It looks like it has a lock to hold it erect and a screw in aperture.
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17 June 2019
MSA S3
Marbles was once Marble Safety Axe before they became Marble Arms.
It looks like it has a lock to hold it erect and a screw in aperture.
It looks like it has a lock to hold it erect and a screw in aperture.
Marbles S1
Marbles made a sight very similar to the Lyman No. 2, complete with threaded aperture. A version of this sight (with windage adjustment) is still available from Midway today.
It kinda looks like there's a lock button there, doesn't it?
16 June 2019
Lyman 1A SA
How do you tell if your old Lyman sight is a 1, 1A, 2 or 2A?
If it's got a lock to hold it erect, it's an A.
If there's a flip down aperture in the front of the aperture, it's a 1, if there's threads in the back of the aperture, it's a 2.
If it's got a lock to hold it erect, it's an A.
If there's a flip down aperture in the front of the aperture, it's a 1, if there's threads in the back of the aperture, it's a 2.
15 June 2019
Delivered En Absentia
The Williams 5D sight for the Krag and a vintage aperture for the Savage 99's Lyman 2A arrived mere hours after we departed.
There they shall wait until our return.
Despite my urgent attempts I am unable to teleport either myself to the parts or the parts to me.
I blame the skeptics society.
There they shall wait until our return.
Despite my urgent attempts I am unable to teleport either myself to the parts or the parts to me.
I blame the skeptics society.
Made It
I did not intend to be the one who did all but one hour's worth of the driving from Florida to Iowa...
But The Lovely Harvey took ill with something that was affecting her inner ear and she was weaving like she'd been drinking.
So, I arrived dead tired and wide awake.
Sleeping will commence.
But The Lovely Harvey took ill with something that was affecting her inner ear and she was weaving like she'd been drinking.
So, I arrived dead tired and wide awake.
Sleeping will commence.
14 June 2019
And They Know It Too
JKB at Miguel's posts.
When your gun free victim zone contains the disclaimer;
And that disclaimer is present because the liability insurance carrier for the gun free victim zone mandates it...
It confirms everything we've been saying about the things for, what, decades now?
Gun Free Zone should be in the thesaurus under Extremely Hazardous Area.
You cannot protect yourself, it is forbidden.
They will not protect you either.
Even worse, they're dumping the responsibility for protecting yourself back on you. Which, as mentioned, you're not allowed to do...
When your gun free victim zone contains the disclaimer;
ALTHOUGH WEAPONS ARE BANNED FROM THIS MUNICIPAL FACILITY, THE CITY OF RACINE CANNOT ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF VISITORS OR ITS EMPLOYEES FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO UNLAWFULLY ENTER WITH WEAPONS AND DOES NOT OFFER PROTECTION AGAINST THE ACTIONS OF VIOLATORS.
And that disclaimer is present because the liability insurance carrier for the gun free victim zone mandates it...
It confirms everything we've been saying about the things for, what, decades now?
Gun Free Zone should be in the thesaurus under Extremely Hazardous Area.
You cannot protect yourself, it is forbidden.
They will not protect you either.
Even worse, they're dumping the responsibility for protecting yourself back on you. Which, as mentioned, you're not allowed to do...
13 June 2019
Gripping Tale
Brownell's, at no additional cost to the owners, has supplied the early adopters a new pistol grip for their BRN-10's which more strongly resembles a period gip.
It looks the part, don't it? It is also not uncomfortable.
Winning!
Feel
The more I tinker with and fondle the Savage 99, the more I'm liking how it feels.
It just fits.
I think the hump-back looks puts some people off, but ergonomics is about feel not appearance.
More's the pity that it turned out to be uneconomical to manufacture.
It just fits.
I think the hump-back looks puts some people off, but ergonomics is about feel not appearance.
More's the pity that it turned out to be uneconomical to manufacture.
12 June 2019
55 Mils?
The sight on the Savage 99EG raises 0.478" for 11 graduations. There's 31-1/16" sight length.
That's an angle of 0.8816˚ or ≈ 53 moa
The sight on the Winchester Model 54 raises 0.451" for 55 minutes. 28-7/16" from sight to sight.
