Egg Foo Trump

It seems that Trump derangement syndrome is not just an ailment of libtards and RINOs within the United States of America. The Chinese are now trying to show Trump as having egg on his face with regard to the Corona Virus COVID-19 and they are laying the blame for the spread of the disease, even for the origin of it, on the shoulders of president Donald Trump and the good old U.S. of  A. You can bet the libturds in this country will eat it up and use the left over yolk to smear it in Trump's face or at least try to. More at the source.

All the best,
Glenn B

Tombstone Of The Last Man On Earth...

...to contract COVID-19. This was placed on his grave shortly after a cure was found and administered to him without success.

 

All the best,
Glenn B

I'm Thinking Of Starting A New Career

All the best,
GB

The Stupidest Commercial Of All Time...

...personifies liberalism as a human mental disorder. Which TV advertisement is that - the Facebook kazoo commercial. It paints the most perfect picture of libtard assholes who just want to ignore education/work in favor of them maintaining their status as fucking idiots. I am sure that was not Facebook's intention but that is what they accomplished.

Thanks Facebook for giving us that verification.

All the best,
Glenn B

When I Drive To My Son's Place...

...in Benton, AR - from where I live near Texarkana, TX - it's a drive of about one hour and forty-five minutes to two hours. That's for travel of approximately 127 miles one way. That makes me smile because when I drove from my home in Mineola, NY to my office in Manhattan (in NYC), it would take anywhere from an hour and fifteen minutes to an hour and a half, one way, and that time frame was considered pretty darned good - an hour was amazing. It once took me about 4.5 hours to drive that same distance going home from work and the shortest drive time took about 35-40 minutes but that was at about 0400 in the morning. The thing was that drive only was all of 26 miles each way. I do not miss the traffic in and around NYC.

All the best,
Glenn B

I Went To An Estate Sale Today...

...that someone, whom I met at a local dog park, told me about yesterday. He said they had a bunch of firearms for sale. Yes they did, and whenIi got there they also had a long line to get into the bedroom of the house where the firearms were displayed. I am guessing I was on the line for about 45 minutes before I had my turn inside to look them over. While I was waiting on the line, three guys came out carrying guns they had purchased. Three guys - in 45 minutes! It pretty much was a dead giveaway as to the prices that were being asked. Yet, when I asked one guy if he would mind telling me what he paid for two (2) SKS rifles he walked away with, he said $175 each. Well, fuck that lying piece of shit because the two remaining Norinco SKS rifles they had, when I got my chance to look them over, were $425 and $410, so there is no way they sold two others, nicer ones at that, to him for $175 each.

Anyway, when I got inside they still had several rifles and a few shotguns in the bedroom and several pistols and a few other rifles in the walk-in closet along with a bunch of ammo and accessories. Almost everything was priced out of this world and they would not come down in price on anything even one penny. The line they gave was 'it's the first day of a four day sale, they usually are only three days, and we never go down in price on day one'. They could have sold out today had they come down $50 to $75 or so on guns for which they were asking for $400. 

While waiting on the line in the living room, I eyed some accessories and firearms related books and such and grabbed hold of a Department of The Army Technical Manual TM9-1276 / Department of The Air Force Technical order - TO39A-5AD-2 - Cal.30 Carbines M1, M1A, M2 and M3 manual. That put me out only $4.00; funny they had another of the same exact thing (but a trashy looking copy, mine is pretty fine) just a shelf away for $8.00. The 'gun room' was next. Once in the 'gun room' I soon realized prices were too high for me and greed evidently was the rule of the day. Not only were things mostly overpriced but they removed the bayonets from three or four SKS rifles they were selling, piled them on a shelf and put a $28.00 price tag on each with two remaining SKS rifles selling separately laying on a bed and another in the walk-in closet. Not to leave empty handed, except for the book, I moseyed around a bit more after looking at the guns and found a new in the package (old stock) Ruger 10/22 magazine for $12. I grabbed it right up because other new ones I have seen have been going for around $20.00; although, the price made me wonder why this one was so inexpensive I took it regardless. It was one of the few things that had a really decent price on it.

