It's been a little over a week since the Doc removed the bone of my left hip joint and replaced it with metal and plastic. To be precise, that hip joint is now titanium and cross linked UHMW (ultra high molecular weight polyethaline.
For the next month or 2 I'm a cripple trying to rehab the soft tissue damage. That sucks.
From a while back -
The little red dot sight on the 454 lever action died. Changing the battery allowed 1 shot. Putting the old one back in also allowed 1 shot. So I'm taking the Sightron off the AR to put on the lever gun.
The old Sightron has been on the AR for years with zero issues. One squeeze of the trigger on the 454 lever gun and it went belly up. It's been replaced with an Ultradot and so far only bore sighted. Time will tell.
The little red dot on the 30 carbine looks kinda weird, but functions well for these old eyes. Got it zeroed at 50 yards.
Put a PA 1-6x on the AR. The same model as on the Cetme. Right now it's zeroed at 50 yards, until I can get to the range again.
Cleaned a bunch of brass for future reloading. Gonna need something to do, sitting at a bench, while recovering from hip replacement surgery.
"You've been lied to by the President and his allies, but I want to set the record straight.
There is enough recoverable crude oil within the continental U.S. to supply current and projected future demand for 400+ years, and that's just the oil we know about! It doesn't account for future discoveries.
The domestic oil industry currently cannot satisfy domestic demand due to oil drilling restrictions imposed by the federal government.
Right now, domestic oil is scarce, and the price of everything is high because of these restrictions imposed by the federal government.
We import foreign oil . . . their production methods are far more damaging to the environment than in North America.
It's the Biden administration's fault, because it is suppressing the domestic oil industry for political gain.
And I hear that the refineries are close to maxed out because no one wants to invest, long term, in an industry that's being targeted by the government.
Last week I made it to the range, even with my aching hip. Replacement surgery is 5 weeks away.
I fired 4 rounds each of 2 different case preparations through the Ishapore. Full resized and neck resized only, all else the same. There was no measurable difference in group sizes, but I was surprised by the 4 inch different in point of impact. Looks like I have a lot more work to do to determine a decent load for the old rifle. I may need to free float the barrel and/or have it rechambered.
The little Llama 380 MicroMax is now reliable with the 2 new magazines I purchased. I ran several full Mags through the little thing, over 2 trips, without any malfunctions at all. I now consider it good for carry, if I want.
I did ok with the old Ruger 357 at 50 yards. That is my deer hunting gun. But the other Ruger, 454 was a different story. Could use more range time. High recoiling revolvers are harder to shoot well.
The little red dot sight on the 454 lever action died. Changing the battery allowed 1 shot. Putting the old one back in also allowed 1 shot. So I'm taking the Sightron off the AR to put on the lever gun. A PA 1-6X is on the way for the AR, just like the one now installed on the Cetme. Hope the Sightron handles recoil better.
Expecting the civilian 30 carbine back from the gunsmith any day now with the forward mounted red dot. Then I'll have 3 long guns for sight adjustment.
The Boss does not normally comment about politics or society in general. I can recall 2 exceptions.
1 - When Obama was elected she asked that I maintain at least 1,000 rounds of ammunition for each of my battle rifles. She was concerned that the state of the economy and society might end in general violence. I was happy to comply, though her concern was a bit premature.
2 - Yesterday she was just plain mad about how Trump has been and is being treated. She's wondering when the general shooting war will begin between the liberty loving and the communists.
And when they determine that I'm a criminal because of the guns I own, I'll ignore the law. The Boss is in full agreement with my attitude.
About 15 years ago I started having pain in my right hip, that progressed to hip replacement surgery. And here we go again, only on the other side. Right now I'm taking pain medication and limping around with the help of a cane. Scheduled for surgery in a few weeks. As luck would have it, the Boss fell and broke one of her ribs. A fine pair we make. Kinda funny isn't it.
My home state now has constitutional carry, and like when carry licenses were initiated a lot of the mucky mucks of the police organizations are totally against it. (Not and never has been illegal to carry openly) They're crying about 'blood in the streets'. Blah . . Blah . . Blah. Never happened then, doubt it will happen now.
Makes me wonder if they're afraid that us citizens will make their job irrelevant.
