leroy

Find a "...lightly used and lovingly cared for..." older Remington 700 in 308 or 300 win mag with a varmiter barrel... Invest in the best scope ya can buy to begin with, shoot it with "match type loads" and see how it shoots "...as is"...  Save your money and buy a good trigger and good barrel as ya have some extra dough if it doesnt shoot to suit ya in the beginning...Learn to use a "sissy bag" when shootin it.... Any rifle that reaches a 1000 yds will have some push back....   leroy

ESEE izula or whatever the KaBar is (...an escobar, i think...)... I carry one myself from time to time... Easy to sharpen, strong, and dont cost an arm and a leg... Take a look....   leroy

We need people like Dennis Rodman around to remind us of the greatness of this country's system and to remind us of how foolish and myopic that some sectors of the citizenry of this country are; and to remind us of the fantasy world they live in...   Rodman is an arrogant, self aggrandizing millionaire nincompoop with a chip on this shoulder who is proving to people who have eyes to see that he is a fool... He lives in a fantasy world (...with lots of other folks...) where it's still "Jim Crowe" and "KKK" time; all the while forgetting that american benevolence and capitalism allowed him to play basketball, become educated (...which, by the way, didnt work...) and become a millionaire...   It is indeed true that there was a time when there were "negro leagues" and "separate but equal"; but Rodman didn't live in it; nor do any of those who adhere to his idiotic beliefs today... I doubt that Rodman wants to go back to that time or change places with the poor gold or diamond miners in South Africa....   I say let him talk to kim junior and say all the stupid things he is prone to say.... If Dennis Rodman is anyone's hero, they are fools....He does serve however as a great example of what not to be....   I say let him keep talkin...   leroy

Wanted to pass this on this mornin.... It wuz zero at our house last nite...   We have a 3 year old 5 ton package unit heating and cooling a 3200 sq ft or so split foyer built about 40 or so years ago... The unit DOES NOT have any auxiliary heating on it... For the first time in 3 years, the house was cold last nite... Set point on thermostat wuz 71 degrees and the temp in the house wuz 59 degrees at about 8 this mornin at zero degrees...   The house is warmin up now (...its probably 15 degrees or so now....) and the sun is shinin....   The moral of this little story:  Ya need auxiliary heat of some sort with your package unit...   What happens is the the heat pump will get over-run when it goes to the defrost cycle and the temp will slide backwards in the heated space when its very cold outside... As near as i can tell, a heat pump looses capacity to about 1/2 of it's "normal" rating at zero degrees F.... I have been pleasantly surprized with the performance of the unit until last nite; but ya got to remember that it's been 20 or so years since we've had a zero nite and ten degree days where i live... I'm gonna put in a 15 KW heater kit on wednesday or thursday when it warms up....   Hope this helps... leroy

Metcalf is an overbearing, elitist, wind-bag, know-it-all clown who doesnt take criticism (...and firing...) very well... It's a bad deal for him because he got criticized and fired for saying things he shouldn't have said... The hell with him... He knows nothing.....Now he can draw unemployment and hunt for a job with the gun grabbers... That may be his plan anyway...   Remember what the great John Wayne (...and Jesus...) said about the truth...."....Ya cant keep it bottled up...."  It always comes out...   leroy

Lester:  I like this...   Bingo!!   Keep up the good work, leroy

They are great revolvers... We've got an 8 inch heavy barrel 22 on the same frame as the 357 that is as accurate a pistol as ive ever shot... Buy with confidence... Use and enjoy....   leroy

