S&W Shield issue…

Posted on by April 9, 2018

Heads up for anyone with a S&W Shield .380!!!

Like any firearm, the function of the M&P®380 Shield™ EZ™ Manual Thumb Safety pistol can be influenced by the type and quality of ammunition used with the pistol.  In the case of the M&P 380 Shield EZ Manual Thumb Safety, we have found that in very rare circumstances, ammunition that produces a high level of felt recoil can cause the manual safety to move from the fire to the “safety on” position during firing.  Should this occur, you will not be able to fire the next round unless and until the manual safety is reset to the fire position.

Full advisory,  HERE. Serial Number lookup, HERE.

As many others have said, NEVER buy a gun in the first year-18 months… Give the manufacturer time to work out all the issues!

Having said that, yes, I’ve bought one in the first year… Sigh… YMMV, etc. etc.

Draggin’ home…

Posted on by April 8, 2018

Week of volunteering is done… By the time you read this, I ‘should’ be sitting at the airport waiting to get on a bird and head home. Assuming I woke up on time, and drove the hour back to the airport.

It’s been a long, but good week. Been sunburnt, wet, colder that a… That too. But giving back a little bit to the community is always a good thing.

It’s also a chance to see old friends, eat good food (at least once a day), and see some interesting people do interesting things. The other nice thing is a week of no cell phone, very little computer time, and good conversations over the dinner table! I swear my blood pressure is probably down 20 points! LOL

I should be back to commenting and posting more on Tuesday. Thanks to those who’ve put up reviews of The Grey Man- Twilight, thank you for the honest reviews and I hope you enjoyed my scratching.

Oh my…

Posted on by April 6, 2018

You NEED to watch this one!!!

Especially starting about 4:40 in. One Mr. Mark Robinson lays it on the line to the Greensboro City Council!

h/t John at No Lawyers

Shot of the day…

Posted on by April 5, 2018

Wednesday’s was Jack Nicklaus grandson getting his first ever hole in one…

At the Masters par 3 tourney…

With his grandfather, Tom Watson, and Gary Player watching!!!

And it’s on video, HERE. It doesn’t get more special than that!!!

And no, I didn’t see it… Sigh…

Yesterday’s was Jason Day, out of the rough, across the fairway, off a tree, off a patron, in his beer! And the patron didn’t even drop the beer!!!

Once Day identified his ball, the patron finished his beer, then gave the ball to Day. And Day may have signed it and given it back… LOL

Didn’t see that one either, but a gallery marshal was about six feet from it when it happened, and I overheard him telling the story.

Sorry for the lack of commenting, but I’m draggin’ in, eating, and going to bed.

 

 

Busy, busy…

Posted on by April 3, 2018

So, I’ll start with a question- Where is this line from, and who wrote it?

In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.

Why, you might ask, am I doing this??? Well…

It’s spring, I’m outdoors and there are more than a few young ladies out and about in those filmy ‘spring’ dresses. AND the wind is blowing… 🙂

We may be old, but we’re NOT dead… LOL

Answer(s) below the fold.

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Sigh…

Posted on by March 30, 2018

It’s THAT time of year again…

The damn lawnmower started, and so did the weed eater… sigh…

And now my back is ‘talking’ to me! 1.2 miles to walk and mow/weedeat the yard, so I’m gonna get my exercise whether I want it or not!!!

YMMV, depending on yard size and whether you’re lazy (riding), or getting exercise. 🙂

Ballistic Gel testing!!!

Posted on by March 30, 2018

Ammo to Go has just wrapped up a pretty big study of self-defense ammo. In all, fired 109 loads according to FBI protocol across four calibers into ballistic gelatin. Pretty interesting to look at, and a good data set for reference.

You can see the results for each caliber at the following pages:

9mm: https://www.ammunitiontogo.com/index.php/cName/pistol-ammo-9mm#gel-test

45 ACP: https://www.ammunitiontogo.com/index.php/cName/pistol-ammo-45-acp#gel-test

40 S&W: https://www.ammunitiontogo.com/index.php/cName/pistol-ammo-40-sw#gel-test

380 ACP: https://www.ammunitiontogo.com/index.php/cName/pistol-ammo-380-auto#gel-test

The way they’ve set it up, you can also hit the link and go to the ammo of choice, either for bulk or single box purchases. They obviously put a lot of work into this.

I’m NOT going to get into the argument of it’s not realistic because no bones, clothing, etc. so don’t start…

h/t Ammo to Go

YGTBSM…

Posted on by March 30, 2018

Now a judge in California wants COFFEE to have a cancer warning label…

Really???

Article, HERE at AP

And even worse, he’s put it on the defense to ‘prove’ there isn’t an issue…

To whit, less that 1 in 100,000 chance of getting cancer from coffee. Soooo…

Going back to my days doing testing, you need at least 100 samples to be considered ‘statistically significant’. So, 100,000×100=10,000,000 people in the sample space, all of whom have to drink coffee at a measured rate/day. And you have to hope and pray there are less than 100 cases of cancer out of those people. The CMFM in this? There is not really a way to ‘specify’ what one gets cancer from…

Sigh…

Guess we’ll be seeing cancer labels on coffee…

Of course, if anyone goes to California routinely, damn near everything out there has some kind of cancer warning on it, especially the hotels and restaurants… One can only wonder if they will now have warning labels on coffee cups???