April 2009

04-30-09:

04-29-08:  It was a slaughter. Ben and I hit a huge ranch area that was over run with Prairie Dogs. South of Pelican Lake. Nice open area. We rolled in and started killing just a few feet within the gate. We started out with some RimFire action. Ben has a Ruger Charger, their little pistol based off the 10/22 rifle. Great little gun. I was using an old Marlin model 60. I was also testing out a new load I've never shot before. Winchester Super X RN with a 40 grain slug at 1300 FPS. The load is very good, very consistent and it was very accurate. However the performance on the Prairie Dogs was disappointing. These rounds zipped straight through the little bastards with no dramatic effect. Several had to be hit 3 times or so before they'd act like it. You would see the smack, hear the smack, but the dog would still run... they didn't run very far... and would ending up rolling and kicking, if they didn't fall into a hole and disappear to die in the dark.

There are two hits, one in the head and one in the body... not so dramatic of a result save for the avulsed eye.

Ben was busting out his Bushmaster topped with a Nikon Monarch, using 50 grain HP Ultramax and that stuff was fantastic. It would open the dogs up and spread them around a bit. Gruesome. This makes me want to get into an autoloading varminter... you can see the dog below, hit in the head... that's a dead dog.

Now, let's be quite clear here – the Rancher was THRILLED we wanted to shoot up some Prairie Dogs. The dog do a lot of damage to a field if let to roam unchecked. These critters can cause injuries to livestock and damage to farm equipment. They are a huge problem. So either people shoot the Prairie Dogs – or the Ranchers have to poison the whole area which can kill other animals such as birds... hawks, owls, and other birds... ground squirrels and chipmunks, etc... and this isn't good. We don't want to kill everything... just the harmful ones.

Down Shift for Top Gear? The UK has a law that requires token ethnic guy, chick, and gay guy. There is a push to make Top Gear hire a female Presenter. One of the things that makes Top Gear such a great show, is the chemistry between the three Presenters. James May, aka, Captain Slow. Richard Hammond, aka, The Hamster, and Jeremy Clarkson, aka, the Arrogant Dickhead. These guys have been doing this show for some time now. They knew each other, work well with each other, harsh each other without crossing the line too much... and they all know cars and have insights that make the show work. Other places have attempted to make similar shows – but they didn't work because they didn't have the right mix of presenters. Top Gear does it right and you can't copy it and if you take one of these 3 away – you don't have Top Gear anymore. You add in the Token Chick – and you are pretty much going to have the same thing as you had when there was The Top Gear Dog. The Dog rode in the back and had no lines. This would be in effect, bringing back the Top Gear Dog. Harsh role for any female.

Now the question is... which female out there would have the balls to join the Top Gear Crew? She would have to be attractive, but not in the “Spice Girls” sort of way... she would have to be smart and car savy... She would have to look good in Blue Jeans, because while it's Top Gear's Policy to Harsh America as much as possible, they worship everything from America that doesn't come out of Detroit.

I can think of only one woman that could step up. Sabine Schmitz. She fits the bill perfectly. She's attractive, savy, has some attitude, and can drive better than 95% of NASCAR. She took a van around the Nurburging... a van! Her time was almost as fast in a van as Jeremy's time in a performance car. (Be sure to watch that clip all the way to the end, where Sabine does her run in the same car Jeremy was in) She is the only woman that I know of that could be a Top Gear presenter.

04-28-09:  Political Prostitution. March 17^th, Arlen Specter talks about how important it is to maintain political balance. Today, he throws that into the wind and changes parties. This isn't just changing teams, this is about principles. When you throw your principles away for political gains, you become a political whore. A worthless whore. I'm not going to say useless... whores are always useful for something...  So is a condom.  Once used for their purpose, they are easily discarded and forgotten. Arlen Specter, congratulations, you sir are a whore.  The Dems are going to use you, then you are going to get tossed and forgotten.

Out here in Utah, we are in the Prairie Dog Proscribed Season... Meaning – until June 15^th, you can not shoot any prairie dogs. Unless of course you are on Private Property. Well, there is a ranch south of me that is quite large, and currently being over run with the little bastards. Ben and I have front row seats to a Prairie Dog Slaughter... (insert evil laughter sounds) This is going to be a P-Dog Holocaust tomorrow.

04-27-09:  This was sent to me via email from our Hordesman Murray: “Isn't it fabulous how Obama has reconciled with our enemies and put fear into the hearts of Americans? Does any image illustrate so neatly the wrongheadedness of the Obama administration than Americans scrambling in terror from Air Force One?” This quote comes from blogger “Tantor” who's blog Conservative Propaganda, has just made the blogroll. I was going to post something along those lines, but Tantor nailed it so completely, nothing else needs to be said on the subject. The American Warmonger, at work today opinined that this just illustrates how out of touch the Administration is. According to ABC News, that Obama knew nothing about this happening and was furious. I'm going to give Barry the benefit of the doubt on this one... but his administration as a whole takes responsibility on this one. This is tantamount to flying a B-29 over Tokyo. This was asinine.

Okay, we've got in some new SIG 556 rifles. We had the SIG 556 Pistol, and the SIG 556 standard, but today we got in the SIG 556 Classic and the 556 SWAT Classic. The one thing I noticed about the Classics isn't just that it's a different stock... but that it's a different lower receiver too. The Classic style stock uses a hinge that is actually a part of the lower, were as the other SIG's use a lower that has an AR type connection. Totally different. The normal SWAT and other Folder 556's use a rather clunk block that the stock attaches to. The folder on the Classic series is much nicer, I'll admit... but this leaves you no options for the stock. So if you get the Classic – Hope you like that stock. Now the Classic Forend is much more streamlined, much lighter, and overall makes the 556 Classic feel like it's a much smaller and lighter weapon. In fact, I like the SIG 556 Classic a great deal. Had this been the option when I got mine – I'd have taken the Classic. It's like a whole new weapon... lighter and faster handling. It's bloody fantastic. In fact, I like that so much, I'm considering getting a set of the Classic hand guards for mine.
The Classic and the Pistol versions both came with a nifty little red dot sight. I like the sight a lot, and think it's pretty cool. But I have to admit that I hate it on the SIG 556 platform. It's too low for a Co-Witness as the dot is right in the front sight post... it's too low. You want the dot to be above the front sight post. This just doesn't work. The dot, being as cool as it is, needs another home. It would be great on a Browning Buckmark Carbine or something more recreational. For a serious use red dot, you want it higher for a proper co-witness, and you want a wider field of view. The SIG dot has no field of view... the sight has a diameter about the same as a coin... I want bigger... like 30mm on a Red Dot.