After paying for those two things, I went outside and to the shed and workshop out back. There was a lot more of overpriced stuff out there. Mike and Frank, of American Pickers fame, would have been disappointed by most of it because most of the things were run of the mill used items and or outright junk and or trash in my opinion. Before going outside, I had tried to query Pyrodex RS, that I had seen in the gun room, but I could not get a signal. Outside, once I got connected to the web, I saw it goes for about $17.00 to $24.00 for  one (1) pound jar. I grabbed it on my second go round in the gun room - no line by then at about 1030 - it went for $8.00 and was in a sealed jar. I recently picked up a BP revolver and if this is the right stuff for it, well I got a bargain. If not right for a BP revolver (and I do believe this stuff is for BP rifles & shotguns) oh well, I can sell it or trade it or give it away and make friends with someone. 

On that second inside go round I also spotted two more books and picked them up at decent prices - one was: Home Workshop Guns For Defense And Resistance - Volume One The Submachine Gun and the other was: the original (not the revised edition) of The Ruger 1022 Exotic Weapons Systems (both put out by the now defunct Paladin Press). I later found a copy of the former with an asking price of about $143.00 on eBay. It cost me $4.00. Two pages are loose but at that price it was - as they say in certain parts of Brooklyn - such a deal; so, how could I not take it! The Ruger 10/22 book is in fine to excellent condition and tells you how to modify a 10/22 enough to get yourself arrested as a federal felon.

That was it for me. They had lots and lots of stuff for sale but almost everything, from bedroom furniture, to kitchen utensils, to coffee tables, to farm tools, to electronics, to firearms & accessories seemed way overpriced. I may go back on day 3 or 4 to see what is left over and what prices they will accept then on any remaining items that strike my fancy; my guess is plenty will be remaining as an awful lot of folks walked away from this sale empty handed.

All the best,
Glenn B

What's In A Name?

The Strange Oddities You Find While Afield

My son went out snake hunting on a friend's property yesterday. It was a nice day for it but I suspect too soon to hunt for snakes other than maybe Garter Snakes that come out early in the season.

 

 

He did not find any snakes but he found some bones I am guessing are a deer pelvis:



He also found a blue tailed skink that I believe is a Common 5 Lined Skink, Plestiodon fasciatus:



He also found something else. The something else beats anything I have ever found while out and about herping, hunting, hiking, or whatever:



 

 

Too bad it was not in better shape but the land gets flooded now and again when the Arkansas River rises and the gun sure looks like it was under water for awhile. At least the grips seem in good shape, what a testament to Pachmayr grips. He put the gun into a bath of white vinegar to clean it up some. 

 He can see some spent casings in the cylinder. Told him to be careful in the event any live rounds are in it; I doubt they would still be good but why chance an accident.

I am guessing that is a Dan Wesson revolver; from what I can make of it, it looks like the Dan Wesson 715 that can be seen on their website. If that is correct then it was in the mud or under water for quite the while since the 715 is stainless steel.
Then again, I just found out there was a Dan Wesson 15-2 that was a blued version; it's probably that one or a very similar model.Whichever, somebody lost or threw away a nice gun! 

The strangest find I ever made while afield was a rock someone probably used as a shotgun or rifle target. I must admit, I never found anything even close to as cool as a .357 Magnum revolver. Leave it to my son to best my find and for it to be gun related at that!

All the best,
Glenn B

Here's Johnny - But This Time...

...it was a sheriff's deputy on the inside of the door and she let loose with a barrage of bullets striking but not killing the bad guy who broke into her home through the front door with an axe. The guy did this in daylight hours at 530 PM! The officer shot him, then struggled with him, then got him handcuffed. Too bad her shots were not more effective. More at the source.

Now, as for the movie clip, I have to say that was one of the best scenes of any horror movie ever. The fear shown on the woman's part looked genuine and Jack Nicholson played his part excellently. I can only imagine, that while the sheriff's deputy likely was also afraid, she was at least better armed and better prepared to deal with the essentially same situation. She also was a mama bear protecting her cubs, her two kids were in the house with her. You just don't screw with mama bears with cubs!

All the best,
Glenn B

I Am As Prepared As I Can Be I Suppose...

...I've got plenty of booze on hand and my health insurance is paid up.

All the best,
Glenn B

I Posted This Pic In January, BUT...