That's 0.9086˚ or 54.52 moa. 55 moa should be 0.9167˚
The sight on the Marlin 30AS doesn't go to 55 minutes as marked, it stops at 45... But 40 clicks past 45 mils is 55 because it's 4 clicks to the minute... And that is 0.460" and 22-1/2" from peep to blade.
The 1.17121722˚ calculates to ≈ 70 MOA!
Don't trust the 66LA on a Marlin with a 20" barrel! I think it's calibrated for a longer barrel.
What you're supposed to do is to fire at several ranges and note where the sight reads... But the instructions say minutes.
It's close with the older sights and guns.
That's an angle of 0.8816˚ or ≈ 53 moa
The sight on the Winchester Model 54 raises 0.451" for 55 minutes. 28-7/16" from sight to sight.
That's 0.9086˚ or 54.52 moa. 55 moa should be 0.9167˚
The sight on the Marlin 30AS doesn't go to 55 minutes as marked, it stops at 45... But 40 clicks past 45 mils is 55 because it's 4 clicks to the minute... And that is 0.460" and 22-1/2" from peep to blade.
The 1.17121722˚ calculates to ≈ 70 MOA!
Don't trust the 66LA on a Marlin with a 20" barrel! I think it's calibrated for a longer barrel.
What you're supposed to do is to fire at several ranges and note where the sight reads... But the instructions say minutes.
It's close with the older sights and guns.
Why Forward
I've been puzzling on why, since there's a lock, the Lyman sight folds forward as well as to the rear.
It seems to be horribly exposed up like that.
But then I noticed something.
The little tick marks for elevation are only on the rear of the sight's stem.
Lord knows how much each line is good for, I suspect 5 MOA each, but I haven't measured. I've also not worked up any dope on this rife, sights or ammo.
I am kind of astonished that there isn't already a fan page for Lyman sights with scans of vintage manuals.
It seems to be horribly exposed up like that.
But then I noticed something.
The little tick marks for elevation are only on the rear of the sight's stem.
Lord knows how much each line is good for, I suspect 5 MOA each, but I haven't measured. I've also not worked up any dope on this rife, sights or ammo.
I am kind of astonished that there isn't already a fan page for Lyman sights with scans of vintage manuals.
Blank
When you remove a buck-horn sight from a barrel, you leave an open dovetail.
In addition to being ugly, the edges are sharp.
So what you do is buy a blank that fills the slot. Both Lyman and Marbles offer them in blued steel, and there's no real difference between them and the price seems to flip-flop as to which is cheaper.
Lyman was cheaper when I did Connie, Marbles was cheaper this time.
Marbles even goes so far as to engrave their logo on the underside where you will never see it again.
Installation is dirt simple. Line it up with the dovetail and smack it with a hammer and brass punch until it's centered.
In addition to being ugly, the edges are sharp.
So what you do is buy a blank that fills the slot. Both Lyman and Marbles offer them in blued steel, and there's no real difference between them and the price seems to flip-flop as to which is cheaper.
Lyman was cheaper when I did Connie, Marbles was cheaper this time.
Marbles even goes so far as to engrave their logo on the underside where you will never see it again.
Installation is dirt simple. Line it up with the dovetail and smack it with a hammer and brass punch until it's centered.
11 June 2019
Poked Prodded Twisted And Turned
Did my RMR referral today.
Doctor and intern.
In simple language.
The pain in my shins is neuropathy. Nothing to be done about that, it's from the nerves in the bones being out of place from the knitting of the bones from too much abuse from shin splints progressing to stress fractures to being compound fractures from my great leap.
The pain in my hips and back are from my messed up gait.
A gait which shouldn't be messed up, but thanks to The Peace Dividend® and budget cuts no physical therapy was available to my broke (in more than one way) ass from the VA.
I now have a new cane that's the correct length, a back brace to wear a few hours a day and some simple exercises to help limber up the affected area of my lower back.
I am also referred to the system to get some physical therapy to correct my gait.
They refused to fill out the paperwork from DAV, but did get me the number to call to set up an appointment with the doctors that will.
Thinking positive, the RMR doc said he'd up my disability right then and there because neuropathy is the pain which keeps on giving.
I was scaring the poor intern when he grabbed the wrong spot and I reacted.
