An Amazing Ape Is Gone

Koko, the ape (female western lowland gorilla to be more exact) was born on Independence Day 1971. During her life, she learned to comprehend 2,000 words and to sign 1,000 words and she could express its thoughts and feelings to us via sign language. Sadly, at the age of 46, she has passed on to the great jungle in the sky. She was somewhat younger than a lowland gorilla can live as they sometimes live into their young fifties. More at the source.
She had a passion for kittens in the way of a surrogate baby gorilla, I suppose since breeding attempts had all failed. Yet, that she loved her kittens was obvious.



When one of her cats was killed after being hit by  car, her keeper Penny Patterson (Francine "Penny" Patterson), asked her what she thought. Koko's response was truly amazing but confirmed what many have believed for years - animals have emotions. "Koko adopted a kitten called All Ball and when the feline was hit and killed by a car in 1984, Patterson was filmed asking Koko what had happened. Koko signed in response: “Cat, cry, have-sorry, Koko-love.”" Her response also confirmed something else, some animals can think and express themselves more than we ever imagined - all we had to do was find the method for them to use so that we could understand them. 

I wonder if they ever asked her what she thought about mankind and of course wonder at what might have been her answer. I think she maybe could have taught us something about life and humanity had we been brave enough to have asked the right questions and then to have truly listened to her answers.

More about Koko here and here.

All the best,
Glenn B

Yowza

There must be something wrong with me. I mean - I saw Godzilla after staring at the blonde for like 30 minutes. I'd be willing to bet most men never saw him.
 
All the best,
Glenn B

Paradise Cannot Be Improved Upon

 

All the best,

Glenn B

The 'Facts' Of Anti Hunters As Bad As Those Of Anti Gunners

 

All the best,

GB

Sunday School???

 

All the best,

GB

Peter Fonda And The So Called Tolerance Of The Left

Amazingly and sadly - some on the left probably will praise the disgusting things Peter Fonda said about the president's family and about some of the folks working for President Trump. Certainly you do not hear many, on the left, condemning Fonda's calls for violence against Donald Trump's family or his administration (they are silent just like those of a certain group who keep mum when others of their group rape, torture, crucify, kill people of different groups).

 

You know, in all eight years that Obama was president, eight years that I was disgusted by our president and his  evident lack of respect for the Constitution, for our laws and for America, I never once recall wishing him or his family that type of harm or wanting to kill him or anyone in his administration. Yes, I despised him or at least his politics and his apparent lack of respect for our country but there was a difference between how I expressed my feelings and thoughts as opposed to how many on the left do likewise to express themselves politically. I did so in a more or less civil manner - too many leftists do it like intolerant, berserk, violence loving maniacs. As a matter of fact - if you think about it - there were nowhere nearly as many on the right wishing President Obama or his family violence as there are those on the left who frequently wish harm upon President Trump, his family and the members of his administration. Heck, there were not even nearly as many on the right who used foul language to describe President Obama as there are on the left who incessantly use such to deride President Trump. That despite the fact that most on the right could not stand President Obama and his policies just as much as those on the left cannot tolerate President Trump. Somehow though, most on the right tolerated President Obama, his family and administration members along with his ultra-leftist politics and his seeming lack of respect for our nation all without calling for violence against them. Yes, those on the right, for the great part, exhibited tolerance.

 

Tolerance - there it is - the code word of the left - the word used by them over and over and over again - the ideal they preach each and every day and shove into the faces of those who do not agree with them. Still though, it is the ideal that they most certainly do not live by unless they mean tolerance of others with like minds - those with leftist whacko ideals. Why are their voices not now demanding that Peter Fonda exercise tolerance for President Trump and his family? Why are they not going batshit crazy just as they did when the racist comment made by Roseanne Barr came out (and note she did not wish terrible violence upon anyone yet the leftists wanted her career ruined for comparing a person's lineage to apes and Muslims). Yes, what she said was disgusting let alone probably meant to be racist but nowhere in what she said did she call for violence as did Fonda. After all, ripping a child away from its mother would surely entail violence. Then placing that child into a cage full of pedophiles (1) as Fonda allegedly had called for, well you can imagine that and it is not pretty. What he said, I think, was disgustingly vile and beyond belief.

