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/McB
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Friday, June 14, 2024
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Jamie Dimon for POTUS
He's tough.
He's brilliant.
He understands domestic and international economics and politics.
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/McB
Monday, June 10, 2024
IMHO both USA major political parties are corrupt but the Democratic Party is much better at it.
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/McB
Saturday, June 8, 2024
ELECTION FRAUD is more of a problem than most folks believe
**EDITED TO ADD**
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/McB
Sunday, June 2, 2024
Saturday, June 1, 2024
An all-day rain
Just lounging around the living room, staring out the windows, watching the birds and rabbits foraging and frolicking . Far too wet out there for me to do any yard and garden work.
My pinnacle of productivity today was cleaning toilets.
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/McB
Monday, May 27, 2024
Memorial Day Tribute to Joe Ziel and John Luttrell, both Lake Zurich High School alum.
It went up just before midnight with a full spotlight.
It will come back down at midnight tonight.
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Two genuinely nice guys who were also genuinely tough guys when they needed to be.
Both were taken from us far too soon.
It was a small high school in a small town; we all knew each other.
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Forever remembered.
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/McB
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Range Day 05/14/2024 @ 5 Star Firearms in Zion Illinois
S&W Model 66-3 .357 Magnum
Other than the obligatory range sessions needed for me to prep-and-qualify for my CCL renewal I had not been shooting for quite a while; the surprise-events of life kept getting in my way.
Shooting is fun; it is "ME time!" I really need to get back into the groove of shooting no less than once a month. Time at the shooting range is cathartic. It's recreational. It's skill enhancement.
The 5 Star Firearms shooting range has a special called "$10 Tuesdays" and I rarely pass up a chance to save a few $ here and there. I brought my own ammo so the total cost for range time and two targets was only $14.
I burned through 96-rounds (a 6-round revolver loaded 16-times) of American Eagle (AE38K) 130gr FMJ .38 Special (I didn't feel up to using any magnum loads today).
How did I shoot? Actually I surprised myself; I didn't start "spraying" the target until I tried rapid-fire headshots at 50-feet.
All in all it was good fun!
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/McB
Friday, May 3, 2024
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
How did my Illinois CCL renewal qualification @ GAT GUNS turn out?
Jeez, that was back on April 12 and I'm just now getting around to writing about it.
I guess everything went just as fine and dandy as I expected it to. This was my third Illinois qualification (years 2014, 2019, and 2024); all of those quals were at GAT Guns; all of those quals were with the Safe Side Tactical instructors (former cops and / or ex-military).
GAT Guns has always been a well organized business. Seriously, when navigating anything that involves the Illinois government bureaucracy I want the best folks I can find to work with. The drive to and from Dundee is quite a distance for me but it is always worth the trip.
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It's all over and done with and I'm good for another five years.
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/McB
Friday, April 26, 2024
Federal ammo company FINALLY resumed selling the 205 grain .45 ACP Syntech frangible hollowpoint ammo!
It's been unavailable for a couple of years or more.
My guess is that Federal was refining the manufacturing process during the interim.
I ordered 6-boxes (300-rounds) and picked them up yesterday.
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During its introduction this ammo was only available in 20-round boxes and it was $ pricy $.
It was also *very* hard to find.
I managed to score enough of it back then to prove it to be a totally reliable self-defense load for use in my little Colt Defender. I only had enough rounds left from that initial purchase to keep the Defender fully loaded for home defense along with one full mag as a reload.
Now I can fully charge the other spare mags and get in a couple of range sessions this summer.
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/McB
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Beretta Cheetah shooting range session 03/25/2022 @ 5 Star Firearms in Zion, Illinois
Burned through 181-rounds of .380 ammo.
Did not shoot particularly well at 21-feet so I moved the targets in to 15-feet with little improvement.
Trashed a lot of paper while trying.
Had fun.
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"My advice to you is to get yourself a gun and learn how to use it.”
(been shootin' for over 60-years and I'm still learnin')
Support YOUR local shooting range! You may live to be glad that you did.
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/McB
Monday, April 22, 2024
Lightweight summertime concealed carry
I typically wear the above rig (over a T-shirt; harnesses and bare skin are a bad mix) under a very lightweight summer shirt provided that the heat and humidity index isn't too high.
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On the most unmercifully hot days of summer I will forego the aforementioned harness rig (and the requisite covering shirt needed to conceal it) and carry that same air-weight J-frame .38 inside my waistband, concealed by an untucked T-shirt.
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Whenever I am day tripping away from my local haunts I'll usually carry a second air-weight J-frame .38 in a pocket of the pants or shorts that I'm wearing.
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/McB
Sunday, April 21, 2024
HAPPY EARTH DAY TO ALL OF MY FILTHY COMPATRIOT EARTHLINGS!
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Why ain't folks protesting THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF ALL OF THE DAMN WARS?
Jest askin'
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/McB
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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