistan skillfully use the wide open rural and mountainous terrain to stretch the battlefield.

Here is a shocker:

The Soviets in Afghanistan ran into the same tactical challenge. Read accounts of Soviet infantry firefights in Afghanistan in the 1980s and you’ll see they invariably hauled their AGS-​​17 30mm grenade launcher with them on most every dismounted operation, particularly in the mountains. It was cherished for its high rate of fire and nearly 1,700 meter range.

Link Mine.

Magpul also gets some love for their magazines.

ZOMG LOL

Health officials in Vancouver have already provided 100,000 free condoms to the roughly 7,000 ahtletes and officials at the Games. That’s about 14 condoms per person. But as of Wednesday, those supplies started running dangerously low.

Emphasis Mine

[Insert Snarky, Sexually Loaded Comment Here]

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Wrong but oh so impressive.

Via Dew Line

3oh!3 is a fixture on my gym iPod. “Want” never ceases to get me pumped. Anyway, I was checking out their youtube channel and noticed this gem:

Click the image to go to youtube and play.

It appears the band members are skeet shooting one of their gold records with a bolt action something and an empty M1 Grand (not positive). So mad props for marksmanship or props fail? Come on, you can’t tell me that an over under would have not looked better in that shot.

I am messing with the sidebar right now so if something looks jacked up please ignore.

Shooting out the staples holding up the target!

I made few tweaks to my Ruger 10/22 and took it to the range. Once zeroed it was on fire. I got bored with hitting the X over and over so I removed the paper from the stand by shooting out the staples. That is gratifying!

The guy who went with my was not having as much fun. He was given a 10/22 for Christmas by his dad (Sounds like he is about 12 but he is actually 26). He had a crazy jam. Look at the picture bellow, you see the black pointy part on the upper right. This is a piece that is capable or rotating back if assembled improperly. Its purpose is to kick the brass out of the gun as the extractor pulls it back.

Basically his was rotated back and got jammed between the bolt and hammer, completely locking the gun. Lesson learned: always bring a screw driver to the range.

He also had a poor scope. On the up shot his 10/22 is the old style that actually has a good trigger, its really heavy but has a nice crisp break. I advised him not to change it.

All this 22 business got me to finally finish part 4 of my 10/22 transformation series.

Two final notes: 1) If you have plastic lipped mags, THROW THEM OUT. They are jam magnets I have never seen one work consistently. 2) Slathering you 10/22 in FP-10 works magic.