Ammo Report

Last evening we went to my father in laws place. After a little bs'ing we went to the "dump" behind his house to get rid of some wood and other things that can be burned. As an after thought I took my Charter Arms Bulldog and a box of reloads to try out. Nothing fancy, no chrono, no actual targets and no measured distances. Just shooting at the dump.
The particulars:
Firearm-Charter Arms Bulldog 3 inch barrel
Caliber- .44 Special
Load-11.3 grains of 2400, standard large primer, 240 grain Keith style cast lead bullet
The 3rd edition of the Hornady manual I have puts this load at 10 percent below maximum and 800fps. The sample gun used for generation of the book data was the same as the gun I used.

First impression was "Wow, this stings!" Damn right it did. This load is nearing it's big brother the 44 magnum, recoil wise. The distances  ranged from 10 yards to 20 yards. Let me start off with saying this is not the most accurate gun I have ever shot. But it does what it's intended for well. That intended purpose being personal protection up close. At the longer range of 20 yards, estimated, it and I kept 5 in about an 8 inch pattern. But we are talking about a light gun with some severe recoil. At the closer range of about 10 yards it and I did much better with 5 going into about 4 inches.
I still have 35 of these little mothers to get rid of. I can see this load in a heavier gun used for hunting.  After trying a lighter load I will switch to a different powder and see what this does. I might wait until I acquire some bullets in different weights too.
The book call this 800fps. I seems to be generating more recoil than 800 fps should. I use 230 grain bullets in my 1911's and the don't kick like this. Of course we are talking about a heavier gun with a longer barrel. I'd like to sample this load over a chronograph and see what it's really doing.

I slept in a little this morning, 15 or 20 minutes, and got up with the usual aches and pains. Stumbled to the kitchen and whipped out a batch of biscuits. I spread some butter on the halves and topped them with blackberry jam. It made me feel a whole bunch better. Food has amazing effects on ones body and soul. My momma would be jealous of these. Tender, fluffy and tasty too.

I feel the daily coma coming on so I'll sign off for now. Have a great day people!

Take a look at this bad boy. What a concept for a bug out vehicle. The TerraDyne Amoret Gurkha F5. Way cool! I didn't even bother looking at the price! If you've got the bucks there's some possibilities here.

If money were no object..........

