Firearm information for the enthusiast
01/01/2020 The higher velocity generated by a magnum version of any given caliber yields a number of benefits. Higher velocity, means reduced time in flight, which means a farther distance can be reached before significant effects of gravity are felt. With relative increases in velocity come kinetic energy increases at […]
12/31/2019 Snow storm coming tomorrow afternoon. The weather has held up so far this winter so, with a little bundling up, there have been lots of good shooting days. Temperatures have dropped into the high teens on occasion, but the air is still and clear and offering good opportunities to […]
12/30/2019 Ruger LCP II 22LR Model Number 13705 Manufacturer Ruger Point of Origin Mayodan, North Carolina Type Blowback- SA Caliber 22 Long Rifle Magazine Capacity 10 Barrel 2.75″ Rifling 1:16″ Overall Length 5.20″ Overall Height 4.00″ Slide Width 0.81″ Weight 11.2 Oz. Sight Radius 4.5″ Trigger Pull – Actual 4 […]
12/27/2019 There have been some very dramatic changes in life in America and therefore, through societal osmosis, changes to all of us as individuals. Take lunch, as an example. Thirty years ago, lunch at Leo’s Eat Well Delicatessen could have been thinly sliced pastrami from a steam table, piled high […]
12/23/2019 Do you mind if I hide out here for awhile? My wife is on a Hallmark Movie kick and I’m pre-diabetic. On the plus side, Hallmark is one of those places where characters still celebrate and extol the virtues of good friends and family, where problems are small and […]
12/13/2019 Turning over a new leaf is not always easy. I am not even sure of the etymology of that expression… idiom? Let me check with my memory annex, Google. According to someone named Ginger, in the 16th century, book pages were called “leaves” and turning over a new leaf […]
12/09/2019 So we are in that spot between Thanksgiving and Christmas. A little snow, a lot of cold and just a touch of panic over holiday shopping and festivities. It’s tough to have conversations with grown children about travel, or our unwillingness to travel. We love our children, we love […]
I was thinking about ballistic gel testing… then I thought about the degree of crunch in the Special K Pumpkin Spice cereal I was eating…. then I thought about technological singularity… which of course caused me to think about the coming sentient AI Apocalypse… which eventually took me back to […]
11/25/2019 Pete sat with his elbow on the breakfast table, his chin resting in his left hand, sipping from a cup of black coffee, and waiting for the last remnants of sleep to leave him. His wife across the table, smiled, extended a hand to his, squeezed gently and asked, […]
11/21/2019 Thanksgiving is fast approaching. Close enough to start a refrigerator thaw on the turkey and to appreciate a bit of weather warm up that will have the snow off the ground by the time the day arrives. It will be a day with close friends, relaxed and focusing on […]