Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

Get a Grip on the Warthog

We got comments on Damsel’s post, ‘My Shiny Girl Gun,’ from Mark and Sig94 regarding the grip on her Para Warthog. They were concerned about how well they could grip the pistol, given its small size. I answered by posting a couple of photos in the comments and thought it would be good to share them here along with the comments so everyone can see.

Mark said,

How is it to shoot? I’ve been thinking of getting one this year and was worried about how short the grip was. It seems about like my Walther PPK/S in length but with a .45 I’m a bit worried.

Sig94 said,

Same concern here. My Beretta Mini-Cougar is a great little piece as long as the standard mag is used with the pinkie rest. The other mag is shorter and my pinkie feels all naked and afraid hanging off the bottom of the grip.

Cap’n Bob said,

Damsel can grip the pistol without the extended magazine since her hands are small. I, on the other hand (no pun intended), find it’s more comfy with the extension. Fortunately, both magazine styles are available. And this little gun kicks too. Without the extension, it wants to jump out of my hands.

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28 May 2008 by Photography

Walking the Dog

She doesn’t get to do this very often, but yesterday, we took ‘Bear’ for a drive to several stops on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. She enjoyed exploring the Neptune Fountain at the Palos Verdes Estates civic center, the Point Vicente Interpretive Center (shown in the picture) and a couple of other stops on the peninsula.

I think she was happy, but it must have tired her out – all that doggie exploration – because she slept most of the morning today.

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27 May 2008 by Critters Culture

Holiday Odyssey

Damsel took these pictures today when we were driving on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. We started out just going for a holiday drive, but these targets of opportunity presented themselves for Damsel’s camera. From peacocks to pelicans and Stearman to Boeing, we saw it all today. She imaged more than 500 jpegs with her digital. Very difficult picking four pix let alone one . . .

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Click any image for a bigger view.

26 May 2008 by California Photography

Long Target Practice

ammo-boxesWe missed target practice a couple of weeks ago. So, to make up for it, we took some extra ammo and brought seven firearms:

  1. Smith & Wesson 442 .38 spl +P
  2. Smith & Wesson 908s 9mm
  3. Glock 26 9mm
  4. Glock 30 .45 ACP
  5. Para Warthog .45 ACP
  6. Remington 870 20 ga
  7. Remington 870 12 ga 6+1

I took this picture of the recycle bin after we broke down the ammo boxes. To be fair, this bunch includes the ammo boxes we used to reload the magazines for the pistols after cleaning them today.      Click to zoomography.

I wonder what the dumpster divers think when peeking in our recycle bins on trash day.

25 May 2008 by Firearms

Alligators in the Sewers – One Year After Capture

zoo-reggiejpg.JPGReggie has been in the zoo for a year now.

We followed the story about Reggie, the suburban alligator, almost from the start:

Alligators in the Sewers – Still!
Alligators in the Sewers – Part IV
Alligators in the Sewers – Part V
Alligators in the Sewers – Part VI
Alligators in the Sewers – Part VII
Alligators in the Sewers – Epilogue?
Alligators in the Sewers – Reggie, Where Ya Been?
Alligators in the Sewers – The Epilogue

Unfortunately, some of the earlier posts (Parts I, II and III) were lost when we converted from our old blog format to WordPress.

The story started when a San Pedro resident introduced the alligator to Machado Lake in a Harbor City Park when he decided that he couldn’t keep his exotic pet any longer. Authorities later traced the animal to the resident and brought appropriate charges.

The alligator, however, managed to elude potential captors for a couple of years and laid low in the park’s lake. The ‘gator became a celebrity in his own right as sightings by park visitors continued to be reported.

A year ago, a team from the Los Angeles Zoo managed to snare the reclusive reptile.

Here’s a report on the health and welfare of our favorite ‘gator from the Daily Breeze:

Continue reading…

24 May 2008 by Critters Environment

Marine Corps Other Toys

red-humveeI know that our men and women in the Armed Services have access to a lot of necessary battlefield equipment. I like to use the term ‘toys’ because, even though they are equipment designed for military purposes, some of them are really neat.

But this ‘toy’ seen here is the real thing – an actual Humvee set up to be used for entertainment purposes, publicity and amusement – literally, a toy.

This Hummer is practical only for being used as a recruiting tool. It hardly has the paint color to be used in any theater of operations, and I’m certain that the awesome high power sound system isn’t going to scare off any enemy.

But it is a beautiful work of military art. You have to envy the guys that get assigned to the care, feeding and operations of this unique military vehicle.

Photographed at Torrance, California, in the static display area after the annual Armed Forces Day Parade. The city hosts the parade every year; this is the 49th consecutive year.

One of our favorite weblogs, Blogs of War posted a great YouTube video of the 2008 Torrance Armed Forces Day Parade.

23 May 2008 by Military Photography

GunPedia

GunPediaI knew it would be just a matter of time until somebody would do this.

Gunpedia is a wiki that was created in January 2006. A wiki is a website that anyone can edit and improve, sort of like Wikipedia, only this is more specific – it’s for the documentation of just about anything about guns. Right now, you can edit 347 different articles about this subject, and can create many, many more.

On the front page there is a section for:

  • Monthly Featured Article
  • Monthly Featured Image
  • User of the Month
  • Newest Pages

Also featured is an alphanumeric index to specific firearms pages. If you don’t see your favorite weapon there, you can add it yourself! I looked at the index, and it appears that there will be a lot of work to do.

There are many special-interest wikis in cyberspace, not the least of which is the IMFDB or Internet Movie Firearms Database, another very interesting wiki.

22 May 2008 by Cyberspace Firearms

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