I lifted this out of a website that contains the plain text of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights:   http://constitutionus.com/ I hilited the section we like... The plain reading says two things; the first talks about the militia (...there was no standing army, that wuz a big argument with the founders--- the "army" was called up as a state militia... one of my ancestors served in the revolutionary war and wuz called up in the war of 1812..... The "standing army" argument wuz a great one; research and read the details; it might change your mind about the wisdom of a "standing army"..)...   The second thing the sentence says is the "famous" one that we cherish:  "...the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed....".  It's a plain reading thing... Ya cant erase either one... They could have put two periods there and any educated man (..or woman...) knows that....The second amendment gives the "...right to keep and bear arms..." as an "absolute" right... That's why the supremes (via John Roberts..) said so in the Heller Case (...i think...)...   Reconstruction politics brought the "...legislature can regulate the wearing of arms with an eye toward "keeping the peace...." (...or whatever the Tennessee State Constitution says....)    If a rogue federal court can erase the Second Amendment one; ya can go up to Article III of the constitution and erase it too....   The Second Amendment is, in fact, an absolute right given to citizens of this country as long as we follow the Constitution and the Bill of Rights...   The "...regulating of the wearing of arms..." thing is power conveyed to the individual states; which i think we can quibble about, but that's what the "settled law" is... That's why ya see these idiot blue state apparatchiks passing state laws and ya see the arguments like ya see in places like Colorado and New York where state citizens (...sheriffs...) rebelling against them and threatening not to enforce "state laws" that are "unconstitutional"...   The law is built on logic and precedent... If ya can tear down and re-rite any part of it; ya can erase, tear down, and re-rite it all; and the legal intelligentsia well knows that...   I wouldnt worry about a federal removal of rights and gun confiscation... I would worry about restrictive state regulation of arms... That's exactly what we've got today in some places... Ergo, my argument about the "red state" / "blue state" confederation thing...   Think about this a bit... leroy

I say that if folks like these sons and daughters of satan that they vote for disarmin them; let them get a good dose of it... They seem to like that sort of thing in lots of places at the state level in places like Connecticut, Massachusetts,  New York, and Kalefornia...   I'm like Dave and ET on this one.... No one is gonna come and disarm anyone in this state; or in any other one where the citizenry believe in the plain reading of the constitution and the bill of rights...   On a personal basis, i believe that the individual states are gonna continue to devolve into two confederations... A red one where folks believe that the constitution and the bill of rights means what the plain reading of it says; and a blue one where ya get the stuff we are discussing now....   I simply dont believe that anyone can ban and confiscate guns as long as the Bill of Rights is around; and i dont believe that even the most ravenous "progressive" supreme court justice is gonna suspend the bill of rights... If the bill of rights can be suspended by politicians; the courts can be suspended; and those who sit on those courts well know that...   Havin said all that, i believe we should all be watchful and vigilant as to these issues and hold these ratty politicians accountable for their actions ALA Colorado...I well remember when that geat old white haired plantation master Albert Gore, SR wuz voted out of the senate after 30 years of  "sacrificial public service" to his rustic "children" in the Great State of Tennessee over one vote ... That vote; a "yea" for the infamous Gun Control Act of 1968....   watchin leroy

I think it's a helluva idea; and i think lots of first time CCW folks will buy it... My 238 weighs 15.2 ounces unloaded (...i think...)... The little glock weighs about 13 ozs... That's a good thing on both counts...   I guess my thinkin on this glock issue kinda goes like this:   I would have liked to have seen glock build a single stack 9/40 first; because my personal preference (...with no encumbrance-- the best of my personal world, so to speak...) is the 40... They didnt... They built a 380; one of which i carry every day, all day long; just like a pocket knife...   I believe that everybody needs to be armed all the time; that they absolutely need to know how to use their tools; and that they need to have made their mind up beforehand that they are willing to stop threats to themselves and those under their protective umbrella.... period.... These are "primary" issues... The "secondary" issues are things like pistol type, caliber, holster,yada yada yada.... Ya get the picture....   There are folks out there that believe that a 44 mag aint big enough... I dont happen to be one of them... A pistol, especially a readily concealable one has to be just that; concealable and light enough that ya will carry it all the time... period.... The humble 380 does that for me and lots of other folks; and does it very well...   I would much rather be armed with something i knew how to shoot and shoot well than an atomic cannon that i couldnt shoot well; and that's exactly the thinkin here i believe.... Make no mistake, a 380 in the temple or in the eye will stop most anything on two legs... Hitting them in other less vulnerable places may not kill him; but i'm willing to bet it will make him sick; and i bet my well being and personal safety on it daily...    If you are worried about fire and stopping power; i say use a little gun to carry all the time ALA a j frame smith or a 380 and keep a "big gun" close at hand... Shoot your way out with the little gun and get to the big gun(s) if ya happen to be at the "OK Coral"... My bet is that ya wont need to; but it may make ya feel better... It does for me when i carry our 629 or a Glock 20 in the truck and the little 380 in my pocket....   By the way, thanks to Gray for postin the neat videos...   mousegun leroy with the big backup