 

Fonda evidently did not stop there. Not only did Fonda seemingly wish criminal violence on a child, he also allegedly called for it outright against some who work under President Trump such as his reported tweet for Kristjen Nielsen to be put into a cage and poked at by passersby. There reportedly was also the call for her to be stripped naked, put in a pillory and whipped while being filmed (2). He reportedly also made contemptible statements presumably about Sarah Sanders and her children (3). Now you might think all that would get a very condemning response from they who preach tolerance on the left but here is the reported response from Nancy Sinatra: "Say how you really feel, Blues baby" followed by a heart emoji. " (4). Yes, she was seems to have been tolerant  but of Fonda and his terrible hate mongering tweets as opposed to tolerance for the other side.

 

Not only is Nancy Sinatra seemingly being tolerant of Peter Fonda's violence strewn rants but so too it seems is Sony Pictures Classics who are supposed to be releasing the movie Boundaries, this Friday, in which Peter Fonda has a part. While they reportedly called his tweets "abhorrent, reckless and dangerous" (5) they also reportedly expressed tolerance for Fonda and what he said as evident in this quote from a NY Time article, tolerant because they said they do not plan to cancel the release of the movie: "“We condemn them completely,” the statement went on. “It is important to note that Mr. Fonda plays a very minor role in the film. To pull or alter this film at this point would unfairly penalize the filmmaker Shana Feste’s accomplishment, the many actors, crew members and other creative talent that worked hard on the project.” "(6). It is always easy to make excuses for why you do not take action against your own kind if you stand to profit for making those excuses.

 

I wonder why no one was so tolerant when Roseanne Barr made her vile tweet - one that did not include calls for violent acts to be committed against several people as did Fonda's! Does it have anything to do with politics such as Roseanne having voted for Trump and Fonda being an abject leftist calling for violent acts against those on the right - even against their children - and that being tolerable to other leftists? You can bet it does, at least I would make that bet, because from what I have heard and seen that seemingly is the way of the majority on the left - tolerance for their own kind and contempt for all else.

 

Now, I will give Fonda this - he apologized. The thing is though, unless you are apologizing to a saint who can forgive all, you cannot apologize fast or well enough for statements like those. Once they are tweeted - and the target of them sees them - the damage already has been done. To all this I say - fuck Peter Fonda and the horse he rode in on - or better yet let the horse fuck him! Only kidding folks, I would never wish that on the horse. Then again, even I would not really wish that on someone like Peter Fonda merely for being an asshole on Twitter but I could understand how some might be mad enough to do so. As for what I, and you, can do in response to those tweets by Fonda: I will never knowingly watch a movie in which he appears, nor will I knowingly use products he endorses (at least not if there is a reasonable alternative). In my eyes he is a piece of dog excrement and that is on his best day and that is his own fault for the most part. Most assuredly, the mantra of the left - tolerance only for other leftists - has been embedded in his brain because of him willingly associating with others on the left. I guess though maybe it is not all his fault - being an asshole seems to me to run in his family so maybe it's unavoidably in his genes.

 

Sources: 

 

(1) http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/20/peter-fonda-tweets-wants-to-rip-barron-trump-from-his-mother-and-put-him-in-cage-with-pedophiles.html

 

and: https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/politics/peter-fonda-baron-trump-secret-service/index.html

 

and: https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/06/peter-fonda-politics/

 

(2) http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/20/peter-fonda-tweets-wants-to-rip-barron-trump-from-his-mother-and-put-him-in-cage-with-pedophiles.html

 

and: https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/06/peter-fonda-politics/

 

(3) http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/20/peter-fonda-tweets-wants-to-rip-barron-trump-from-his-mother-and-put-him-in-cage-with-pedophiles.html

 

and: https://heavy.com/entertainment/2018/06/peter-fonda-politics/

 

(4) http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/20/peter-fonda-tweets-wants-to-rip-barron-trump-from-his-mother-and-put-him-in-cage-with-pedophiles.html

 

(5) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/barron-trump-peter-fonda.html

 

(6) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/20/us/politics/barron-trump-peter-fonda.html

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Another New Boomer - Browning BLR - Joins The Collection

As I've been saying in my most recent two previous posts, I picked up something really nice at the Hessney Auction Company rod & gun auction this past weekend. I guess it's about time to tell you about it and show it to you.

It's a Browning BLR Lightweight '81 in 30-06 caliber. I think it is among the nicest looking rifles that I own even though its beauty is in its simplicity. I used to own one of these in 358 Winchester caliber but sold it for the idiotic reason that I thought that the ammo for it was too expensive. Yeah, back in 2001, I thought that right around $1.50 per round (for the least expensive stuff at that time) was too expensive. Oddly, that ammo is somewhat less expensive now. While that was very expensive back then, it was no reason to sell that rifle as I know now but was too foolish to realize back them. Luckily though, I made a nice profit selling it so the feeling of seller's remorse was not too bad.