04-25-09:  Trigger Reset: Who has the shortest trigger reset? You can try out all your auto-pistols and check it out... your results might surprise you. I found a big surprise today. The shortest reset I found was on the new Taurus PT840. It has hardly any travel at all before it clicks to reset. I mean, almost none. Not any pistol I had came even close. Glocks, Walther P99's, XD's, SIG's, nothing.  This is amazing. This is like test driving a bunch of cars, and finding the Mercury Sable having the fastest 0-60 launch times. Completely unexpected. But seriously, this new 800 series pistols from Taurus are very good. Taurus hit a home run. The 845 impressed me a lot... and now the 840... I had to look at the gun again to read the name on it... “This is a Taurus?” It has some typical Taurus cosmetics, but under the “looks”, it feels more solid, feels competent. It feels like a good gun.

Speaking of Cars, GM is killing off the Pontiac brand. Good. This is a long time overdue. Pontiac has been a losing brand for some time. They killed Olds years too late, and now they stepped up at put Pontiac's head on the block... Bravo. Sure, Pontiac has some good and proud history. That's fine. But that doesn't give you legacy to build cars no one wants and then expect a government bailout. Let's trim some more fat here. Buick needs to go too. Saturn? Caddy? They are doing well with some good innovative options. Saab? Roll Saab into Saturn. GMC could focus on large fleet trucks and kill everything else. Hummer, and the other GMC trucks could be rolled into Chevy. Thus GM is left with just Chevy, Caddy, and Saturn. They also need to make sure that their product lines do not compete with their own product lines. Right now, GM is doing a lot of competition with GM. That's losing profitability the hard way. They should focus on competing against Ford or Dodge and everyone else. I tell you what – you give me 1 week at GM with Total Control, and I could have GM turning a profit. Of course a key factor in that success would be getting rid of the Union, and I think that can be accomplished if we could get the other automakers to agree to play ball the same way. Refusal to recognize any union and any existing union contracts. Yes, this is super harsh. But it's either time to play hard ball, or close shop for good. Because living off taxpayer's dole is not going to happen.

That brings me to another topic. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. She's the one that labeled veterans potential terrorists, she is the one that said she stood by her remarks. She is the moron that needs to be fired. So now that she's felt some heat, according to this article, “she admitted the fault within her office.” Wow, isn't that great... she apologized for her office. She didn't apologize for herself... she didn't take the blame, she blamed her office. This isn't nearly good enough. Especially when you compile her long list of incompetent fumbles and outrageous gaffs. This woman needs to be escorted off capitol hill by security and not be allowed back into any public office. I am surprised that not is she still there, but that she doesn't wear a red rubber ball nose. She is the second biggest douche bag of the Obama Administration next to Joe Biden.

Speaking of Joe... Biden almost became the President. Obama meets a guy down in Mexico, and 2 day later that guy dies of this new Avian Bird Flu, Swine Flu Mutant Super Flu. As bad as Obama is – the Nation just dodged the Biden Bullet. Now, this flu... how great is this... Mexico closes all public events, but refuses to close the border. The US also refuses to close the border even after we have found outbreaks in NYC, Kansas, and California, all people coming from or contact from Mexico... This virus is spreading extremely fast and simple protocol is not being followed. Containment of the dangerous pathogen isn't happening because we don't want to offend the Mexicans. We'll kill off our own Constitution, just to keep Mexico happy. Excuse me, but who the fuck is Mexico to dictate how we live in America? And why is Obama bowing down to them? Latin America should kneel before the USA, not the other way around. And now Cuba, Venzeuala, and Nicaragua is saying that Capitalism is threating the life on the planet? WTF? Communism kills more people than Free Trade. When Does Communism help anyone but the Communist Leaders? How many Communist Countries have stopped hunger? Have helped fight malaria in Africa? Have found cures for disease? The only think I can think of right now that has come from Latin America that I could spend some time with is Salma Hyak, Shakira, and a platter of Enchiladas. These annoying little communists have been becoming more and more irritating. Cuba and Venezuela especially. How about this – if they STFU and have democratic elections – we'll give them all of our Hollywood Celebrities and minor shares of Major League Baseball.

Back to the Firearms Industry. Like I was saying, Brazil's own Taurus is doing great – so I shouldn't bash all of Latin America. I apologize for my office for putting out that post.

Winchester is brining out a new line of ammunition that looks like it might show some promise... Winchester's “Power Max”... a direct rip off of Federal's “Fusion” line. I think it's great for these guys to continue to innovate and bring out new stuff. But I think it would be even better if they could fulfill the commitments of existing orders. We have primers and ammunition on order so thick and heavy, that it would fill the whole store if it all came at the same time. I know these guys are operating at max capacity... but it's not good enough. Already this year we've (we as in the whole industry) sold 3 times the amount of ammunition as all of last year. And last year primers were already hard to get. Primers remain our weakness. If you want to make a bundle in the Gun Industry, build a factory that makes Primers. You will be printing your own money.

04-24-09:  I purchased something I've not had in more years than I care to remember... I got myself a Baseball Glove. A Rawlins “Sandlot” “Fastback” in “Retro Leather”. We have a ton of different glove options, and I tried on all of them... I kept coming back to this one.... kind of old fashioned, has some wool inside, real comfy, and the leather is supple. Nothing felt as good. I love this glove. I've used other guy's gloves, and never really took to them. This one, I love it. When I came home from work tonight, I stopped at the ball field and intercepted 2 of my boys... they were surprised and glad to play some simple catch with Dad. We played catch for an hour before it started to rain a bit. It's the simplest joys in life that make it worth while. Stupid Rain.

Everyone that enjoys Liberty... every gun owner... every reader of MadOgre.com, should become a member of the NRA. They are not perfect, no one is... but they are our 800 pound Gorilla in this fight... they are our biggest asset. Join up right now – FOR FREE. I don't care about your anti-NRA argument or that the GOA is better according to your opinion – join all you can... but Join the NRA right now. For Free. Just join.

ObamaIsDumb.com – a site journaling Obama's mistakes to counter the glowing reviews and constant Media Fellations. I'm tired of hearing how perfect this clown is... he's far from it. He's a Muppet... someone out there has their hand up his ass controlling him. Who is the Puppeteer? That's what I want to know.