We shoot lots of outdoor shots (....railfan shots...)... Beautiful skies, landscape, buildings and slow movin equipment... We use an old D80 and a refurbished N3100 i paid $349 for with a kit lens at Audorama... They both work like a champ... I'm a Nikon guy because we used to use the old F3 High Points for film photography...   Any of the cameras ya can think of do a helluva job.... Nikon, Cannon, Olympus; and they are all "compact format" DSLRS... Just got the wife a Samsung NX 300... It's a helluva camera... I just dont like the lack of a viewfinder (...ya have to look at the back ALA the point and shoot cameras...)...   The point of this little ramble... Buy the one you like and can afford... They all do a great job...Also, get a copy of Photoshop Elements and learn how to use it... It fixes some amazing hu-hos.... Finally, after ya fool with the digital camera/picture thing a bit; youll never believe another digital picture ya ever see is the "real thing"; whether is actually is or not....   PS-- For low light, get a humble 50 or 55 mm 1.8 or so lens... Ya can take pictures until almost dark... Buy yourself a good monopod (...pogo stick...); it will improve your pictures more than all the baloney the windbags proclaim in the photo blogs combined...  Remember, a camera that is still takes a clear picture... If the camera has VR reduction, it makes things even better when ya use a monopod....   leroy

I like it myself... It's got the "retro-future" look and is a helluva idea as to operation... It's great to see an american company come up with such an idea... I'm  a fan of the "pp" size pistols, so i could easily see my little round gimpy self totin one of these around when the new wears off of them...   As to the grip safety;.... In the "old days" (...before the 1911 nazis and the safety police...) the old timers just pinned the safety back... There wuz many a 1911 carried by a trooper who knew how to use it that either had the safety pinned or tied back with rawhide on his trusty 1911...   I say this is america (...for the time bein, anyway...); do anything ya feel like doin... The hell with the nazis and the safety police....   leroy

We used to the use the Bianchi X15 holsters for 1911's, Ruger SA's, and "N" frame smiths... There are (...as others have said...) two problems with them...The first is that they are uncomfortable, the second is that they are hard to cover up...   We used to use them when hunting; so covering them up and being discrete wasn't an issue...   The tanker type holsters (...across the chest strap with gun on chest or side...) is a much better and cheaper solution in my opinion... They are much more comfortable (...for me at least...) because the belt attachment takes some of the weight of the gun off the shoulder strap...   The only "comfortable" shoulder holster i ever had was for a "j frame smith"... That bein said; A shoulder holster for a "j frame" is an elegant (...and expensive...) solution for a simple problem...   The summary for this little ramble:  Try a shoulder holster before ya buy one.... Borrow one from an older buddy who has tried one and doesnt like it... Don't try a cheap one; they are uncomfortable to begin with... Try a "real" leather one with good leather shoulder straps... My bet is it will take about 45 minutes to an hour to get uncomfortable...   For me, IWB and OWB concealed carry belt and holsters are a much better solution unless ya have a very big, heavy semi-auto or revolver to carry....   Non shoulder holster carryin leroy

My prediction is the the "Black Widows" of the North Caucuses are about to be more "endangered" ... These idiots had better leave the Russians alone or they will all be swept away... The russian militarry has already made a pretty good swipe at "ethnic cleansing" in the North Caususes...   The next time they swing thru they will most likely look like the 11th SS Calvary did against the russian partizan operations in WW2... No one will be left...   leroy

