Wolverton Mountain Gun Club Pin Shoot

Yesterday, Jeffersonian and I went up to the Wolverton Mountain Gun Club for their bowling pin shoot. This was the second time I've taken part in the shoot, but Jeffersonian's been up there many times. That's me at the left, blowing the snot out of the advancing evil bowling pin horde with my Ruger GP100.

We got there just after 9AM and got signed and holstered up for the match. I was shooter 10 out of 11, so I got to observe the other shooters prior to my time on the firing line.

For this match I used the same 9 gn Blue Dot, Federal MSPP and 158 gn Hornady LRN bullet load I used previous. Oddly, this time I didn't notice the recoil and no blister was rubbed in my thumb. Weird.

My favorite and best round, was the last one, where the shooter is seated with his hands on his knees, with a loaded pistol on the "table" in front of him. At the beep, the shooter picks up the pistol and knocks over the four pins on the platform in front of him, reloads, and with the strong hand only, shoots the pin on the ground as the stop pin. Failure to follow this leads to a :03 penalty.

If you have a chance to shoot bowling pins, I recommend you give it a try!

SKS Redux

A loyal reader read about the problems I was having with my red dot on my SKS and donated one of his red dot scopes. Thanks to him, I now have a high quality red dot on my SKS. I haven't been able to get out to the range yet, but I plan to go out this Friday and get it sighted in. At the same time I plan on testing the new vertical compensator on my Ruger 22/45 and make sure the POI hasn't shifted. The red dot is a Walther Top Point II, and according to the manual, is able to handle the recoil of a full sized .357 Magnum, so I have no doubt it can handle an intermediate cartridge like the 7.62x39mm in a heavy SKS.

CCWing Reporter Won't be Charged

About time. And what about those "Only Ones" who arrested him falsely? Something tells me they're going to get away with it. Oh well, nothing new there, move along...

Thanks to Say Uncle.

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No charges for TV reporter who was arrested carrying loaded gun near Florida high school

MIAMI - Prosecutors have dropped the case against a TV reporter who was arrested carrying a loaded gun near a high school while working on a story on school violence, authorities said Tuesday.

Jeffrey Weinsier of WPLG, an ABC network affiliate, was arrested last month after police said he carried a weapon onto the grounds of Miami Central High School and refused to cross the street when asked by an officer.

A cameraman caught the encounter on videotape, which the state attorney's office used in deciding not to pursue the charges, Assistant State Attorney Maggie Gerson wrote in a memo released Tuesday.

Weinsier had been charged with armed trespass on school property, possession of a weapon, violation of carrying a concealed weapon and resisting arrest without violence. But he was not on school grounds when police approached him and ordered him to leave, Gerson said.

"Since the defendant was not trespassing, anything that was found on the defendant after he was arrested will be suppressed as a matter of law," Gerson wrote.

Weinsier's actions did not appear disruptive and students had been dismissed from classes when he was arrested, Gerson said.

The reporter began carrying a gun after he received death threats stemming from a series he did about unsanitary conditions at restaurants, according to the station. Weinsier has a concealed weapons permit, police had said.

"From day one, I knew that I had been on the public sidewalk outside the school," Weinsier said Tuesday. "I knew the law clearly. This is false arrest."

The reporter said he has filed a formal complaint with the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department and is considering legal action.

WPLG is owned by The Washington Post Co.

Only 5 days left!

Don't forget, Sarah Brady cries with each box of ammo sold!

No wonder they're extinct!

So I happened to see Cavemen tonight. I'm not a fan of the show, but it was on when I went into the front room. In this episode, the cavemen get robbed and so the girlfriend takes one of them to the shooting range, after suggesting they get a gun for protection. When it comes the caveman's turn to shoot, he's all bravado and piss about how many video games he's played. When he actually pulls the trigger, he hits the target's head, lucky shot...

At this point he goes all weepy that he "killed" the target, drops the gun and curls up in the fetal position on the floor.

Shortly after, one of the three roommates gets the other to support a candidate who's against guns and shooting people.

It was at this point I turned it off.

Damn! It's not like I expected anything different, but this was so blatant!

Sorry, I just had to get this off my chest.

Another One Down!

Following the lead of Barrett (also), STI has now decided to stop selling anything to the state of California. As many of you already know, California recently brought out their "Microstamping" law. The following is from Dave Skinner, STI's Commander-In-Chief.

On the "flip side" of states� laws, we have California! As you know, we let all of our DOJ listings lapse several years ago. We also stopped selling to CA law enforcement agencies in the same time frame. We did, however, continue selling to individual officers, who could get their agency to approve, for (IPSC, IDPA, etc.) sporting purposes. Now we have more even MORE onerous restrictions on the general populace? No more! We�re sorry! We�re done! No guns! Nobody! �Nuff said!

Thanks to Larry Correia for the tip.

Veterans Day

I'd like to wish everyone a great Veterans Day!

My deepest thanks go out to those who have in the past, and those who currently put their lives on the line to defend our country and way of life!