STONE & LAW: I'm going to throw a shout out to a couple friends of mine in the Defense Industry... as in... if you need some Defense. It's going to be getting easier and easier to get into trouble... we are being made villains and they are going to come after us.  When they do – Call these guys. They will have your back. They are on our side.  Put them on retainer, get their cards... because one of these days, you are going to need them... and they need some business... Harold needs a bigger car.... I can't ride in the back of his little car anymore... my spine feels like it's origami trying to unfold out of that thing.  I don't think anyone else in Utah is going to defend you better.  

04-23-09:  Erosion of Freedom: US Forest Service / Ashley National Forest: Motorized Travel Plans, Public Meeting held at Western Park. They started the meeting off by saying that they had identified 3 main usage problems, with the biggest being ATV-OHV use. So the answer to this, they are shutting down all OHV use save for on specifically designated trails... all use off these trails is absolutely prohibited, unless special permit is granted for such things as emergency, fire, or search and rescue. The viewpoint of the US Forest Service is that YOU shouldn't be on there in the US Forest.... ATV's (and they came out and said this) allow too much access to back wood areas. Not only did they restrict the trails you can use, but they also specified that you can only camp at specifically designated areas within 150 feet of the trail, and more than 100 feet from water.

My question is if they are funneling all ATV traffic into just a few specific paths – creating virtual OHV highways – when are they putting in the traffic lights? What's funny – funny as in we all recognize the deception attempt is that they showed trails where “ATV's had caused problems.” but they didn't show where ATVs went... they showed tracks of where big 4x4 pickups went and tore things up. So instead of enforcing the law on those obviously breaking the laws, they are shutting it down for everyone.

After they explained their reasons for closing everything, they opened the floor to comments. Each comment was followed by them explaining why they know more about our mountain than we do. They used ownership language such as “Our Trail System” - not ours and in yours and mine, but “ours” as in The US Forest Service's.

One girl mentioned that a trail that she had used all her life was closed at the start of hunting season last year and has remained closed since. She told of frequent and continual attempts to call for information which all remained unanswered. I kid you not, these guys responded with “call us”. This was such a joke, but they were serious. They meant that... like “call us – and fuck you very much.” That was the apparent attitude. Another lady mentioned always camping at a specific location way back off the trail... her family – and let me tell you, her family name goes back to the beginning of recorded history in this area – has camped there for ages since before there was a US Forest Service or an Ashley National Forest – The Feds response was to let them know where so they can look at the possibility of granting access to that area. The audacity of this is appalling. People used to have the right to go there into our mountain, and now we have to ask permission for privilege of going where they had been going for generations. The only erosion I see in the Ashley is our Freedom.

I'll be the first to admit that I don't like ATV's. They are noisy, and the riders are quite often oblivious to the disruption they are causing when someone is aiming a rifle at game and they ride right in front of you, busting your hunt. That happens all the time and every hunter I know has such a story. ATV's are rude. However that doesn't mean we ban all ATV's off every trail that isn't a designated Forest Freeway. The key word is Designated. Meaning that there are tons of old trails that people have been using forever that are not officially numbered and designated – all those trails are not illegal to use.

I've a proposal for the US Forest Service. The problem is not use, but unethical use. The Department of Wildlife addressed this problem the smart way. Shed Hunting is becoming popular... but some unethical hunters chase herds in the hope that this will cause some sheds to drops. The solution was a Shed Hunting Permit... available for free if you take the online course and there you go... you can now go hunt your sheds ethically. Brilliant solution... not a perfect solution but brilliant in that it addresses the problem. The US Forest Service's solution to “the problem” is to funnel everyone into a traffic pattern that is easier to enforce and ticket. The goal here that they did not say is revenue generation, plain and simple. By putting everyone together, they can write more tickets and make more money than if everyone was dispersed because that would be too hard to monitor. It all comes down to the money... it always comes down to money.

Read the regulations HERE. All comments are due by June 1^st and policy will be in effect by October 9^th – right before Hunting Season. How convient for them... limit use and limit hunting. Oh – one more thing about the hunting... You can NOT go off the trail to retrieve game. No exceptions even for those mobility challenged. This is blatant discrimination against the disabled. The American Disability Act evidently means nothing to the US Forest Service... according to the US Forest Service guys, if you are disabled – you shouldn't be hunting or enjoying the outdoors.

I so hope I get the chance to join the Utah State Legislature. Because I'm going to draft legislation that returns all of Utah State to the Utah State... The Feds can keep their military bases and ranges, and the rest of the State returns to Utah State Ownership. We can regulate our own forests.

(Of course I know that wont pass – but I want the message sent and heard)

04-22-09:  What did you do for Earth Day? I went shooting. Twice. Fired 50 rounds of .40 cal through my P229 and another 40 rounds of 5.56mm through my M4gery. The second time I was with some good guys, a couple lawyers from SLC. One had a Remington R25 in .308 topped with a Zeiss Rapid Z 3-9. I think if I wanted to buy another .308 precision rifle, I'd have to get it in a Semi Auto. The action and the way it soaks up the recoil. It's just fantastic. You could get the scope back onto target and see the hit. Very nice. Greg shooting his .308 and me shooting my 5.56... the sounds of his hits compared to the sound of my hits – it was like I was the little brother tagging along. Almost felt stupid.

Now, let's look at these semi-auto .308's. I know there are a lot of good AR-10/SR-25 rifles out there. But one of them is very reasonably priced and boasts an accuracy promise of ½ MOA. It's the FNAR. Right now at this moment (and that might change in the future) the FNAR would be my choice. Here's why... the other options can't deliver the accuracy for less that 2 grand. The FNAR can. The others were built as .308s, which is fine, but the FNAR was built as a .300 WSM, so shooting .308's out of that action is a cake walk. That action remains perfectly rigid and stable, making the rifle all the more consistent. The FNAR also sounds like a monster from some D&D game. Okay, that's stupid, but still... beware the FNAR's... I'm telling you. I'd top it with a new scope that I examined that several of the guys at work picked up (I chose the EL's) and I really like them. I'm talking about the Swarovski Z6 – 2-12 with the BR reticle. The BR system is used like the Zeiss Rapid Z system which I like, but with a finer reticle – which I like more for precision shooting. The 2 power is low enough that you can use it on a tactical gun, yet zoom in to 12X if you need it. So for short range work to long range work – the Z6 does it. And it does it with huge eye relief and a nice wide 30mm tube that give you a huge eye box to work in... had I seen this Z6, I might have got with it over the EL Binos – and I'd have put it on my SIG 556.

