By Popular Request…

Posted on by March 6, 2013

First ya need a gun…



Oops, gun in too big to fit in any current airplane… Need new airplane…


Hello, Fairchild-Republic?  Yep, remember the P-47 Thunderbolt? Yeah, yeah, can you update that a bit?  Couple of jet engines would be good; yep, tanks and stuff like that…  Uh huh, A10 Thunderbolt works for us, kthxbi. 

NOW we’re making progress just design the damn airplane AROUND the gun…

Make it Old School, butt ugly, powerful and with a Titanium Tub for the pilot, just in case…  After all it IS going to be low, slow and shooting at things that CAN shoot back…

And just in case the bad guys get lucky, make everything at least doubly redundant (Old School- Belt AND Suspenders)… and triply redundant on flight control systems two hydraulic and one manual…


Capt. Kim Campbell sustained this damage over Baghdad and flew for another hour before returning to base. Story HERE.  And here’s one by Michael Yon.

Get the biggest damn bullet you can, 30mm 6500 grains depleted uranium penetrator and push it real fast… 


Just to put it in perspective, the .223 Rem (M16 rifle round) is fast. It shoots a 55 or so grain bullet at about 3300 feet/sec, give or take. It’s the fastest of all those rounds shown (except one). When you move up to the .30 caliber rounds, the bullets jump up in weight to 160-200 grains. Speeds run from about 2600 to 3000 fps or so. 

The .338 Lapua is the king of the sniper rifles these days and shoots a 350 grain bullet at 2800 fps or so. They kill bad guys at over a mile with that one.

The .50 BMG is really big. Ask AEpilot Jim…

Everyone who picks one up thinks it’s some sort of fake, unless they know big ammo. It’s really huge with a bullet that weighs 750 grains and goes as fast the Lapua.

The bullet for the 30×173 Avenger has an aluminum jacket around a spent uranium core and weighs 6560 grains (yes, over 100 times as heavy as the M16 bullet, and flies through the air at 3500 fps (which is faster than the M16 as well).

The gun shoots at a rate of 4200 rounds per minute. Yes, four thousand. Pilots typically shoot either one- or two-second burst which set loose 70 to 150 rounds. The system is optimized for shooting at 4,000 feet. 


I personally have seen Hog destroy a Soviet T-72 tank with ONE 2 second burst...

How big IS the gun?  Well, here is a PR photo done with an old VW Beetle…



Seven barrels, 112 inches long, total gun length? 19 1/2 feet long… 


Oh yeah, stick a few hard points on the wings too will ya, we ‘might’ want to carry ‘other’ things…

And the Air Force Generals hated it, because it was ugly, and the gear wasn’t fully retractable, and they kept trying to kill it…  


But the pilots loved it, the maintainers loved it, and they flew the hell out of them, and killed MANY things with them… And the pilots came home almost every time…


And they are STILL being used in combat, and are the ONLY true CAS asset the Air Force has…


h/t WSF

What’s Wrong with this Picture???

Posted on by March 6, 2013
Anybody see a ‘slight’ problem with this Logo from the new Dept of Innovation?

If this isn’t a classic for the Administration, I don’t know what is…

And a little ‘humor’ for your Friday afternoon…

I OWE MY MOTHER…. 


1.  My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE
     “If you’re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.”

2.  My mother taught me RELIGION 
     “You better pray that will come out of the carpet.”

3.  My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL
     “If you don’t straighten up, I’m going to knock you into the middle of next week!”

4.  My mother taught me LOGIC
     “Because I said so, that’s why.”

5.  My mother taught me MORE LOGIC 
     “If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you’re not going to the store with me.”

6.  My mother taught me FORESIGHT
     “Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you’re in an accident.”

7.  My mother taught me IRONY 
     “Keep crying, and I’ll give you something to cry about.”

8.  My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS
     “Shut your mouth and eat your supper.”

9.  My mother taught me about CONTORTION-ISM
     “Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!”

10. My mother taught me about STAMINA
      “You’ll sit there until all that spinach is gone.”

11. My mother taught me about  WEATHER
      “This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.”

12. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY
      “If I told you once, I’ve told you a million times. Don’t exaggerate!”

13. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE
      “I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.”

14. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
      “Stop acting like your father!”