Who am I kidding - the seller's remorse never went away. I have kind of, sort of, more or less wanted another one ever since I sold that one and have been kicking myself in mine arse for all these years for having sold it. To make up for selling it, I decided I wanted the takedown model but wanted it in as good a deal in which I got the first one (although that low of a price on a BLR probably would never happens again - I was at the right place at the right time and offered an excellent price beyond belief on that first one). While I did not get this one at anywhere close to the great deal at which I got that first one - and while this one is not a takedown model - it was still an excellent buy. I got it for at least $125 less than any I have seen offered online and at about $225 less than I would have had to pay at my local dealer (and he is offering it at the lowest price anywhere near to me). This one, like those I looked at online dealers and that my local dealer offers, was new in the box with papers. Such a deal - don't be a schmuck - buy two (good advice and if they had had two, I might have taken them both at the price I paid).

Not only was it new and an excellent deal, but it's in a caliber that on average is a whole heck of a lot less expensive than 358 Winchester and in a caliber that I believe I would be able to use on any big game in North America including the big bears. In fact, someone agrees with me even if it would be the minimal caliber for the big bears (polar and brown bears). So, it certainly is more than enough for deer or black bear which are about the biggest critters I might ever shoot with it. Then again, a man can dream of hunting those big bears or elk and moose and having enough gun - if those dreams ever come true - can only be a good thing.

The specs on this BLR are: caliber 30-06 Springfield, button rifled 22" barrel, 1 in 10" twist rate, open iron adjustable rear sight, ramp front sight with gold bead, receiver made of lightweight aircraft grade aluminum alloy, receiver drilled and tapped for scope mounts, richly blued metal parts with gold plated trigger, folding hammer (I have no clue) with two positions of half and fully cocked, box magazine with 4 round capacity, back walnut stock with high gloss finish, straight grip stock (I would have preferred a pistol grip but what the heck), cut checkering on stock and foregrip, black polymer recoil pad, overall length 43 inches, weight 7.25 pounds, year of manufacture 2015, made in Japan. (When I was a young kid, made in Japan = crap. When I was a teenager into my young twenties, made in Japan was the pinnacle of electronics, cameras and some optics. Today, made in Japan seems to be the thing with Browning and it looks and feels like fine quality to me.)

You will note that it is a lever action but is not tube fed as it has a box magazine. That means that you can load any type of 30-06 ammo into this rifle including FMJ without the fear of the pointed end of the bullet setting off the primer of the round in front of it as can and has happened in tube fed lever guns. That is a very good thing; then again, I have tube fed lever guns in 35 Remington and 30-30 Winchester and have had no such problems because, in them, I use round nosed ammo or Hornady's Leverevolution plastic tipped ammo (and man that Hornady stuff is seemingly much more accurate than the rounded nose soft points) but I digress, so back to the Browning.

I am going to order a couple of different types of ammo for the Browning BLR, as soon as I can afford it, to see which it likes best. That may take awhile because of how much I spent at the auction this past weekend and because I owe a lot on my credit cards right now due to buying a new washing machine, new dishwasher and some silver bullion (along with our regular purchases) this past month. I must have been crazy to have bought this BLR with my finances as they are but I had a some cash squirreled away just for something like this BLR and I dug up the stash and paid with that (well, at least with a check that is backed by it). Oh well, it makes me happy to  finally have gotten another BLR at such a good price and in a caliber I can afford. Remember I said I had seller's remorse for the first one I owned but then sold - well it has almost been abated - almost but not quite.

All the best,
Glenn B

A New Boomer - Mossberg 395SA - For My Collection

You had to know it was inevitable, that since I was at yet another Hessney Auction Company rod & gun auction this past weekend, I would wind up with at least one new gun. Truth be told, I brought home two boomers to add to my collection. One of them was a used Mossberg 395SA and while it is not new condition-wise, it is new to my collection.

The Mossberg 395SA is a bolt action 12 gauge shotgun chambered for 2 3/4 & 3 inch shells. The metal parts are mostly blued steel (except for bolt and trigger) and it has a wood stock with a rubber recoil pad. The barrel is 24 inches long. This gun was specifically made to be a slug gun (the S in the model number designating that). It is box magazine fed (I am guessing two or three rounds will fit in the mag) and came with one magazine. As far as I can tell, the trigger guard is plastic. It also has sling swivel studs installed and they look original.

