So last Saturday, my "nicely used" S&W Model 610 arrives at my local FFL dealer from Illinois just in time for me to knock out a few chores before heading to Southside Sportsmans Club/Freedom Firearms... and the N frame makes five:


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It's past time to take this step, of course: I've just ordered a pair of speedloaders for my five screw K-22. Can't wait for the next range trip!

Location: Southside Sportsman's Club, Battle Creek ( Read more... )

With thanks to Desert Martini: More about Me ( Read more... )

Your International Spy Name is Dr. Day


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Just started viewing a DVR-captured, IFC "Uncut" offering: "Eaten Alive," 1976, directed by Tobe Hooper, starring Neville Brand, Mel Ferrer and Carolyn Jones. Was delighted to see the name of Robert Englund in the credits, too ( Read more... )

Even in my undergrad days of reading the [B]Flint/Michigan Voice[/B] and [B]Detroit Free Press[/B] as my most regular news sources, I'd make time for [B]National Review[/B].

His example of how to agree to disagree will always inspire.

Given that it's a "fully-equipped open-access workshop and creative environment that lets you drop in any time and work on your own projects at your own pace," I suspect that purchasing a TechShop membership is an exercise involving signing waivers and reading disclaimers, one after another, for a good length of time. I noted that a class/checkout ( Read more... )

Lots of smart folks like to quote Papa Heinlein's immortal words from "Time Enough For Love" concerning Lazarus Long's feelings about specialization and humans, as does Glenn Reynolds in his October Popular Mechanics column on the end of self-reliance in American society. I've uttered the phrase "specialization is for insects" on more than one ( Read more... )

I haven't seen it. But from what I've read so far, the plot synopsis goes like this: Talk Radio host and her MD boyfriend are set upon in Central Park. The MD doesn't make it; after her own recovery, she buys a Kahr in an alleyway for $1000 ("only outlaws will have guns") to soothe her frightened psyche. After she uses lethal force to (marginally) ( Read more... )