Tears of the Sun.........
My wife asked for the DVD, and we saw it yesterday. I love watching Bruce Willis, and I have to say I loved this film. I recommend it highly, the action is great and the supporting cast is superb. Is it art? Make up your own mind, but I found it a worthy diverson.
Hope you all had a good weekend.
While it is technically fall, here in the Seattle area we had temps in the +80's over this weekend. So I did what any sane person who was tired of the heat would do, picked up a friend and headed out to the mountains to have some fun (and by fun I mean putting holes in lots of things).
Grabbed this pic on the way up to the shooting spot (click the pic for fullsize)
Approximately 4500ft up. 800 more to go. (he,he,he!)
Once up there we commenced to putting holes in anything we had found at our homes with ITP (Interesting Target Possibilities).
I started in with the 1911 (Again, click for larger pics. And no, that is not a UFO).
And then my friend Jon had to let a few fly. Its addicting, you know.
After that intro, nothing was safe. I let a few fly out of my favorite little carbine (Win 94 Trapper 357Mag cal, 16in bbl)
And then Jon test patterned his new shotgun on an unsuspecting bottle of squeezable mayonaise.
After the first 90 minutes of hammers dropping we slowed down a bit and sent over 1000 rounds of 22lr downrange over the next 3 hours or so. We ended up trying to see who could hit the most number of Starburst chews with help of the Ruger Twins (scoped 10/22 and the MKII 22/45).
All in all, an excellent time was had by all (unless you were reincarnated as a waterbottle). Close to 1500 rounds expended total, lots of objects covered with holes (yes, we picked up all of our ITP and brought them out with us), fresh air breathed, but minus one centercap on my truck (oh well).
Like I said before, I hope you all had a good weekend, and hope you continue to have a good week.
Wasn't a better shot. But I guess 1 out of 2 ain't bad.
What's really amazing is that the leftists have been falling all over this con-man, trying to turn him into some kind of national hero for getting shot while committing a robbery, while Tony Martin got to spend 3 years in jail for being a "danger to burglars". Think that's being a bit melodramatic on my part? Read this and get back to me.
Recently, 74-year-old J.C. Adams was confronted by armed robbers in his Atlanta convenience store. As he did last year in another robbery, the Korean War veteran grabbed his 12-gauge shotgun and -- using one hand to steady himself on his walker -- fired, again with fatal results. This is what Adams had to say to other criminals: "Go to work and make your own money. Quit trying to take mine."
Found a list you might like at Stars and Stripes, in the form of a Firearms Refesher Course "From A to Z".
Some examples,
c... Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface. (I think the "c" is supposed to stand for Colt. But that is just one fellow's opinion. AK.)
j... The United States Constitution 1791. All Rights Reserved.
l... The Second Amendment is in place in case they ignore the others.
v... You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.
Plus 22 others that you may or may not have heard about. Since Mr Kennicott is at a blogspot address, I can't link directly to this. Look for the top post from 06/09.
Also, I can't for the life of me, remember who directed me to this. But thanks goes out to whomever you are.