Great stuff.... Bullet is obeyin the the First Law of Thermodynamics (...i think...Energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it just changes it's form... "Kinetic to thermal", in this case....) converting kinetic energy (...motion...) into thermal energy (...bullet heats up and melts from the impact...)... If it's goin fast enough (...like an armor piercing round...) it will develop enough energy to melt thru the metal plate ...   Thanks for posting this neat video.... leroy

  D. M Bullard.... My little 238 has been settin in one for the best part of two years...   Hope this helps... leroy

Enfield:  Ive got a real old model of this scope on a 458 in blue.... They are (...were?....) a good scope.... http://swfa.com/Burris-2x20-Handgun-Scope-P3590.aspx   good luck, leroy

As others have already said; it's hard to beat an OU for heavy duty bird or clay bird shootin... They just handle better and an OU always points in the same direction...   leroy

I want a 22 lr or 22 mag one of these little guys for christmas!!!   leroy

Elections mean things and they release outcomes...   ... The military-political enterprize (...there is one, you know...) is a microcosm of the US political spectrum and is made up of citizens... It is, in fact, made up of both left and right wing apparatchiks; just like the polititical zealots in other fields... Every civilian and uniformed apparatchik who serves in the military-political enterprize is not a "politically neutral" operative... They are, in fact, political operatives with political goals; and they are in the business of currying favor from their masters as well as engaging in the more noble aspects of military service...   The Nobama election (...and re-election...) loosed the left wing of this group with a vengeance and zeal not seen in my years of watchin politics; and they are goin about doin their work in an efficient manner; to the point of disregarding everything important for the sake of re-writing history and building a glorious new socialist narrative...   This country was founded on the proposition that the military should be "politically neutral" and subject to "civilian control"...It is, in fact, subject to "civilian control"... That "civilian control" is bringing the outcomes we are discussing now... It never wuz "politically neutral"...   The fix for this "problem" is one of two things; the first, vote the present bunch out (...which is very likely in the next couple of years...); the second is to do away with the standing army; which i think aint a bad idea, and resurrect the old militia...   Students of history will remember that there was a pitched battle between the founding fathers RE: "the standing army" thing... They knew then that there was a great possibility for abuse... The "abuse" thing depends on which side of the political spectrum ya are on... Right now, the constitutional, historical, uniquely american side that most of us real people are on is suffering at the hands of those on the glorious socialist utopian politically correct side...   isolationist leroy, candidate for the old timers militia

Got a small fixed blade with osage orange scales... Very beautiful and hard as a harlot's heart... It's good stuff for handles...   leroy

Sad but interesting stuff... There has to be more to this than we know now... Thanks for posting...   leroy

What's not ta like about this gal??!!  Helluva shot too...   admirin leroy

SW40 turned me on to these:  http://oldfaithfulholsters.com/   I've bought 3 of the "quick assemble" kits from them... One for a Sig p238... They are made of great materials, easy to assemble, and are are held together with chicago screws instead of rivets (...which i like...)... I highly recommend 'em for an IWB hybrid holster like a crossbreed...   leroy

Luke:  I've got a 650 myself; but we reload pistol calibers on it... I would look and see if the the "fallover" cases tend to happen when the case hopper doesnt have several cases in it... My guess is that the cases are bouncing a bit when they hit the "station 1 locator"... I think they may be bouncin up a bit when they fall initially; and one edge of the round is not engaging the groove that sends it down to the first station...I would try to keep the case feeder almost full if i could...   Bear in mind that this is a genuine "wild guess"; but it would start there...    The biggest problem (...and complaint...) i have with the dillon stuff is the powder measure adjustment; but i think that it is just the nature of the beast... They are meant to load ammo on; which they do very well; they dont like to be continually fiddled with... Ya need to settle on a load and stay at that powder adjustment....   Hope this helps... leroy