Lead Footin' It

I said I would write about this yesterday, but I was inder the effects a a new pain pill so, that and many other things didn't happen.
I have written before that I am a fast driver. I drive fast but, unlike the tens of millions of other drivers I drive carefully. I watch for oncoming traffic, side roads, driveways, animals and yes cops too.
Here is one thing I'm willing to do that no one I know of is. I am perfectly willing to take the ditch to avoid an accident. That may damage my truck, it may total my truck, hell, it may even do the same to me. But that's what I'm willing to do.
  So I made the trip to my doctors office in Richmond, Missouri. A drive of about 25 minutes or so.The road, 10 Highway, is a 2 lane blacktop with a recent overlay. It has 6 curves from slight to tight. One has a dual arc, which can be tricky. Even though we drive as fast as conditions will allow, it is still a road, not a race course, So we have to stay in our lane at all times. We use every bit of our lane but we do not cross the center line except for passing. I believe I made that trip in 19 minutes. Now that  not seem like a lot of time savings but to shave 6 minutes off a 25 minute drive requires some hot footing on the accelerator pedal. The top speed I was able to hit was 89 mph. The road had little traffic, I passed 2 vehicles and caught up to another that soon took a turn to the old highway leading to old downtown Richmond. Once I got on the new 210 Highway I had more traffic to contend with as well as construction. I don't know about you or your state but in Missouri the fines in a construction zone are double and I have worked roadside construction and will not make that job harder by scaring the workers. So I made up 6 minutes on the 2 lane blacktop. I was really hustelin' . Any way I arrived at my Doctors place, checked in, read half of a magazine article and heard my name called. I got weighed, and had my BP taken. The nurse says, "Hmmm, we haven't seen numbers like this for a while" I inquired as to the reading and it was 186/105. So the good Doc comes in and we discuss several matters and then he brings up my BP reading. I asked if tense or stressful situations would cause one or both sides of the reading to go up. He said usually both sides. So I explained what I had done and he commented that with that info he would write off that days blood pressure reading and asked me to take it when I got home. I arrive home after a more sedate drive, did some house cleaning and took my blood pressure. 160/80. Not great, but hey,  that's what I gotta live with. We have several rural roads with a lotta curves around here. Me and one of my buddies are working to straighten them out as they say. Now we aren't kiddies. We fully understand the situation. So we make our mods to our trucks, we keep things safe, we look out for others and are both willing to take the ditch, woods or fence as needed to prevent having a multi car accident. And we both have been to court over this many time. When I was a young man I did lose my drivers license for thirty day due to racking up to many points in a short time. So with age and hopefully a little garnered wisdom and a few electronic goodies I make my way down the road. I drive the conditions and if the condition allow for higher than normal I take advantage of that. We have cars with the best motors, transmissions, brakes and safety systems that have ever been devised. We have, mostly, roads and highways that support high speed driving. Hell, years ago with crappy brakes and piss poor roads some of the highway around here had speed limits of "Right and Proper". Seriously, the speed limit signs said right and proper. That was pre-55mph. It was also before the state started sucking the tit of the Federal Government.
All this brings me to this, Texas may be the first in the nation to post an 85 mph speed limit (on a toll road), in the nation. I was a little surprised. I lived in Texas for a couple years and I don't believe I ever saw anyone on a highway drive less than eighty. When I was working with an oilfield service company, I usually got elected to drive. We drove 4 door Chevy crew trucks pulling a funky custom made trailer with tandem axles. had that rig over a hundred many times. Oh, by the way, if your are wondering, I do not drive if I am under the effects of the meds. I blog instead.

Just A Little Gear

Yesterday I had a Doctors appointment to discuss yet more of my aching, failing parts. With all the BS that has occurred in the US and world lately I upped my carry load for a trip to the doctor. Now there is no eminent crisis on the score board yet I feel that it is prudent to carry more than your belt gun when away from the house. I know, I live on the edge of the sticks but I also live in a town that has a whole bunch of folks that depend on a check or checks every month. It wouldn't take much to halt the distribution of said checks. That is just on thing that can pop up. We see more and more reports of violations of posse comitatus. As a matter of fact an Army General has recently called for active violation of that particular constitutional right. So in the morning I dug out my ever ready and ever dependable MAK -90. Loaded 2 30 round mags, filled a canteen with water stuck my .44 revolver in my pocket and hung my everyday cary bag over my shoulder. Now I felt a little better about the 25 minute drive to the doc.
Here's the MAK, I did the stock work and reblued the metal. I want to put some optic on her but that calls for dollars.

My everyday day bag is a British gas mask bag of recent issue. Sportsmans Guide had 'em on sale 3 for 15 bucks some time ago. In it I have a military poncho, 50 feet of 1/4 in rope, a small flashlight, a metal cup, a spool of 75 pound test braided line, a folding saw, a tinder box, a Rite In The Rain notebook with pencil, a pair of gloves with a pair of liners, a small bottle of bug juice, a Mylar tube tent, a multi-tool, 3 packs of handiwipes(I got a deal on a large bag of them packed for a BBQ restaurant) and finally a Citizens Rule Book. There is still space in this ever changing bag. It has a thin shoulder strap and a waist strap as well as MOLLE attachments on the back. Like I said this is my EVERY DAY bag, I get in the truck and the bag goes with me. For long trips I have a 3+ day bag made of a large ALICE pack. I always have a handgun or two on me and 1-3 knives to boot, so I don't include any of those in the bag. The big pack has a large knife though. In the EDC bag I need to include a couple of tea bags and a couple of energy bars or similar. Here is what it looks like. It seems to be a very durable bag and the sides are padded so nothing it prints. The lid closes with one snap and Velcro on 3 sides. With the way I drive I hope I never get pulled over. I'll tell you about my actual drive tomorrow.

