Birthday day.

It's somebody's birthday today. I can't seem to remember who though. I'm thinking it was one of the drinking buddies a while back. Must not be important though, especially if I can't remember who.

/cough/USMC/cough/

I was USArmy. I had to. I couldn't very well give those jarheads a h/t without at least a little shit. Happy 233rd. I'd hate to have to light that cakes candles.

Edit: Vinnie's story in the comments had me laughing out loud.

And the First Amendment Attacks Begin

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is the shape of things to come.

Wanenmacher Wrap up

A quick Wanenmacher Gun Show wrap up.

My feet hurt.

That is all.




Sorry, couldn't resist that one. The show was a madhouse on saturday and only slightly less so on sunday. I ended up not seeing any of the show except for what I caught friday after setting up. I had a couple of people complain that they would have bought something on saturday, but they couldn't get to the table for the crowd. I didn't get a second to even sit down both days. The tables we had were right in front of the concession stand and I couldn't get half a moment to even go there to eat. Saturday started out with a table full of Glocks of all makes with more underneath. Saturday ended with one lone Glock 23. Anything that was even remotely compact went. We had 4 pallets of Remington .223, the last of which went sunday morning by 9.

On the non-feet-divorcing-me side, aside from a couple of small things like a scale and calipers, I'm all set up for reloading. A friend from here in town picked up everything and built a 24" bull barreled varmint-er AR-15 with a nice scope and bi-pod. He started with nothing but a bare lower and by 5 pm sunday he was pushing the take down pins in. Not a bad deal. He also won the deal of the show award by finding a very rare trap door rifle for $75. The rifle is easily worth 100 times that. And yes I meant 100 (one hundred).

I want to send out a big thanks to Old NFO. First for getting me the C&R application. Second for pointing me towards Norgon's ambi-mag release. Third for swinging by when he'd spotted any deals for me. I just with I'd had a second to take advantage of them. Next time... Next time.

All in all, I'd have to give the show a big two thumbs up. For the largest gun show in the states, it's definitely a mecca for enthusiasts of all sorts. If you've never been, it's a must. Just make sure you've got a copy of a local FFL's license so you can get the transfers done if you're from out of state.

Let's pick a name.

I just want to say up front that I didn't coin this. But I do want to get it out to the blogosphere.

Let's call the next administration's tenure the Obamanation.

Say it quick. A couple of times.

Sounds like Abomination.... Coincidence? Or Prophesy?

The ostrich in me doesn't want to know. The seer in me is afraid I already do.

Wanenmacher Update

Just a quick Wanenmacher Gun Show update.

My feet hurt.

That is all.

Friday mind game.

Here it is. Enjoy. When I rule the world, I shall save you for last.

Tehee

This just txt'd to me:

Washington is on the one dollar bill, Lincoln is on the five dollar bill, and now we have a president to go on the food stamps.

Gun Show Pre-Post

I've got my list of musts, likes, and nices all ready with prices I found on the internet. I've got a cooler of water, juices and beers for during and after. I have my hiking boots out.

I think I'm pretty much set. Tomorrow I help some friends set up their tables and then do some pre-wandering of the others. I might even stop by and say hi to the ATF booth. They do try hard.

Then for the next 48 hours after that it's Wanenmacher's!

A celebration?

So, to celebrate the chosen ones enshrining canonization election I went to the range. I needed to redo the mechanical zero on my M-14 anyway. After that I went out to one of the gunshops I groupie frequent. My allen wrenches didn't fit the front sight set screw and I knew they would have ones that would. I ended up sitting in one corner of the shop and just watching the panic buying. There's no other way to describe it. I watched AR-15's come in, barely get entered into the books before they were out the door again. And there were only 3 of those. The display that usually had between 15 and 20 Glocks of all makes had 3. I watched people buy .223 by the thousand round cases. This went on from the the time I got there, even before, till the shop closed.

I was sort of awed at the spectacle.

One more before Gun Nuts...

One more Whiskey/Coke, and them I'm moving on to the hard stuff.

Srsly!