Author: Kim du Toit
His And Mine
Sent on to me by Reader John C.:
Top 5 “Favorite” Guns of Clint Smith:
- Sharps Trapdoor (.50-70 Govt) — a lovely gun, and I would never argue with his choice of this one, for any reason.
- M14/M1A (7.62x51mm NATO/.308 Win) — no argument from me on this one either. Fantastic guns, should never have been replaced by the M16.
- Colt 1911 (.45 ACP) — well, duh.
- S&W Mod 28-2 (.45 ACP) — shows you what I know; I wasn’t aware that the old Highway Patrolman was ever chambered in .45 ACP. (Why not the Model 25, I wonder?)
- Colt Single Action Army (.45 Colt) — see the 1911, above.
Clint takes pains to say that these may not be the “best” guns (for whatever reason), but they’re the ones he’s most fond of. (I should point out, by the way, that I respect Clint Smith more than any other gunman on the planet now that Jeff Cooper is no longer with us.)
John C. said in his email that Smith thinks like me in terms of the guns he loves, and this would be mostly correct. If I were to list my favorite guns — according to his criterion of the guns one loves to shoot — they would be (not in order):
- Browning 1885 High Wall (.45-70 Govt) — not only do I revere this gun, but everyone who has ever shot mine has given it back to me (reluctantly) with a huge smile on their face. Using hotter modern loads (e.g. Buffalo Bore), I would be comfortable taking this gun on any hunt short of African dangerous game (because I may be romantic, but I’m not an idiot).
- Mauser K98k (8mm Mauser or .308 Win) — because it’s the gun I grew up shooting (albeit that one rebarreled in .308 Win), and of every gun I’ve ever owned, this is the one I’m most comfortable with. If I won the lottery, one of the first guns I’d buy would be a new-manufacture M98 in 7x57mm ($$$$$!!!!) and it would be worth every penny. (I already have an old K98k in 8x57mm — see below — so a gentler cartridge would be better for my old shoulder-bones.) Like Clint, I don’t really want to hunt anymore, but I would have another one of these just because, like with the 1885 High Wall, I so love working the action and shooting the Mauser 98. Pure self-indulgence.
- Springfield 1911(.45 ACP) — anyone who’s ever read these pages knows all about my love for this gun, so ’nuff said.
- Colt Python (.357 Magnum) — it may not be as robust as its S&W competitors like the 686, but nothing compares to the Python’s silky double action. And like Clint, I’m a blued-steel man, so I’d have to get an older one to replace the one I destroyed, back in the day.
- M1 Carbine (.30 Carbine) — I love everything about this old warhorse: its light weight, handy length and gentle recoil. I can put up with its often-unreliable magazines because it’s unlikely ever to be used (by me) in any kind of combat (although I’d have no problem using one as such if push came to shove).
And there you have it: two Old Phartte Gun Guys and their favorite guns.
An anecdote: last Monday I went to the range with the Son&Heir to shoot some .22 guns. We own identical bull-barrel Ruger Mk II pistols, and I brought along my Ruger Single Six just for some variation.
The S&H popped off a single mag through the Mk II, and then glommed onto the old-fashioned Single Six and didn’t touch his Mk II again. (I never bothered with the pistol because I prefer shooting .22 through the single-action Six.)
We both agreed that 1) despite the Mk II’s designation as a “target” pistol, the Single Six has better sights, and 2) shooting slowly — i.e. a six-shot single-action gun — is far more enjoyable than just spraying bullets out of an automatic.
Your opinions may vary, but there ya go.
News Roundup
Speaking of rancid, malodorous women, here’s a prime example:
...because of course she would, the Commie bitch. More from the Commies:
...which is no doubt why he married Michelle, or “Mike” (as she used to be known).
And still more from the Commies:
...demonstrating yet again why they should be pushed out of helicopters at 10,000 ft.
From the Dept. of Cultural Assimilation:
...perhaps if this MexPres did more to stop these assholes from trying to swim over… but then again, he’s just trying to get rid of this scum:
...and did they shoot any of them dead? No. Are we disappointed? Yes.
...which seems to be the answer. The police don’t agree, but they’re wrong.
In related Lawn Ordure News:
...because that might actually stop some of the riots, and they’d lose all that overtime pay.
In Medical News:
…
More Health News:
...serves them right for a) being triathletes and b) doing it in Sunderland.
Which leads to more Sports News:
…
And a slightly different kind of sport:
...some would say we need more Christians like this. I report, you decide.
Still talking about an alternative sport:
...and the solution:
(see here for the background)
And now from the link-free INSIGNIFICA files:
...just get married. That’ll end it.
And in one last piece of sorta-sporting news:
...oooh, mommy:
And doing her best Barbie impression:
A good way to end the news.
Not Australia This Time
An Austrian supermarket was evacuated after the store manager reportedly spotted a banana-loving spider capable of causing permanent erections in men.
The Penny shop in Krems an der Donau, 45 miles west of Vienna, remains closed since Tuesday over fears of the four-inch black and red spider.
Emergency services were called and warn the spider, still at large, may have been a highly venomous Brazilian Wandering Spider, known to reach Europe by hiding in bunches of bananas.
The creature is one of the planet’s most venomous spiders, and bites can be fatal after causing hypothermia, blurred vision, convulsions and, in some cases, erections. The spider’s venom is even being studied for use in erectile dysfunction treatments after it was found that a bite from one of the spiders can give male victims a painful four-hour erection.
Speaking as someone who as a young teenager suffered from an almost-permanent condition like this — thank you, Adolescent Hormone Flood* — this is actually no laughing matter.
So quit giggling, you maniacs.
Is there any good to be had from Third World countries other than as a place for massive and sustained nuclear ordnance testing, I ask myself?
Probably not; but then the same goes for Australia.
*Anecdote time: back in boarding school, one guy (no names, just in case) actually had a massive and sustained erection — so much so that after nearly a day of torment he went to see the school nurse. She smacked it on the tip with a metal spoon — yes, I know — whereupon he emitted a truly splendid and seemingly-endless ejaculation all over her and himself. That wasn’t the expected nor desired result, of course, but at least his woody subsided. When later asked by someone whether he couldn’t have just had a wank to achieve the same end, his reply was immortal: “What, in the fucking biology lab?”
Caption Competition #292
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Happy Anniversary
We interrupt today’s regular programming to bring you this news:
Nine years ago today, Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, MO.
The actual back story:
Brown was a criminal who strong-armed a local mini-mart then sucker-punched Officer Wilson, who was seated in his patrol car, and reached to steal Wilson’s service pistol, leading to the first shot. When Wilson exited the vehicle Brown made a second charge at Wilson, and who fired the fatal shot.
Just so we’re all clear on the facts of the matter.