Doctor and intern.
In simple language.
The pain in my shins is neuropathy. Nothing to be done about that, it's from the nerves in the bones being out of place from the knitting of the bones from too much abuse from shin splints progressing to stress fractures to being compound fractures from my great leap.
The pain in my hips and back are from my messed up gait.
A gait which shouldn't be messed up, but thanks to The Peace Dividend® and budget cuts no physical therapy was available to my broke (in more than one way) ass from the VA.
I now have a new cane that's the correct length, a back brace to wear a few hours a day and some simple exercises to help limber up the affected area of my lower back.
I am also referred to the system to get some physical therapy to correct my gait.
They refused to fill out the paperwork from DAV, but did get me the number to call to set up an appointment with the doctors that will.
Thinking positive, the RMR doc said he'd up my disability right then and there because neuropathy is the pain which keeps on giving.
I was scaring the poor intern when he grabbed the wrong spot and I reacted.
10 June 2019
NO! Bad Thag!
I found a Lyman 57SA for sale for $130.
My fascination with peep sights is driving me to keep looking even after I've found and installed a wonderfully appropriate one on the rifle already.
I can quit whenever I want and it's time to quit this quest!
My fascination with peep sights is driving me to keep looking even after I've found and installed a wonderfully appropriate one on the rifle already.
I can quit whenever I want and it's time to quit this quest!
09 June 2019
All Lyman All The Time
Winchester Model 54 (.30-06) with No. 48W and Merit #4SS.
Savage Model 99EG (.300 Savage) with No. 2A SA and Merit #4SS.
Marlin Model 30AS (.30-30) with No. 66LA and 1/2" disc, 0.091" aperture.
Lyman No. 2A SA
Willard came bearing gifts today! It screwed right in like it was designed to. Not only that, but it appeared to be sighted in exactly like the buckhorns when I was looking through both of them. The aperture is from the Lyman No. 66LA I put on my Marlin 30AS (but not for long).
It can fold to the rear:
It can fold to the front:
But you use it raised. There's a little spring loaded detent to let you know it's in the right spot:
On the left side is a latch to keep it erected: Forward is locked, rear is unlocked.
After taking pictures, I decided that to put the Merit aperture I had on the Marlin on the Savage: It feels more period.
Elevation adjustment is generous!
I don't have a blank for the rear sight dovetail yet, but it's ordered and on the way.
It can fold to the rear:
Didja Know Didja Know
When it's known you've had a conflict with someone and that you're friends with someone else they've shit on...
People make sure you know your friend got shit on by the person you were in conflict with.
Thanks for the heads up? I think?
People make sure you know your friend got shit on by the person you were in conflict with.
Thanks for the heads up? I think?
Tempest In A Teapot
There's a product that's raised the ire and delight of several folks.
The Pew Pew Holster.
It's a box you bolt to the inside of a shitter to keep your gun off the floor.
The downsides to the concept are additional administrative handling increases the chance for negligent discharges and likelihood that someone forgets their gun in the stall.
The upside is the gun isn't laying on the floor by your feet, visible to all under the door and perhaps more in reach of an outsider than you. It also keeps the weight of the gun dragging your gun, belt and waistband down to the potentially very nasty floor.
Here in Florida, that kind of exposure under the door could be construed to be open carrying, there's no exception for laying brown trout as there is for catching rainbow trout.
I love this thing for a reason I have not seen mentioned yet.
If this thing is in every stall that means we've got the battle all but won. It's a statement that the people packing are everywhere and worth providing special considerations for. Especially if the business is willing to invest $50 to $75 per stall for us.
Products like this are an indication we're winning the culture war, not losing it.
Stamping our hooves and being assholes about condemning ideas like this are why we never get anywhere in the legislative environment, we're too willing to prefragment.
The bitter irony is the people who are most apt to demand that everyone spend thousands on training don't see that the solution to accidental discharges and forgetting your gun in the stall stemming from this device is, in fact, training.
I often wonder if they think that owning and carrying a gun is some sort of hair-shirt which makes them more penitent than the person who seeks convenience and comfort as well as protection.
The Pew Pew Holster.
It's a box you bolt to the inside of a shitter to keep your gun off the floor.
