Category: The Gun Thing

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Jan 21 New Year’s Day Fun

The Gun Thing

A few people have written to me, wanting to participate in the Jan 21 Real New Year ‘s Day Shoot.  Here are the details:

Date / time:  Tuesday Jan 21 — 10am

Venue:  Texas Legends Gun Range (Allen TX)

Their only restriction is no aluminum cartridge casings (CCI Blazer, etc.).  Also, once a gun is uncased in a lane, it has to stay there and may not be passed around (a sensible rule, I think).

All “new” shooters need to sign in and fill out the waivers, so if you’ve never shot at Legends before, you may want to arrive a little before 10am to register.

As for guns: we should probably stick to handguns / pistol-caliber rifles / AR-AK types. (“Long” / high-power rifles will need to use the 2-lane 50-yard rifle range.)

If you’re over 60, the range fee before lunch time is $14 / half-hour or so + 1 free target (hence the proposed meeting time).  Excellent deal.

All interested parties are welcome, including girlfriends/wives/mistresses and adult children.  Depending on the response, I may go ahead and reserve a set of lanes for us, so please drop me a note if you’re interested in joining in on the fun.  I shouldn’t really have to remind anyone of this, but this is my “home” range, so best behavior and good shooting manners are required.

I myself will be bringing a couple of “interesting” guns, just for the general benefit, with “sufficient” ammo for their enjoyment.  Feel free to do the same.

Covering Old Ground

Gun/Ammo Tests

I was going to write a bit about this article (Is The .22 Mag Overrated?), but after just a little digging in the archives, I discovered that I’ve talked lots and lots about the thing and I wouldn’t want to get boring on the topic.

So y’all can just go and read what Will Brantley has to say.  It’s all good.

I like his rifle setup, by the way, even if it does have a plastic fantastic stock:

Oh, Stop It

The Gun Thing

Via Insty:

The old saying goes:  “Nothing concentrates the mind like the threat of imminent execution.”

Well from Poland’s point of view, nothing would concentrate the mind like a belligerent Russia on its border.  Hence the preparation of the youth for just such a scenario.

And before anyone of the hoplophobic persuasion starts wailing about “militarizing the youth” or some such twaddle, let it be known that one of the best preventative measures against predatory invasion is knowing that the intended victim is filled with a motivated — and armed — population, ready to flay the skin off the invaders.

Japanese Admiral Yamamoto’s warning to Imperial Japan about America being a nation with “a rifle behind every blade of grass” seems appropriate here, as is a reminder of a universally-armed and never-invaded Switzerland.

And the video that accompanies the above tweet is especially tasty.

I’ve just added Poland to my bucket list of places I want to visit.

Reaching Out In Silence

Gratuitous Gun Pics, The Gun Thing

My old pal, the late Airboss once said (pace  the old AT&T ad) that everyone should own at least one rifle that can “reach out and touch” someone.

Here’s my candidate, which has the added benefit of almost utter silence with the proper add-on, the CVA Scout, chambered in the .300 Blackout:

Yes, it’s a single-shot rifle (but that means it’s both quiet and cheap — nothing wrong with that little scenario).  Also, I would venture to suggest that if you do your part, a quick reload should be entirely unnecessary.

In fact, it’s difficult to imagine a better gun for pig-hunting, where the sound of the shot from a regular rifle makes the other pigs scatter like flies.  With silence comes an excellent chance for a further pop, or three…

I also like that the Scout can also come with a short barrel (ribbed  threaded for your pleasure).

I have also said in the past that hunting with a single-shot rifle is not o be sneered at, because nothing concentrates the mind better than knowing that one shot is all you’ll get.  And I’m all over that one, with my own peerless Browning High Wall:

…but I must say that the CVA does make the old trigger-finger itch a little, because of its utter stripped-down utility and scope-ready rail (which the Browning does not have).

Worth some consideration, yes?