Help out and get a good book too!!!

Posted on by November 28, 2014

Brigid is donating all proceeds she makes from her book, “The Book of Barkley” to animal rescue organizations, and she’s found a really good one:

Please take a moment and click on these words:   Peanut’s Promise.

This group, up in the Windy City, not far from where we live, is doing incredible things, their latest project–rescuing Labrador Retrievers who have lived solely to breed purebred puppies, with bad food, harsh elements outside 24/7, little, if any  medical care, and no love or affection. Some had no more than a depression on the ground to sleep in. When they get sick, or old, or barren, they are discarded. In this case the breeder is giving them up, a blessing for them, but a lot of work for the volunteers with that many dogs, all neglected, coming in at once.  I am just one tiny little part of that effort, but I wanted to help and spread the word.

Because it broke my heart to see it.

Because every Lab should have a home where he’s a family member, as loved as the two-legged ones.

Brigid is doing good things with the proceeds from her book, and we should be able to help out… AND you get a great book too!

AGORs and Astronauts…

Posted on by November 30, 2014

The Navy is building two new AGORs (Oceanographic Research Ships), one will go to Woods Hole, and one to Scripps…

AGOR-27 is named for Neil Armstrong, a Navy Veteran and the first man to land on the moon.

This is the commissioning litho done for it, and shows various scenes and all the airplanes Armstrong flew both in the Navy and as a member of NASA (He was also a X-15 pilot, and I believe actually earned his astronaut wings flying it).

ArmstrongAGOR-28 is named for Sally Ride the first woman in space, and this is the commissioning litho for it.

Edit- Roy pointed out Sally Ride was the first *American* woman in space. The first woman in space was a Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova who flew the Vostok 6 on June 16 1963. Sally Ride

 

Interestingly, both of these were done by Peter Hsu, a retired NAVSEA engineer who basically does these for pleasure and to honor the ships…

 

Happy Thanksgiving…

Posted on by November 19, 2014

As you enjoy the time with your families, please remember those that are deployed around the world today…

Thanksgiving deployed

It followed me home…

Posted on by November 24, 2014

So I guess I better keep it…

Clicken to embiggen

03A3

4.1M serial Remington 03A3 built 11/43 with a 09/43 barrel that gauges 0/0.

03A3 no serno

All the correct proof marks, including the circle P behind the trigger guard, and four small proof marks in front of the magazine.

03A3 proof marks

And it’s a correct 1942 Bayonet

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Union Fork and Hoe, one of a host of companies that built them in 42/43…

1942 bayonet

I can’t prove it, but I ‘think’ this might be an early DCM gun that has been sitting in storage or a safe somewhere.  It’s in excellent condition, and nothing ‘I’ can find tells me it’s an arsenal rework. It’s all Remington, and all the numbers/letters/codes/cartouches are sharp and clean.

Thanks to Murph and Jay for the assist on this one, thanks to Joby and Proud Hillbilly for joining us!  Fun times and good food with friends is ALWAYS worth it!!!

I can’t wait to get this one to the range and shoot it!  Sadly that probably won’t be until after the first of the year, due to other commitments… sigh…

Now whereinhell did I hide the 1907 sling I was ‘saving’…

Lost in the noise???

Posted on by November 25, 2014

Is it just me, or has the whole Ferguson thing blown totally out of proportion with all the yelling and screaming from various attack factions?

The true bottom line, at least from what I’ve seen/read/learned is that Michael Brown BROUGHT THIS ON HIMSELF!

His actions that day precipitated his death, even though the options were there to walk away… His total disregard for law enforcement, his size and demeanor along with those actions lead directly to his death.

Where is that admission in ANY of the MSM crap we’re seeing?  This reminds me of the old military axiom about a project- Slightly modified

  • GUILTY ACTION
  • REACTION BY THE NON-PARTICIPANTS
  • PANIC/BLAME ‘SOMEBODY’
  • DENIAL OF THE GUILT/TRY IN THE MEDIA
  • PUNISHMENT OF THE INNOCENT
  • PRAISE THE GUILTY PARTY AFTER THE FACT
  • LOOT AND BURN IN ‘PROTEST’

Apparently even a release of the actual evidence in this case isn’t good enough… And I believe we are one step closer to that tipping point where the silent majority has had enough…

Between this incident, the flood of illegals criminal actions, and the seemingly total disregard for the rule of law exhibited by the administration, I don’t see this going much further before there are more ‘events’ that devolve into shootings/shoot outs…

I ‘hope’ they like the change they are forcing down our throats…

What’s next…

Posted on by November 24, 2014

Hagel gone, ‘fired’ according to administration sources.  Supposedly the ‘back story’ is that he wasn’t a team player. He tried to do the right things, not the PC things the administration wanted…  SJW are pushing for a female as the next SECDEF.