The downsides to the concept are additional administrative handling increases the chance for negligent discharges and likelihood that someone forgets their gun in the stall.
The upside is the gun isn't laying on the floor by your feet, visible to all under the door and perhaps more in reach of an outsider than you. It also keeps the weight of the gun dragging your gun, belt and waistband down to the potentially very nasty floor.
Here in Florida, that kind of exposure under the door could be construed to be open carrying, there's no exception for laying brown trout as there is for catching rainbow trout.
I love this thing for a reason I have not seen mentioned yet.
If this thing is in every stall that means we've got the battle all but won. It's a statement that the people packing are everywhere and worth providing special considerations for. Especially if the business is willing to invest $50 to $75 per stall for us.
Products like this are an indication we're winning the culture war, not losing it.
Stamping our hooves and being assholes about condemning ideas like this are why we never get anywhere in the legislative environment, we're too willing to prefragment.
The bitter irony is the people who are most apt to demand that everyone spend thousands on training don't see that the solution to accidental discharges and forgetting your gun in the stall stemming from this device is, in fact, training.
I often wonder if they think that owning and carrying a gun is some sort of hair-shirt which makes them more penitent than the person who seeks convenience and comfort as well as protection.
Different Situation
Trump Considers Banning Suppressors
Before we panic and shred our NRA/ILA membership cards (again) and pledge our undying allegiance to the Pratts...
Suppressors aren't occupying a gray area in the NFA.
There are zero products on the market that have or are attempting to circumvent the "arduous" task of filing a Form 1 or Form 4 to possess and own a suppressor.
This is not like bump stocks, which were an attempt to get a machine gun and bypass both the NFA and FOPA.
ATF has ruled, repeatedly, that any device which lowers the sound level of a firearm even so much as one decibel is a suppressor and thus requiring registration. Just ask the people who'd bought Colt's commercial model of the XM177 series and having to register their moderators. That was in the early 1970's.
There's nothing here for The President to order the reclassification to that keeps them from being regulated exactly as they presently are. To get them banned, he's going to need Congress to do it.
Not that it would be difficult to get the present Congress to do so, but...
It wasn't all that long ago that suppressors were nearly made over the counter legal, eliminating the need to register at all. There's still a lot of voter demand for such deregulation, that's because there's a lot more suppressors out there than bump stocks.
A move to legislate a ban on new suppressors could have repercussions at the ballot box, and I think that Congress knows it. There's enough legislators who aren't willing to lose their cushy seat for such idealism that I think that it won't pass.
If it does and we get those repercussions, I think the new members of Congress will have a different voice than now and the tone will be set differently than the change in 1994.
ATF= Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives
FOPA = Firearms Owners Protection Act
NFA = National Firearms Act
NRA/ILA = National Rifle Association Institute of Legislative Action
Before we panic and shred our NRA/ILA membership cards (again) and pledge our undying allegiance to the Pratts...
Suppressors aren't occupying a gray area in the NFA.
There are zero products on the market that have or are attempting to circumvent the "arduous" task of filing a Form 1 or Form 4 to possess and own a suppressor.
This is not like bump stocks, which were an attempt to get a machine gun and bypass both the NFA and FOPA.
ATF has ruled, repeatedly, that any device which lowers the sound level of a firearm even so much as one decibel is a suppressor and thus requiring registration. Just ask the people who'd bought Colt's commercial model of the XM177 series and having to register their moderators. That was in the early 1970's.
There's nothing here for The President to order the reclassification to that keeps them from being regulated exactly as they presently are. To get them banned, he's going to need Congress to do it.
Not that it would be difficult to get the present Congress to do so, but...
It wasn't all that long ago that suppressors were nearly made over the counter legal, eliminating the need to register at all. There's still a lot of voter demand for such deregulation, that's because there's a lot more suppressors out there than bump stocks.
A move to legislate a ban on new suppressors could have repercussions at the ballot box, and I think that Congress knows it. There's enough legislators who aren't willing to lose their cushy seat for such idealism that I think that it won't pass.
If it does and we get those repercussions, I think the new members of Congress will have a different voice than now and the tone will be set differently than the change in 1994.
