Visiting friends. Let’s see… Steve, Joe, Mike, Larry… Tom if at all possible and Ben if he’s still around. I’m planning on being at the B&N book store Saturday afternoon, and hopefully some Buffalo Burgers at the Bohemian Brewery. This place has the most amazing buffalo burgers I’ve ever eaten. Probably hit that joint around 7PM, Sat Night. So come by and hang out!
Deadliest Warrior? Really?
I’m just not buying this “Deadliest Warrior” show. Pitting the greatest warriors in history against each other… showing the weapons… detailing the strengths… and then drawing the totally wrong conclusions.
Roman Centurion vs. Rajput…. The Centurion was a force of nature. A man who came up through the ranks of the legion the hard way… by dishing out industrial strength murder at every turn. And they say he lost to a Whirly bird with a frisbee and a tape measure? That doesn’t even make sense.
An Apache vs a Gladiator…. The Gladiator lived for single combat, facing his adversary down toe to toe and then ripping his limbs on and force feeding it to him while feeling nothing but the thrill of carnage and roar of the crowds… and they say he lost to a guy who’s main strength was burglary? Sneaking up on some unsuspecting ranch hand? That’s laughable.
This show is good entertainment, I’ll give you that. But even my 3 year old called BS on the show.
Laptop or Rifle?
The Browning X-Bolt .300 WSM showed up. It’s BEAUTIFUL. It’s black and sinister, and the Nikon Monarch 3-12 BDC is a perfect match to it. This is an awesome rifle! I shouldn’t have looked at it. I really shouldn’t have looked at it. I should have taken the box and stood it up in the corner and not looked at it. Dang it! Now I wants it, my Precious!
But I need a good laptop. I have to have it. I could have all my editing done in no time and I’d be back in to doing videos because I could actually run Sony Vegas again. Basically, I could get back to work.
But the rifle is so cool. If Darth Vader was going to go hunting for North American Big Game, this would be the rifle. It’s Back in Black and all Matte finished with that Duratouch stock which feels awesome… so it radiates Darkness… it’s like the room grows a little darker when you open this up to expose it to air.
I’m banging my head over here…
My name is Ogre, and I’m an addict.
We had a Kimber Desert Warrior that had come in on trade some time ago. It’s been riding the shelf almost completely untouched for a couple months. I remember selling the gun to the fellow years ago. This was before Kimber took they QC Nose Dive. I examined the gun carefully. He carried the gun a lot, then let it ride his gun safe a lot. But he didn’t shoot it very much. There is only a little finish wear on the frame rails from cycling, which is nothing because we have new guns on the shelf with more. The breach face still looks new.
My cost on it was real good. So it went into the back on Layaway. I’ll take my time getting it payed off… I’m in no rush to take it home. It still has those weird yellow waffle-like grips. I hate those things. Those are going Bye-Bye as soon as I finish the 4473 on it.
Decent BBQ in the Uintah Basin
Smokey D’s BBQ joint right next to Strata in Vernal. Where the old Polar King used to be. I went there and had a Pulled Pork Sandwich which was the best I have had in some time. But that isn’t saying much. It was good. Very good, but not Great. There’s a distinct difference there. Good BBQ will leave you satisfied and feeling amiable, much like how I felt there with the Smokey D’s BBQ. I was satisfied. However, Great BBQ should never leave you feeling like that… it should make you just want to keep eating and not stop until you make yourself sick on juicy BBQ goodness. It should make you crave it so much that you want to go back only 2 blocks away. That’s Great BBQ. Also, the guy that makes the BBQ should look like he could kick your ass if you question his sauce. Not a couple high school kids on their summer job. But still, Smokey D’s BBQ was some very good BBQ and I’ll certainly go back. I sampled pretty much all the meat they had… it was all very good. In fact, it might be some of the best in the whole state of Utah. The slow smoked flavor is there. I can’t say that about the other BBQ place that was across the street… That was some weak stuff.
So if you are in Vernal, Utah and want some BBQ, Smokey D’s is the place.