...without the appropriate caption which is some lyrics from a truly excellent song:

You're comin' to me
With that soulful look on your face
Coming lookin' like you've
Never ever done one wrong thing

All the best
Glenn B

Pence Has Been A Great Vice President BUT...

...if President Trump wants to absolutely assure he will defeat any and all comers in 2020, he should pick this person, or someone very like this person, as his VP running mate. When I say very much like that person, I mean politics-wise and gender-wise. 

If you have a problem with her over her stance on the flag of the Confederacy - wake up to the rest of her political platform at: https://www.ontheissues.org/Nikki_Haley.htm. I agree with most of them; how about you? Damn, maybe I'd vote for her for president!

All the best,
Glenn B

With All This Corona Virus Crap...

...going on, and with me having wondered from close to the beginning of it all if this virus was man-made, and with me more recently wondering - what if it becomes more deadly as time goes by (either because of how engineered if man-made or if by its nature if a natural virus) - I have decided to watch 12 Monkeys this weekend along with some of the death, doom and destruction classic movies (if I can find them on Amazon or Netflix) like: The World, The Flesh & The Devil; The Omega Man; The Andromeda Strain;  The Last Man On Earth; Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (no not a death by contagion type movie but one of the best doomsday movies of all times and absolutely the best films of  George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden and Slim Pickens); The Stand (mini-series, which I have never before watched).

Those films and the one series should make it a good weekend to expound my imagination's gloomy outlook on the corona virus & the general state of the world with or without the contagion.

Who knows, if my new gas mask filters arrive in time, my outlook may change but I had bad timing and only ordered them on February 9th. I had been meaning to order them, to replenish my old ones, for well over a month - maybe even two or three before that date. Being THE Great Procrastinator I kept putting it off or just forgetting about ordering them and when I finally ordered them the CV scare was ongoing. Now they tell me my order will take at least 4 weeks to complete. Oh well, it's not like the expired ones I have will kill me if I use them like the ones from decades ago would have done to you if you used them after their expiration dates (some of them actually became toxic over time due to the chemicals used to make them). Never use old expired surplus gas mask filters.

All the best,
Glenn B

Leaping Lizards Batman...

...Saturday's date will be February 29th - it's a leap year!

I don't know about all of you but I just found out when checking my calendar for something totally unrelated.

All the best,
Glenn B

Beretta Serialization & Date Codes For Italian Made Guns 1945 - 2007

I was curious to find out when my newly acquired Beretta Model 84B was manufactured and conducted a web search to that effect. I was a pleasantly surprised to discover that Beretta has a serial number look-up page. I was also quite dismayed to discover that it did not work for the serial number of my Beretta 84B and I followed their instructions and dropped the Y at the end of the serial number (I also tried with the Y). Instead of giving me any info about my pistol, I was presented with a page directing me to call "1-800-BERETTA ext. 2003 between 9 AM and 5 PM EST Monday through Friday.".  Since my phone rarely works in my apartment, I decided to continue the web search. I should note, the Beretta app did work to look up the date of manufacture for my 950BS, it was made in 1990 - no month shown. The app also worked for my two 92FS pistols both manufactured in 1997; that was no surprise as they have consecutive serial numbers but I was surprised to see they are both listed as "Pol. Special" which I imagine means police special. Never knew they had such a designation for the 92FS. So, it seemed to work for my American made Beretta pistols but not for those of mine made in Italy.

The next thing I came up with was the page at this link: https://www.answers.com/Q/What_year_was_the_Beretta_84F_made_-_serial_number_E542xxY. Usually when I wind up on an Answers.com page, the info there seems to me to be quite lacking; however, this time I am pleased to say I found some useful and what I think was amazingly coincidental information about the date codes for those of my Beretta pistols manufactured in Italy. Those pistols include my Beretta 70S, 84B and 92SB. When I checked the Model 84B I saw it had the date code AI. According to the page at the above link, that indicates the 84B was manufactured in 1982. Being the curious type, at least about my own firearms, I decided to check my other Beretta pistols that had been manufactured in Italy. I was quite surprised at what I saw next - the other two of my Berettas that were manufactured in Italy both also have the same date code as the 84B, meaning they were all produced in 1982.  I got the 92SB in or about August or September 1982 (as a replacement for one I bought in June 1982 but that had issues and was replaced under warranty) and the 70S in July 1983 (also a replacement but because I sent in the original to have a longer barrel fitted for it by Beretta and when they sent it back UPS left it on the doorstep and it was stolen, so Beretta replaced it). What an amazing coincidence it is that the 84B was made in the same year as the other two considering I bought the 84B in February 2020 some 36.5 years after I got the second of the other two.

