Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

Cheddar Moon

yellow-moonLooking like it should be much closer to the horizon, the almost full moon last night was tinted distinctively yellow. Like the green lunar cheese is really Cheddar. The reason, of course, is smoke particles from the catastrophic California Firestorms filter out blue moonlight, thus making the moon look yellowish. This was the color of the moon when Damsel mentioned it in her post about the smoky sun.

I took this photo last night using my little Canon A710IS on a mini tripod. Click for a closer view.

By the way, tonight, no matter where you are, if you have clear skies, you should go out and look at the full moon at perigee.

25 Oct 2007 by Photography

Flyin’ Brass

Last Sunday at the local indoor firing range I took this shot of Damsel punching holes in a silhouette target with the S&W 908 9mm semi-automatic pistol. On the right side of the photo, an ejected 9x19mm brass case and it’s shadow hovers in mid-air just before it ricocheted off of the partition onto the floor.

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24 Oct 2007 by Firearms Photography

California Wildfires Obscure Sun

The wildfires burning here in Southern California are many miles from our house yet the smoke in the air reduced the sun to a dimmer brownish-yellow ball. Objects on the ground appeared dim and yellowish. I have blue carpet in the living room and the sunlight falling on it would make it look greenish-yellow. Last night, the moon looked like a great pumpkin in the sky.

I snapped this picture of the sun surrounded by the thick smoke about mid-morning yesterday.

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23 Oct 2007 by California Environment Photography

Target Practice

It’s a busy day for us today – wash day at home and moving day at work. I’m starting on a new project in the next building. We’re not going to have much opportunity to post anything requiring serious thought, so I’ll just throw up this target from yesterday’s 9mm session at the range. We had fun shooting and sometimes we would hit the middle of the target.

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22 Oct 2007 by Firearms Photography Sports

An Excellent Shooting Day

Excellent for shooting pictures and firearms, that is.

I took a bunch of pictures today after our excellent session at the firing range. Many more of them turned out excellent (in my humble opinion) than usual. It was difficult to post any one of them, but since my little S&W 442 .38 special revolver is my choice for personal protection (I have no favorite gun), I decided to post this close-up of the right side of this pretty little revolver.

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21 Oct 2007 by Firearms Photography Sports

Skyburst Dahlia

We went to the Botanic Gardens today for a mum show and sale. As usual, we also walked out into the gardens. Not far from the Red and White Dahlia I previously posted, we saw this dahlia variety that reminded me of a fireworks skyburst. Click on the image for a larger view.

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20 Oct 2007 by Home & Garden Photography

Waiting Again — Stepping up to .45ACP

Earlier this year we made a decision to get a couple of .45 ACP pistols; we’ve been shopping for a while now, and to “celebrate” the most ridiculous recently passed anti-second amendment laws in California, we decided that now is the time. I have been saving up some spare change in the slush fund, and just this week it passed the threshold for acquisition. So, the countdown is on . . .

warthog1.gifDamsel decided on the Para Ordinance “Warthog.” One reviewer had this to offer:

The original super-compact .45 with truly awesome firepower is the Para Warthog. There is no 1911-style, ten-round, semi-auto in the world smaller than the Warthog. The Warthog is remarkably controllable, thanks to its superbly engineered and contoured grip design. Add the feeding and extracting reliability of the exclusive new Para Power Extractor and you have the best super-compact pistol on the ground or in the air.

glock30.gifMy choice was to go with the Glock 30. I already own a G-26 9mm and love it. It’s lightweight, has a great feel to it when I shoot and it’s easy to maintain. Based on my satisfaction with the 9mm, I ordered the new pistol which isn’t much bigger than it’s 9mm counterpart.

The Glock 30 is the smaller frame .45 caliber version of the Glock 21. Like the Glock 26, it has a 10 round capacity in a dual stack magazine. When I hold the pistol, it seems to have the same weight and feel of my Glock 26. According to reviews I read about firing the Glock 30, it should be every bit as reliable as my Glock 26.

I’m looking forward to the waiting period to end, as is Damsel. We only get to wait because obtuse California politicians believe that penalizing legitimate firearms owners will make criminals somehow stop committing crimes with guns. Oh! The insanity!

19 Oct 2007 by Firearms

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