15. My mother taught me about ENVY
      “There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don’t have wonderful parents like you do.”

16. My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION
      “Just wait until we get home.”

17. My mother taught me about RECEIVING
     “You are going to get it when you get home!”

18. My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE
      “If you don’t stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way.”

19. My mother taught me ESP
      “Put your sweater on; don’t you think I know when you are cold?”

20.  My mother taught me HUMOR
       “When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don’t come running to me.”

21. My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT
      “If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll never grow up.”

22. My mother taught me GENETICS 
      “You’re just like your father.”

23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS
     “Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?”

24. My mother taught me WISDOM 
      “When you get to be my age, you’ll understand.”

And my favorite:
25.  My mother taught me about JUSTICE
     “One day you’ll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!”

But, there is one missing from this list ~~ My personal all time favorite! 

My mother taught me about CHOICE. 
“Do you want me to stop this car?”


I only said yes ONCE…

And couldn’t sit down for two days… Sigh…


And lastly, a truly GOOD story concerning guns and Marines-  HERE

More Random Stuff…

Posted on by March 6, 2013


Okay- This is NOT going to be a PC one, so if you were expecting that, just leave now…


Massholes ARE the worst damn drivers I’ve ever seen, turn signal? Whatthehellisthat?  Somebody actually USING one? Damn, speed up and block him! Somebody being polite and letting somebody out (that was from Virginia and USING a turn signal)? Honk, shoot the bird and shake your fist!  What a bunch of dick(and dickless)heads. And for the BITCH in the Mercedes SL65, tough s**t that you ended up in the gravel, you picked the wrong person to try to intimidate… 🙂


And a ‘good’ definition of Obama Care…


Let me get this straight, we’re going to be “gifted” with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don’t,  Which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents,  written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn’t understand it,  passed by a Congress that didn’t read it but exempted themselves from it,  and signed by a President who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn’t pay his taxes,  for which we’ll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect,  by a government which has  already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare,  all to be overseen by a surgeon general  who is obese,  and financed by a country that’s broke!!!


What the hell else could possibly go wrong???



And in the beyond the pale corner…


The Obamallama picture at Dover, AFTER THE FAMILIES SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT NO PICTURES BE RELEASED!!!  DOD abides by that, but apparently the White House doesn’t have to, and slipped a presidential photog into the area.  The ‘excuse’, “Well, we didn’t show any bodies or caskets.” Assholes…


And another one that is just over the top… And this needs to be a movie EVERYONE boycotts if it actually gets made…


Rep. Pete King knocked President Obama over reports he green-lighted unprecedented access of the Navy SEALs crew who killed Osama bin Laden to Hollywood filmmakers
.

Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal, who made 2008’s Iraq war drama “The Hurt Locker,” are behind the planned picture of the risky May raid.
The movie is scheduled for release on Oct. 12, 2012, less than a month before next year’s general election – an October surprise blown this week by the New York Times.

Reports are reports that Boal was on hand for a closed-door intel agency ceremony honoring the Bin Laden team, raising eyebrows in the room.


As usual the administration could care less about security, and if this goes down, you can get names, etc. will get out and these folks WILL be targets… You can read the whole article HERE


And lastly, go HERE and watch the video- Felonious Monk hits the nail SQUARE on the head!!!


In other news, I-20 will be closed tomorrow across North Texas. They are hauling a 200 ton lump of coal so that Obama can be added to Mt. Rushmore…


Is it FRIDAY YET???

And a stupid Salmon fisherman for ya…

Random Stuff…

Posted on by March 6, 2013
Another upside of this trip is I finally got to meet Everett from Island Voice in real space. We’ve been emailing and going back and forth for about 4 years.  He’s another old retired Navy guy, from Block Island, RI.


Have you ever had a mental picture of someone, and had it be dead on???  Everett (in my mind) was going to be a typical retired Chief; Crusty, curmudgeon, and a character…


AND HE WAS, to a damn T!!! 🙂


We grabbed lunch and compared notes over our careers, finding we were in the same places (but at different times), and both of us had ‘unusual’ careers.  Turns out he is also one hellva historian about Block Island, and and shooter too!


