THERE ARE NO FOOD SHORTAGES / NOTHINGS GONNA HAPPEN~ STOP BUYING ALL THIS STUFF!

If you take the time – the best 18 minutes you will spend this year!

NOTHINGS GONNA HAPPEN~ STOP BUYING ALL THIS STUFF!

I try not to preach a lot – YOUR personal relationship with God is EXACTLY that – YOUR personal relationship with God – if I may be so forward – read some of 1 Thessalonians 5 – pay attention while you are reading . . .

For when they say peace and safety . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Tarp Tent Camping

Camping season is just around the corner – St Patty’s day is only about 20 days away – ran across a few videos of one of my favorite camping “method” – Folks, I present to you the the humble tarp tent . . .

For what you would spend on a tent you can go to Harbor Freight and pick up a bunch of tarps and rope – just don’t forget to “flame melt” the end of the poly rope or it will fuzz on you . . .

PRO TIP!! – make your ropes up ahead of time – And here’s how . . .

Get 3 cans of spray paint – red – blue – and green . . .

Think in five foot increments – make a fifteen foot rope and paint the ends red – red has 3 letters in it – a rope with red ends has 3×5 or fifteen feet of length – 20 foot ropes ? paint the ends blue – blue has 4 letters in it – 4×5 or 20 foot of length – and make some 25 foot lengths and paint the ends green – green has 5 letters in it – 5×5 or 25 feet of length.

You can can experiment with the different “tent” designs and pretty much figure out how many ropes of what different lengths you need to set up your basic tarp “tent” or shelter and just roll those up in the tarp when your done – simple – quick – easy. . .

And once you settle on a design? If it needs a pole or three to make it work – pre-fab some lengths of wooden dowels of broomsticks – makes it a lot easier . . .

Rain? – doesn’t take much effort to put a tarp across the “front” to give you a rain fly – Bugs and mosquitos? Get you a piece of netting to cover your open end(s) . . .

Don’t forget a tarp for a ground cloth!

Tarp “tenting” is my favorite way of camping – about the only time I use a tent is when the shelter has more than me in it and the other person is not comfortable with the concept or time is an issue – I have an itty bitty little dome tent than can fit two people – I use when I must – LOL!

This last video? Did just exactly this for years until surplus blankets went to over 4 bucks apiece – and no I won’t admit to how long ago THAT was – that and sleeping bag technology advanced to such a point that they simply weighed less – took up less space – and kept you warmer . . .

Picked up a new fixed blade camping knife – gonna try to get a review put together along with a recipe for all y’all this weekend . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Paul Harrell – Personal protection : 9mm vs. .357 Magnum

Every 3 or 4 years various “YouTube” experts trot out the line of bullshit that a 9mm is as powerful as a .357 Magnum – I’m seeing some cropping up currently – some peoples children should not be out in public unsupervised . . .

Paul squashes that stupidity in this video – pay close attention at about 6 minutes into the video – the .357 Magnum fired in a snub nose outperforms the 9mm fired in a full size Beretta – now put the 9mm in something with a 2 1/2 inch barrel – anyway – Enjoy!

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!

Pawn Shop Score! – Taurus 605 / .357 Magnum – Oh Boy!

Cruising through the local shop pawn shop to pick up my Blushing Bride something “blingy” for Valentines Day I spied a Taurus languishing away in the display case. Of course being the charitable soul that I am – adoption procedures were started forthwith . . .

Came with a DeSantis IWB ( Inside the Waist Band ) kydex holster ) and in need of a bath . . .

Got the rubber ducky out and bath time commenced – have a glamour shot!

If you want to ride the ride?? – Get your “Big Boy” pants on and hold on tight!

Tiny bit of wear at the end of the barrel and the frame – faint turn line on the cylinder – overall the bluing is in good condition, not bad for a first generation 605 – the newest this is is 2016 manufacture – the big changes for “Gen 2” was pinned grips and only available in mat black and brushed stainless . . .

At 1 lb 6 oz there just isn’t quite enough gun there to make shooting fun – in fact with Fiocchi 158 GR Jacketed Hollow Points it SUCKS . And Fiocchi loads about middle of the road for .357 Magnum . . .

Real nice trigger on it – just over 6 lb Double Action and just over 2 lb for Single Action – I suspect it has had a spring upgrade at some point in the past . . .

Definitely a candidate for fitting a pair of Ergo Grips on it – they will have to be fiddled with as the pin is not in the same place that it is on the J Frame – J Frame on top – Taurus on the bottom – I will drive the pin out of the Taurus – get the half of the grip in position and using the hole in the frame for a drill guide – gently drill a hole – flip it over – change grip halves and do it again . . .

Taurus gives you a small hole to put a wooden dowel through to tap on the side plate for removal – neat huh? – setting the Ergo Grips on the little darling you can see they almost cover the hole up completely – not enough “open” left to worry about . . .

Range time?? Range pain is a better description . . .

The first five were at 7 yards – 1/2 to 3/4 second splits – really caught me by surprise – the recoil is stupid and the muzzle blast is simply ridiculous – I LOVE IT! – the first three at 7 yards are circled – the last two? The only thing I can say is they went downrange – LOL! Moved to 4 yards and did 5 more – and that was about it for the day. And yes – I know the writing on the target is a little hard to read – the sharpie was a little hard to hold on to at that point . . .

So the plan is to order a set of Ergo Grips and adapt them to fit – then get some full SAAMI spec .357 magnum and head back to the range for further abuse test firing . . .

Trot you happy ass to your local gun store or pawn shop and start looking – supplies are catching up and prices are dropping . . .

And yes I know the posting routine is screwed up – overtime sucks and there is at least another 3 weeks of it at this point – it’s subject to change – I will try to get some stuff out there for you but I need my beauty sleep – just saying . . .

My Blushing Bride got me a new toad sticker for Valentines Day! – have to wait for warmer weather to do a review on it – but I will tease all y’all severely . . .

Now YOU understand why warmer weather is needed – my Blushing Bride just won’t let me do some things in the living room LMAO!

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Fish Heads are Cheap!!