Saturday, October 03, 2015
Shooting fun! and blogging update
Poor Barry Hussein... Barack Obama is an angry man. He's angry about guns, or rather that American citizens own them. The other day a homicidal maniac entered a gun-free zone, selected Christians, and executed them. Barack Obama blames the NRA and anyone who defends individual rights, including the right to keep and bear arms...but not his own Christian-bashing, of course. (There's a great deal of irony in all this, since he plans to import, at taxpayer expense, thousands of Muslim refugees whose numbers will almost certainly include members of Daesh, bloodthirsty Muslims who, given the chance, also will select Christians and other non-Muslims for execution.) I expect the lawless, tyrannical fool in the Whitehouse will attempt to create and enforce gun controls before his term expires, most likely without any new legislation. I don't feel like blogging much about this right now -- suffice it to say that anyone who tries to disarm the American citizen will start a civil war.
Meanwhile, last week I fired, for my first time, a handgun in .454 Casull, a round designed for stopping big game up to the one ton range. More about this shortly. But first, a blogging update.
I'm trying to blog a bit more often, and have a couple of subjects upcoming. I am sure the world will be waiting breathlessly:
Nobel Prizes... I suppose I should make predictions now. For Economics, I predict the award will go to William Baumol and Israel Kirzner for their studies of entrepreneurship. Why not? Nothing would make me happier. Last year they were at the top of the Reuters prediction list, and my theory is that these predictions tend to come true, but with a lag. For Peace, there are so many worthy candidates. One obvious choice is Barack Obama, for solving the Iranian nuclear problem forever. I suppose this would be shared with Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, who is preparing his country for peaceful relations with all the world. But it might be a little embarrassing when during his speech about how Israel will be eliminated soon, Khamenei begins shrieking "Death to America." Even worse, they'd probably have to include John Kerry as well, and no one wants to hear him try to speak. There are many other worthy candidates, of course -- Vladimir Putin and hisSoviet Russian soldiers for liberating Crimea and bringing peace to eastern Ukraine, or the Pope, for traveling to communist countries to condemn capitalism. But I predict that the Peace Prize will go to the Muslim refugees storming the E.U. This makes at least as much sense as having awarded it to the E.U. itself, so I think I have a winner here.
Le Grizz... Every second Saturday of October, I return to Montana's Flathead and environs to run the Le Grizz 50 Mile Ultramarathon. This year we return to the 2013 "Government Shutdown Course," most likely on a permanent basis. (The new race management is Polebridge Mercantile, conveniently located at the race start and finish, along with a log saloon, for all our coffee, pastry, and beer needs!) I think I am better trained than I've been in a few years. Expect a race report.
OK, finally, shooting... I was with a friend, Chris P. and we had a target set at 50 yards and fired both a fair .45 Long Colt and .454 Casull ammunition through a Ruger Super Blackhawk (for those who don't know, the .454 is a lengthened version of the .45LC, so the revolver will chamber either one of them). At 50 yards I had no trouble hitting the target with the .454; the .45LC has a less flat trajectory and I had some trouble connecting with it. But what I really noticed was the difference in recoil, as expected. I dislike recoil in a rifle, but I enjoy it in a handgun -- and boy, was this fun!
Two videos illustrate. One round with each cartridge, placed in cylinder so I wouldn't know when it would go off (a great exercise for overcoming flinch and similar problems). On another part of the range, someone else was shooting, so in the first video my second hammer drop coincides perfectly with one of their shots, making it look like I don't budge at all! Here's the fun:
One round, .45 Long Colt
One round, .454 Casull...bang!
Meanwhile, last week I fired, for my first time, a handgun in .454 Casull, a round designed for stopping big game up to the one ton range. More about this shortly. But first, a blogging update.
I'm trying to blog a bit more often, and have a couple of subjects upcoming. I am sure the world will be waiting breathlessly:
Nobel Prizes... I suppose I should make predictions now. For Economics, I predict the award will go to William Baumol and Israel Kirzner for their studies of entrepreneurship. Why not? Nothing would make me happier. Last year they were at the top of the Reuters prediction list, and my theory is that these predictions tend to come true, but with a lag. For Peace, there are so many worthy candidates. One obvious choice is Barack Obama, for solving the Iranian nuclear problem forever. I suppose this would be shared with Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, who is preparing his country for peaceful relations with all the world. But it might be a little embarrassing when during his speech about how Israel will be eliminated soon, Khamenei begins shrieking "Death to America." Even worse, they'd probably have to include John Kerry as well, and no one wants to hear him try to speak. There are many other worthy candidates, of course -- Vladimir Putin and his
Le Grizz... Every second Saturday of October, I return to Montana's Flathead and environs to run the Le Grizz 50 Mile Ultramarathon. This year we return to the 2013 "Government Shutdown Course," most likely on a permanent basis. (The new race management is Polebridge Mercantile, conveniently located at the race start and finish, along with a log saloon, for all our coffee, pastry, and beer needs!) I think I am better trained than I've been in a few years. Expect a race report.
OK, finally, shooting... I was with a friend, Chris P. and we had a target set at 50 yards and fired both a fair .45 Long Colt and .454 Casull ammunition through a Ruger Super Blackhawk (for those who don't know, the .454 is a lengthened version of the .45LC, so the revolver will chamber either one of them). At 50 yards I had no trouble hitting the target with the .454; the .45LC has a less flat trajectory and I had some trouble connecting with it. But what I really noticed was the difference in recoil, as expected. I dislike recoil in a rifle, but I enjoy it in a handgun -- and boy, was this fun!
Two videos illustrate. One round with each cartridge, placed in cylinder so I wouldn't know when it would go off (a great exercise for overcoming flinch and similar problems). On another part of the range, someone else was shooting, so in the first video my second hammer drop coincides perfectly with one of their shots, making it look like I don't budge at all! Here's the fun:
One round, .45 Long Colt
