Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

Progress Report – Para Warthog

hawg-ejectaI’ve had my Para Ordinance Warthog for a couple of months now, and it’s finally showing signs of breaking in. Even with brand-new .45 ACP ammo, she would jam – a lot. I mean about once per 10 round magazine – sometimes twice. Gradually, after I learned how much lube this gun needs, she calmed down to one jam every couple of magazines. She’s been getting steadily better as I continue to shoot her every week.

Right – an ejected shell can be seen frozen in mid-flight as I fired the Warthog. Click to enlarge.

hawgToday, I put about 90 rounds through her and she only jammed a couple of times. I got off forty or fifty rounds without a jam at one point. Anyhow, I’m sure that she’ll soon smooth out and start to perform like a competition pistol. I’m keeping the faith ’cause she sure is pretty.

I intended to give a full report on the Para Ordinance Warthog, and I still plan to do so. I just thought it would be a good idea to wait until after the break-in period. Soon, I promise.

16 Dec 2007 by Firearms Photography

Could Be A Christmas Card – Part VI

For the last several years, we have developed a tradition of decorating our Christmas tree with a patriotic theme. Although there are plenty of exceptions, many of the ornaments and lights are red, white and blue. This year, we bought a set of five ornaments from the Patriot Post – one for each of the branches of the military. This is the Marine Corps ornament.

USMC

15 Dec 2007 by Culture

Sage Advice

Arguably, one of the best US Presidents ever, Ronald Reagan, has some sage advice for those who would pervert the second amendment language to mean anything other than “individual right to own and bear arms.” Read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution – realize that that’s exactly what the founders meant: to keep individuals free and independent, with the right to defend themselves from tyranny, both at home and abroad.

Ronald Reagan“The second amendment gives the individual citizen a means of protection against the despotism of the state. Look what it refers to: “The security of a free state.” The word “free” should be underlined because that is what they are talking about and that is what the Constitution is about–a free nation and a free people, where the rights of the individual are preeminent. The founding fathers had seen, as the Declaration of Independence tells us, what a despotic government can do to its own people. Indeed, every American should read the Declaration of Independence before he reads the Constitution, and he will see that the Constitution aims at preventing a recurrence of the way George III’s government treated the colonies.”

— President Ronald Reagan

14 Dec 2007 by Firearms Patriotism Second Amendment

Shopping Mall Signs We’d Like to See

Excerpted from an excellent article by Doug Patton in Human Events.com (via NRA-ILA):

welcomeAt Virginia Tech last spring, 32 people were gunned down in a gun-free zone. At Columbine High School in 1999, 13 innocent people were killed. In a Killeen, Texas, café in 1991, 23 died at the hands of a gunman run amok. And in a Southern California McDonalds restaurant in 1984, 21 lost their lives when a shooter went berserk. These are just a few of the shooting incidents around the world, all enabled by the same failure: there was no way to stop those responsible for perpetrating the killings.

After years of debate, the Nebraska Legislature passed a concealed-carry law last spring. It permits law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed firearm after paying a fee, completing a training course and submitting to a background check. However, as is so often the case with contested legislation, compromise was necessary for passage. In this case, the compromise consisted of allowing communities and businesses to opt out. Of course, this was a victory for liberals, who seem to believe that guns somehow can kill on their own. Unfortunately, for those of us who understand that inanimate objects do not kill people, this left a gaping hole in an otherwise useful law.

The upscale Von Maur store at the Westroads shopping center remained closed following the shootings. If I were the CEO of that corporation, before I authorized the reopening of that store, I would change the signs on the doors to read, “Law-abiding Nebraskans carrying concealed weapons welcome here.”

Update: Minstrel quotes the Nuge on this issue: Gun Free Zones Get People Killed.

12 Dec 2007 by Law and Order Second Amendment

Scout Troop Shootout

This is a good thing. At the range last weekend, we encountered a scout troop mustering in front of the range. As we were getting ready to leave, I spoke with one of the adults that organized the shooting event. He said there were fifteen scouts there for firearms education with six adults to supervise.

This is something that we like to see – kids getting familiarized with the proper techniques and attitudes that should be prerequisite for firearm ownership. I am especially glad that here in California, some good folks are taking the time to get these kids familiarized with shooting.

scouts-shoot

10 Dec 2007 by Culture People Second Amendment

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