I only took a quick passing glance at this one before bidding so was basically bidding blind. I rarely bid without first looking over a gun really well but for some reason had the urge to do so with this one. I was thinking of getting something for a project gun and figured why not this one if the price was right. Fact is though, when I saw it after having the high bid, I found out that the metal is just about pristine while the stock is only good to very good condition with several of little dings and surface scratches here and there but nothing bad - most do not even go below the finish. The only really negative thing, that I have found so far, is that it is missing the safety switch. Yet, the safety is still operable by way of a flat metal plate, still in place, that fits under the safety switch. Anyway, I will remedy the missing switch once I receive the OEM replacement safety switch I ordered from Numrich Gun Parts Corp..

I was lucky with this one, it could have been a real clunker but while it is not exactly a diamond in the ruff it sure seems it will be a nice shooter - well worth my pretty minimal bid. I looked it up in the Blue Book of Gun Values and the 395 models usually are valued at about $135 in this condition; however, this one would go for around $40 more due to the S designation for it having a slug barrel. In fact, the barrel is marked Slugster after the model number. Not a bad find nor a bad buy especially since now we are talking a value of over double what I paid for it and that includes cost of the replacement safety switch.

Once I receive and install the safety switch, I am going to bring it to the range and see how it shoots. Who knows, it may be a keeper and I may take it with me during the this year's deer season and leave my 870 at home for a change. Then again, when I hit the deer woods later this year, I may bring the other gun I bought at this weekend's auction. That other one definitely is a keeper and one I am none to sure I will bring out into the woods - it is just so damned purdy. Heck, I may not even fire it - then again - why wouldn't I as long as I am careful not to ding it. More on that one in a future post and all else I will say here & now bout it is that it is in 30-06 caliber.

All the best,
Glenn B

Any Way You Cut It...

...these knives are made from nice looking steel. I got them both over the last week.  

 

Knifemaker and point of origination unknown.

The first, by an unknown maker, is made from Damascus steel. It has a nice look to it. I think it may be an early attempt by a new knifemaker and I say so because the blade is very thick, the handle very big around and it is one of the heaviest knives for it's size that I have ever hefted. It almost seems overdone in those regards like maybe what a new knife maker would do to assure his blade was going to last but then again it might just have been made for a guy with big hands. The guard and pommel appear to be brass but may be brass plated as some small amount of the shiny surface seems to have flaked. Don't get me wrong, it is not a bad knife, not by a long shot.

As to its origin, the only indication I saw of where it may have originated was the snap on the sheath. It is the likeness of the state seal of Oklahoma.

There is a tiny mark on the bottom of the rear edge of the blade but to me it looks like an imperfection rather than a maker's mark, then again, I don't know squat about knives.

I won that knife in a firearms raffle. It was a nice extra prize added as a karma bonus for the members of a certain firearms forum who bought tickets in the raffle. I was told the odds were in my favor, I think because I picked up seven tickets plus one for my son and my guess is that other members did not buy too many. So, even if I do not win a gun (like I did last year) or one of the many $500 gun store gift certificates, I won something very nice regardless.

Knifemaker Kevin Johnson.  Simple design but beautiful.

The second knife I got this past week  is a little something I picked up at the Hessney Auction Company's Rod & Gun auction yesterday. It is a very nice dagger made by Kevin Johnson of Kuzach Knives LLC. I got it for a very good price, or at least I think so, @ of a double nickel (courtesy plug for Jen). Considering that the rest of his knives, plain blades and stainless or Dmascus steel were going for anywhere from $75 to more than $100 - I think I did okay. It was one of the plainer looking of his blades that were offered but sometimes simplicity is a beautiful thing and I think this is a fine example of that being true.

Its double edged blade is made from .25" flat stock D2 tool steel and was hardened HRC 60. The handle is black micarta and said to be in coffin shape (how can you not love that for a dagger). The guard is made of aluminum. It is, for its size, one of the lightest blades I have ever hefted; yet it is a big knife with an overall length of 13" (how appropriate for a dagger with a coffin style handle) and a blade length of 8". The auction catalog said it was a toothpick style blade but that is a stretch from what little I know of toothpick style blades. Regardless, it sure is a nice knife and one that I may put to some use.

Coincidence or were the sheaths made by
the same knifemaker / sheath-maker.