Above The Belt

OK, I've been watching the local news this morning and the big story is about a park with a walking trail and a.....sculpture. It seem a lot of people don't like the sculpture because they say it promotes sexting. The sculpture is of a woman who is naked below the waist and has her breasts exposed through a shirt, has an arm extended taking a picture of her exposed breasts.
   The whole issue is of her exposed breasts. NO ONE is worried about her exposed ass or the full frontal cootch. Yes, a full monty. Your coming down the trail, turn a corner and at eye level is a snatch, a pussy, the life delivering vagina. The complainers evidently have no problem with this aspect but they sure are worried about the partially clothed breasts of the sculpture. Hey! I've got an idea. If they are so put off with this sculpture I've got a decent sized back yard. I mean this is a pretty shapely sculpture. I could get up in the morning, look out the window and uh, shall we say salute her with the morning wood?
   Why can't the asswipes say they don't like the nude sculpture? Why do they insinuate that the bare nakedness of the lower portion is appropriate but the partially clothed upper portion isn't? It is not acceptable in a family oriented park setting. That would be to easy I guess.

A Silver Lining

Last summer one of my neighbors from the old 'hood came up with some silver coinage due to a loss in the family. He was looking to sell it as one lot so I rushed to the Internet machine, did some pdq research and ran back over with a wad of cash. I offered 12 times face value and he took it. The silver dollars are now worth (at spot price this morning) taking in the 90 percent content, 25 bucks each. The picture below is a small representation of the total haul of 90 percent dollars, halves, quarters and dimes. This my friends is REAL money. The fiat currency that most folks have in their grubby little paws is, in reality worthless. It's based on a dream and a wish. Hard money is based on intrinsic value. Sure, the price of silver has been very low before but it has never been worth nothing like the currency in your pocket now. They might be worth more as coinage but they would have to be cleaned, rated and slabbed for that. I just talking about raw silver prices. Get some, hold it in your hands. You won't be able to set it down for long. You just have to keep picking it up.

   I have seen some adds lately for cars that the owner will sell for silver only. We are slipping ever closer to the point where the hard money you have is your purchasing unit. Of course .22 ammo works real good as trading fodder but silver and small gold coins work like magic. Try it you'll like it.

GOOD STUFF

I made the best biscuits I've ever made. Add some spicy sausage gravy and you have a breakfast fit for a king. Too much of it and he'll be a portly king. It was really good. Some times I out do my self.
 A few months ago I found a brand of sausage that I really like. Made by Tennessee Pride, it is tasty and has a little more fat than most sausage has nowadays. And their spicy sausage is actually spicy. Anyhow, I'm a happy boy.

I'm amazed at how many people I've met or know of that don't know what this is. Or like my wife, will not eat it. More for me I guess.
   Coming back from the Knob Creek machine gun shoot one time, my son and I stopped at a restaurant in Indianna I believe. Those folks were serving something they called biscuits and gravy. It did not deserve the title at all. Nasty stuff. Some cultures just don't get it I guess.

Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire

Yesterday I and my lawyer lady attended an administrative hearing for an appeal of my disability claim. After my original claim was sent in the State sent me to 2 different doctors, a hearing doc and a physical diagnostics doc. Before the hearing my lawyer and I were having a conference and I got to read the reports the state docs submitted. Was I shocked ? Yes was I pissed off? Very. During the diagnostics evaluation I fell during one test and had to have assistance to get up from the squatting test. The lying little bitch of an imported doctor failed to mention those VERY important items. To Evaluate my walking she made me walk in the exam room. I had room for all of two steps. My walking was evaluated on TWO fucking steps. She was shocked at my blood pressure but failed to write that into the evaluation too.
  The next doctor I went to was a hearing doc. After the battery of noises, sounds and words I was told that I have significant  high level hearing loss. The report however, states that I have no hearing problem. Tell that to my wife. She is listed with Social Security as the official listener for me as I can't hear jack on a phone. But I have no hearing problems.
   So that bring me to the only person presenting evidence that was not lying. Me. Since I have very few medical records the Judge said he would have to rely on my testimony  to make his judgement. After his Q&A session he told me that I was a very credible witness and that would place great weight in my favor. He then asked the occupational specialist to consider a hypothetical person fitting my general description, education and medical condition. She kept naming jobs and he kept adding infirmities to the fictional  man. They funnelled the possible jobs down to three very menial jobs. The Judge then asked her to include the fictional persons medication response of sleeping for two or three hours. She responded that the person was unemployable.
   So now I have to get my personal doctor to fill out a form and then the Judge will render a decision on my claim. Whew!
   When I approached the Social Security door I saw the NO WEAPONS sign and just about shit my britches. I had 3 different knives in my pockets. I entered and asked the guard if I could leave them at his desk and then found that SS would not let him do that. He kindly suggested that I find a place in the building to stash them or ask the lobby desk to hold them. He also said this was a common occurrence. I jumped on a downward elevator and found the bathroom. After a quick look around  I stashed my knives in the sanitary seat cover dispenser. I lifted the box up and place the knives on the bottom of the stainless steel box and replaced the cardboard box. Three freaking hours later I retrieved my goods.
   I have a visit set up with my doctor So we can discuss my situation. We'll see what comes about.

A Jewel Of A Visit

OK, I know that I haven't been around for a week or so. You see, I have been a very busy grandpa. Our Son and his family came for a visit and little Diamond kept us jumpin'.

Here's the little cutey wearing her daddy's Glock cap(heaven help me). Sorry for the poor pic quality. She is a fast mover and sometimes we just couldn't capture the image that we wanted.

She is the best behaving baby I have ever seen. She went with us on a tour of the Boulevard Beer Brewery and never had a bad moment. Her momma even got congrats from the guide.

She was even good at the photographers studio.

Here she is in her Granma's old rocking chair from her own childhood.

We had a very busy week, what with the dinners, cookouts and visits that we had. The new family made it to grandma's family reunion and left from there. With a truck packed to the gills, they set out for home in Virginia. With a side trip to the Wild Turkey Distillery in Kentucky, they both had to be back on duty by Thursday.

Both parents are in the Navy. Mom gets out in January and Son has been approved for re-enlistment. He thinks he's going to sign up for two more years.

We sure wish we could see them more often!

Moving...But Not In a Rush

Well it's another moving day in our house. Then master bedroom is done and we are going to get the furniture out of storage today. Then comes the transfer of clothes, bed and other minutea from the guest room we have been using. We are rehabbing this house a room at a time. So far the kitchen, dining room, master bath and master bedroom are done or right next to done. Time to save a little money and start on the family room. I think that's the plan. I'm sure Cherry will tell me! Now it's time to round up a strong back to help me move the dang furniture. I don't think my gun safes will fit in my new closet so I'll leave them where they are until the vault is done.

Just A Little Mistake

It has started already Dystel and Goderich say the profile booklet they produced, saying Obama was born in Kenya was a mistake. A mistake they let go on for 16 years? A mistake that Obama let go on for 16 years?
   But, way back in 2004, when the young Obama was running for office in Illinois, that champion of constitutional rights, Allan Keyes, said that Obama should't be allowed to run for that seat as he was foreign born. Barry's response? So what? It's not like I'm running for president. Inferring that yes he was born in another country.

"This report explains the context of the oft cited debate, between Obama and Keyes in the following Fall, in which Keyes faulted Obama for not being a “natural born citizen”, and in which Obama, by his quick retort, “So what? I am running for Illinois Senator, not the presidency”, self-admitted that he was not eligible for the office."

 " Seeing that an AP reporter is too professional to submit a story which was not based on confirmed sources (ostensibly the Obama campaign in this case), the inference seems inescapable: Obama himself was putting out in 2004, that he was born in Kenya."

Let the games begin!