Ev doesn’t post a lot, or email a lot, because of carpal tunnel but he doesn’t sugar coat anything in either of the comms 🙂


Sadly they don’t have any ranges on Block Island because of all the “@#@#&^” tourists (you can fill in that blank), so if they want to shoot, it’s a full day trip to go to a range on the mainland.  It was a fun interlude before having to get back to business.


In other news, Double Trouble’s cannon was a bit smokey, but I didn’t think it was THAT smokey, however photos DO affirm… See the red circle below 🙂

And this is probably a once in a lifetime shot… NASA 911 and 905 in “formation” as much as two 747’s can fly formation… These two airplanes are what transported the shuttles back and forth over the years.

I’m trying the timed post thing again, so I’ll see if I’ve got it figured out… This thing is supposed to post at 1430 tomorrow… I’m off to bed.

How in the Hell…

Posted on by March 6, 2013


Do you lose ONE SOCK in the middle of a trip???


Sigh…


It’s not on my foot, not in the dirty clothes bag, not in the suitcase, and it wasn’t left in the room…


Damn Sock Fairy got me again…


/Grumble Now I have to go wash socks in the sink, which means they will STILL be wet tomorrow, and I’ll be squishing around all day…


On a brighter note, this is the sole picture I took the entire weekend at the NE Blog Shoot; I have to agree with Weer’d, shooting and talking (okay BSing) are more fun than taking pictures…



Jay, trying the SCAR, too bad I didn’t get his expression AFTER he shot it 🙂


And you have to go to Ed’s Blog HERE and watch the video… We need to force EVERY asshole in DC to sit and watch this till they get it.


In other news, I had a bit of extra time this afternoon, so was going to run by and get the stitches out; only to find out they wanted $90 to do it. Screw that…  Nail clippers and tweezers and they’re gone…



Now if I can just get the sumbitch to bend it will all be good…

Good Times…

Posted on by March 6, 2013
The NE Blog Shoot is history…


Good Folks, Good Guns, Good Times; can’t ask for anything more than that.  Jay, thanks for the invite, DT and Mrs. DT, thanks for the hosting!


To the old friends, great to see all of y’all again; to the new friends, great to finally put faces/voices to the names/blogs.  


Yes I was shooting, no I shouldn’t have been, my thumb hurts; so I’m calling it a night!

A Truly Sad Day…

Posted on by March 6, 2013


37 Military deaths this morning in Afghanistan included Twenty-Two SEALS, three USAF FACs, one Handler and dog, four Crewmen from 160th SOAR, and seven Afghan Commandos. 


They apparently caught the “golden BB” and went in prior to the strike.  Please take a moment to say a prayer for those losses and the losses their families back here in the States and those Afghan families are suffering through tonight.


RIP Gentlemen, you have gone to your reward, and you WILL NOT be forgotten by those that care.


Hand Salute!


Ready, Two!

Military ‘Humor’…

Posted on by March 6, 2013

Three men are sitting stiffly side by side on a long commercial flight.  After they’re airborne and the plane has leveled off, the man in the window seat abruptly says, distinctly and confidently, in a loud voice:

“Admiral, United States Navy, retired.  Married, two sons, both surgeons.”

After a few minutes the man in the aisle seat states through a tight lipped smile, “Admiral, United States Coast Guard, retired.  Married, two sons, both judges.”

After some thought, the fellow in the center seat decides to introduce himself.  With a twinkle in his eye he proclaims, “Master Gunnery Sergeant, United States Marine Corps, retired.  Never married, two sons, both Admirals.


Bada bing…
During training exercises, the Lieutenant who was driving down a muddy back road encountered another jeep stuck in the mud with a red-faced Colonel at the wheel.

“Your jeep stuck, Sir?” asked the Lieutenant as he pulled alongside.

“Nope,” replied the Colonel, coming over and handing him the keys, “Yours is.”

Having just moved into his new office, a pompous, new Colonel was sitting at his desk when an Airman knocked on the door.  Conscious of his new position, the Colonel quickly picked up the phone, told the Airman to enter, then said into the phone, “Yes, General, I’ll be seeing him this afternoon and I’ll pass along your message.  In the meantime, thank you for your good wishes, sir.”  Feeling as though he had sufficiently impressed the young enlisted man, he asked, “What do you want?”

“Nothing important, sir,” the airman replied, “I’m just here to hook up your telephone.”

Officer: “Soldier, do you have change for a dollar?”