ATF= Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives
FOPA = Firearms Owners Protection Act
NFA = National Firearms Act
NRA/ILA = National Rifle Association Institute of Legislative Action
Knot Head
Reading my book on the Savage 99.
The lion's share of the things are in .300 Savage. .250 Savage is the next most common.
With the Winchester 94 and Marlin 336 being mostly in .30-30 and .30-30 being so ubiquitous; I wondered why the .30-30 version of the Savage wasn't more popular.
It's probably knotheads.
The people who find a small advantage of one round over the other and then insisting on it, regardless if the advantage is real. Or if the advantage is outweighed by other liabilities.
.300 Savage does have some advantages over .30-30; especially in the Savage, where you can use spitzer bullets. Same bullet weight, higher velocity, better ballistic shape to the bullet, better sectional density... It's all win!
At the end of the day, can the deer tell the difference? The knothead says, without hesitation, "YES! Absolutely!"
Knotheads also like .270 Winchester.
Knotheads will fight about the relative superiority of 6.8 SPC vs 6.5 Grendel while ignoring both rounds slow fade into obscurity against .300 Blackout.
Knotheads, the truth be told, will also insist that there was no reason for .300 Savage when .250 Savage had already been Divinely Revealed to Charles Newton.
PS: .300 Savage is more available now than when I was first introduced to it. I think it is because of a large number of 99's coming out of closets for sale as the original owners are being moved to Retirement Homes and The Great Beyond.
The lion's share of the things are in .300 Savage. .250 Savage is the next most common.
With the Winchester 94 and Marlin 336 being mostly in .30-30 and .30-30 being so ubiquitous; I wondered why the .30-30 version of the Savage wasn't more popular.
It's probably knotheads.
The people who find a small advantage of one round over the other and then insisting on it, regardless if the advantage is real. Or if the advantage is outweighed by other liabilities.
.300 Savage does have some advantages over .30-30; especially in the Savage, where you can use spitzer bullets. Same bullet weight, higher velocity, better ballistic shape to the bullet, better sectional density... It's all win!
At the end of the day, can the deer tell the difference? The knothead says, without hesitation, "YES! Absolutely!"
Knotheads also like .270 Winchester.
Knotheads will fight about the relative superiority of 6.8 SPC vs 6.5 Grendel while ignoring both rounds slow fade into obscurity against .300 Blackout.
Knotheads, the truth be told, will also insist that there was no reason for .300 Savage when .250 Savage had already been Divinely Revealed to Charles Newton.
PS: .300 Savage is more available now than when I was first introduced to it. I think it is because of a large number of 99's coming out of closets for sale as the original owners are being moved to Retirement Homes and The Great Beyond.
Advantage 21st Century
In the process of adding a period correct sight to my Savage 99 it occurs to me that I have something that some users of these sights didn't.
Loctite.
All you had to hold a screw in place in 1951 was torque. With the tiny 8-40 screws which attach a peep sight to the tang of a Savage 99... that's not much torque before something strips.
Insufficient torque to prevent the shock of firing from loosening things.
There are stories from WW1 of marksmen using acid on the threads of the screws holding their scopes to the rifle to prevent them from walking loose.
Loctite.
All you had to hold a screw in place in 1951 was torque. With the tiny 8-40 screws which attach a peep sight to the tang of a Savage 99... that's not much torque before something strips.
Insufficient torque to prevent the shock of firing from loosening things.
There are stories from WW1 of marksmen using acid on the threads of the screws holding their scopes to the rifle to prevent them from walking loose.
Kudos
Recently a deputy took a round to his femoral artery.
This is not a trivial place to get shot.
Even more so because the femoral, if the hit is high enough, has an alarming tendency to retract up towards the pelvis and be positioned so it's near impossible to stop the bleeding.
Kudos to the deputies' training and getting that bleed under control in time to save his life, because without it the evac wouldn't have happened in time.
This is not a trivial place to get shot.
Even more so because the femoral, if the hit is high enough, has an alarming tendency to retract up towards the pelvis and be positioned so it's near impossible to stop the bleeding.
Kudos to the deputies' training and getting that bleed under control in time to save his life, because without it the evac wouldn't have happened in time.