Not one to usually copy and past all the info I find on such a page, I will make an exception now and paste it below (only because I did not see, anywhere on the page, that the info supplied on answers.com page nor their web page were copyrighted). So, here it is (note the answers.com info was posted in 2010 and the info provided was good from 1945 up until 2007 for manufacture dates):

"Beretta firearms produced in Italy carry a proof mark for the year of production. The chart below is used to identify the year by this mark. For recent pistols this mark is usually located on the frame near the trigger guard, for older pistols, the mark is on the slide or on the frame behind the grip area. Shotguns have this mark stamped on the barrel near the chamber. You may need to remove the barrel to read the mark.

In some cases the actual date was stamped instead of these marks, this is normally seen on older pistols.

We have also seen markings where roman and numerical figures are combined, for example XX 8 instead of the listed XXVIII for year 1972.

 I - 1945; II - 1946; III - 1947; IV - 1948; V - 1949; VI - 1950; VII - 1951; VIII - 1952; IX - 1953; X - 1954; XI - 1955; XII - 1956; XIII - 1957; XIV - 1958; XV - 1959; XVI - 1960; XVII - 1961; XVIII - 1962; XIX - 1963; XX - 1964; XXI - 1965; XXII - 1966; XXIII - 1967; XXIV - 1968; XXV - 1969; XXVI - 1970; XXVII - 1971; XXIII - 1972; XXIX - 1973; XXX - 1974; AA - 1975; AB - 1976; AC - 1977; AD - 1978; AE - 1979; AF - 1980; AH - 1981; AI - 1982; AL - 1983; AM - 1984; AN - 1985; AO - 1986; AS - 1987; AT - 1988; AU - 1989; AZ - 1990; BA - 1991; BB - 1992; BC - 1993; BD - 1994; BF - 1995; BH - 1996; BI - 1997; BL - 1998; BM - 1999; BN - 2000; BP - 2001; BS - 2002; BT - 2003; BU - 2004; BZ - 2005; CA - 2006; CB - 2007;"

That is a very good resource if all the date code info is correct and I can say without a doubt that according to other sources the 84B was produced between 1980 and 1985 so 1982 is right in there. In addition, I know for a fact that both the 70S and the 92SB were also being produced in that year. My guess is the info is good as gold.

All the best,

Glenn B

Why Would A Guy Commit Suicide...

...after just expressing interest in going back to work at his old place of employment and who was engaged to be married. It seems to me, that  he had lot for which to live. So, to me, it seems very odd he would commit suicide. Now, I suppose there could be reasons for his actually having done so, such as possibly having been very recently diagnosed with an incurable disease or rapid onset of acute mental illness. I guess time and a good investigation will tell if it was something along those lines that led him to suicide. Of course though, it could have been a murder made to appear as if it was a suicide.

What I am talking about is this:

"Philip Haney, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistleblower who was an outspoken critic of the administration of former President Barack Obama, was found dead Friday, about 40 miles east of Sacramento, Calif., local authorities said.

Haney, 66, "appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound," the Amador County Sheriff's Office said in a release. Sheriff and coroner Martin A. Ryan shared the initial details of the case." More at the source.

It boggles my mind to think that a man seeking to be reemployed and who was engaged to be married would suddenly take his own life. Being that he was a critic of the Obama administration and was also a whistleblower who accused the Obama administration of wrongdoing - it causes me to consider the possibility that he was murdered as some sort of retaliation or maybe because someone was trying to protect the currently ongoing political or other interests of someone who had been in the Obama administration. 

Then again, it almost smells Clintonian - don't ya think - but why they'd have anything to do with this is a bit unfathomable at this time so I'll give them that for now. Of course, in my estimation, it still smells Clintonian but then, I think a Clintonian conspiracy would smell like any other evil leftist conspiracy when you get right down to it.

Now mind you, I am not saying he was murdered, not saying there was some vast (or small) left wing conspiracy to eliminate him, not indicating I think anyone was actually involved in wrongdoing. What I am saying is: I am just thinking of the possibilities since it seems so odd that a man with so much going for himself ended his own life. Hopefully the facts will come out.