He Outed Himself, Barry of Kenya

Today's shocker is no surprise to the folks derisively known as "birthers". Apparently Barry's literary agents Dystel & Goderich had his profile showing birthplace as Kenya. His profile showed this for 16 years then changed in 2007 just ahead of his campaign. Hmmmmm.

"Archive.org shows that the Dystel website used the following biography for Obama as of April 3, 2007:
BARACK OBAMA is the junior Democratic senator from Illinois and was the dynamic keynote speaker at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He was also the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. He was born in Kenya to an American anthropologist and a Kenyan finance minister and was raised in Indonesia, Hawaii, and Chicago. His first book, DREAMS FROM MY FATHER: A STORY OF RACE AND INHERITANCE, has been a long time New York Times bestseller.
Obama launched his presidential campaign in February 2007."

Well now, ain't that something? What will the reaction be to this revelation? I can't wait to see, from both sides of the aisle. I personally think he should be removed from his position, prosecuted and deported after he gets out of prison. But hey, that's just me. And a whole bunch of other folks.

Fixin' The House and Cookin' The Fixins

What's been going on? I'll tell you. 'Course you knew that. Wow! Son, DIL and little Diamond are coming to see  us next week. So we have been in tornado of home improvement activity. Plumbing, rocking, painting, carpeting, vanity installed, shower up and running and more to come. Now throw in a Mothers Day cook out and my usual daily coma. The cook out. MMMM!!. I fired up my Bradley Smoker and made my renowned smoked pork butt with awesome beans and tater salad. Holy crap it was good. I also make a "semi home made" sauce. Last year I did one and the next day invited my mom up for lunch. She and her husband, my late in life step dad, eat at a lot of KC BBQ joints. After that lunch she told me that I had made the best pulled pork that she had ever eaten. This year I had some family over for the big day. FIL relayed to me that the pulled pork and beans were the best he had ever had. Cherry Pie took some to her Boss on Monday. Tuesday I spoke with him and he claimed that the pork and sauce was some the best he has had. TOOT, TOOT, TOOT!! That me tooting my own horn. Really though, it was good. Rubbed with my mix of spices, wrapped and refrigerated over night then smoked over apple wood. The final finish makes it the most tender meat I have ever seen. After the meat gets to 145 degrees internal temperature wrap it in several layers of tin foil and seal it up good then put back in the smoker. Leave it until it gets to 205 degrees internal then remove the wrapped butt and put it in a cooler and cover the meat with a heavy towel. After 2 hours of that remove from cooler and make a small opening in the top. Leave for 20 minutes then open and pull the butt. The meat will be hard to remove from the cooler as it will be falling off the bone tender.
Once the festivities were over and the carnage cleared away it was back to the grind stone.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm fading rapidly and slipping into MDC (my daily coma). I want to thank spell check, vicadin, flexeril and a host of others!  See ya later!

Bad Connections

In the ongoing and evergoing Fast and Furious investigation the Congress is getting the run around from the Justice Department. Congressman Darrell Issa has repeatedly asked for all documents that relate to this failed program. Of course, being one of the Obama team, he has obfuscated, denied and out right lied about F&F. Congress has had enough and has written the draft to hold him in contempt of Congress. We'll see if he responds before anymore folks are killed with guns that were part of this boondoggle. You can read more about this here with all the what and who and whens.
Since the plan of Fast and Furious was to cast blame on the firearms industry as well as gun dealers and gun owners and in general bring more restrictions on or outright banning of the tools of freedom. We all know or suspect what would happen if severe restriction were imposed or the government tried to collect the firearms.

  That brings us to this little nugget. The US Army has documents that detail the use of re-education camps for civil unrest. Jesse Ventura and Alex Jones have both brought to light the existence of these interment centers. As a matter of fact Jesse Ventura's show "Conspiracy" was canceled at the request of the government and his name was added to the no fly list at the same time because of his investigation..
Will the American public follow their herders to the pen like a good flock or will they stand their ground and refuse to submit to to the tyranny of the government? Most of them will follow blindly along. The small group of strong willed people that possess a spine and determination will say NO! They will say it loud and hard. They will say it with words, lead and steel. They will show that spirit of Americans that has attracted people to this country for over two hundred years. They will show that we are truly sons and daughters of the founders of this nation.

