For ammo… 🙂
Pediem and THOT knew I was looking for .22 ammo for training, and graciously offered a brick of .22 in trade for two books…
Snatched that one up in a heartbeat! 🙂
Books are in, so those folks that ordered a signed copy, I’ll be getting those out to you in the next couple of days. Mea Culpa for the delay…
And hopefully I’ll be back to having time to read/comment on folks blogs tomorrow.
Now if anybody has any FGMM 175 or M118LR…. 🙂
NINE hours of this…
573 miles in nine hours, one ‘minor’ fender bender that I saw…
An hour ten of THIS for the last 33 miles… sigh
AND three accidents…
But dinner last night was worth it! 🙂 Digging into the peach cobbler for dessert/dinner tonight, then sleep in my OWN bed!
Yea!!!
Oh… My aching feet…
New toys from Surefire-
The X400, fits on both a rifle and a pistol, but Surefire is apparently not going to downscale the lights any smaller (e.g. one battery set up)…
The new Scout light with a twist head to go between white and IR! MUCH better than the old clip on filter!!!
And in other good news, it appears the 20 inch barrels for the SCAR 17 ‘should’ be available in Aug/Sept timeframe! 🙂
Annie Oakley’s 32cal rifle, obviously well used!
Some nice engraving too…
And if you’re a fan of Bernard Cornwell, and his Sharps Riflemen series…
The seven barreled Royal Navy Nock Volley Gun in 50 cal…
We’re over and done for this year…
Had dinner with a few folks, and heading back to the oriface tomorrow…
Thanks for reading and the comments!!!
In pictures…
Unbelievable miniatures… And they work too!!!
A breathing space… for about 30 seconds…
Annie Oakley’s .22 pistol… As always the NRA brings out VERY interesting things from the museum!
And this is WHY we need to continue to fight for our rights…
Thanks to the NRA for allowing us the access they did, and kudos to those who worked the Press Room, you ladies did a great job! And we ‘do’ understand the network was a temp setup, and thank you for the multiple resets to keep us connected…
Dog tired, feet hurt, but I’ll be in Nashville next year; God willing and the creek don’t rise!!!
I’ll get a final recap up later as I owe a couple of folks answers to questions…
Did my usual stroll and chatted with various folks that are supporting the show…
From one of the LEOs- Quiet, polite, smiling folks. Not a single problem all weekend, and none of the usual perps seen around the convention center. Y’all want to stay a while???
From a couple of the ‘red coats’ providing directions/information- Y’all are the most polite folks I’ve seen here in years!
From some of the services folks- You folks are actually thanking us. Haven’t heard that much before. A lady said, “I haven’t seen a single drunk all weekend, and nobody’s thrown up in a corner anywhere! A gent said, “y’all are very polite and clean. Not much trash, y’all are actually using the trash cans.
My impression- As usual, very polite folks, with the occasional traffic jams caused by the scooter brigade…
The venue is a little smaller that last year, and I ‘think’ the crowd may be a little smaller. But having said that, I think they are just as enthusiastic as last year. Lots of families, young kids and smiles everywhere.
Or more correctly… The usual suspects volume one…
Started off at OMG dark 30 to get to AD’s Shooter Self Care Class, as reported HERE.
Then it was asshole and elbows to get back to the convention for the NRA Instructor’s meeting… estimate 650 instructors filled the room to get updates from the NRA leadership.
Officially, there are now just over 115,000 NRA certified instructors, and approximately 380,000 Basic Pistol Courses were taught in 2013. The staff at NRA HQ is working hard to bring modernization to the training curriculum, both for instructors and students. SIRT pistols are one example of that modernization… (Hint- GREAT training tool for trigger work and sight picture).
Then it was a quick run down to the convention floor for the latest round of ‘booth babes’…
Yep, that’s the ‘infamous’ Jay G, at the NRA booth with Bubblehead Les (frequent commenter) on the left, and Keads on the right…
And a more ‘complete’ set of pics on the ‘bread truck from hell”…
It’s actually from NEMO, and it IS driveable… They use Tommy Lifts to pick up the corners for daily driving… 🙂
Sponsored by New Evolution Military Ordanance…
The back door says… Non one attacks me with impunity…
And a side view, slammed to the ground…
And no the guns DO NOT WORK that are sticking out of the front grill (or so they tell me)
And then it was off to the Thr3e Wise Men in Broad Ripple for FOOD! Many thank to Jack for pointing us to this place!!!
Roberta has a quick post up HERE on some of the folks there…
Additionally I saw, Murph from Lagniappes Lair, Aaron the Shekel, Daddy Bear and Girlie Bear, Jack, Keads, Cathy Jackson, Bubblehead Les, Thot PD and Pediem, JB and family, Heath and Amanda, Don. Dennis From Dragon Leatherworks, and quite a few more, at one point 50+ folks… TRULY the usual suspects… 🙂
And a follow up to a certain conversation at the blog get together at Thr3e Wise Men HERE.
Kudos to Thr3e Wise Men, good food, good attentive wait staff, and pretty damn good microbrewery beer!!!
And for Stingray, nobody was at HS Precision, and for Lawdog, the only people in El Paso Saddlery were two booth babes… 🙂
Or when the big hand points to the 12, and the little hand to the 6… 🙂
Okay folks, get together tonight… 26th of April, 1800-2000 (6pm to 8pm for you non military types)…
Thr3e Wise Men, it’s out in Broadripple, highly recommended by the local experts. Location guide HERE.
It’s a craft beer/Pizza place, and we have two rooms reserved, headcount 50ish, right now 44 signed up. We can probably squeeze a few more in, and looking forward to seeing good friends again this year!
Last call… 🙂 See you there if you’re in town!!!
Starting the morning off with a four hour blow out kit course taught by the illustrious AD, and TOTW who is ‘coming out of retirement’ to help out…
Then we’re off to an NRA Instructor workshop…
Pics when and if I have time… There’s probably going to be a test involved, hope that my memory holds up 🙂
(and I don’t have to walk for four hours yea!!!)
It’s on…
Oh my poor footsies…
Having said that, great to see a lot of old familiar faces, and looks like Indy is going to be a good show! And it’s just flat strange to see Jay G in a suit and ‘working’ instead of hanging out with us… 😀
For a rainy Friday morning, the crowd was down a bit until about 0930, then it was like somebody let the ‘dogs’ out…
And in the space of 15 minutes, the place was packed… Lots of excuse me, pardon me, etc. As we all know, an armed society is a polite society!!! 🙂
Went by and said hi to Kathy Jackson, she’s been busy as hell teaching new students and is getting ready to teach a class of women instructors! You go Lady!!! 🙂
Stopped by the Kriss booth, and they had my favorite toy there…
It’s a SWEET small sub gun, fun switch and all… and it’s in .45 too!
And this is ‘not’ your average bread truck…
And a ‘challenging’ steel target… AR 500 and all…
So far I’ve got two places to hit tomorrow for folks, if you want me to look at something for ya, drop a line in comments or shoot me an email.
Sorry for my lack of commenting on everybody else…
Let the gathering begin… 🙂
It’s funny when you realize that folks ONLY know each other by blog handles, and you have to introduce folks with real names… 🙂
Especially when you realize you’re the only one that has met all of the folks…
Off to the show!!!