So am I supposed to be feeling sorry for this Somali Pirate because he cried when was put before the law? Am I supposed to care? Because I don't think he cried when he was pointing an AK-47 at my fellow Americans. I don't think he cried when he took the Captain hostage. And I don't think we should just release him because he came aboard our ship under a white flag. The white flag is not meaning he gets off scottfree... it means we don't shoot him in the head at the first chance we get. His white flag also means the hostage should not be hurt while he was on the ship. Something happened, the captain ordered the shots fired and the hostage was liberated. At that point, the white flag no longer held. It shows the great mercy of the US Navy that this pirate was not blown off the deck and let the body sink into the sea to feed the sharks and crabs. This is the most fortunate pirate in the last 200 years. No, he gets no sympathy from me. He should also get no sympathy from the US Justice System.

David Kellermann, the Freddie Mac CFO found dead... Yes, this looks suspicious. Yes, I think he was murdered. However, being one of the least popular people in the US... can't say that his self esteem would be all that high. Now if we could just get the same thing to happen to Barney Frank, I'd actually crack a smile over this situation. Really, I don't care about this guy... but if it was murder, well, the dude got the wrong guy.
Janet Napolitano blames CANADA for 9/11? WTF? Wow. This lady just trumped every 9/11 Conspiracy Theory that I've ever heard. This lady isn't the sinister monster I thought she was... she's an imbecile. And actually, that makes her worse than a sinister monster... because an imbecile in charge of homeland security is worse... because in real life, Mr. Bean doesn't have happy endings.

So here we are, Secretary of Homeland Security and the Obama Administration saying that the guys who flys planes into our buildings and cuts the heads off kidnapped victims are not terrorists, but those that risk their lives defending the USA just might be... and now those that extract critical information – information that we would have had by other means had the Clintons not GUTTED the CIA – those guys are going to end up getting prosecuted because they got that information by not being nice. So in every case so far, it's not the enemy... it's our fault. Had we not been in Iraq... you know... this is just so much bullshit because I am pretty damn sure The Twin Towers did not got to Iraq either. I am pretty sure that The Twin Towers did not prevent UN Weapon Inspectors from doing complete and timely inspections according to UN Treaty. Yet some how this is all our fault.

SIG 556 Pistol: We got one it. It's cool as hell. And it begs to have a shoulder stock. To put a should stock on it would require a special license because a rifle barrel shorter than 16 inches is especially evil and contain that evil you must pay a 200 dollar tax. Paying arbitrary taxes of course makes everything angelic. Holding the SIG Pistol and imagining it with a legal SBR tag and a nice adjustable stock does make me think of wings... but they are black and leathery not white and feathery.

04-21-09:  Basin Sports has a new website up and it looks sharp. New site, new logo, new features. We still have to work on filling it with the products, but all the foundation work is complete. Okay, so we have some camp stoves and a sleeping in there so far... but we're getting there. We have tons of stuff to put in there, this is going to take time. Our store has a VAST selection of everything you need for sports and outdoors. Give us a call at Basin Sports and give us some feedback. We are thinking about doing a completely different site just for firearms and stuff. Anyways, for now – If you need something check with the Ogre first. Flashlights, Camping Gear, Backpacks, Fishing rods and reels, and of course... Anything having to do with firearms. Targets, Cleaning Kits, Scopes, all that.

To kick off our new site – We've got a sick deal going on Swarovski Binos. I can't say the price here, but you can get your Swarovski at a price you are not going to believe – and we are throwing in a bino carry harness.  I love mine!

04-20-09:  This guy nails it. 

The Americas. I've often thought that the USA needs to take an active roll in Central and South America. We often ignore almost everything going on South of the Border... and especially south of Panama. The USA just doesn't give a damn. This is why Russia and China have been able to make serious in roads. I mean, hell, Russia is in Cuba and that's just off the coast of Florida.

So now we have Obama making some effort with the other America Countries. I think this is a good thing – but I am not pleased with the way he's going about it. The USA is not the cause of all the ills in all the other countries on this side of the world. But look at what we have going on now. Castro's regime is opening up to us. Venezuela is opening back up to us. These strides are steps in the right directions... Because the more we get them on our side – the less likely we'll see Russian Warships so near Miami.

However for us to get a BFF Cuba and BFF Venzy, we should not give up anything. We want them to give up something if they want to suckle off of us. We allow travel and spending in Cuba – what do we get in return? We promise not to have Hugo Chavez knocked off – what do we get in return? What's in it for us? Because I'm seeing a huge potential for Obama to just hand these guys anything they want. This isn't how we should play it. We are the ones holding all the cards, so we get to deal them if they want to play. And they do want to play. Of course they have to make a show in the name of bravado.... to look tough... but they want to play. Desperately.

See, South America and Central America have a lot of resources. Minerals, Oil, Gold... wealth... good old fashioned wealth. Good people. Interesting Cultures. Interesting History. Lots of good reasons to get involved. Not like we are involved in the Middle East, not involved in a huge Cluster. It would be easy to get into trouble down there, if we don't do it right. Obama isn't doing it right. In fact, the way he's going about it is dangerous. I'm not liking where this is going.

I've grown tired of the overwhelming number of rabid liberal morons on Digg.com. So I replaced Digg with Keep and Bear Arms over there on the left column. I should have linked those guys up long before. My Bad. But all of you in The Horde (Note to FBI, “The Horde” is not an actual organization and I keep no member list... it's just what I call the regular readers of MadOgre.com) should bookmark Keep And Bear Arms and refer to that frequently. Here's why. 60 Minutes did everything they could do to show that owning guns for self defense is useless and we shouldn't even try. Keep and Bear Arms logs all the cases where personal arms have been used to protect the owners. They also keep track of news stories that deal with our Liberty. Bookmark it, and hit it at least once a week. Great site.

Optics: Swarovski made a deal with my shop. I'm not going to go into what this deal is, but let me tell you this – I'm getting a set of 10x42 EL Binos. This is the best Bino I've ever seen. It's almost 2 grand. Two Thousand Dollars. I wanted one the first time I looked through a pair... but I thought I would NEVER be able to have one. I'm giddy. I was going to get a rifle scope... but I decided I'd rather snag the Binos. I have a couple pairs that are decent... but nothing like an EL. I can't wait.

