Gun Culture

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Dead Burglar

The only good burglar.....
Sadly not shot by a home owner but died of natural causes doing what he loved best - robbing.
A couple of quotes from the greiving widow:

Dennis was a brilliant husband and a brilliant father. He was no angel. He was a hard man, but Dennis was also a decent person

No dear he was a thief.
Perennial favourite of mine:

Mr Snelgar – described by his wife as “a loveable rogue”

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Great business offer

Splendid business offer just popped into my inbox!

We have many years experience south China the trading company,since long ago grasps very many domains the production factory information,moreover has the good relation with the Chinese massive many companies.If you want to establish the initial relation with the Chinese company or and the more Chinese company carry on the relation,more opportunities and the Chinese production merchant carry on the trade,we are willing to provide the corresponding help.You only need the product which tells us you to need, the request and the idea,We can in the Chinese with all one’s strength help, you at your service,The loyal hope can become the your firm forever friends.

What a great offer!
I particularly like:

good relation with the Chinese massive

Big up the Chinese massive!  Booyakasha!
and:

forever friends

Ah, ain’t it sweet in a teenage girl type way.

I’ve still got no idea what he’s selling though.

Churchill - what a wise chap he was

What a wise fellow indeed.
I found the text to the first Conservative election broacast at Blognor Regis via The Englishman
A couple of extracts from this leap out at me:

My friends, I must tell you that a Socialist policy is abhorrent to the British ideas of freedom. Although it is now put forward in the main by people who have a good grounding in the Liberalism and Radicalism of the early part of this century, there can be no doubt that Socialism is inseparably interwoven with Totalitarianism and the abject worship of the State. It is not alone that property, in all its forms, is struck at, but that liberty, in all its forms, is challenged by the fundamental conceptions of Socialism.

Socialism is, in its essence, an attack not only upon British enterprise, but upon the right of the ordinary man or woman to breathe freely without having a harsh, clumsy, tyrannical hand clapped across their mouths and nostrils

Now of course we are seeing this attack reach a fury in a week where an ID card bill is passed and the State found it fit to dictate to private enterprise whether it should allow a legal activity to be carried out in private property.
Socialism is now endemic in British society, even the so called Conservatives are socialists.  Blair once declared his wish to crush the forces of conservatism, it seems he has suceeded in this goal.

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Leatherman Squirt P4

What a dinky little multitool this is!

Normally I wouldn’t give Leatherman the time of day after the CEO publicly backed John “I won three purple hearts” Kerry, but this is such a cute little tool I couldn’t not have one.
This is just the thing for slipping into a smart pair of pants or for the ladies in to your handbag.  Normally I carry a Gerber Urban Legend but these are a little bulky for some occassions and I like to have a multitool about my person at all times, so many times has a multitool helped me out that I hate to be without one.  I’ve been looking at these in outdoors shops but the £40 price tag put me right off.
So I did a wee search on evilbay and found a seller knocking them out for £18.95 plus £6.95 postage from the U.S.  Bonza.  The delivery would put a lot of UK sellers to shame - super quick.  I opted for the extra £3 to get a tin and sheath.  I don’t need a tin but the sheath is a good idea if you’re putting the tool in your pocket with other stuff - stops damage to stuff or tool!  If you are ordering from Linda and want a sheath but not a tin then send her a message and she may be able to do a deal.
Anyway I was so chuffed with the tool that I’ve ordered the S4 version (the one with scissors instead of the pliers) for me, one for the missus and a spare P4.

F1 Fallkniven Micarta

Just landed on my desk this morning is a lovely new knife!
The micarta handled Fallkniven F1, apparently issued to Swedish National Defense forces since 1995 in the more sedate handled incarnation.  The blade is VG10 laminated stainless steel and sharp as you like.  The knife is a ‘survival knife’ style which is also highly rated by bushcraft folks.
How does it cut?  Dunno yet! Hope to give it a trial this weekend whilst hiding from the inlaws.  Failing that I suppose I could gut them with it.

A close up shot of the green and black micarta handle

A shot of the spine where you can clearly see the lamination

Lovely!
Want one?  Of course you do!  Go see Andrew at Outdoor Code I don’t think he has them listed on the site (thought the standard handled F1 is there) but if you ask him nicely he will get one in.

Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Fat lad in the woods

A nice sunny Sunday afternoon spent trying out my Hennessy Hammock in some woods on my brothers place.  (brother’s family think I’m quite bonkers - not like they’re entirely wrong!).  First attempt at putting up a hammock and in reflection perhaps somewhere with less rocks and bits of metal sticking out would have been better.....
First impressions though is that this is a comfy piece of kit perfectly capable of taking my 6’5” XXL frame, for camping out you definitely want some kind of insulation under your maggot - such as a thermarest mat.  I’m not so sure that the supplied tarp is quite big enough but I’ve got a couple of others en route to try.  It wasn’t possible to pitch the tarp proper style without setting to the trees with an axe and I didn’t see the point for this trial.

Putting a brew on with my kelly kettle, again mon frer didn’t see the point when there was an electric kettle in t’house - no sense of adventure!

Outdoor brew, hammock, sunny afternoon, woods, birds singing, woodpeckers pecking and I also saw some of the red squirrels.
Heaven.
 

Cardinal Sinner

Right, anyone who shoots at a range will know the unload and show clear drill.  When shooting practice it is a rule at our club that you get another shooter to check your weapon is clear before leaving the range.
OK so far?
So last night I thought I’d try a lever action .357 since I’ve a fancy for adding one to my collection.  Asked the secretary for the club rifle, bought a pack of rounds and off we go.  First thing I find is that the club gun has a mile of trigger take up - yuk.  Second thing I notice is that 25 metre target looks awful small behind iron sights - shoulda worn my glasses.  Third thing I notice (though this isn’t a surprise) is I can’t shoot this thing for shit.
This notwithstanding I shoot a few tubes full and get my rounds more or less in the direction of the target when I start getting mis-feeds and mis-fires - grrr.  Then I notice the problem, a round has found it’s way into the mechanism.  Not good.  So I fish it out and bugger me there’s another.  Righto off we go again and it happens again.  Now by this time I’m pissed off with the bloody thing, and I’m getting that horrible sweet taste in the back of my throat that reminds me no-one has put the extractor fans on.  So unload the beast by fishing out rounds from the mech, rounds are just falling out of the tube into the mech now.  Got all the rounds out, pack up my gear and get the guy in the range next to me to double check my guns clear.
So I’m saying to the secretary about the misfeeds and he says there’s obviously summat amiss.  Racks the action and to my horror there is a round still in the tube!  Thank God that I had the secretary check the gun over or the consequences could have been dire.
Who’s fault is this?  The guy who checked clear?  The club for issuing a faulty rifle.  Nope.  Mine 100%.  Responsibility for ensuring the gun is clear is wholly with the shooter and I dropped the ball.
Still kicking myself hard for this one, a yellow card for me I guess - lucky it wasn’t a red card and even luckier that we found my cock-up with no harm done.