I've Been Looking

I have been looking for local or state bloggers whose ideology is similar to mine. So using the feature that your profile has, I looked at all the bloggers in my town and was surprised to find 71 of them. Lots of moms posting recipes, kindergarten classes for what ever reason, a fitness conscious woman documenting her development  using P90X and a whole bunch of preteens and teenagers that have a blog just to maybe say Hey! I'm here. And a couple that have started a blog and have never posted anything. Why, who f'n knows. So after that monumental fail I clicked on the state in my profile. WOW! Over 70k in Missouri. I waded through a thousand profiles and got squat. I guess conservative gun owners that like hot rods, switchblades, women , Harleys and don't get a thrill from the governments actions are far between. So far it's me and A Missouri Rebel. I guess that will have to to for now.

It's Been A Little Noisy Today

What a day it's been. We awoke to rain falling to the accompaniment of thunder and flashes of lightning. This cacophony of nature went on for hours. During the mid day hours we  had a bright spot and now we are once again under the influence of the thunder and lightning with a pounding rain. Perfect weather in my book.

See Ya At The Door

I did something for the first time today. I took a blog off my blogroll. I genuinely liked reading his commentary, I agree with his political outlook. But when a jack ass can slam me in the comment section and then my invitation for said jackass to come see me won't get published, well I'm done with that site.
I won't say what the site is but I will say this... Millerized, the offer still stands. Look me up, it's easy to do. Then get mouthy to my face. I guarantee you won't like the results.

Take Their Ball And Go...

To Hell. The RNC, after seeing the results from many State Delegate Conventions, may shut down the Nevada RNC Convention to shut out the delegates that may vote for Ron Paul.
In State after State delegates that were to vote for Romney have voted for Ron Paul. I guess when the limelight is off, the Paulites are filling the slots and not voting the party line.
So after reading about this I say the RNC can go square to hell. I mean it's bad enough when the MSM lies about the man, changes their own debate scores and refuses to report on his success. It's hard enough to win votes in a campaign but when one candidate is ignored, refused equal air time and equal debate time you are actively interfering with the process. But when the Party he's a member of attacks him and his supporters it's time to make a change. Ya hear that RNC? You are filled with party lackeys that need to be retired. So once again RNC, go to hell.

Now We know Why

Recently DHS contracted for 400,000,000+ rounds of 40 caliber hollow point ammunition. According to an insider, DHS and other Government agencies are preparing for a massive civil war when the dollar finally gives up the ghost. Doug Hagmann from Northeast Intelligence Network has this insider. Now NEIN has revealed many ground breaking stories and has provided law enforcement with the info to thwart acts of terror and info on nefarious groups of the Muslim variety. Here is a story related to a radio interview of Hagmann.

 Given his success in investigations and his high quality informers I have to ask this...Are you ready? Will you stand idly by when the SHTF and the bullets are flying? Or will you actively defend the Constitution and your family and friends.? I read an article the other day and forwarded it to all my friends. In essence it asked are you a trigger puller or are you on the lime and shovel crew.
This one of the reasons to have a good preparedness plan. Deeply stock food, ammo, first aid,web gear and other support materials for you and the folks on the right side. I've got decent food stocks, fair ammo supplies, web gear for me and Cherry Pie but I 'm way past being able to be a part of the field.

I don't know that the US is going to have a full financial collapse that creates runs on banks, rioting, and lawlessness such as we see in Greece and Spain. All you really need to do is look what happens when someones team loses the big game. Rioting, burning  and looting prevails for a day or two. What is the average person going to do when their money is worthless and they have no food for their family. Or for that matter being all set up for this crisis and having Federal goons coming along telling you to surrender all your food, ammo and weapons and to report to the local stadium for your own safety. How will that fly with the Preppers and Threepers? How will that fly with you?