04-18-09:  This breaks the laws of physics, gravity and probably some other laws in Utah and Pennsylvania too. One of The Horde regulars sent me this. Now, I have to admit, this really isn't my thing considering the origins of this new “sport”... but taking it from a Dance and Gymnastic perspective, you have admit, it's amazing. Might not be safe for work. These girls are incredible, and not hard to look at either. Unless one of them was your daughter.

I don't get Liberals.

Liberal - “We need alternative energy! Power from wind, the sun, man.”

Conservative: “Okay, let's build some solar farms.”

Liberal - “No way man, we have to protect the desert.”

No, I'm not kidding.

First off – you shouldn't have any say in the matter when it comes to protecting any area of the ground – if you don't live there or frequent there. If you don't even know where it is – STFU. You think a solar farm would harm the desert tortoise? You know what? I live in the desert, and I've never seen a desert tortoise. I've seen a lot of other reptiles though. Lizards and snakes. You know what they are doing? Looking for shade. A solar farm would put a lot of shade on the ground. I think these poor scorched reptiles would love it. You know what, I think these reptiles are just too hot. We need a movement – all you hippies, go rescue these poor overheated reptiles, and take them to where the can be nice and cool. Take them to Alaska. Its Bush's fault they can't naturally migrate anymore! Go! Now! Take the tortoises and lizards and snakes up to Anchorage and let them free in the parks and forests where they can run and play and enjoy not being scorched in the hot sun! Fucking Bush!

Because of the Administrations attempts to make villains out of Right Wing Former Military. I'm giving another shout out to The Oath Keepers. We swore oaths to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. And that oath doesn't have an Expiration Date.

04-17-09:  Who is this guy we have to call The President? While there is no more terrorism in the Middle East – just “Man Made Disasters” and we are not fighting a war on terror, just performing Overseas Contingency Operations... This guy is bowing before the Saudi King... and now he's smiling and shaking hands with Hugo Chavez. What's next? A man-date with Putin and a hot tub party with Kim Jong Ill? And yet the biggest threat to American Security is our Ex-Military, Christians, and NRA members. This just turns common sense on its ear.

Obama gets credit for the safe rescue of the captain that was taken by pirates? I got this in the email today:

"Having spoken to some SEAL pals here in Virginia Beach

yesterday and asking why this thing dragged out for 4 days, I got the

following:

1. BHO wouldn't authorize the DEVGRU/NSWC SEAL teams to

the scene for 36 hours going against OSC (on scene commander)

recommendation.

2. Once they arrived, BHO imposed restrictions on their

ROE that they couldn't do anything unless the hostage's life was in

"imminent" danger

3. The first time the hostage jumped, the SEALS had the

raggies all sighted in, but could not fire due to ROE restriction

4. When the navy RIB came under fire as it approached

with supplies, no fire was returned due to ROE restrictions. As the

raggies were shooting at the RIB, they were exposed and the SEALS had

them all dialed in.

5. BHO specifically denied two rescue plans developed

by the Bainbridge CPN and SEAL teams

6. Bainbridge CPN and SEAL team CDR finally decide they

have the OpArea and OSC authority to solely determine risk to hostage.

4 hours later, 3 dead raggies

7. BHO immediately claims credit for his "daring and

decisive" behaviour. As usual with him, it's BS.

So per our last email thread, I'm downgrading Oohbaby's

performace to D-. Only reason it's not an F is that the hostage

survived.

Read the following accurate account.

Philips' first leap into the warm, dark water of the

Indian Ocean hadn't worked out as well. With the Bainbridge in range and

a rescue by his country's Navy possible, Philips threw himself off of

his lifeboat prison, enabling Navy shooters onboard the destroyer a

clear shot at his captors - and none was taken.

The guidance from National Command Authority - the

president of the United States,

Barack Obama - had been clear: a peaceful solution was

the only acceptable outcome to this standoff unless the hostage's life

was in clear, extreme danger.

The next day, a small Navy boat approaching the floating

raft was fired on by the Somali pirates - and again no fire was returned

and no pirates killed. This was again due to the cautious stance assumed

by Navy personnel thanks to the combination of a lack of clear guidance

from Washington and a mandate from the commander in chief's staff not to

act until Obama, a man with no background of dealing with such issues

and no track record of decisiveness, decided that any outcome other than

a "peaceful

solution" would be acceptable.

After taking fire from the Somali kidnappers again

Saturday night, the on scene commander decided he'd had enough.

Keeping his authority to act in the case of a clear and

present danger to the hostage's

life and having heard nothing from Washington since yet

another request to mount a rescue operation had been denied the day

before, the Navy officer - unnamed in all media reports to date -

decided the AK47 one captor had leveled at Philips' back was a threat to

the hostage's life and ordered the NSWC team to take their shots.

Three rounds downrange later, all three brigands became

enemy KIA and Philips was safe.

There is upside, downside, and spinside to the series of

events over the last week that culminated in yesterday's dramatic rescue

of an American hostage.

Almost immediately following word of the rescue, the

Obama administration and its supporters claimed victory against pirates

in the Indian Ocean and [1] declared that the dramatic end to the

standoff put paid to questions of the inexperienced president's

toughness and decisiveness.

Despite the Obama administration's (and its sycophants')

attempt to spin yesterday's success as a result of bold, decisive

leadership by the inexperienced president, the reality is nothing of the

sort. What should have been a standoff lasting only hours - as long as

it took the USS Bainbridge and its team of NSWC operators to steam to

the location - became an embarrassing four day and counting standoff

between a ragtag handful of criminals with rifles and a U.S. Navy

warship."

So here we read just how the US Navy feels about Obama's Leadership. Good hell. If it was to be left up to Obama, we would probably have surrendered to these pirates. Obama did nothing to help our fellow American in need, and in fact did things to keep him in danger. I'm not impressed with young Obama, and neither is the Navy.

04-16-09:  REMOVE JANET NAPOLITANO FROM OFFICE NOW. We don't have Terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq anymore... but we have Ex-Military Conservatives who are Potential Terrorists according to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano.  You know what? One of the problems we have in our nation is that we don't have enough real leaders – we have Secretaries. She should go take notes for someone else and let a real leader stand up.

04-15-09:  Guys, I am full on in love with this gun cleaner. M-Pro 7. Brownells has it. This stuff cleans like nothing else, is easy to use, fast, and has no odor like other cleaners. You guys have got to get some and try it. If I had a million bucks, I'd buy it for all my regular readers. But I being a poor man, have only my dreams. So you guys will have to order it for yourselves.