Easy S&W Revolver Action Job
Okay, so the revolver I was working on was actually a Taurus… a .17HMR Tracker to be specific. Here’s what you do.
I need a fairing
My Honda Magna has a windscreen that looks like a police riot shield. I took it off and blasted up the highway… and it’s not good without some wind protection. I need something a lot smaller, something streamlined a bit… Maybe something like this:
I like the nice sleak bullet shape it gives the front end, while still having enough to channel air flow away from most of me.
If anyone out there sees a fairing like this that would work for a ’95 Magna, Let me know, please!
Some interesting Snake Oil
Now you guys all know that I take Lubrication very seriously and Gundoc and I have studied more on Lubricants than anyone short of a PHD should. We’ve talked to Chemists and Nano Scientists and have studied oils down the Molecular level, and how they act and react with different materials and uses in different applications. That’s what we do… that’s why Slipstream is so bloody good.
Well, this sales rep guy comes in and shows us some stuff from a company called Wasp Sports. It’s called Bore Stinger. It’s a CLP type oil made from Tree Sap and Root Oils, according to the rep. He was kind enough to leave us a couple bottles. Everything I know of tree sap pretty much has nothing to do with Lubrication of small moving metal parts. According the the Sales Guy they take the tree sap and stuff and shock it for 3 days at 30,000 volts or something to “Change the Molecular Structure.” Yeah, that’s what happens to Organic Compounds when they encounter heat… Some people call it cooking. Which is why Crusader doesn’t use organics.
Do you know what happens to tree sap when it gets old? It gets hard and we call it Amber… the only thing Amber is good for is preserving Dino DNA and looking yellow. These are not things you want in your gun, do you?
The Rep made all kinds of claims… A lot of talk about Conditioning, which I still consider something for you Hair, not your Firearm. 10 Micron Penetration into metal. So evidently your metal is like dried pinewood and this stuff soaks in. Yeah, metal doesn’t quite do that, but okay… I’ll listen some more. Then I heard the biggest claim. This stuff will give you a 700FPS increase in Velocity in a 7mm Rem Mag if you treat your bore with it. Really? 700, huh? Not buying that for a second. Well, after the sales rep left, I had to hit their web site. WaspSports.
Their (talking about Native Americans here) secret “recipe” for seasoning weapons was coveted by friends and enemies alike, and the Eastern Natives became known as “Master Metal Seasoners”.
You know, my brother and I have both studied Western History in College… Including Native American Studies. My bro even has his Degree in it. We’ve never heard of that before. Ever.
Well, me being who I am, I had to try it out. 3 guns. I took down 3 different firearms and tried this stuff out. You know, it’s decent stuff for wiping down a gun. Probably because of the Wax Compounds that are most likely what’s in the stuff. But at an oil… I literally felt no difference in these guns – which were bone dry to start with. One gun, a Walther PPK/S, even kinda felt “Not as good” as before and had more of that Zipper sound after using Bore Stinger.
For about the same price as Slipstream… you can either get Bore Stinger… or you can get the best Lubricant known to Science that is absolutely proven in hostile field conditions and in very kenetic environments.
Rest In Peace: Stephen Camp
Our friend, Stephen Camp, noted firearms expert has passed away. I learned a lot from him. He was one of the great ones. He will be missed.
Memorial Day
Remember… All our Soldiers died in great pain so you can have your 20% off shit you don’t really need. Enjoy it.
I’ve been thinking a lot on the Servicemen that I knew who have died… and Servicemen from Utah who have been recently killed. And I’ve been thinking about my Grandfather, who served and survived WWII… one can imagine the stories that he had that he never told anyone… and I remember some that he did tell me. Much somber thoughts today.
I hear people say “Happy Memorial Day!” WTF is that? I am not going to say that to anyone… I just say “Remember what the Day is about.” This is the day we honor and remember the best of us that sacrificed themselves on the alter of freedom. This reminds me of the movie Saving Private Ryan, when Tom Hank’s character is mortally wounded, and his words to Private Ryan, “Earn this.” Our freedom is a gift that often times we don’t deserve… so strive to be worthy of it.