There is one characteristic that possibly links these two knives. Like the snap on the sheath of the first kife, the one on the Kevin Johnson dagger also shows the state seal of Oklahoma. Now, it may be a stretch to say that means they were made by the same knifemaker (or sheath-maker) but I suppose it is a hint that such could be the case. Then again, the I another hint that at least the sheaths were made by the same person, the construction of each is very similar. Who knows - maybe coincidence but maybe made by the same set of hands.



I would not want to be on the receiving end of this one nor any of the others.

I own (or have owned) a few of Kevin's knives now, got them all at Hessney auctions. One was a fairly large Damascus steel Bowie knife with Buffalo bone handle. I gave that one to Brendan when I visited him in AR last year. You could probably hack down a tree with it if so inclined. I would hate to be on the receiving end if it was used in a fight.  

Recommended for filleting dragons or larger nasty beasts
and yes, of course: the snap is the seal of OK.

Another one that I gave to Brendan this year when I visited him was a hefty fillet knife. If thar be dragons, you could fillet one of them with that blade!
 

Beautiful blade and handle and yes all of those snaps bear the seal of OK.

 I have two others of his knives in addition to the one that I got yesterday. They are a trapper with 6" Damascus steel blade and Pakka wood handle.
 

The only one of my Kevin Johnson knives that has gotten any use to date.

The other is a DNZ B Series 8" (overall) skinner with 440C steel blade and walnut handle. That last one is another wonderful example of beauty being found in simplicity.
 
I think that is it for the Kevin Johnson knives that are in or have passed though my collection but I suppose there could be another one around here someplace. Certainly, even if that is all of them right now, there are more out there waiting to be added to my collection.
 
A thought just came to me, I should send Kevin Johnson a pic of the first blade up above and ask if it is one of his creations. Like I said, the snap on each sheath being the same may not be an indication that that knife and my new dagger were both made by the same knifemaker but at least it hints of such.
 
Later, I will tell you about the guns I got yesterday. One of them as pretty as a picture and I think in a caliber capable of taking every big game animal in North America and although it may b a little light for grizzly and polar bears it could get the job done.
 
All the best,Glenn B

That Could Be Me

 

Just saying it could be me; of course, I'd never do that.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Some Logic For A Change

 

All the best,

GB

I Miss My Time In The Border Patrol

Nope, not Border Patrol Agents but the thrills were the same.

All the best,
Glenn B

Take Action - Support The RKBA

I just sent in several letters to my elected representatives in both the federal and state governments, in support of our right to keep and bear arms. I would hope you, like me, believe it is our most important right in as much as it allows for us to maintain and protect all the others. It also is a sort of assurance that the people of the United States of America can stand against the formation of an overreaching and tyrannical government should it ever come to such. So, I hope you will take the brief amount of time required to contact your representatives in support of our RKBA. Go to: https://act.nraila.org/actionalerts.aspx. Please note that you do not need to be an NRA member to use their site to take action to contact your representatives nor do you need to make a financial donation.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Before Opening His Mouth - Did He Stop To Think

This is my opinion about the foul mouthed anti-Trump rant, by an over the hill actor, that took place last night. Yes, I am referring to the rant by Robert De Niro.

 

Today, President Trump was in Singapore doing what no other U.S. President has ever done - preparing for a meeting with the leader of North Korea to try to make peace with North Korea and to try to denuclearize that rogue nation. Last night, a leftist, vile, foul, blabbermouth of a pompous ignoramus (my opinion of him) got up in front of his Hollyweird peers and reportedly threw his two fists in the air after screaming F---Trump. He evidently did so in his usual wanna be tough guy manner (yes he apparently likes to believe he is tough like his movie characters but I think he is really a wussy) seemingly to try to impress others of his own leftist political ilk.

 

President Trump has been trying to do something that would be of great importance and great benefit not only to the USA but to the world, and that foul mouthed actor figured he would try to do what - did he hope to upset the president, did he hope to throw him off his game while in negotiations with Kim Jong Un, did he hope that if President Trump fails he can then rant and rage even louder against our president (and yes no matter if you like him or don't like him he is our president). Or was it something else - was it just a crybaby spoiled POS of an actor trying to make himself look and feel big because President Trump intimidates him.