08 June 2019
Third Most Popular
The most popular centerfire, rifle cartridge, lever action is the Winchester 94. Over 7.5 million made and still in production.
Next most is the Marlin 336 and relatives. Over 4.5 million made and still in production.
Third place is the Savage 99. Approximately 2 million made from 1899 to 2003. Savage's change in how they serialized their guns in 1968 makes it a nightmare to figure out precise production...
Next most is the Marlin 336 and relatives. Over 4.5 million made and still in production.
Third place is the Savage 99. Approximately 2 million made from 1899 to 2003. Savage's change in how they serialized their guns in 1968 makes it a nightmare to figure out precise production...
You Picked The Place
Tried to get some sight accessories from a seller on Florida Gun Trader.
I agreed to his price and asked where he wanted to meet and what time.
He told me and I gave him my physical description and headed out the door.
He said he'd see me there.
Except he didn't.
And didn't give me any means to get hold of him without him being at home on his computer.
I could have looked right at him ten times and not known it.
I sent several messages to have him tell me he hadn't seen me and waited an hour with a view of the door. He then asked if I was in the right place in the correct town.
I offered to make a second attempt. He declined and pulled his ad.
Clearly he didn't really want to sell his parts.
I agreed to his price and asked where he wanted to meet and what time.
He told me and I gave him my physical description and headed out the door.
He said he'd see me there.
Except he didn't.
And didn't give me any means to get hold of him without him being at home on his computer.
I could have looked right at him ten times and not known it.
I sent several messages to have him tell me he hadn't seen me and waited an hour with a view of the door. He then asked if I was in the right place in the correct town.
I offered to make a second attempt. He declined and pulled his ad.
Clearly he didn't really want to sell his parts.
07 June 2019
F-Word
All four of these images can be described with a single word. In only once case is it derogatory and hateful.
Using this word in any context can get your account locked or deleted from any of several social media platforms.
Period Correctness
My curio and relic interest is along the lines of recreating a snapshot of the old gun in use in a way that I find useful as well.
That's why I want aperture sights instead of buckhorns.
Here's an interesting pdf pitching why you'd want one.
The quest to sight the Savage 99EG is... lengthy.
Despite being the third most popular lever action hunting rifle in America and made for decades... It's a distant third compared to number two, the Marlin.
That means accessories are out there, but can be difficult to suss out.
If it were me in 1951, I'd have bought the 99RS because it came with the #70LH sight.
But... That's a pretty high end gun. The budget, and lion's share of 99's made, is the EG. If you were on a budget, wanted a new gun, and aperture sights you bought the EG and went in for a Lyman No. 1 or No. 2 tang sight.
This is where we are heading.
Why not get a No. 30-1/2? Because they start at $200 and end at $500 when bidding commences.
Eventually my Sportified Krag will be growing an aperture sight as well. A Lyman No. 57 K, I think.
That's why I want aperture sights instead of buckhorns.
Here's an interesting pdf pitching why you'd want one.
The quest to sight the Savage 99EG is... lengthy.
Despite being the third most popular lever action hunting rifle in America and made for decades... It's a distant third compared to number two, the Marlin.
That means accessories are out there, but can be difficult to suss out.
If it were me in 1951, I'd have bought the 99RS because it came with the #70LH sight.
But... That's a pretty high end gun. The budget, and lion's share of 99's made, is the EG. If you were on a budget, wanted a new gun, and aperture sights you bought the EG and went in for a Lyman No. 1 or No. 2 tang sight.
This is where we are heading.
Why not get a No. 30-1/2? Because they start at $200 and end at $500 when bidding commences.
Eventually my Sportified Krag will be growing an aperture sight as well. A Lyman No. 57 K, I think.
Wrong Number
The Savage 99RS in the '30's came with a Lyman 30-1/2 SA.
It's windage adjustable.
The Lyman sight I've been calling a 30-1/2 isn't. It's a Lyman so it will be No. (number) and (letter).
Being for a Savage 99 it'll have the Suffix SA, but the number...
It appears to be a No. 2A SA. It was made until 1955 and is thus perfectly vintage for my 99EG! HUZZAH! The No. 1 SA would not have threads in the aperture.
If only there was a book about these things one could use to look it up.
