Range Day : Rock Island 1911 (Happy Birthday to Me)

My Blushing Bride said “Happy Birthday” go buy yourself a gun – so I didn’t hesitate . . .

Bruce – Another 1911 – Really??? YOU are not surprised are YOU?

Really neat package – ambi safety / skeletonized trigger / G10 grips / real sights / extended beaver tail — with commander style hammer / Flat Dark Earth(?) cerakote / full length guide rod / front and rear cocking serrations – i really don’t “get” front cocking serrations – i guess i’m just not enough of an operator – i do in fact know that the pistol i’m handling is loaded and has a round chambered – BECAUSE I’M HANDLING IT!! – SWEET JESUS SOME PEOPLES CHILDREN!!! Easy Bruce . . . i’m fine – really – i guess i’m NOT an “operating operator operating operationally” – just saying . . .

Barrel to bushing fit / bushing to slide fit – zero play – really GOOD tolerances as well on the slide to frame – zero play – a slightly different take on the guide rod bushing arrangement (see the pic below)

The retainer for the spring has a hole just big enough for the guide rod but retains the spring – I will get a post together showing a take down – cleaning – reassembly thing for you folks . . .

After sopping up about a quart of oil off of it – seriously Rock Island must dip these in a 5 gallon bucket of oil – I see why the come in a sealed bag! – a little clean / lube job – here you go . . .

Happy Birthday to Me!

I gathered up all the 1911 mags and headed to the range – Oh Boy!

All of this was shot at 25 feet – 1st point and shoot at the 1st target . . .

More point and shoot at the 1st target . . .

Point and shoot at the 2nd target . . .

Actually started using the sights a bit on the 3rd target . . .

Time to do some cleaning – between the 7 and 8 round mags ended up at about 97 rounds? I don’t know but it was fun stuff!

Going to put some white paint on the front sight – it’s black and so is the back sight – and going to upgrade the grips – Hogue 01237-BLKGRY Colt 1911 Government Magrip Kit, G-10 Piranha Arched Mainspring – the grips make quite a bit of difference for me at least – if you are thinking changing to these grips – price shop them – they are anywhere from $98 to $128 . . .

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

Microsoft Elites EXPOSE the Entire Playbook by Re-Opening Three Mile Island

Cleanest energy out there – at least if your Dr. Gates and you need to cook off your next batch of vaccines – through the roof energy costs for YOU – but not for Dr. Willy . . .

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

All I Get is Noise!!

Here is one approach to the issue . . .

And there are other ways to mitigate noise – first pic is the is with the loop ( DXE-RF-PRO-1B ) facing 90/270 degrees – remember – as you are looking through the loop it hears equally well to the sides – the open is the nulls . . .

And with the loop turned to 30/210 degrees – the nulls now facing 120/300 degrees the noise drops off quite a bit – as long as you can turn “a deaf ear” to the noise and still hear the signal – it’s good . . .

I am going to draw out my antenna setup showing the grounding – the interesting part is sometimes I actually end up with a better signal to noise ratio ( SNR for short ) using the random wire antenna – or switching SDR’s and antennas – hey, whatever works!

Here is a pic of the 3 I use regularly – upper left / RTL-SDR.COM V3 running on a Raspberry PI5 – upper right / Airspy HF+ Discovery on a windows box – lower right / SDRplay RSPdx-R2 on a windows box . . . They all have their strengths and weakness’s – they are all tuned to 9.655Mhz and running off the loop . . .

I keep telling myself it’s only a hobby – it’s only a hobby – it’s only a hobby . . .

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

Commie Fucks Never Stop . . .

Banning detachable magazines only affects law abiding citizens, NOT criminals ( and government – but I repeat myself ) – they will still use them.

This next one? Pay attention at about the three minute mark – commie fucks world wide are all reading from the same page in george soro’s playbook . . .

Have Fun! – Run the Gun! – and remember – Not only are Fish Heads Cheap – but they are planning on killing YOU after they take the guns . . .