 

Did he think for a minute that the President of The United States of America might actually not need any added stress that his foul mouthed rant may have caused. Did he stop for a moment to think that should the President get distracted by that disgusting tirade he might be put off enough to cause him to fail at his current task and that the end result could be a nuclear war with millions dead??? Before he opened his vile besmirching piehole - DID HE THINK AT ALL of what might be the consequences of his seemingly maniacal monologue? Oh why do I even ask because it is obvious, to me, that if he did think all he thought of was satisfying his own feelings of hatred. In my estimation he is not even worthy of being called a has been actor - he is little more that a disgusting asshole.

 

Anyway, I thank him with all of my heart for having done so because I am sure that when it comes time to vote, Americans will not forget the extremist hateful assholes of the left like him and America will resoundingly vote right. Lest I forget, allow me to also thank all the arsehats in the audience who wildly applauded De Niro's vicious vitriol - they probably put the icing on the cake as far as the right winning the next election goes.

 

All the best,

Glenn B

How Can Anyone Not Wish President Trump Well...

...in his upcoming meeting(s) with North Korean leader Kin Jong Un? He will be the first sitting U.S. president to meet with a leader of North Korea and thus Kim will be the first North Korean leader to meet with a U.S. President. It promises to be one of the most notable meetings ever held between world leaders. The meeting will be about: ending the Korean War, helping to assure world peace, denuclearizing a rogue nation & helping quell the threat of nuclear war overall, and making the lives of North Koreans much better than they are now. In doing so, it is about making the world a better and safer place.

Although I am fairly sure some are hoping, will all their vile hearts and worthless souls, that President Trump fails, I have to ask: How could any American of sound mind and with good intentions not wish him well in that quest! They say positive thoughts help - so mine are with him on this mission, as too should be yours, on the virtual eve of what is certainly one of the most important meetings ever held involving two world leaders. More here.

All the best,
Glenn B

 

Had I Known - I Would Have Bought An AR-15...

...instead of a Ruger Mini 14 Ranch Rifle. It's no wonder my son owns two AR-15s if they make holes like that - after all he is a smart young man.



It is truly said: Abound they, like multitudes innumerable, 
the assholes of the left.

All kidding aside, are leftists loons that out of touch with reality? 

All the best,
Glenn B

Savage Model 101 - The Revolver That Wasn't...

...a revolver at all.

I was just going over the Hessney Auction Comany catalog for their upcoming Rod & Gun auction on June 16th. One of the things that caught my eye was a Savage Model 101 revolver. It was of interest to me because first off, I had no clue that Savage ever made revolvers. Then something else about it caught my eye - it was a single shot. I wondered - how could a revolver be single shot and why on earth would anyone make a single shot revolver? 
Doing so seemed to invalidate the whole reason for it being a revolver, which is to have multiple rounds loaded and ready to fire.

I did some checking and the first thing I came up with was an article from the NRA's American Rifleman magazine (online version). The article was dated may 2010 - so while it is not that old, its first line could lead you to believe that this revolver is of  pretty recent manufacture:

"The latest handgun to appear on the market is the Model 101 Single Action offered by Savage Arms Corp., Chicopee Falls, Mass." (source)

The truth is, at least from what I could find, the Savage 101 was produced between 1960-68 (source - requires online subscription to view). so, in 2010 it was not the latest gun on the market. The American Rifleman article goes on to give a description of the Savage 101 as being a revolver in appearance only. In fact it is a single shot pistol with a faux cylinder and no gap between the cylinder and forcing cone basically because there is no cylinder and no forcing cone. As I said, it is a revolver in name only.

According to that piece: "The barrel and cylinder swing to the right to expose the breech for loading or ejection." They go on to give a bit more info about it and essentially say that it has long trigger pull, a heavy hammer fall and is thus unsuitable for precise shooting but better suited for fun time plinking - or at least that is how it read to me.

To give you a better idea of what it looks like and how it functions I scavenged up this brief but informative video from YouTube:



The way I look at it, this revolver would be little more than a novelty to bring to the range and then let others, whom you want to frustrate, shoot it. Of course, that does not preclude me from placing a bid on it - that is if I can get it for the right price after others who look at it think it is broken because the cylinder does not turn!

All the best,
Glenn B

The Mauser Chileno Modelo 1895 - First Shots

I took my Mauser Chileno Modelo 1895 to the range meet-up for the Long Island Gun Club (LIGC) last night. Even though I only put 15 rounds through it but that was enough to let me know a few things about it. It feeds, it shoots, it extracts, it ejects, it does all that safely and it is inherently accurate. In fact it seems to be a very nice shooter and that regardless of my aging eyes. I am willing to wager, that with better eyes or better sights or both, it would be one hell of a shooter.