This might be it. But I don't know if it is. $75 is a lot of dough for such a triviality, but the question keeps coming up for me.
It's windage adjustable.
The Lyman sight I've been calling a 30-1/2 isn't. It's a Lyman so it will be No. (number) and (letter).
Being for a Savage 99 it'll have the Suffix SA, but the number...
It appears to be a No. 2A SA. It was made until 1955 and is thus perfectly vintage for my 99EG! HUZZAH! The No. 1 SA would not have threads in the aperture.
If only there was a book about these things one could use to look it up.
This might be it. But I don't know if it is. $75 is a lot of dough for such a triviality, but the question keeps coming up for me.
06 June 2019
I Wonder
The story, "A Message to Garcia," where Rowan simply takes the message and skippers off to find Garcia...
I wonder if Rowan was thinking, "I could take two years to get it to the bastard and nobody would know; and it will be TDY the entire time!"
I wonder if Rowan was thinking, "I could take two years to get it to the bastard and nobody would know; and it will be TDY the entire time!"
The Main Reason To Not Carry A Luger
The main reason you should not carry a Luger in its normal holster is if you have to use it, you cannot say your actions were not premeditated.
Looks Like Lyman
Despite Herculean efforts, the bots won the day in last second bidding and $120 didn't carry the day.
So we're looking at the Lyman because there's no other Redfields for sale.
Good news it these tend to go cheaper. It's starting at $99 with a buy it now of $150.
Frustrating is the 10 days left.
The Lyman is less "period" than the Redfield for my gun's birthday, but they were still around.
Willard is thinking, due to the scarcity of any tang sights for the Savage 99, that the sights we're seeing for sale are all take-off items from 99RS and 99R target models which have been bubbafied with scopes.
So we're looking at the Lyman because there's no other Redfields for sale.
Good news it these tend to go cheaper. It's starting at $99 with a buy it now of $150.
Frustrating is the 10 days left.
The Lyman is less "period" than the Redfield for my gun's birthday, but they were still around.
Willard is thinking, due to the scarcity of any tang sights for the Savage 99, that the sights we're seeing for sale are all take-off items from 99RS and 99R target models which have been bubbafied with scopes.
Sigh Mustangs
If ever there were a marque that brings out the absolute worst in a driver it's got to be the Mustang.
It's not universal, there's some people who can resist.
But...
First off, if my car was that loud and obviously running wide open, it'd be farther away by now. Just sayin'.
Second, no I do not want to race. I know how big my dick is and don't care how big yours is.
Third, while I don't want to race you are occupying the lane that I need to be in to turn in a bit and your matching speed and revving is blocking.
Fourth, I love that "oh shit!" look when I drop two gears and goose my bone fucking stock Vette just a little and you can't match my little throttle blip and keep me from getting into the lane I needed.
Fifth, we weren't racing so the Patented Ricer Fly By didn't prove anything.
Sixth, I live for The Boy rolling down his window and yelling, "HA HA!" at you.
It's not universal, there's some people who can resist.
But...
First off, if my car was that loud and obviously running wide open, it'd be farther away by now. Just sayin'.
Second, no I do not want to race. I know how big my dick is and don't care how big yours is.
Third, while I don't want to race you are occupying the lane that I need to be in to turn in a bit and your matching speed and revving is blocking.
Fourth, I love that "oh shit!" look when I drop two gears and goose my bone fucking stock Vette just a little and you can't match my little throttle blip and keep me from getting into the lane I needed.
Fifth, we weren't racing so the Patented Ricer Fly By didn't prove anything.
Sixth, I live for The Boy rolling down his window and yelling, "HA HA!" at you.
D+ 27,394
75 year ago... This very minute.
The Normandy landings began.
D-Day.
The paratroopers had been at it for five hours already, but this is when Utah came under attack.
The Normandy landings began.
D-Day.
The paratroopers had been at it for five hours already, but this is when Utah came under attack.
05 June 2019
Bidding
Willard is bidding on the Redfield sight for the Savage 99.
If one of you readers is as well... You're bidding against each other to the same end.
If one of you readers is as well... You're bidding against each other to the same end.
If You're Already Having A Panic Attack
I get random panic attacks.
