I’m taking the box of autographed books to the post office. Each book is signed differently, so each one is unique to the owner. Thank you to those that ordered them.
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Time for a New Deck for your Race Cards
Congratulations to the Latino Community. The State of Utah has elevated Latinos from a Minority to “White”. Yes, all of you Latinos might be “Beaners” in other States… but in Utah, you are White just like every other Cracker here. At least when it comes to buying firearms.
On the ATF Form 4473, there are the required Race Boxes. Everyone must be shoehorned into a different category to fit in a check box. Now, Utah dealers would then take that form and go to the computer and log into the BCI’s secure Web Check. There are other races to select save for Latino… Asian, Pacific Islander, Alaskan Native… yada yada yada but not Latino. There was a box for “Unknown”. Most dealers would just select that. Well, know it’s established that Latinos are still Latino on the 4473, according to the Feds, but they are White according to the state of Utah.
I am of the opinion that this system needs to be revamped. We should have more selections… for example, I’m Celtic… a mix of Scot and Irish. There is no Celtic check box. What about the different white folks from Eastern Europe that are not Celtic? Better yet, let’s just have a Color Spectrum and you just drag the indicator to the color that matches the gun buyer. Either that or we get rid of the RACE selections altogether… because its pretty stupid to continue any institutionalized racism. You are either an American Citizen, or you are not. Simple as that. And there is already a check box for that.
Pelican Lake Cafe
Best food in the North East corner of Utah. They have burgers there that rival anything else out there… I mean they are seriously good… I want one right now. Breakfast Burritos to kill for. I had a good conversation with the owner… as I sold him a tactical shotgun. A Rem 870, of course. Cool guy. Proud of his establishment. His favorite is the Chicken Taco. Open from 5:30 AM to 8:00 PM, Monday to Saturday… Closes at 2:00 PM on Sunday. If you are in the area, stop bye and tell the Owner that the Ogre sent you. And then get the Pelican Burger.
Not fashion
I don’t care how fancy the Ed Hardy – Jersey Shore print is on your t-shirt… It’s not dressing up.
Marlington
I think Marlin, and by that I mean Remington, needs to stop making the X7 centerfire bolt action rifles. Marlin is a Lever Action Company… they need to stick to that. They do fine Rimfires… which is fine. Remington has nothing in that market. But Remington making a Marlin branded Savage Knockoff? Feh… Why? To get that 300 dollar rifle Market? I thought they already had that with their 770. Which is total crap, but hey. It’s at least a Remington.
Now, there is really nothing wrong with the X7 rifles. It is quite good for a cheap knock-around gun for those that have a hate for Savage and refuse to buy one… so now they can buy the Marlin option, which is a Savage knockoff crossed with a Vanguard if it got drunk with ambition and delusions. Reportedly the X7’s shoot pretty good. Especially their heavy barreled .308. But why would Remington want make that, when they would rather be selling their own 700 SPS Tactical? I don’t get why they feel the need to make a product that competes with their own product. Remington needs to squelch that.
I still assert that Mossberg needs to GTFO of the Lever Action market too.
This is why – Right Here.
We put a lot of effort into Slipstream, for not a lot of reward. But this right here… this is why:
Hi, I was one of the recon marines who was lucky enough to get a couple bottles of your slipstream weapon lube in Afghanistan this spring. I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for sending it out there for us. We really appreciated the support, and the fact that it worked a couple thousand times better than CLP was awesome too! I know for a fact that I put 200 rounds through a dirty M4 in about a minute on full auto and didn’t foul once. Thank you.
-Cpl. Heagy
No, Thank You…. For your Service and your Sacrifices for our Nation… thank you very much. God be with you, and not those heathen bastards you much smite.
Winchester 94-22M Temptation
We have a Winchester 94-22m .22 Magnum that came in on trade. It’s sporting a nice peep sight set up, nice checkered wood stocks… really nice looking. From a distance. Up close the gun is ugly. Pitting everywhere and the wood has more dings than I’ve ever seen. Some are unfortunately too deep to fix, and wood was amazing. New, this rifle would have been stunning.
The temptation is to restore it. No collector value, that’s just gone. This would be a rescue.
First time.
I just had my first book signing. At the Bitter Creek Bookstore, in Vernal.
Pretty cool. No big thing in the grand scheme of things… But for your humble little Ogre, kind of a monumental event.
Holding my book in my hand for the first time… It was sweet. Made it “real”.
Pull over.
Gotta love the Highway Patrol. 60 in a 60… All my papers in order… I was still held for 20 minutes while the guy ran everything. Nothing he could get me for. But I did get a warning for not pulling over far enough. Great.
A Ride to Washington.
I might kick off the start of Autumn by a motorcycle ride to Washington State. There is only one doctor in the world that I have any trust in, and he’s in Washington. I am considering this trip… But I don’t know yet.
I’m not sure as to what route I’d go, but I’m thinking north up through to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, then through Spokane into Seattle. I would burn up all my vacation days… and I’d take my time. On this ride. No rush. No hurry. No Conquering the Road like in trips past. Just an easy ride through the Pacific Northwest.