RIP and my condolences to his family and fiancée.

All the best,
Glenn B

So The Lib Justice Has To Work A Bit More...

...and apparently all she can do is dissent and bitch & moan about it.

Wat I am referring to is Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor's dissent in the Supreme Court decision that at least temporarily upheld the Trump Administration's expanding the range of what is considered a "public charge" for immigration purposes. She is complaining that the current administration is seeking stays from the highest court in a larger number of cases than ever by calling them emergencies. She is also complaining about what she perceives as the bias of justices who have an opposing view to her's. Funny she never stood up for those on the right when those on the left had the majority under Obama but now she moans and groans and dissents with gusto. Typical! More at the source.

I must say, the flood of illegal aliens entering the USA and sucking us dry seems like an emergency to me. She is evidently faulting the administration for in  effect is more work for her. Maybe instead of faulting the administration she should fault sanctuary cities and states that encourage foreigners to break the law and enter the U.S. illegally and who then offer them public assistance at the expense of the taxpayer. She might also consider faulting the lower courts that upheld the actions of sanctuary cities and states in as much as those actions were detrimental to our great nation and its citizens. Of course though - as she essentially seems to see it - it's all Trump's fault.

All the best,
Glenn B

Target Sports USA Asked Me For A Rating...

...after I ordered some 380 Auto ammo from them tonight. This was the narrative of my rating:

"Let me put it this way, if by some chance of astronomically unbelievable proportions - from another dimension that is One Step Beyond, The Outer Limits, of The Twilight Zone - it looks like a demoncrat will be elected on election day in November 2020 (as our president), I will place a multi thousand dollar order with Target Sports USA for various calibers of ammo because: they have excellent prices, I am a member of TSUSA Prime, shipping will be free, and they have an outstanding inventory with speedy shipping and they are reliable with regard to all of those aspects of an absolutely excellent ammo dealer.

Besides that, even though I live in TX now, when I lived in NY: they would ship directly to the buyer when NY realized the requirement of the NY SAFE Act to ship only through FFL dealers or through NY State registered ammo dealers was not legal nor workable under the law; yet, many other ammo dealers told New Yorkers "screw you" and refused to ship to us even through an FFL as the SAFE Act had required beforehand! Thank you Target Sports USA for standing by we gun owners in NY who needed ammo from a reputable and loyal dealer!"

I think folks will be able to tell, I like them - a lot! As for my promise to place a multi-thousand dollar order with them if it looks like a demoncrat will take the White House - you can bet on it safely. Screw those commies and socialists, screw that extreme wanna-be fascist tyrant Bloomberg and screw the gun grabbing skags among them (and that means everyone of them).

All the best,
Glenn B

Newly Found Freinds

Years ago, at least 10 and maybe 15 or more, I came across this magazine and decided to hang onto it.

I'll be damned if I can remember how, where or exactly when I got it. Did someone give it to me, did I find it left at a range, did I pick it up at a tag or estate sale? The truth is I do not know and may never remember but I have a very hazy recollection that someone at work gave it to me but unless someone can confirm that, it will remain a mystery. Anyhow and as I said, I decided to hang onto it. I do recall that over the years I have tried to sell it with no success. I also remember that a good friend of mine from work told me it was a 380 magazine for a Browning pistol. I wondered if maybe it was a Beretta mag since at one time Beretta made a 380 pistol for Browning but was assured it was Browning made mag because no markings indicated such whereas a Beretta would have PB or the Beretta name on them. Suffice to say I have had it for a long time and had no use for it.

Jump to the present. Today it found friends, two of them in the form of its exact duplicates. They all have the exact same markings on the base plate and all are 13 round mags. They arrived in the mail at my local FFL along with the Beretta 84B on which I had the high bid during their last Sportsman's Auction (formerly Rod & Gun Auctions).

 

I guess the first of the three mags I had was a Beretta after all!

I must say, it is a very nice used pistol with minimal wear. It should give a lifetime plus of shooty goodness and I am looking forward to shooting it. About the only downside, if you can call it that, is that now I need to stock up on a new to me caliber - .380 Auto (also known as 9mm Short and 9mm Kurz). The addiction never seems to end!

