Today we ventured down to Washington, Missouri for the July 4th Tea Party.
July 4, 2009
Happy Independence Day
Wishing you all a happy Independence Day!
Here’s some good reading material, in case you’ve never read our founding documents.
I think we’re going to drag the family down to the Tea Party this morning and partake in some First Amendment goodness! Hopefully I’ll have some decent pictures to share later….
July 3, 2009
Sarah Palin
resigning as governor of Alaska.
I really hope that its because she’s either had enough, or because she is seriously considering a run at 2012 and not because of some looming scandal waiting to break. But if you’re gunning for 2012, why would you just split like that.
I can’t blame her if she’s calling it quits. I’ve really had enough of how dirty these campaigns have become. Attack the candidate, sure, but leave the families out of it. I would never make it because I’d probably beat the hell out of the first person to go after the family…. Kinda like this guy
Any way you cut it, this one’s a head scratcher….
July 2, 2009
Time to call them out….
Here’s a small business who’s had enough and decided to call out their Congressman in a very public way. Also seems that Mr. Carnahan has arranged to have a meeting with the McArthur brothers about their concerns. Hopefully he won’t be sneering at them like he is in his photo on the website.
Good for them. If I can make it down there this weekend, I’ll be buying something to support their business. You know, I think I’d like to see either one of the brothers make a run at Mr. Carnahan’s congressional seat. I’ve never understood political families such as the Carnahan’s. It bothers me even more that we continue to vote these clowns in. Politics should not be a career path. It would be nice to see an upstanding small businessman dethrone some of these families from our political system.
H/T The Dana Show and Allman in the Morning
July 2, 2009
North Korea
Seems that Dr. Evil has launched 4 more missles today.
Can some one tell me why we don’t stuff a tomahawk missile down his pipe every time he stand one of these up?
It seemed to work in Libya all those years ago……
June 30, 2009
More thoughts on the Dillon 550
I’ve been running this press for a few weeks now, and I’m ready to share a few more thoughts on it….
My Lee dies work well. The guy who sold it to me said they would work, but followed it up with “But you’ll want to switch to the Dillon dies”. I’m honestly not sure why. The barrels might be a bit shorter than the Dillon or RCBS dies, so you will need to screw them into the tool head fairly deeply. As a result, you will want to switch to thinner lock rings. I bought a package of 5 RCBS lock rings for about $12. Much cheaper than a set of Dillon dies.
Once I received the new small primer magazine, the priming mechanism worked flawlessly. With my Lee Pro 1000, it was not uncommon to waste a few primers per 100-200 rounds because they would get turned before being seating resulting in crushed or upside down primers. I’ve loaded about 1200 rounds of 9mm and 38 special, and I’ve lost 1 primer. No jams to report. I did have my first stuck case, but I don’t think that’s the fault of the press. More on that in a later post…..
Other priming tips:
I suggest a primer turning tray. It will make it a little easier to get the primers turned correctly so you can load the primer tube.
Make sure, make sure, make sure that you always have this cotter pin in place BEFORE you start filling the primer tube.
Otherwise when you flip it over to fill the primer magazine, you’re gonna send those primers flying. Trust me on this one.
Once you get comfortable with the press, have everything set up, and are confident that your powder drop is being consistent, you can easily load about 300-350 rounds an hour, especially when you figure out the rhythm.
Mine went something like his: left hand: index shell plate, right hand: insert case, left hand: seat bullet, right hand: pull lever, repeat.
Overall, very pleased. I can understand why people are so adamant about buying the blue presses.
June 29, 2009
Welcome!
The old stat counter has been showing that fair number of visitors are stopping in by way of Hell In A Hand Basket, Home on the Range, and from The Next Chapter of Zack’s Life.
Welcome folks, thanks for stopping by!
I don’t have muffins (those were polished off this weekend), or any gun reviews (which I hope to correct), and don’t take any self defense advice from me. These two guys are far more qualified.
But there is a fair amount of lead here. Make sure you wash your hands when you’re done, you don’t want to be ingesting that stuff if you can help it……
June 27, 2009
What should you do…..
when the temp hits
Go shooting, of course!
Why? Because if you ever need to do it for real, it’s not going to be 65, slightly overcast with a gentle northern breeze.
Not everyone has the benefit of being able to take classes where your instructors may be screaming in your ear while you’re shooting to induce additional stresses on your system, so you just have to get a little creative. Do you know how your gun handles when sweat is dripping off your body making your grip a little less than optimal, or having your vision impeded by sweat dripping down your glasses? You may not encounter this particular scenario, but you will be shooting with additional handicaps and that’s probably a good thing.
Of course you need to be smart about it, especially when dealing with these temps. Don’t be out long, and make sure you are well hydrated.
Just my thought for today.
What do you think????
June 22, 2009
One reason why……
I like road trips:
Photo taken just outside Sleeper, Missouri. No, I’m not kidding.
You just don’t see stuff like this from the air.
This has to be the biggest rig I’ve ever seen on the highway:
The company, Diamond Heavy Haul, specializes in moving big stuff. Tip of the hat to the driver of this rig. I’d have to imagine this is a pretty slow moving operation, and you’d have to be on top of your game all the time when driving this rig.
June 22, 2009
Long weekend
Disclaimer: This is going to be the equivalent of looking at someone else’s vacation photos. If you don’t like that sort of thing, I’d advise moving along to the next site in your feed list….