M-PRO 7 GUN CLEANER - Gets gun bores squeaky clean and shining but is harmless to all metal surfaces, including titanium, aluminum and stainless steel. Actually breaks down carbon so copper and lead fouling float free; completely odorless, non-flammable, non-toxic, biodegradable and environmentally safe to use. Penetrates hydrocarbon-based greases, oils (will remove oil-based stock finishes) and gun powder residues; strips the metal completely clean with no oily feel. Heat and agitation will accelerate the cleaning action. Can be used as a tank solvent. Not a lubricant.

You can get the 4 ounce spray bottle for 10 bucks. Just a warning to you though... if you get some... you'll be hooked. I've used it on my SIG 556, Rock River, SIGs, Kimbers, Remingtons, Savages, Weatherbys, Brownings... uh... let me put it this way... you'll want a couple of the bigger 8 ounce bottles.

Now, to lube your guns... check out some SLIP 2000 Gun Lube. LittleLebowski on WTA, Former Marine, swears by the stuff. In spite of our continually conflicts of opinions on things – he's a good guy and often correct for a Marine. Yes, I've got some on order myself.

TEAPARTY DAY: In Vernal, Utah we had our Tea Party just like others across this nation. It was a good rally. Many people got up and spoke, including yours truly. People got fired up. Unfortunately, that's all it is... a rally. In and of its self, the rally is pointless because it does not effect change. The only way to really effect change is to get out and vote. If we can get the silent majority really fired up so that we have a voter turnout greater than 20% -- then we can actually make a difference. But still... the rally was good. It felt good. I'll post some photos.

04-13-09:  One of the very worst things to cut from the Federal Budget is the F-22 Raptor. Yes, the plane is expensive. Hideously expensive. But there is nothing else that does what the F-22 can do. It's science fiction, the stuff it can do. No one has a jet that can match it. This is the type of thing we need to buy with out money, because it absolutely insures our continual dominance of airspace over any and every battle field. Nothing can tangle with our Raptors, and get away. Nothing. This is what will insure our victory in future war. The Government is continuing it's life long policy of Preparing to Fight The Last War Again, instead of Preparing To Fight The Next War. If we have to roll into Baghdad again, let me tell you – we are READY. But what if we have to roll into Bombay, or Bangkok, or Bejing? Are we ready for that war? No. The military has to look at future threats, and come up with plans. Unfortunately our military doesn't actually prepare for them.

Look at our future threats.

China remains a high level threat in my opinion. We have to realize that. China's military is gear from the ground up to counter our military. We are geared up to counter nothing substantial. Not even bad press. I'm not saying China could ever beat us – I'm saying we need to get ready for them because China will land a sucker punch on us, and they are going to hit below the belt. It's going to hurt. We need to be ready for our counter move... a finishing move to end China quickly and effectively.

One of the key strategies to this centers around our dominance of the sky. And a key asset for that is the F-22 Raptor that has just been cut back.

There a lot of things in the military that can be cut back on. The Raptor is not one of them. I'd like to super-fund a couple programs... the F-22 is one. The Side Arm is another. Again, it's my opinion that everyone in the military, from the moment they get out of Boot Camp, they are give 2 things. First is a side arm, an automatic pistol that they keep with them for the rest of their lives, never to leave their sides while in uniform. The second is a knife, a long fixed blade, worn on their sides. The gun and blade, symbols of their office, their oath, and their duty. Training would be enhanced. I'd have our men and women train in the use of Small Arms regardless of their military career path. If they want to keep their job in the military – they must be proficient in the use of their weapons. Marksmanship scores with rifle and pistol would be added to the PT requirements. Every member of the Military should be able to fight... this goes for all branches. Hand to hand training should be increased. PT should be part hand to hand training. Physical training should be mixed with this hand to hand training.

I'd be willing to spend a hell of a lot more on this... more money, more time. This should be the focus of the military. The individual should be effective alone. More individuals should only magnify that capability.

The standard American Rifle for the US Military should be something that is more effective than what we have now. A new caliber, a new operating system, a new weapon completely. The SCAR Heavy or the Magpul Massoud .308 would be good options. I'd like to see a .308 if possible or 6.5 Grendel otherwise.

The Army's basic asset for transportation is the HUMVEE. I think this rig should continue in it's current mission as it fills the role quite well. In fact, it's a victim of it's own success. It's so bloody good that people think it's an APC. Where it fails is when people start using it like an APC in situations where an APC should have been used. It's not a tank.... it's an overgrown Jeep. It's never been intended to be used as an APC. So for those situations, we should have an APC to deploy. I want a light armored vehicle. Like a Mini Stryker. I want it shorter, lighter, narrower, and I want it armed to the teeth. I want it to be able to move in and around cities and towns. And I want it to be fast, with long range. Crew of 2. A driver and a gunner. The gunner is the one in charge.

These are things I'd have us spend money on for the military. Revamp it from the ground up. And as far as those Raptors are concerned.... I want 300 of them.

Congratulations to the US Navy: They killed the pirates and saved our man. This is what you could call a happy ending. Unfortunately they are not finished. We have 3 dead pirates from a nation of pirates. Somalia has a culture of hijacking. To fight this, you could wait for the next one... or you could take the fight to the pirates. In my book “Privateer” the heroes do just that. They find a pirate staging area, infiltrate... and when they leave... there is nothing standing or floating. I advocate that this is the action that our US Navy and allies need to take. We need to cripple their ability to launch these attacks. It's easy. These pirates operate off “motherships” boats that launch small boats. ID the motherships – then sink them.

That hulu link I put in there... this Dr. Danger guy... what a douchebag. He's purpose is only self agrandizing and his comments show a complete lack of respect to the people he's talking to. What a clown. It's remarkable that he didn't get lit up. He talks about these guys as being some of the best gunfighters in the world and totally glossed over the whole Blackhawk Down event. Our men took on substantially greater numbers and came out on top. We lost 31 men, and had a lot of wounded, yes. But we slaughtered those best gunfighters in the world by the truckload. I had a good laugh when this guy started in on the warlord guy for putting too much wasted space in the camera shot.. Dude – stfu and crop the image when you get home.