My problem is I have to wear glasses to be able to sight it in at all and neither my close-up or distance glasses are perfect for the task. While I can focus somewhat on the front sight while wearing my distance glasses (actually the weakest strength over the counter readers but my eye doc gave them his blessing for distance saying they are almost the exact same as would be a prescription) it is only with some difficulty that I can see the small V notch in the rear sight, and have the front sight aligned properly inside the V, while wearing those glasses. When I tried with my close-up readers - fuhgeddaboudit is all I can say.

This is how my Mauser Chileno Modelo 1895 looked when I got it at auction.
Since then, I have removed and sold the bayonet an removed the sling. When I
remember to dig out the sling from its hiding place, I will put it back on the rifle.

I was only shooting at about 30 yards (local indoor range's furthest distance) and tried first with the close-up readers. My 10 shot group size must have been as big as an 8 to 10 inch circle and all over the place within that circle. When I put on the distance glasses and gave it a shot, actually 5 shots, I got a group that was much smaller at about 1 9/16" across (outside rim of uppermost shot to inside rim of lowest shot) for 4 of those shots with one flyer a few more inches off.

That was not exactly what I would have wanted to see at 30 yards and was a bit of a disappointment but such is how it is when your eyes are no longer what they used to be in your youth or even in middle age. One of the LIGC members was amazed that I was disappointed with that group. While I still shoot pretty well, the thing is I used to shoot much better when I had 20/15 distance, and excellent close-up, vision and that makes for some little bit of disappointment.  
While, I think that group would have been okay at 50 yards or pretty darned good at 100 yards (with those sights), I would have preferred it to have been less than half to 2/3 the size of that group at 30 yards. As I said above, had the rifle had a beefier rear sight notch or if I had better eyes, or both, my guess is I would have improved the group markedly. As it is, despite my eyes, there is no doubt this rifle is still a very good shooter. So, I may look for an after market rear sight that fits on the original sight mount or try to see if there is a way to mount a scope without ruining the collector value of this piece.

By the way, the ammo I was shooting was Prvi Partizan 7mm Mauser, 139 grain brass cased soft points. Who knows, it may shoot better or worse with different ammo; I suspect better as the Prvi Partizan ammo is on the inexpensive side. Then again, this brand always does okay as far as I am concerned. I am looking forward to having some fun with my latest rifle but of course that means I'll have to buy a lot more of this latest caliber of ammo in my collection!

All the best,

Glenn B

 

Bigger Boobs = Bigger Tips - Was An Experiment Really Necessary???

All the best,
Glenn B

Do You Think This Kid Needs A Beating...

...so as to be taught a lesson he will not forget. I think he may need repeated physical punishment when and if (and I would be willing to bet this was not a one time thing) his behavior again gets like this. Of course, he probably also needs some good parenting with lots of love and affection but mind you that does not rule out corporal punishment every now and then. A good arse whooping - when deserved for such behavior - is simply part of good loving parenting.
 

As for the adult, his self-restraint was amazing and only after being struck several times by the seemingly psychotic piece of white trash kid did he take action in self-defense. Sadly, he will probably wind up being arrested after very clearly only having minimally defended himself from an attack.

As for anyone thinking: 'oh gee golly willikers he was only a kid and the adult should never have done that to him' - wake up and think what would have happened had that little piece of shit kid been carrying a knife or a gun or had he been beating a woman like that (and if you doubt he would do such to a woman, just go back and look at how he treats women). In my opinion, the kid got only a smidgen of what he deserved. For all we know he is well on his way to becoming a mass murderer unless a parent or guardian steps in and takes strong corrective measures.

By the way, did you get a load of the title of the video:

"Disrespectful kids gets shoves to the ground start crying and cursing people"

Who is kidding whom with a snowball leftist politically correct title like that? The kid was not only disrespectful - as I see it - he evidently was violent and committing a crime by striking the man repeatedly when the man defended himself. Being disrespectful, I think, was the least of his transgressions.


All the best,
Glenn B

The Forster Field Headspace Gauge For My 7mm Mauser Finally Arrived..

...and I tried it out almost immediately. The bolt on my 1895 Chileno Mauser did not close on the field headspace gauge and that was good. Then again, Forster recommended I first remove the extractor from the bolt before checking the headspace and I had no clue how to do that. So, that time, I did it with the extractor in the bolt. I am a shooter and an instructor as far as shooting goes but have little clue as to gunsmithing except maybe as to Glock Armorer stuff so was at a loss as to how to properly remove the extractor.

