From Stephen Green:
HIMARS is a fast-moving, hard-hitting missile system, designed and built in the United States, and known for its pinpoint accuracy. So far, Kyiv has received 20 of the truck-based missile launchers, of which Moscow has claimed to have destroyed more than 40.
Even Josef Goebbels would wince at that one.
Sponsored by:
Let’s get a-licking:
...why am I not surprised? Had we shot them all on sight as soon as they crossed the river, we wouldn’t have had this problem.
...as far as I know, the little Swedish tart doesn’t head up a violent terrorist organization, but there’s always time. Which makes the next headline unsurprising:
…tiresome little media whores, all three of them.
...trying to control the spread of a disease you created has nothing to do with race, you foul Commie assholes.
...and I also seduced more than a few teenyboppers, until about age 20. It was the Seventies, FFS, and to quote Jimmy Page: “Everyone knew why they were there.“
…“We’re sorry to tell you that you have inoperable cancer. Whoops, our bad; we meant ‘Merry Christmas’.”
...lemme guess the nationality / race / religion of the students… nah, too easy.
...Sarah, that is an excellent question. Next excellent question: where did I put my rope and homemade scaffold?
...finally, a little national common sense. Best thing they’ve done since inventing the K11/31 rifle and the SIG P-210.
...of course he is, so hold onto your drinks, ladies.
And speaking of bad smells:
...as opposed to peonies, mountain air and warm apple pie?
...unless you have a strong stomach, do not follow that link.
And from INSIGNIFICA:
...here’s said swimsuit:
…her NYE party frock:
...along with her Little Black Dress:
It’s a new year. Get back to your regular job:
Yes, it’s time for all good men who seek a fine gun to step up and open their wallets: I hereby announce the opening of the Boomershoot Rifle Boondoggle.
I tossed out PayPal earlier for their wokist, gun-hating reporting policies, so this year you will need to send either paper checks/money orders to the Sooper-Seekrit address, or through Zelle via my email addy (kim-at-kimdutoit-dot-com). Sorry, but there it is; I refused to be party to PayPal’s bullshit, and I hope you understand my position.
Tickets are $20 each, and you may buy up to five ($100 total) per person. If you send more than $100, I will allocate you five tickets, and use the rest to defray my travel expenses from Texas to Orofino ID.
Now onto something much more important and interesting.
What kind of rifle do you, O My Readers, want the chance of winning: a heavy-barreled long distance rifle (ULD) as in the past, or a premium hunting rifle, both topped with a quality scope? If you plan on doing (say) competitive long-distance shooting or long-range hunting, then obviously you’d prefer to own something like last year’s rifle:
…whereas if you’re looking for a do-it-all premium hunting rifle that will do its job with confidence out to (say) 500 yards, there’s something like this one to consider:
Email (NOT in Comments) your preference (ULD vs. PHR) with “Rifle Choice” in the Subject line so I can do a proper tally and make the decision. In the event of a tie, I’ll toss a coin or make an executive decision.
Here are my thoughts, to help you make up your mind. Remember that the more money I get in, the better-quality rifle/scope you’ll get.
ULD: I absolutely loved the Howa from last year. The trigger was exceptional, the accuracy WAY better than I could shoot it, and my niggle with the cheekpiece adjustment, I was assured by the manufacturer, was a one-off issue. Here’s the HCR APC:
That said, I’d also look at the Bergara B-14 and the Ruger American Hunter (again):
All three are superb rifles, and sub-MOA results are all but guaranteed.
ULD Caliber: in your email to me, if you pick this rifle, tell me your preference between the 6.5 Creedmoor and the .308 Win.
Now for the new category.
Premium Hunting Rifle (PHR)
Everyone has their favorite hunting rifle brand and type, so I’m going to go outside the box on this one. Firstly, as it’s a do-it-all rifle, I’m going with only one chambering: .30-06 Springfield (unless everyone shouts me down). I want a cartridge that does the job (any job), AND is readily available at Bubba’s Bait & Ammo everywhere in the U.S.A. And the choices, as you will see below, are not the typical ones…
Tikka T3x Hunter:
CZ 600 Alpha:
Mauser M18:
…yes, a Mauser for under a grand. (They also come with some funky-ass camo stocks. I make no guarantees…)
All three of the above would make any hunt a good one (as long as the hunter does his job).
Scope:
Whichever rifle is finally selected (ULD or PHR), I’m going with the Meopta Optika6 3-18x50mm FFP, because I honestly don’t think that you can get anything better without spending a boatload more money (Swarovski, Steiner, Kahles coff coff).
So there you have it.
ULD in either 6.5 Creed or .308 Win, OR PHR in .30-06, both topped with one of the best-value/quality scopes on the market. I see no bad choices.
Email me with preferences, thoughts and/or abuse. All input (except the last) will be welcome. Please get going, as there may be availability issues and I don’t want to grapple with those.
Isn’t this fun?
At some point over the past weekend, all the songs from White Mansions have run through my mind.
I last heard the album in the mid-1970s, yet I remember every song. Poignant, yet kinda chilling.
Jon Sanders writes about this latest trend from governments:
It already seems as if people are being conditioned to expect talk of rolling blackouts whenever the weather outside seems frightful.
To be very clear: rolling blackouts are not now, nor have they been, normal in the US. Therefore, having to expect rolling blackouts going forward would be abnormal. Nevertheless, as utility providers and power grid monitors have recently warned, the more grids are saddled with intermittent, unreliable wind and solar facilities, the more unreliable they are becoming. They’re more prone to capacity shortfalls and blackouts.
And this, my friends, is utter bullshit.
I don’t want to live under the constant threat of “rolling blackouts”, “load shedding” or any of the other cutesy little euphemisms these bastards come up with to disguise their incompetence.
I expect — no, I demand — to have uninterrupted electricity, 24/7/365, no matter the weather conditions or for any other reason.
If this means that power generation is achieved through burning coal, gas, oil or hippies, I don’t care.
Despite what the Greens and other eco-freaks think, electricity is not an indulgence or a luxury; it is as important to our civilization as food or water.
And I demand that our elected governments come to terms with that reality, and make the decisions that ensure it — or else be replaced by voters.
Enough of this climate change nonsense, its lies and its fantasies.
So here we go with the usual selection of tasteless yet refined nonsense, this time centered around the weekend’s partying:
And just for the hell of it, an after-party shot:
Happy Monday, y’all.