10-Ring

Yes, they are made out to be the heroes of the hunting world.  I wonder how many hunters would be obsessed with antler size if it were not for these shows?  The real heroes of the hunting world, if there are any actual heroes in the hunting world, are those that take kids hunting and teach them to be good stewards of the land and to be ethical hunters, and those that spend their time conserving the land and making it a better place for all of the people and animals.

I have a similar problem.  Last year I made the decision to trust my life on the street to Second Chance body armor. I got the level IIa because it stops the most rounds. plus I got the Trauma Plate for the front. What scares me is that, although I can fit an extra trauma plate in the front, I cannot fit a second one in back. As of late I have taken to duct-taping a second trauma plate to the area of my back where the heart and vital organs are located. Then I put my vest on. Here is the questions. The ducttape solution, although tactically sound, is hot and painful to remove. I would like to go to the single-plate solution in back. What I am worried about is repeated hits to that area with .308 ammunition. I have a high-risk security job and I fear that I would be the target for repeated long-distance shots to my back. Are any of you aware of a thicker plate that could stop, say, .338 Lapua or something like that? Is there a better way to do the second plate? BTW, I am, of course, usually carrying a pair of ceramic plates in my briefcase so that I can shield my head. My SO (we work as a team when necessary) has a similar accessory containing a breakdown NEF single-shot 300 WinMag with an 18″ bbl. The plan is that I shield us with my body and “catch the rounds” while she assembles the NEF. I lay down covering fire with my 23 (Bar-Sto .357 Sig barrel) and she makes the long shots. I will then throw smoke grenades to obscure the area while continuing to lay covering fire. The problem, of course, is when I have to turn my back to run, and then the problem crops up. Thanks!

Does having love for 9,.40, and .45 make me bi?

Saw that on Facebook this morning.  I've never heard of the guy.  I don't watch hunting shows because I have no interest in shows about only shooting trophy animals, I think it's a poor example of proper management.  I generally take a dim view of those that make these shows.  That aside everything I've heard about this guy indicates he is nothing but a thug that has no regard for game regulations.  Am I missing something here?  He certainly is not the first "hunting celebrity" to find himself in hot water for violating game laws.   As far as his daughter goes, I'm not sure how old she is but I would venture to bet that more of us had a baggy in our sock drawer that our parents didn't know about growing up than did not.

Check your drive shaft U-joints.  Rear end problems stink!

Went fishing today and caught the first bass of the year.  The 9 year old whipper snapper in the boat caught 2.  Pretty good since the lake was rapidly being drawn down, bt no banner day for sure.  The fact that I wore a T-shirt comfortably for most of the day was a sure sign that spring isn't far away!

I gave up on shoots years ago.  Pretty much because I saw an amount of unsafe gun handling around me that I was not comfortable with.  If there was a TGO shoot I'd be all over it as I think TGOers are better gun handlers than the general public.  Since I quit going on shoots I've had some success hunting alone and using decoys.

Quite frankly I'm a little surprised that off duty officers are allowed to carry in Illinois.       That is thought provoking as to what we need to do to protect ourselves in the event that firearms are stolen and recovered.  I don't think I have a single bill of sale or other documentation for a single gun that I own.  Personally I have pictures of all of my guns including good pictures of the serial numbers backed up and stored remotely in the case of theft.  I too am no lawyer but I would think that should be enough to get a gun back if it was stolen.  I actually did have a gun stolen about 10 years ago and eventually got it back all I did that time was file a police report when it was stolen with the serial number.

  The worst thing about this thing is that it is made by Google.  I still refuse to use the Google search engine.  I'm certainly not a Google fan, but in this case they have produced a product that meets my needs and they are selling it for a fair price.  If Google wants to spy on me about all they are going to get is what I watch on Netflix.  Plus I will only be using Chrome for the Chromecast.  If another company came out with a similar device at a comparable price I'd be all over it.  

I just picked up one of these and it's a pretty darn cool device.  For those not in the know you plug it into a HDMI port on your TV and it allows you to stream content from your computer, phone, or tablet to your TV.  Most likely I'll just use it for NetFlix, which I watch more than cable anyway.  If my cable didn't come free with my internet I would be canceling it.    Only gripe is honestly it could have a better interface and I had to DL Google Chrome on my laptop because that's the only browser it works with.  But hey, for $35 this thing is hard to beat.

