.45 Day at the Range

All shooting is done at 10 yards with 230 grain Blazer Brass hardball except where noted.

Springfield Armory Target model. This gun was what I used for bullseye years ago. It’s been rebuilt at least twice. Thousands of rounds through this one.
Pistol Dynamics XO model. Custom, long list on this build.
My 5th Anniversary gift (It was almost our 7th before I got it)
Kimber Lightweight Custom.
Old Para Ordnance CCO Light Double Action (LDA)
I pulled one on each of these, I’m out of practice.
(I blame the railroad)
Both of these are carry guns, so gotta do the playing cards
The plastic guns get shot too. Glock 30 with a trigger job
EDC Gun. This isn’t with the Blazer brass but with Federal 230 grain HST carry ammo.
you have to check the zero on the laser from time to time.
its a little high

Next week…..Wheelguns

Mama’s Knife

Mama wants a knife…..we want our women happy, right?

nice Damascus

add a little color
some nice wood and a little resin. Brass insert
some Teak Oil for finish
Mamasita Caliente is happy

Button Lock

I’ve never done a button lock before. Some people add a leaf or coil spring in order to make an automatic knife.
Having a third hand would make these much easier to make.

Desert Ironwood finished nicely with some sanding sealer and Teak Oil.

Trump campaigns on border wall progress. There’s not much of it

President Trump, whose plans to campaign on a booming economy were ruined by the coronavirus, traveled Tuesday to the southern edge of Arizona to highlight completion of “more than 200 miles of powerful border wall” with Mexico.

He didn’t mention the fine print.

Nearly all 216 miles built since Trump took office replaced outdated or dilapidated fencing. Only about “three miles of new border wall system [have been] constructed in locations where no barriers previously existed,” according to Homeland Security’s June 19 status report on the wall.

The visit to Yuma, and later to Phoenix, marked Trump’s first public appearance since his poorly attended rally Saturday night in Tulsa, Okla., which has sparked speculation by some Republicans that Trump’s campaign needed major retooling.

The campaign had predicted a massive overflow crowd for his first public rally in more than three months, but the indoor arena in Tulsa was two-thirds empty, and Trump was humiliated, according to aides.

He also was angry that his aides had confirmed to the press before the event that six Trump campaign staffers involved in organizing the rally tested positive for COVID-19. (The total is now eight.)

Trump’s scripted attempts to paint a negative portrait of Biden were lost in a torrent of grievances and invective toward the media, China and the coronavirus, not to mention a bizarre reenactment of his tentative walk down a ramp after a commencement address days earlier.

“The most important thing in a campaign is the message. And the most powerful message he needs to develop is what’s wrong with Joe Biden,” said Ari Fleischer, who was White House press secretary under President George W. Bush. “If this election is about the incumbent, chances are Donald Trump will lose.”

On Tuesday, Arizona tallied the most COVID-19 cases of any day yet — 3,591 — and its hospitalization rate set a record for an eighth straight day, casting a heavy shadow on the president’s visit, especially his second event, a speech sponsored by a conservative advocacy group at a Phoenix church.

Trump has sidelined the White House coronavirus task force in recent weeks and spoken of the pandemic as if it had ended, even claiming in Tulsa that he has asked aides to “slow down” testing to keep the overall number of reported cases from rising. The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 tops 121,000.

Before leaving the White House on Tuesday, Trump scoffed at his press secretary’s claim that the president’s call to slow testing was meant as a joke.

“I don’t kid,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn. “By having more tests, we find more cases.”

But making the wall a symbol of Trump’s harsh approach to immigration enforcement has drawn scrutiny on the project itself, especially since construction has occurred only on 10% of the border.

Trump tweeted a complaint Monday night after watching a Fox News report on the slow progress, declaring that the wall is “well under construction, fully financed and already over 200 miles long.”

Hat tip to Yahoo News.

I always thought of Obama as the most narcissistic President we have ever had. He was however slick and polished in his delivery and stayed on message constantly.

Trump is a bull shit artist with a deep seated need for love and adoration from everybody he is in contact with. A mafia style loyalty demand, and a thin skin for criticism.

We can do much better, stop being sold snake oil.

Vacation Range Day

All shooting is at 10 yards with Remington 115 grain 9mm.

Glock 17 with. Grip Chop to a G19 size, Guardian trigger, ghost ring sights, 5 shots
Smith and Wesson M&P full size with a grip chop to compact size, textured and Apex Tactical trigger. 5 each
two handed, unsupported.
dropped one
EDC cay gun. Walther PPS-M2
strong hand
weak hand
my left is like a flipper

Political vs Social

The gun violence in Chicago is a favorite topic for both left and right. There were 60 shooting in Chicago over the Fathers Day weekend with 10 dead.

that doesn’t count stabbings, assaults, sexual assaults or domestic violence.

this is the press briefing;

Now please tell me again how all the protests and rioting aren’t politically motivated.
How the social anger for justice is the real cause

Larry and Moe are running for office

”Larry” Biden:

“Even Dr. King’s assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George Floyd’s death did,” Biden said with a mask dangling from his ear.

“Because just like television changed the civil rights movement for the better when they saw Bull Connor’s dogs ripping the clothes off of elderly black women who were trying to go to church, and fire hoses ripping the skin off of young kids,” he said.

Bull Connor was a Democrat and Commissioner of Public Safety for Birmingham, Alabama.

”Moe” Trump:

President Donald Trump on Friday said that while President Abraham Lincoln — who freed Black people from slavery during the Civil War while also saving the Union — did some good, the “end result” of the 16th president’s actions are “always questionable.”

Trump’s bizarre comment about his fellow Republican came during an interview with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner, in which the president said he had done more for the Black community than any other president, with the possible exception of Lincoln.

“So, I think I’ve done more for the Black community than any other president, and let’s take a pass on Abraham Lincoln, cause, he did good, although it’s always questionable,” Trump told Faulkner

Floyd has a greater impact than MLK death…..

Trump has done more for Blacks than Lincoln freeing the slaves…Lincoln ”questionable”

I’m getting worried about who is going to come after these Yahoo!’s

Did Trump have a stroke?

https://youtu.be/7pYoPCBGC0c

His right arm seems to not be working correctly. When he is walking down the ramp, his right arm is not swinging at all.

When taking a drink, his right arm can’t get to his mouth without using his left.

I know he’s old, but that’s not normal.