As always Ramirez hits the nail squarely on the head…
nuff said…
And THIS is the mentality we’re ‘dealing’ with…
EDIT- It’s actually photoshopped… Thanks to Mr. B for the ‘original’…
Really???
h/t JP
Some funnies to start your week…
I’m not saying let’s go kill all the stupid people. I’m just saying let’s remove all the warning labels and let the problem work itself out.
I changed my car horn to the sound of gun shot. People move out of the way much faster now.
You can tell a lot about a woman’s mood just by her hands. If they are holding a gun, she’s probably angry.
Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers. Now they drink like their fathers.
You know that tingly little feeling you get when you really like someone? That’s common sense leaving your body.
I don’t like making plans for the day because then the word “premeditated” get’s thrown around in the courtroom.
I didn’t make it to the gym today. That makes five years in a row.
I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the jim this morning
Paranoid people who check behind shower curtains for murderers – if you find one, what’s your plan?
h/t JP, Frito, Woody
I’m still working through some issues with the whole captcha thing and trying to get comments out of the spam folder and through the moderation folder into comments.
If you don’t see your comment it is because I probably haven’t had time to go dig it out. I’m not pissed at anyone… 😉
In other news, I’ve more or less recovered from the tryptophan coma from the last two days of food (and probably gained 5 lbs)…
Just in time for Willie to play my song again. Posting and commenting will be sketchy at best until probably late December due to work stuff, so I’ll just apologize ahead of time and remind you there are much better writers on the side bar!
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!
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).
AGOR-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. 
Interestingly, both of these were done by Peter Hsu, a retired NAVSEA engineer who basically does these for pleasure and to honor the ships…
As you enjoy the time with your families, please remember those that are deployed around the world today…
So I guess I better keep it…
Clicken to embiggen
4.1M serial Remington 03A3 built 11/43 with a 09/43 barrel that gauges 0/0.
All the correct proof marks, including the circle P behind the trigger guard, and four small proof marks in front of the magazine.
And it’s a correct 1942 Bayonet
Union Fork and Hoe, one of a host of companies that built them in 42/43…
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’…
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…
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…
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…
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
Pat. Mark (Yeah, it’s a rough old pistol)
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
Pat. Mark (the rampant Colt is almost worn off)
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… 
If only the old guns could talk… Sigh…