Soldier: “Sure, buddy.”

Officer: “That’s no way to address an officer!  Now let’s try it again!  Do you have change for a dollar?”

Soldier: “No, SIR!”

An Air Force Chief Master Sergeant and a General were sitting in the barbershop.  They were both just getting finished with their shaves, when the barbers reached for some after-shave to slap on their faces.  The General shouted, “Hey, don’t put that stuff on me! My wife will think I’ve been in a whorehouse!”

The Sergeant turned to his barber and said, “Go ahead and put it on me.  My wife doesn’t know what the inside of a whorehouse smells like.”

“Well,” snarled the tough old Navy Chief to the bewildered Seaman, “I suppose after you get discharged from the Navy, you’ll just be waiting for me to die so you can come and pee on my grave.

“Not me, Chief!” the Seaman replied. “Once I get out of the Navy, I’m never going to stand in line again!”

The elderly American gentleman arrived in Paris by plane.  At French Customs, he fumbled for his passport.

“You ‘ave been to France before, Monsieur?” the customs officer asked sarcastically. The old gent admitted that he had been to France previously.

“Zen, you should know enough to ‘ave your passport ready for inspection.”

The American said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it.”

“Impossible. You Americans always ‘ave to show your passports on arrival in France!”

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look.  Then he quietly explained, “Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach in ’44, I couldn’t find any Frenchmen to show it to.”

More bloody shirts…

Posted on by March 6, 2013
Got an email tonight from an old friend in Britain with
THIS from the Independent in England…

In discussion of the atrocity in Norway last week, there is one subject which has been notable by the almost total silence about it: guns. In response to recurring massacres in American high schools and British villages, in response to footage from Africa and Afghanistan showing ragged, untrained young men brandishing automatic small arms, in response to a man coolly murdering dozens of youngsters in an hour-and-a-half, funfair-like shooting spree on a Norwegian island, where is the outrage at the fact that the world is awash with small arms, that people are making money legally and without blemish to their reputations out of the manufacture and sale of instruments purposely designed to kill?
…
Human-rights agencies with representation at the UN in Geneva, such as the one I belong to (the International Humanist and Ethical Union), should begin campaigning for the manufacture and sale of small arms to be universally outlawed, and governments (such as the British government) which have responsible attitudes to gun control should be urged to join the campaign.
…
Americans with views not too far removed from those of Anders Behring Breivik say that they “need” their guns to “defend their freedoms”, meaning against the tyranny of government and federal taxes. They should be reminded that it is the ballot, not the bullet, that is meant to do that job for them.

In fact, there are no good arguments in favour of the existence of highly dangerous killing instruments, and millions of excellent arguments against them, these being each human being, and indeed each elephant and tiger, shot to death by them. The Norwegian tragedy should be absolutely the last straw for civilised humanity on this subject, no further excuses allowed.

Bold and underline is mine…

You can read the whole article at the link above, but this shows they truly ARE out to get us, and every other ‘legal’ gun owner; but notice there is no mention of enforcement, illegal weapons nor how illegal weapons would be stopped…

And this administration (Obama and Hillary anyway), are totally in favor of negotiating/signing the Small Arms Treaty (article HERE). 

Can this be used to circumvent the 2nd Amendment? I don’t think so, as there have been lawsuits about our rights to own guns, but I wouldn’t put it past this administration to try…

I really wish there was some good news, but everything I’ve seen is purely negative…

Y’all have a good weekend, and I hope to see at least some of y’all at the NE Blogshoot!

Murphy’s OTHER Laws…

Posted on by March 6, 2013


A few more to add to the collection…

1. Light travels faster than sound…which is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.




2. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.




3. He, who laughs last, thinks slowest.




4. A day without sunshine is like, well. Night.




5. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.




6. Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don’t.




7. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.




8. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.




9. It is said that if you line up all the cars in the world end-to-end, someone from California would be stupid enough to try to pass them.




10. If the shoe fits, get another one just like it.




11. The things that come to those that wait, may be the things left by those, who got there first.




12. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.




13. Flashlight: A case for holding dead batteries.




14. The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in the dark.


15. When you go into court, you are putting yourself in the hands of twelve  people, who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.


Now go enjoy your weekend 🙂 No Murphy’s for you!!!