Nope, I never got rid of that magazine even though I tried to sell it or trade it a couple of times and was disappointed when it did not sell. I also am pretty sure I even tried to give it away once with no takers. Now though, as can be seen by it gaining friends, the truth is you just never know when you are going to need something like that. Of course, it could be looked at in another way - because I had that mag, I was compelled to buy the gun that it goes with and thus will also be compelled to by the ammo to use in it. Then again, that has already been accomplished to a small degree, getting some of the new ammo that is, as I stopped at Academy Sports (ammo there is much less expensive than at the gun shop) right after picking up the pistol, and bought a few boxes to hold me over until I can make an online ammo purchase.

Yes folks, I am one happy shootist in as much as that I held onto that mag throughout all those years.

All the best,
Glenn B

 

I Fell To Temptation...

...those girls on the side of the road made it look all too appealing and I went for one then decided on getting myself two. 

Nothing like a box of Samoas or two to satiate that sweet tooth

All the best,
Glenn B

I Know A Little Bit About Being A Survivor...

...having battled for my life against adversaries a few times and winning my battle against stage 4 throat cancer several years ago. Here though, at this link, is an amazing story about survival and recovery and damned fate or in this case damned on one hand but not damned the way the balls bounce. Since the video is posted in an article from September 2015, it leaves me wondering if they ever made the film.

Edited to add: In answer to my own question, the film is available on YouTube to rent or buy for a fee @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtaphi0bVEg.

All the best,
Glenn B

This Would Make One Heck Of A Bucket List

I've done several of these things but no where near to all of them. I think I'll have to try do at least a few or maybe several more.

All the best,
Glenn B

Do Xenophobic Crimes Automatically Indicate Rightist Motives?

I often wonder how someone is said to have had far right motives immediately after committing what is said to have been a xenophobic crime. An example of such a case is the one recently to have taken place in Germany in which a German citizen was alleged to have killed 9 individuals, then his mother and then himself. Some of his victims were said to have been Turks in a hookah bar, possibly in two such bars. The media has immediately referred to him, in essence, as a far right xenophobe. More at the source.

As I recall, throughout history:

Hitler was an extreme leftist - he was the leader of a socialist (leftist) nation. Hitler orchestrated: the Holocaust - 6 million Jews or 2/3 of the world's Jewish population exterminated;  Generalplan Ost - estimated losses were 4.5 to 13.7 million Soviets killed by the Germans; Genocide of the Poles - estimated losses 1.8 million to 3 million. He also killed a very large percentage of the German mentally ill, German criminals, a fairly large number of Catholics and a high percentage of the Romani (Gypsies - up to half a million exterminated) not to include all millions of the dead of many nations due to warfare.

Stalin was far left he was the leader of the USSR a communist & socialist (leftist) nation; he orchestrated the Holdomor - the man-made famine that is estimated, by the United Nations, to have killed 7-10 million; however some estimates go as high as 12 million Ukrainians; Kazakh genocide, part of the same famine that killed off up to 42% of the entire Kazakh population or up to 1,750,000 Kazahks. The high estimated total of those deaths, 13,750,000, is possibly more than were killed in the German concentration camps during WWII, the estimate of those concentration camp deaths are as high as between 12 to 13 million.

Pol Pot was the leader of Cambodia and was a communist/socialist (leftist). He orchestrated the Cambodian genocide of an estimated 1.4 to 3 million , up to 33% of the Cambodian population, targeting groups such as Vietnamese,  Chinese and Thai Cambodians.

Now don't get me wrong, there are a few to several genocides in modern times that have been committed by what are or legitimately could be considered rightist governments. These would include: 

One would be the: Yeghern or as it is also called the Armenocide the Armenian Genocide in which at least 50% of the Armenian population was believed to have been exterminated, 700,000 to 1.8 million lives wiped out; the Greek Genocide is another with 500,000 to 900,000 killed. Both were committed  by the Turkish Ottoman Empire. That empire was conservative only in as much as they espoused and conserved Muslim ideals. 

The Rwanda Genocide (and I could be wrong that their government had ideals on the right but I believe they did) in which an estimated 70% of the Tutsi population was wiped out along with many Hutus and Twa amounting to about 70% of the Rwandan population.

