Irons in the Fire

Opinions large and small, worth everything you pay for them.

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Flea market report

›
Ok, Xavier has the pawn shop circuit, so on occasion I'll cover flea markets. There's a big one over in Midwest city called Mary...
Friday, May 26, 2006

I started to write on this this morning,

›
but by the time I finished beating out letters to congresscritters, I had to go to work. I was also too damn mad to do it then. This being ...

I just LOVE doing things like this

›
Decided to get some dies and some .284 Winchester brass to resize for 7.5 Swiss. Check Midway and find several things I need. Find the die...
Thursday, May 25, 2006

Buttpack carry

›
Or fannypack to use the more polite term. Especially in hot weather, it can be one of the best ways to carry a sidearm, but you've got ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Experiment: results to follow

›
One more reason I like gun shows All the bits & pieces you can find. At the one last weekend there was a man with a table covered with ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006

This just in: Seattle plays Humpty-Dumpty

›
as in 'words mean what we say they do'. Ok, ok, people have noted this before, but this crap demands to be written about. 'Raci...
Monday, May 22, 2006

Idiot/craven/lying/etc. politicians, part, uh,

›
I've lost track. In this particular case, Bloomberg, GFW mayor of New York 'effin City. Having just had his little "Let us ...

My world

›
"Where are the oven mitts?" "Oh yeah, under those two bayonets"
Sunday, May 21, 2006

"Lines I'd like to hear"

›
Over at LawDog , including: "Oh, my God, Mr. President, the Alien Overlords crashed a family reunion somewhere in Southwest Louisiana. ...

Ref the current idiocy in NO

›
Specifically the reelection of that incompetent guilty-of-manslaughter-through-negligence Nagin, I now officially say Screw New Orleans. No...

Drop part,

›
listen hard, grab flashlight, find part... damn , I need to dust under there.

Doesn't matter how old your kids are,

›
they can go through .22's like a beaver through soft wood. I took 400 rounds along today, and my daughter went through most of it. She...
Friday, May 19, 2006

Gun show!

›
This weekend. Going Saturday. Two neighbors want me to try to sell something for them. One's a Dutch Mannlicher carbine, the other...
Thursday, May 18, 2006

To return for now to firearms,

›
a few days ago had a chance to go to the range for a little while, and tried the Trailside/red-dot combo in daylight. This sight has 11 brig...

The 'free and universal' health care in Britain

›
apparently doesn't apply if you're offensive. Was over at Random Nuclear Strikes and found a link to this article : "IT IS BAD...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

More on women

›
My experience with them, at least. The piece I posted a couple of days ago was written under the influence of booze and a certain amount o...
1 comment:

Taking the bad taste of 'Sen. McCain' out of my mouth,

›
I can look out at the garden. The tomatos have blossoms, as do the sweet peppers and squash; and there's one pepper about three inches ...

Ref John McCain(Jackass/AZ)

›
Kevin has his opinion up, and I second it. He includes part of the oath McCain has taken more than once: "I do solemnly swear (or affi...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Flint

›
One of the things I make is flint & steel firekits. Whole kit is a steel striker, a good flake of flint, some charcloth to catch the sp...

Carnival of Cordite #59

›
At Gullyborg . Actually up the other day, but being the organized sort I am, I'm just getting this up now.
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
Firehand
Part-time blacksmith, gunsmith, guitar player and shadetree mechanic. Who has lots of books and not enough shelves, two dogs and a host of local squirrels. Yes, the four-legged kind.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.