Ancient & Modern

New Skool, Old Skool

I bit the not so proverbial bullet and went out for a well needed shoot; just a bit of ranging about with one of the Lees and an AR. I say "just" as though it wasn't any great deal. Not so fast; with the cost of ammo being Homeland Security IRS pricey, you've got to make every shot count, before you go broke. Like the economy.

Bore Sight!

And the question in my shooter's mind was, "Is the cheap 2nd hand Burris Fullfield, 50 buck wonder, scope broken?" Would it dial in? Last time I tried I wasn't so sure.

Getting there

It did OK. I bore-sighted the old-skool way by peering  at the target with the bolt out, then gazing like a Chaldee through the scope. Were both sight pictures the same? Adjust accordingly. After things were appx. sorted out at 25 yards I moved out to 50 and called EndEx when the rounds were impacting 1" above the X Ring.

Rule Britannia, DIY

Good result. A $150 rifle, with 1917 history, that I'd refinished and restocked myself coming in as a contender in the "kill the evil hog at 100 yards" stakes. Or whatever. To be honest, I think I'll lose the scope and get a 'smith to fit iron (express) sights. 2 folding leaf would be neat and not too expensive. Authentic(ish) too.

.303 Brit

Shot off a couple of mags of 5.56 afterwards to clear the head. Did best off-hand, oddly. Pathetically inaccurate kneeling and prone. Must have lost concentration in the later evolutions.

Go home and eat ribs

A good and well needed days shooting over, I headed for home and BBQ Country Style Ribs. Result. 

Shoot straight and remember, there'll always be an England, until, of course, that there's not.

God bless,

LSP

You'd Better Obey Now!

The State Loves You

What was it that ZeroHedge wisely reminded us of? Oh yes. "It is not a conspiracy theory if it is a conspiracy fact."

You Have Nothing To Fear

But don't worry, the State is your friend. Unless you happen to be Jewish, or think that we're taxed enough already.

Power

Reeling from the above epiphany I made up some country style ribs. They're cooking low and slow on the grill this very moment.

In other news, Malcolm X's grandson is dead. He went by "Shabazz" and was beaten to death in a strip joint in Mexico.  You can read all about it on the internet. 

Forgive the digression; happy Mother's Day!

LSP

I Need Bullets, Hillary's Totally innocent

I need more ammo

There's been precious little about shooting on this site lately because ammo prices have gone through the roof, if you can get any at all, which is difficult. Vicious rumors that the DHS is busy doing an end run around the 2nd Amendment are baseless and entirely without foundation. And Hillary Clinton is innocent. Very innocent. Here's a picture of her, looking innocent.

I'm so angry that you think I'm not innocent!!

Here's another.

I'm thiiiiis innocent!

And another!

Whaddya mean I'm not innocent!!

And what's this?

I'm so very bored of you thinking I'm not innocent.

Have a blessed Feast of the Ascension.

LSP

Benghazi

Maybe, just maybe, it's coming back to bite ya.

Let's hope.

LSP

Stand and Fight

mission church

Uplifting couple of Masses this morning. I preached about the military's ban on Christian evangelisation, among other things. Some people, like "Mikey" Weinstein, think that armed forces personnel who share their faith publicly are guilty of "sedition" and "treason." In case you didn't know, the Pentagon's employing this enemy of freedom and faith as a kind of adviser. 

kitchen hunting

I suppose, given Weinsteinian logic, that the framers of the Declaration of Independence were a dangerously subversive 5th Column in the fledgling Republic, seeing as how they seditiously expressed their theism in the public square.

right on

In other news, NRA membership is over 5 million.

Right on.

LSP

Winner. Loser.

Winner

Let the polls speak for themselves, via Drudge:

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,713,000
FOXNEWS THE FIVE 2,027,000
CMDY DAILY SHOW 1,867,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 1,814,000
CMDY COLBERT 1,752,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 1,677,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,395,000
MSNBC MADDOW 673,000
MSNBC O'DONNELL 685,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 613,000
CNN BLITZER 551,000
MSNBC SHARPTON 549,000
CNNHN GRACE 510,000
CNN BURNETT 509,000
MSNBC HAYES 496,000
CNNHN DR DREW 482,000
CNN PIERS MORGAN 433,000

Loser

Carry on, Piers, that's the way to do it! Next stop? A one way ticket back to blighty. We hope.

Cheers,

LSP

The Weber Thesis

Grill

Back in the mists of antiquity, "going to town" mostly meant a visit to London, these days it means a drive to Dallas. And if it rains, which it almost always doesn't, you can grill under cover.

More bullets, please

Result. And while we're on topic, why does the DHS need 1000 more rounds of ammo, per person, than the Army. Surely our rulers aren't scared of anything? Or maybe they're just trying to disarm us quietly, which amounts to much the same thing.

Buy ammo if you can find it.

LSP