There are also a couple of activities that trigger them.
I've noticed that doing those activities during a random attack doesn't make the attack worse.
Thank Heaven for small favors?
There are also a couple of activities that trigger them.
I've noticed that doing those activities during a random attack doesn't make the attack worse.
Thank Heaven for small favors?
04 June 2019
Can We Get A Genpop Sentence For Him
Scot Peterson arrested!
Peterson on Tuesday was arrested for neglect of duty, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony announced.
I hope he's convicted, I hope he gets the max sentence, I hope it's general population.
He's had more than a year to exercise the honorable option.
h/t Erin's Facebook
Peterson on Tuesday was arrested for neglect of duty, Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony announced.
I hope he's convicted, I hope he gets the max sentence, I hope it's general population.
He's had more than a year to exercise the honorable option.
h/t Erin's Facebook
Venn Diagram Overlap Of Space Nerd And Lego Maniac
Eagle, aka LM-5, is available in Lego Minifig scale.
This is a nice companion for the Saturn V stack... that I own but have not assembled for a lack of display space.
This is a nice companion for the Saturn V stack... that I own but have not assembled for a lack of display space.
Well Phrased
Would be carjacker shot and killed.
The Sheriff says, "Thank God no one here in the great community of Sun City Center was injured.”
I am proud of him, one should never count the criminal as one of the dead or injured.
The Sheriff says, "Thank God no one here in the great community of Sun City Center was injured.”
I am proud of him, one should never count the criminal as one of the dead or injured.
Flag Choices
The flagpole has a second set of hooks...
That means I can fly two flags!
There's all manner of things I can fly there.
Is it wrong of me to want a Kekistani flag?
That means I can fly two flags!
There's all manner of things I can fly there.
Is it wrong of me to want a Kekistani flag?
Auction Fever
My strategy on Ebay and Gunbroker is to bid the most I would ever pay (or can afford at the moment) and let it ride.
I miss out on a lot of things I want this way because auction fever grabs the other bidders and drives the price through the ceiling.
I learned about auction fever at a bankruptcy auction of a small gun shop in Iowa where two bidders blood got up and they bid a bone-stock, plain-Jane Ruger 10/22 up to $500... In 1993. They just couldn't let the other guy "win" despite paying five times the going rate for the gun at the time.
I experienced the fever when I bought The Biscayne at a police auction.
I was there to buy an ex-Iowa State Patrol Caprice 9C1 because I wanted a 350 not a 305. I bid on several and sensibly quit as the price slipped past what I had in my account.
There's banks at those auctions with kiosks describing their easy loan terms...
As the day wore on I got increasingly desperate to take something home.
So I bid up the Caprice Classic to about 50% over what I could have bought it for from a used car lot and took out a loan for what I didn't have in my pocket.
This adventure also taught me that I wasn't grown-up enough yet to handle the responsibility of loans and the requisite payments. But that's another story.
I miss out on a lot of things I want this way because auction fever grabs the other bidders and drives the price through the ceiling.
I learned about auction fever at a bankruptcy auction of a small gun shop in Iowa where two bidders blood got up and they bid a bone-stock, plain-Jane Ruger 10/22 up to $500... In 1993. They just couldn't let the other guy "win" despite paying five times the going rate for the gun at the time.
I experienced the fever when I bought The Biscayne at a police auction.
I was there to buy an ex-Iowa State Patrol Caprice 9C1 because I wanted a 350 not a 305. I bid on several and sensibly quit as the price slipped past what I had in my account.
There's banks at those auctions with kiosks describing their easy loan terms...
As the day wore on I got increasingly desperate to take something home.
So I bid up the Caprice Classic to about 50% over what I could have bought it for from a used car lot and took out a loan for what I didn't have in my pocket.
This adventure also taught me that I wasn't grown-up enough yet to handle the responsibility of loans and the requisite payments. But that's another story.
100 Years
It's been 100 years since the US Senate passed the 19th Amendment.
Ratification would wait until August the next year and adoption a few days later.
White men did most of the passage of this. Remember that when you're on a tear condemning us dudes.
Ratification would wait until August the next year and adoption a few days later.
White men did most of the passage of this. Remember that when you're on a tear condemning us dudes.
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