Yet, when an individual exhibits the same so called xenophobic motives - they are almost invariably said to to have had extreme right motives and virtually none are ever attributed with those ideals or motives of the extreme left - even though those on the extreme left are those who committed the worst genocides throughout history. Even Adolf Hitler is usually alleged to have been on the right, by the media and other leftists, despite the facts that he created and then led the Nazi Party - a newly formed brand of socialism. In fact, when someone commits such a crime today, he is almost immediately labelled as a xenophobe with extreme right ideals. Yet, when someone obviously has committed a terrorist act, authorities and the media almost always say that there can be no determination made as to whether or not terrorism was involved until further investigation has been completed, this even when someone mows down people while screaming "Akbar Allah". 

Why is that? It makes absolutely no sense, there is no logic to it except twisted logic to say anyone committing what are viewed as xenophobic crimes had motives anywhere on the right when they emulate those on the extreme far left as well as those on the extreme far right - with those on the left historically having committed the worst of such atrocities. Well, maybe it makes sense in as much as leftists today evidently never seem to want to admit that their ideology, when taken to the extreme, almost always winds up in genocide of at least one group and often of multiple groups who are considered not pure in some way or another and that the genocidal atrocities committed by leftists have been the worst of all throughout modern history. Again, that is not to say that governments on the right have not committed genocide - I am merely pointing out that is is ludicrous at best to immediately attribute rightist ideals to those who commit what are allegedly xenophobic crimes.

All the best,

Glenn B

These Boomers Arrived Today

I bid on these two guns and a Beretta 84B, via online bidding, for the most recent Hessney Auction Company's Sportsman's Auction (formerly Rid & Gun Auction). The Beretta has to go through an FFL but the Uberti 1851 London Navy Revolver in 36 caliber and the Remington Model 10, 12 gauge slide action shotgun arrived at my apartment today via UPS. The 1851 London Navy Revolver, being a black powder revolver, did not require a transfer through an FFL and the Remington Model 10 shotgun was good to go on my Curios & relics FFL since it is more than 50 ears old. In fact it's way more than 50; I'll need to check the date codes on the Remington but I believe these were made only from 1911 - 1929, so it may be over 100 years old! They arrived in undamaged condition and that was a relief; they certainly had ample padding to assure such a condition.

The Uberti has its original cardboard box with what passes for a manual (really a pamphlet of instructions); also has its serialized (by way of a sticker) walnut presentation case with name plate showing make, model and serial number; and accessories including: a powder flask, a bullet mold, a tin of percussion caps and a nipple wrench (ouch). It is a nice looking gun. I am as certain as I can be that it is new old stock and unfired, except maybe for a test shot at the factory. At first glance, I can say that the only thing that is a bit disappointing is that the case color, on the frame over the trigger, appears to me to be chemically applied instead of being actually case hardened but I surely am not a gunsmith so am not certain of that. Anyway - it is a very nice BP revolver and I am quite happy to have gotten it since Uberti is known for high quality BP replicas.

The Remington Model 10 is in very good to excellent shape. I'd estimate the metal finish to be at least 80-85%. The wood of the slide/fore-end looks original finish and is excellent. The wood of the stock seems to have been shellacked or varnished right over the old finish. I am not 100 percent sure of that, it could just be the age of the original finish that makes it look that way - hard to tell on this old of a gun but I am fairly certain it was given a coat of shellac or varnish at some point. It seemed to function well during a function check - although a trip to the range well tell all about how well it works. 

I eagerly am awaiting a nice day to go to an outdoor range with my two recently acquired Zastava M70 pistols and with this Remington shotgun. The Beretta 84B is scheduled to be delivered to my local dealer on Saturday. If it is dropped off early enough, I may be able to pick it up and if the day is nice enough then head to the range with all four guns. I am not taking the Uberti 1851 because I do not shoot black powder, at least not yet. That revolver is nice enough to keep for a showpiece or as an item to sell or trade later on in still unfired condition.

All the best,
Glenn B

Good News For Virginians

It appears that the governor of Virginia has run into a roadblock regarding his plan to ban so called assault weapons in that state. More at the source. I would think firearms owners in that state are doing the happy dance that some politicians maybe woke up and realized the governor was pushing for a revolution.

All the best,
Glenn B