Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

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Well Balanced Pistols

Damsel took a picture recently of her Balancing Warthog and posted it here. Just out of curiosity, I took out the other pistols and tried the same test. The S&W 908s wouldn’t balance at all. The Glock 26 balanced just like the Warthog, without the magazine and with the slide locked back.

The Glock 30 wouldn’t balance until I inserted a magazine. The magazine gave it a flat bottom to rest on. The Glock 26 has a lip on the bottom front of the grip which kept the gun from falling forward like the 30 was prone to do without a magazine.

balancing act

Left to right, Glock 26 and Warthog, sans magazines, and Glock 30, magazine inserted.

I’m thinking that this balancing act is possible due to the pistols having been designed for good recoil properties. Does anyone have thoughts on that?

17 Jan 2008 by Firearms Photography

Point and Click

Please don’t associate the “point ‘n’ click” terminology with computers – unless the *&^$@ computer dies and just might make a better target than a tool. Come to think of it, even though the hard disk died, it’s possible it could be recovered and read by unauthorized persons. Any personal data on the hard drive should be destroyed.

Hmmmmm – a remote area, the Glocks and this defunct laptop – it might be fun.

Point and Click

Naah – I’ll just remove and destroy the drive and take the rest to the recycler.

15 Jan 2008 by Firearms Humor Technobabble

Important – Sign the Petition

revolversSecond Amendment Alert – Via Redstate via The Wandering Minstrel:

Redstate has a post today about the intervention of the Solicitor General of the United States in the Heller vs. D.C. case. In the post is a link to savethesecond.org where Congressman Eric Cantor (R – VA) is organizing a petition to let the government know that you value your second amendment rights.

Click here to sign the petition.

Here’s an excerpt from the petition site:

Last Friday, the United States Solicitor General filed formal briefs asking the Supreme Court not to affirm the lower court’s decision. This is just outrageous. The Solicitor General is the Federal Government’s lawyer. So, now we have the federal government using our tax dollars to argue for a delay on a ruling concerning our fundamental rights.

Take action today – sign this petition to let the government know that you value your second amendment rights. Together, we can ensure that your rights are protected. For the first time in years we have the opportunity for the Supreme Court to clearly say that the second amendment applies to all Americans and that no government can ban all handguns.

Let your voice be heard – sign the petition today.

14 Jan 2008 by Firearms Second Amendment

San Francisco Gun Owners Win

Breaking News from the NRA:

NRA Wins Big in California State Court of Appeals

sealThe California State Court of Appeals announced today their decision to overturn one of the most restrictive gun bans in the country, following a legal battle by attorneys for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and a previous court order against the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

“Today’s decision by the California State Court of Appeals is a big win for the law-abiding citizens and NRA Members of San Francisco,” declared Chris W. Cox, NRA’s chief lobbyist.

In 2005, NRA sought an injunction against the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to prevent them from enacting one of the nation’s most restrictive gun bans. NRA won the injunction, but the City’s mayor and Board of Supervisors ignored the court order and approved a set of penalties, including a $1,000 fine and a jail term of between 90 days and six months, for city residents who own firearms for lawful purposes in their own homes.

“We promised our California NRA members in 2005 that we would fight any gun ban instituted by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, and we haven’t given up that fight,” continued Cox. “Today we see our second win for the Second Amendment against the San Francisco gun ban. We beat them once in court and the City’s attorney appealed based on his personal disagreement with the court’s first decision to overturn the ban. Now we’ve beaten them again. The California State Court of Appeals has upheld the state preemption law.”

Today’s decision came in the form of a 3-0 opinion in favor of the lower court ruling overturning the gun ban.

“This decision is a thoughtful and well-reasoned legal opinion,” concluded Cox. “I’d like to thank our approximately 4 million members, including the hundreds of thousands of members in California, for their continued commitment to protecting our cherished freedoms.”

Let’s hope that SCOTUS will follow suit in the D.C. Gun Case.

09 Jan 2008 by Firearms Judiciary Second Amendment

Interim Report – Para Ordinance “Warthog”

sunday shootOK – the break-in period is over and she still has the occasional round hang up halfway into the barrel – so I’m going to make an interim report (again) pending one more step in the process.

A commenter (Rob) on my previous post about the ‘hog, expressed great satisfaction with the gun. The only difference is that he uses the cleaner/lubricant ‘Strike Hold’ on his weapon. We’ve been using oil and some lube (gone now) that came with the gun. Today, we placed an order for a couple of cans of Strike Hold and should have it prior to the next outing at the range.

This week, I shot about 100 new rounds of 230 grain Federal .45 ACP. I had only two or three rounds that required clearing. The gun seems to be at it’s best when I start shooting and with one early exception, the hangups happened after the gun got a little dirty.

I’ll have another post after we have a chance to use the new cleaner/lube on it.

07 Jan 2008 by Firearms

Sunday Brunch

One of the keys to enjoying our weekly trip to the firing range is to have a good Sunday brunch beforehand. This is a nice ham, cheese and avocado omelet (low cholesterol version with egg substitute and just a trace of cheese), hash brown potatoes and a whole grain English muffin. On the side, a S&W 686 .357 magnum revolver with a Glock 26 9mm pistol. Tasty.

brunch

06 Jan 2008 by Firearms Food & Dining Photography

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