The odd thing is that the video from Forster, on YouTube, does not tell you to remove the extractor before checking headspace but their written instructions, accompanying a gauge that you (or at least that I) bought from them, tells you to do exactly that. Here is

Forster's video on how to do it:



And here are the instructions that Forster sends with their Field Headspace Gauges (at least with the gauge they sent to me):

Their own directions differ markedly in as much as the video (which you could view before a purchase from Forster) does not tell you to remove the extractor BUT the written instructions from Forster do tell you to remove the extractor! Forster could have been clearer on that point or at least consistent.

So, I searched for more info and I wound up seeing this video from Midway USA which said to get the job done you first need to remove the bolt and then to remove the extractor from the bolt (in agreement with the paper instructions from Forster):



I was thus somewhat confused as to the right way to do it with those differing instructions but then again I am not totally clueless when it came to maintaining firearms. Thus, I figured that removing the bolt - as the paper instructions from Forster and the video from Midway USA recommended - was the way to go. I then tried it that way. I was quite happy to find it essentially had the same result as doing it with the extractor in the bolt or out of the bolt - the bolt would not close on the Field Headspace Gauge either way. As I said before - that is a good thing.

Now, I am going to admit some additional ignorance here: before I attempted to remove the extractor, I had no idea how to remove an extractor from the bolt of an 1895 Chileno Mauser. While the video from MidwayUSA made it look simple, I knew looks could be deceiving and thus I wanted a bit more info. So, I again turned to YouTube. I found another video that showed how to do it or at least explained it in more detail and it seemed like the guy explaining it was not a knucklehead. That was the below video. Now mind you, I have not watched it all yet, just enough for my initial purposes. I liked what I saw and tried it and it worked well to remove the extractor from the bolt:



All in all, I'm satisfied that I can take the 7mm 1895 Chileno Mauser to the range and not have to be concerned as to whether or not the headspace is correct. My guess is that I will have it at the local range this coming Wednesday at a meet of my local gun club. More about this boomer after the range trip.

All the best,
Glenn B

I Don't Care If It Was Faked...

...as some people seem to suspect (as I have seen on some gun forums) - or if it is for real - either way - there is no way I am about to groin carry. Yep, that means another gun owner has seemingly shot himself in his own package - allegedly this time with a Glock 43 that was seated in an inside the pants holster above his groin. He bent over, gun went bang, he howled with pain but never even doubled over with it. Regardless, I decided long ago to never carry like that. Each time I learn about yet another person shortening his own Willie or ringing his own bells I feel justified in having made that decision. More on the alleged groin holstered Glock 43 discharge at the source.

All the best,
Glenn B

Please Excuse My Mistake

 

All the best,

Glenn B

Damn - Appliances Are Expensive

Just ordered a dishwasher over the last week or so from Costco because the old one is kaput. That set us back about $685.00 including an extended warranty and tax. Then today, the wife tells me the washing machine is all fucked up. Has been for awhile now too I suppose and we had a guy come to do warranty service on it who claimed he reset the computer and all would be well and that there was nothing really wrong with it. Funny how nothing really wrong with it progressed from bad to worse in the last couple of days and wouldn't you know that the damned extended warranty on it expired just 5 days ago!

So there I went today looking at reviews for a new one. I wasted about 4 hours today (yep the laptop is old too and runs like shit under the current version of Windows) looking at reviews and online pricing. Finally decided on a GE model at the low to mid range in price and ordered it from Costco along with an extended warranty. At least I did not click on the complete order icon - had my wife do that to make her feel the guilt of spending just about another $740.00.

Right now every penny I will have made for my last few days of work and the few I will have made for a few upcoming scheduled days may just about pay for the dishwasher let alone the washing machine! Where in Hades the money is coming from for the washing machine - I have no clue! Then again, there is about $200-$300 in my piggy bank, I guess that can go toward it.

I imagine most folks would think that means no new guns for me for a spell. To that I  definitively can say: There will be no new guns for me that I will tell my wife about buying. I may yet go to the next Hessney Rod & Gun Auction and then sneak something into the house but only because right now - my very separate not-so-secret stash of cash for buying guns is in the black. 

All the best,
Glenn B

“karma is a bitch.”

Dinesh D'Souza has received a full pardon from President Donald "The Man" Trump. To get a good belly laugh and to understand the title of this post, read more about it here. Truer words were never uttered and they translate to fuck you Preet Bharara.

All the best,
Glenn B