Also at Steve Barnett:
Over the years, CZ has upgraded their .22 bolties (I think they’re now up to Mod 457), but I have to say that other than some technical (and cosmetic) stuff, I’m not sure that oldies like this one aren’t just as good as the newer ones, certainly in terms of accuracy.
And even with the Barnett Price Premium, it’s still very good value.
Would this be a bad time to bring back Kim’s BANG (Buy A New Gun) Fund from the old blog? Probably. Dammit.
Some deep thoughts for the day:
Ah, never mind; let’s just go with outright defiance:
Is it too soon for Hawaii Fire jokes?
Nah, fukkem. They always vote Democrat, anyway, the hippie assholes.
And speaking of island paradises and suntans:
Here’s one which describes my condition:
So… let’s head off to work:
…with or without a tan.
Martha Vickers never had much of a career in movies, and I don’t know why not. Maybe she was a lousy actress, or didn’t shag the right producers — it was the 1940s, who knows? Certainly, it could not have been because of her looks:
Just one of those mysteries, I guess.
This one’s for Reader Old Texan and all you other pigeon-hunters:
Of course, it’s always a pleasure when watching a master go about his craft, and Jonny’s teacher Paul Payne is just that — he’s been doing it for forty-seven years. And of course, Jonny is an excellent student: despite being a pretty decent shot, he’s always open to learning something new.
It’s an hour out of your day — the shooting ends at about 38 minutes — but if you carry on watching to see the gear they use… whoa.
Whatever, you’ll feel as relaxed as I was at the end of it. Lovely stuff.
If you can’t do it with the Doobies on their 50th, who can you do it with?
From Steve Barnett:
I remember shooting one of these, many years ago, at a range where its owner was having serious feeding issues with the ammo he’d brought (I forget the brand).
Intrigued, I offered him the use of some of my CCI Mini-Mag… and the gun performed flawlessly. (He bought a brick from me right there on the spot.)
When he let me shoot his Mod 41, I was rather chagrined by the fact that it shot more accurately than my Beretta Jaguar.
…which, given the price disparity at the time — the equivalent of about $250 — and the barrel differences between the two guns, was perhaps not too surprising.
I still think mine was the prettier gun, though — and the accuracy difference wasn’t that great. Take from that what you will.