I've been having a very good time lately with an old rifle. My old Remington 514 .22. This is a single shot bolt action with a trigger pull like an 1800's era light switch. But I love shooting it. This was the first firearm I ever fired... not one like this one... this one. A family heirloom that my own boys have learned shooting with. I need to take them out more with it. And I will tomorrow. But in the mean time, I've found I had a brick of .22 CB Short. Firing them through this 514, you have the report of about half of a pellet rifle, with about the same speed... and hitting with a much heavier projectile. I used it today to cleanly take a sparrow off of a tree branch. This was used to feed one of Ogre Ranch's cats. I had fun doing it and the cat had a tasty meal. The simple pleasure of a low power rimfire is a treat. I've posted about this several years ago and it's still true today. Just for having some simple fun... a .22 is hard to beat. And these .22 Shorts – you don't need ear plugs. The neighbors don't call SWAT out on you... you can just enjoy the moment. You know what? I've never put this rifle on paper. Hmmm. Looks like I've a mission for tomorrow.

I look my boys fishing today. We were trying for Tiger Muskies. We got skunked. When we first pulled into the view of Cottonwood, we saw a Muskie snatch a heron right off the water and pull it down fighting. It was awesome. But evidently now that it had been feed it had no interest in the lures we were offering it.

04-11-09:  The Heritage Foundation is a fantastic Conservative Thinktank resource for anyone on this side of the political spectrum, or for those who just want to cut through the Media BS and get real. Bush has been beaten up by both sides, for a lot of good reasons, but the economy should not be one of them. Bush was leading a surging economy with consistent growth of 5 to 6% a year. Unemployment was at record lows. That's a good economy. It might not be perfect, but that's a good economy. And then the Dems won the House and Senate.... and everything went to total shit. The Housing Market crumbled, bringing down the Credit market and the banking industry is still shattering. So what is our new President doing about this? Spending money that hasn't even been made yet, putting us into debt that has been completely unimaginable in the past. This is is just peachy. This is the result of electing people who have not even the slightest idea of how the economy works... and putting them in charge of everything. Right now, the White House is drunk with our money and pretty much reflects the Animal House drunk with cheap beer.

So the pirates, having been completely intimidated by our Jimmy Carter approach to kidnapping people or taking Americans as hostages... has taken another ship. You don't negotiate with Evil. When you make a compromise with Evil – Evil has won. Shoot the fuckers! You shoot them every time they pop up – you shoot them until these pirates stop popping up. You see a little speed boat racing in your direction – you don't open up a dialog with them. You open a can of whoop-ass.

Muzzle Loading rifles have been big and getting bigger these days. Don't be shocked, it's not all about AR-15's. But what is interesting is the optics going on them. Today I mounted and bore sighted a Bushnell Holosight and a Vortex Strikefire on muzzle loaders. Does a single shot need a holosight? Can it benefit? Yes. Yes, it can. A great red dot type optic can enhance any gun with short to intermediate range guns. Rifles, Shotguns, SMG's, Muzzle Loaders, hell... even pellet guns.

Speaking of airguns... one of my younger boys had a birthday. He got the BUCK rifle, the same thing as a Red Ryder, but without the wood forend and a fiber optic front sight. He got a 6000 round can of BB's to go with it. After I came home from work tonight, we did a little shooting together with his little BB gun. How delightful! It's easy to forget the simple joys of a simple BB gun.

04-10-09:  You guys have seen these TeaParty gatherings around the country. Ours is coming up next Wednesday and they asked me to speak. Er... I'm okay at the writing part... not so great at the public speaking... but I think I'm going to give it a shot. Why not? My only worry is getting carried away and saying things that should best not be said out loud in public. I don't know what I'm going to say right now... but I'm going to try to come up with something good. And then I'm going to image that everyone there is naked. But then again, I do that anyways, even if I'm not talking. (insert naughty purring sound here)

These pirates that have our ship's captain – I'm afraid that my response would be a bit heavy handed and would require the sacrifice of the captain. I would riddle that little pirate dingy with automatic fire from the ships Gatling Gun. I would shred those bastards completely. The purpose is to send a very clear message to the pirates. Don't Mess With The US. Kill them, kill every other pirate vessel that's afloat... and bring them before God's Mercy. Because they wouldn't have mine. This captain made a heroic gesture in trading himself for his crew. That is admirable and I'd give him the greatest honor possible and a nice “with regrets” message to his family... with a stipend of course. But I'd kill everyone of those pirates, without hesitation. The next Destroyer build would bear this captain's name. We do not negotiate with terrorists, we do not make deals with Pirates. Doing so only encourages more piracy and terrorism. Sacrifices must be made, but Americans need to fight tot he last man. God be with Captain Phillips.

Too many hits! I checked my page views with a 3^rd party traffic meter – and my 40,000 hits a month is long gone. It said my hits are 380,000 a month. WTF!?! This freaks me the hell out. I try not to think about it. Normally I don't check these things... normally I don't care. But sometimes the curiosity gets the best of me and I peek. I dont advise peeking to other bloggers. Blog like no one else reads your stuff... just let it flow. When you look into the abyss... you stop blogging like you normally would. Which means you stop doing what is gathering your readership in the first place. For example, I'm completely unsettled and now I don't want to talk about the rise and fall of the western roman empire like I was going to... so you are just going to have to miss out on that now.

Okay, some of you may have noticed the little link up above to WeaponFlix.com... Well, WeTheArmed.com is forming an arrangement with WF. This mutually beneficial arrangement should boost traffic through both sites. This benefits them the most right now, but gives us a great resource for gun related vids. The upshot is that uploading to WF seems to be faster than to YouTube. So right now, I'm going to be uploading my vids to both sites. I've a good number on Youtube now and a good number of subscribers... but I'm going to load the same vids to WF going forward. I might take and upload videos of portions of my training classes... maybe. I'm thinking about it.

04-09-09: I was spending a little time with one of my boys when he said that he wanted to join the Army. It felt like icewater suddenly started pumping through my heart. He then said he wanted to be a sharpshooter. “A professional shooter, like you.” This is one of those strange moments that pop up and catch you right between the eyes all unexpectedly. On one hand, you feel the pride of your son's patriotism, and his love because he “wants to be like you”... but then you feel that chill... knowing what such a life would bring and the risks involved. The ethical and emotional trauma that could be faced. If I could pick a career for this lad, it wouldn't be in Combat Arms. I'll support him in whatever choice he makes – I'll have his back. But I'd rather see him get into another line of work.

Castro wants to help? That's very kind of the old man. If Castro really wanted to help, he'd release all his political prisoners, denounce communism, and open real dialog with the US again, and invite all the exiled Cubans back home so they could hold a real democratic election. That would be helpful.