Ferguson grand jury out, no bill on Wilson and a very detailed statement from the DA.

One can only feel sadness for the Brown family, but it seems the evidence presented to the grand jury doesn’t support charging Wilson.  The family did come out and ask for peaceful protest, no violence and for police to have body cameras (which I agree with).

Media is fanning the flames… Gee, what a surprise… And every attack monger is out there fanning the flames too!

And BO just had to jump in… And of course he jumped in on the family’s side… Nothing about people taking responsibility for their actions, but statements on how the police need to control themselves in the face of ‘peaceful’ protests…

Meanwhile on split screen the protesters were throwing rocks and bottles at the police in Ferguson, and shots were apparently fired from the crowd too, and something was set on fire there.  Police were responding with tear gas and moving to clear the crowd…

BUT… It did knock BO’s immigration crap off the front page…

Old School…

Posted on by November 22, 2014

When I was out in Texas, I got ‘poked’ by AEpilot Jim about liking to shoot revolvers, and the ‘rationale’ for one handed shooting. He proceeded to ‘demonstrate’ the correct way by simulating holding a horse…

NOT the thing to do when I have a loaded pistol in my hand… I was doubled up laughing for probably a minute, but I kept the pistol pointed down range…LOL

Anyhoo… It prompted this memory dump from the family safe…

One of these is not like the others…

As usual, clicken to embiggen…

Old Colts

IF you guessed the bottom one, you would be correct…

The top one is an 1896 Colt Frontier Six Shooter in 44-40, unrestored and matching numbers…

Left

96 left

Pat. Mark (Yeah, it’s a rough old pistol)

96 Pat mark

Right

96 right

According to Grandpa, this was carried by HIS daddy to match the 73 Winchester caliber so he only had to pack one caliber. This was apparently a second pistol to replace one (No idea where the first pistol went).

The middle one is a 1904 SAA (all matching numbers) that has been restored. It’s not Turnbull quality, but it was affordable. And yes, the barrel has been replaced it was pretty much a smooth bore. This is the first pistol I ever shot…

Left

04 left

Pat. Mark (the rampant Colt is almost worn off)

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Right

04 right

Actually I think Great-Grandpa ‘probably’ had his horses well enough trained they could be shot from, over, or drop reined without having to worry about it… Smile

If only the old guns could talk… Sigh…

1000 words…

Posted on by November 22, 2014

Vets before illegals

TDY reimbursement cut to the military on assignments…

The cuts, which went into effect Nov. 1, impact those on long term TDY assignments. Service members on temporary duty for 31 to 180 days will receive a flat-rate per diem of 75 percent of the full rate, which varies by location.

Those assigned for longer than 180 days will receive 55 percent of the rate. Cuts were also made Oct. 1 to reimbursements that apply to all TDY lengths. For example, laundry services are no longer reimbursable following the change to policy.

Full article HERE at military.com.

Nuff said…

A follow-up…

Posted on by November 19, 2014

This one came over the transom from the mil-email chain…

While the military “quagmire” in Iraq was said to tip the scales of power in the U.S. midterm elections, most Americans have no idea more of their fellow citizens – men, women and children – were murdered this year by illegal aliens than the combined death toll of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan since those military campaigns began.

Though no federal statistics are kept on murders or any other crimes committed by illegal aliens, a number of groups have produced estimates based on data collected from prisons, news reports and independent research.

Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens, according to statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens. That’s 21,900 since Sept. 11, 2001.

Total U.S. troop deaths in Iraq as of last week were reported at 2,863. Total U.S. troop deaths in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan during the five years of the Afghan campaign are currently at 289, according to the Department of Defense.

But the carnage wrought by illegal alien murderers represents only a fraction of the pool of blood spilled by American citizens as a result of an open border and un-enforced immigration laws.

While King reports 12 Americans are murdered daily by illegal aliens, he says 13 are killed by drunk illegal alien drivers – for another annual death toll of 4,745. That’s 23,725 since Sept. 11, 2001.

While no one – in or out of government – tracks all U.S. accidents caused by illegal aliens, the statistical and anecdotal evidence suggests many of last year’s 42,636 road deaths involved illegal aliens.

A report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Study found 20 percent of fatal accidents involve at least one driver who lacks a valid license. In California, another study showed that those who have never held a valid license are about five times more likely to be involved in a fatal road accident than licensed drivers.

And what got done Thursday night???  And this is going to ‘end well for America’???

I don’t friggin think so…

h/t Woody, Frito, JP and others