Shhh.... Don't tell anybody!

The Mountain of Geese "Firearm Superstore" did a soft open this week in preparation for its Grand Opening soon. And no, I'm not telling when =).

I scored some training food for the Smith M&P .22LR:

 












Perfect for new shooters! I can reload everything else, but these are hard to come by right now. 

As a plus they also will feed this:

 













My first pistol. A Colt Match Target Woodsman. If I had known then what this pistol is worth now I might have not carried it in my back pocket then. On the other hand, I am glad to have the memories and cherish the fact that it is still with me. 

 

Another day at the office!

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A Perfect Birthday Gift!

For my favorite Pistol student. She just turned 70.

Before everyone gets bent on the pink and all of that, I wish I could shoot like a girl!




In the meantime back to it this weekend. New shooter class tomorrow and CCH Sunday! 

 











Wish me luck! 

A Quote From an Old Movie..

A gun, like any other source of power, is a force for either good or evil, being neither in itself, but dependent upon those who possess it. 

Ok, here is another one: "A pistol don't make a man. It's the gent before the gun that counts".

Give up on the movie? Hint to dude with the Saturday Man movie thing.  Mr. Curmudgeon thought of you while it was playing last night on TCM. 





Not technically correct however. The model correctly being demonstrated was the first model .44 Caliber Colt revolving belt pistols made in 1849 and reaching final form by 1850.

Good movie though!

Are you taking care of these?

Magazines. They are the number one cause of failure for a semi-auto handgun in my opinion. Most can be rebuilt. Especially important for hard to find ones. 

I do not use traditional solvents and gun oils on them. The Hornady dry lube I use as it does not attract residue from firing. This is an old Browning BDA-380 mag. Now cleaned and with a new +5 power spring it works like new. 

This One Got Away

I'm OK with that. I obtained one of these this weekend. Bought online and shipped to my home FFL range. 

A Smith and Wesson M&P 9c. 

So a basic pistol student last month has been with me every Sunday since. She is VERY logical and methodical in this journey to have a tool to defend herself. She has rented many Handguns and several others loaned by range personnel and myself to finally get to this. The deal was that if she liked it she keeps it, if not it comes home with me. 

I finally caught a glimpse of her drivers license as she rented a lane today. About the same age as my Mother. She decided to keep the Pistol. I had to bring 9mm ammo as the range is out. 

As she was confronted with the paper work on actually buying a handgun she commented that buying a house was a bit easier. She surrendered a Sheriffs office purchase permit and the deal was done. 

I walked her to her car. She asked why. I told her she was carrying a readily visible pistol box. I asked her if she was going to have this for home defense. She said yes if she could find ammo. I gave her 11 rounds of round ball. Told her the magazine holds ten and then load one in the chamber. 

I cannot over think the import of what I teach. It comes with a huge burden but is balanced with the fact that people are figuring out they are responsible for their safety.

I will keep going and I already made space in the safe for it. Guess I need to get one of the new Colt's!    


        

The 60's Called...

They wanted their patio door back.

 












I hated the thing. By the time you moved the blinds and removed the two locking bars I forgot WHY I was trying to get to the deck! Never mind the huge security risk.


So today, some new French doors. 

There was a casualty I should have predicted before I started. The magnetic reed switch and 5.6K ohm EOL resistor for the alarm. 

   











Yeah, they pretty much self destruct after 10 plus years in a door. Right on time the monitoring company called for a trouble alarm. You just can't run out to the shack of radio anymore and get one of these. I ordered one and it will be here Monday. Bypass the zone and keep going. I'm not that worried about losing the door switch there are several other devices providing coverage for that area of humble abode. 

Meantime Spring seems to have arrived. 

I don't know what the purple thing is but the Butterflies love it! 


So wander off for a long overdue haircut. My barber Stylist of over two years asks "the usual?" I tell her she may indulge herself. A evil gleam comes into her eyes and I know I may have made a mistake. I end up with "product" in my hair. I have no idea what that means. 

 













I might use that for my new profile picture. Or maybe this one. 

  









In other news, Happy Birthday to Mrs. Curmudgeon! I hope to see her soon. 

I hope everyone has a great weekend.