Yesterday Ben and I went to do some long range shooting. I have a thread over on WTA about this, including videos of the day. I was shooting the HS against the XCR and the results were interesting. The guns are tied. I really liked the trigger pull and the thumbhole stock on the HS better... but the XCR kept up. The XCR bucked more because it was a little lighter, but the biggest thing about the XCR is that it's 1/3 the price. While I like the HS a lot, the XCR is smoother in the action and I can fire it, cycle the action, and fire it again easier without pulling my eye out of the scope. Other than cosmetics, the biggest functional difference between the two rifles were the optics. The HS, topped with a Leupold is going with the traditional “Tactical Scope” way of doing things, with the big turrets and the counting of clicks... pretty standard fare. The PFI's rapid reticle is different. I like it so much, I could easily put it on every rifle I own... but PFI's offerings are limited. Zeiss uses the system and puts in packages that work in all applications.... including higher magnum and magnification applications.

Now, I don't seem to be a pig... but I've noticed a lot of stories in the news about the increasing size of women's breasts, and that women are getting implants more often these days. Of course most of these new stories are coming from the UK and NZ, but still. Boobies are getting bigger. Let me think about this for a second. AWESOME.

Galactica: I'm officially saddened that this show is now over. But I look forward to getting the entire series on DVD. The final episode was a bit controversial, but I have to say that I liked it. The Galactica jumping right up next to the cyclon colony ship – that was epic. Galactic had the best space battles, and this one was the best since the last episode with the Pegasus. That was amazing... I was wishing for more information about Starbuck's character and state of being... but it was cool how that wrapped up. And Caprica Six as an Eternal Being? Well... I thought she was a Goddess the first time I saw her!

Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction have released a new album – for free to download. Check them out.

04-05-09:  We need to hit the Cartels head on. The Mexican Mafia and Colombian Cartels have been pushing into the US as hard and fast as they can. We need to push back. Cartel growing operations are making people fearful of going into National Parks and Forests for fear of stumbling into these criminals... fearful for good reasons. We should put together battalions of volunteer citizens, armed with weapons and radios, to sweep these areas and clear these cartels out of the US and off our soil. That's what it is going to take. A couple arrests and an occasion police fly over isn't going to do it. The scale is too large. We need a massive eradication operation... Systematic, coordinated, and motivated. That's what it is going to take. If we don't do this... we will not get rid of the problem... and the problem is going to grow exponentially and reach every corner of the US.

A new source for ammunition. Ammo has become a problem to acquire because of the Obama Effect on the Gun Industry. The normal sources have been slow to fill orders and are backlogged deeply. Well, we have a new source now. USA AMMO. These guys are rolling new rounds on new brass. This is a new company, so let's show them some support and when you do – tell them The Ogre sent you.

Yesterday I got an email about a new site called “WeaponFlix” and was going to post it on WTA, but someone beat me to it. The site is new and a bit rough. Buffering and playback issues, and of course limited content, but it should become a good source in the future. Bookmark it and check up on it from time to time.

I am more than miffed that we allowed North Korea to launch a ballistic missile. I understand we most likely allowed the launch to see what North Korea's capabilities are. But I'm still not happy about Kim Jong Ill having a weapon that can hit Japan. That's not cool. We should have been in a position to have shot it down instantly. Maybe we were. But I'm uncomfortable with this. We should have had agents and assets in place to have caused the missile to explode on the launch pad, destroying as much of their tech and technicians as possible.  Make it look like an accident.  That's what we should have done.  If I was the Emperor of America - that's what would have happened.

04-04-09:  May 9^th I'm putting on 2 training courses. My Carbine 1 Course from 9AM to 2PM. And my Basic Pistol course from 3PM to 6PM. I need attendees to prepay/register for the courses so I know exactly how many students are attending so I can plan on assistant instructors. Hopefully the weather will be nice, but don't plan on that. For details email me or contact me at Basin Sports. 150 to 200 rounds for rifle. 200 rounds for your handgun. You will need spare mags and ideally a way to carry the mags. Obviously for the handgun course you will need a good holster that you can draw and reholster with... IWB rigs are discouraged for the purpose of this class as they can collapse and hinder a safe and efficient reholster. You don't need fancy gear... and uncle mike's cheapo and a fanny pack will work if that's all you have. We'll discuss “Gear Theory” at the class.

Ben and I took a lunchbreak together and ran out to one of our shooting spots. The guns exercised today were .45 handguns... Ben broke out his Dan Wesson Bobtail Commander, and I rolled with my SIG GSR C3. Both of these guns are amazing examples of the Commander variation of John Moses Browning's Masterpiece. There are a lot of handgun designs that have come out since the 1911, but I really can't say any of them are better. I am quite fond of a lot of them... but I always come back to the 1911.

Now, my SIG C3 is still wearing in... and I had cleaned it with Mpro-7 without oiling it... so I had a couple failures to feed. Once back to the shop, I cleaned it again and lubed it with Tetra Gun Grease. On the way home I stopped in a pull-out and blew through a whole box of CCI Blazer Brass. Not one malfunction. Seriously, the more I shoot the C3 the better it gets, and the more I like it. The accuracy is astonishing. Now, you can think of this as an Officer's or as a Commander, because it is a combination of both. Out at the range with Ben there was a Hard Hat about 50 yards away, and I was able to repeatedly hit it off hand. This is something that you just wouldn't be able to do with an Officer's or a Kimber Ultra.

I've mentioned before how fond I am becoming of Mpro-7's cleaner. This is still the case. I love the stuff. Now, this Tetra Gun Grease... When I put it in the C3 the gun felt different. It felt “creamy”. It felt like the action was cushioned from shock during cycling. It felt good, but not as slick as with Tetra Gun Oil. However with the Gun Grease, I had no Malf's. So that's something to think about. There is the whole Grease vs Oil debate and I'm not getting into that right now. One advantage that the Grease has is that it stays put and doesn't bleed like oil does.

I'm not going to try to say which Commander is better – the Bobtail or the C3 – they are both too different. But when it comes to 1911's, I can say that the Commander is the best balance of power, accuracy, with the easy of carry and concealment. The Commander Rules.

I watch a couple shows on Hulu.com when they get updated with new episodes. One of them is “Legend Of The Seeker”. It's a series based on the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. This led me to read “Wizard's First Rule”, which I borrowed from Ben who was kind enough to lend me his autographed hardback copy. Well, I've got my own copy and I'm reading it through again to pick up all the details I missed before. This is odd because I almost never re-read a book after having so recently finished it. The only one I've read twice through like this is MHI. But that's another topic. The book is great, but the series is pure cheesy camp but I enjoy it for some reason I can't explain.