Pull-a-part is full of those things, If you can do the work yourself you cold have that car back on the road for a couple of hundred dollars.  It's not ideal, but it's better than a car payment.

I flew out of Knoxville on the 7th and returned early this morning.  When I flew out I got to Pre Check and I will say that it was nice.  Returning today I was treated like a common criminal as usual and had to take off my shoes and belt, as well as take my laptop out of my bag.    The fact that this is even an option pretty much nullifies everything else that TSA does.

I like those corner shelves too.  I have to live in the worst designed house built in this century.  Among other things there is zero usable corners in my garage.

Any cop who would think that it is even okay to fake this doesn't deserve to hold the title.  That shows a serious lack of judgement.

Everyone has a purpose in life, for some the highest purpose that they will ever serve is acting as fertilizer, for the rest of us they can't serve their purpose soon enough.

I'm getting ready to build some benches.  Been in my place for 10 months and I'm just getting around to it.  I acquired a reloading set up Christmas of 2012 that has yet to get out of the box, partially because I don't have a place to set it up.  I'm thinking a 2 bench set up like many I see here.  I want one bench solely for reloading and other gun use and I want another for putting junk on, I mean everything else.  Doesn't look like the reloading bench needs to be exceptionally sturdy but I would like the other bench to be substantial to where I can beat the tar out of things on it with a 2 1/2 pound sledge and put objects in the vise and crank on them with a 6 foot cheater bar without yanking the workbench all over the garage.  I remember my grandfather building workbenches out of lanes from an old bowling alley, they were nice and heavy and solid.  I may know where I can pick some up too!

Another recent quitter here.  After 13 years of use I had decided that my dip was something that I could enjoy for myself and I was done trying to quit.  My wife schedules a dentist appointment for me.  I figure they are going to tell me I need to quit and whatnot, but I wasn't going to give it up.  Basically they scared me into quitting.  Told me I was a prime candidate to start loosing teeth within the next few years and I had some spots in my mouth that could easily turn to cancer.  After paying $300 out of pocket for some deep cleaning I decided maybe I would give quitting one more try.  I had bought a can that morning on the way to the dentist appointment, I finished that can on a road trip for my birthday that weekend.  As I was finishing that can, taking the last pinch I told myself to enjoy it because this would be the last one.  That was on my birthday Dec. 8 and I have bummed a dip exactly twice.  For some reason it wasn't even hard this time, which was surprising because I completely went cold turkey.  I have used nicotine lozenges successfully in the past though.  I just held them in my lip like a dip, as the cravings became less I replaced the lozenge with hard candy.

I have had a 642 for years.  Not crazy about it but it serves a purpose.  It was my EDC for years but I swapped it out for a Glock for a couple of reasons.  1) It doesn't make sense for me to belt carry a gun this small, so I pocket carried it.  One day I realized how difficult pocket carry was to deploy and I decided to get away from it and go for belt carry.  Now I usually carry a Glock of some variety.  2) Small caliber and small capacity.  Not to start a caliber war here but I wanted to carry something larger with more capacity.  I also prefer to carry something that is adequate for taking down an animal if need be.  As long as you are comfortable being limited to 5 rounds and .38 then there is nothing wrong with it.     That said I mostly use this as a deep concealment gun.   I personally like the LCRs over the 642, but that is just my opinion.  The LCR seems to have a much better trigger.  

I'm really wanting a carbine now.  Maybe a .45?

I think it's as cool as all get out, no way I'd carry it though.  Coffee table piece all the way.

I like the concept but IMO it should be about $40 cheaper.  I see no point in paying $80-100 for a DIY setup when polymer lowers have been going for as low as $50-75 lately.  Unless you are reading into avoiding 4473 forms then I don't see the point. 

I saw a commemorative 870 in a magazine the other day for around $1900.  Does anyone actually buy these things?  I just prefer guns that I can actually use myself. 

Probably government workers of some sort if they do work.

Might have to give it a try, usually about the time I get  respectable beard going I cut it off because I'm tired of listening to the wife whine at that point.  I've got a pretty good amount of growth going now and I'm vowing to not cut it until we see 70+ degrees so I'm thinking it might get some decent growth.

So when will we see the vote from the full senate?