Is it time to find a place in the Las Vegas outskirts to do some plinking? I ‘m kinda getting the itch to take some of my .22s out for exercise. Got enough ammo in the .22LR (5,000 + rounds) and .22WMR (1,500 rounds) sizes that I can afford to spend some. I’ll get bored after shooting off around 200 rounds. Mostly want to make sure they (the Ruger .22s pistol and rifle and the Henry .22WMR) are shooting accurately.

It’s been a while, eh. The gun range I used to go to has been commandeered by a bunch of redneck assholes, so I haven’t been practicing anymore. And ammo, in my financial situation is, to say the least, pricey to unobtainable. And the hunting opportunities are almost nonexistent. So I haven’t almost nothing to talk about except I found the long lost Ruger 22 pistol. Yes, it’s the target pistol featured in my July, 2020 post. Yeah, it’s been missing for a while. It was mixed in with a bunch of electronic gear, little single board computers and other assorted tools like heat guns, soldering irons of various types, and junk like that.

On the topic of ammo prices, my neighbor’s son is also feeling the pinch. He’s going to a store that’s having an ammo sale , but all he’s buying is .22LR shit. I almost volunteered to sell him some of my stash, but thought better of it. And I think if things weren’t so dire, he’d have bought ammo for his long guns used for hunting.

Well, I have a few gun safes to store my long guns and my handguns. I lost the key to my long gun safe, but luckily I had a spare safely stored where I remembered it was. Not so with the handgun safes. I put in the wrong combination too many times and now I can’t get into the safes. One’s a Sentry safe, so all I need to do is go on their website and order a new key. But the other safes are no-name brands which don’t seem to have a web presence. Bummer.

Usually, on this site, I stick to guns and gun related topics, but this time I need to talk on a different topic, the 2020 election.

Both major party candidates are anti-gun statists. Biden and Harris are both right wing Democrats and Trump is in a demented world of his own. He never gives you a clear vision of his outlook on the 2nd Amendment, bending to whatever stand will increase his poll numbers. Fox News is also only concerned with viewership, but usually whipping up the rabble with provable falsehoods. And the NRA is a foreign-influenced favorite of all Nazis.

It’s time to support a real 2nd Amendment supporter, the Libertarians. The Libertarian Party is the party of strict adherence to the Constitution. No exceptions. And supporting the top of the ticket so that we can get 5% of the vote will make it possible to run candidates without constantly having to recertify for each election. And of course, it would be advantageous to be able to compete in the Presidential debates, but the R/D duopoly has a lock on that too. You have to have unreasonable polling numbers from polls which don’t even count anybody but Ds and Rs.

To show how the establishment represses alternate views, this post took me over twenty minutes to type, because Apple and WordPress wouldn’t let me type what I wanted to type. Constantly having the words I typed changed to more accepted alternatives. AmeriKKKa is a corporate oligarchy and a fascist state.

Well, after debating it for a while, I decided to spring for a Ruger 10/22 Carbine Scoped Black Semi Automatic Rifle – 22 Long Rifle. It was purchased off the Sportmans Warehouse web site, boy did shipping take a while, and worse than that, the pickup procedure was awful. First I had to wait in line 45 minutes before filling out the background check form. Then I was told that they’d contact me after they got approval. That took 8 days. Then I stood in line for 3 hours to pick up the firearm. When I finally got waited on, I asked the clerk why the long wait, he said they were short workers. The only good point of the whole process was that I was able to make additional purchases without standing in yet another long line.

Anyways, on to the gun. I haven’t had a chance to take it to the range to test it out. I bought the gun, with a scope mounted and boresighted, to supplement a S&W M&P 15-22 with a red dot sight. This gun isn’t as accurate as I’d like it to be, and no amount of fiddling has made it more accurate. It may be user error, but well, I’d actually like to be able to hit the varmints I’m trying to dispatch. Time will tell if my purchase was worth the hassle. I could hope more for the scope, a Viridian Eon according to the scope. It’s a 3-9×40 scope that costs $89 on Amazon. But I guess it’s a good deal since I got the rifle, scope and inexpensive case for $320.

This time, the gun purchase is a little different, a black powder pistol. It’s the Traditions Trapper Pistol .50 cal Flintlock. Here’s a picture.

Always wanted to purchase a gun like this; back in the 2000s, I had a few period pieces like this, but alas, economics forced me to sell them.

‪Used to own a 22 pistol, time to get another one. Good for plinking. GrabAGun had two models nearly the same look, the other has more stainless and is about $25 more. Like this look better. http://bit.ly/2IRieRx‬

Well, I did what I’d said I’d never do, go out shopping on Black Friday! They mostly had moderate deals, but I still saved about 25% on the stuff I bought. They had a pretty good deal on Hornady V-Max ammo for my .22 WMR. Yeah, I know .17 HMR is the popular choice now-a-days, but .22 WMR ammo can be used for critters larger than the ones recommended for .17 HMR. Been thinking that a .17 HMR gun should be added to the wishlist, but I’m still up in the air on that one. It would be nice to try one out. Then again maybe it’s overkill, after all, I’ve already got a .22 WMR and 2 .22s.

Hope all you U.S. visitors had a good Turkey Day; I went out to eat, and still overate, to the tune of 5 extra pounds on the scale this morning.

This time, the gun purchase is a different one, still a hunting rifle, but with a twist. I bought it online from the Sportman’s Warehouse web site and the only place that had it in stock was the store in St. George, Utah. I placed the order and waited for the email notifying me it was ready for pickup. I called the store and got a runaround until in talked to the guy in customer service called C.J. He got the order processed and ready for pickup and I drove the 120 miles to the St. George store. I finally had my hands on the muzzleloader I been trying to find for at least a year!!!

Here’s the particulars from the Sportsman’s Warehouse web site:

And here’s a picture:

Now all I’ve got to do is to buy supplies. I figure that’s going to be as difficult as purchasing the gum, as muzzleloading isn’t a popular form of shooting around here. It’s Black Friday and I’m headed to Sportman’s Warehouse to find if the local store carries supplies as my old stash disappeared in the move to Las Vegas. Wish me luck.

Just received a new gun that I ordered back a few (?) months ago, never seemed to be in stock at any of the sites that I’ve visited. It’s a CZ Scorpion Evo 3 S1 decked out with Magpul equipment. This is the info from the Galleryofguns website:

Description:	CZU SCORPION 9MM RFL 35RD SUP
Brand:	CZ-USA
Model:	Scorpion EVO 3 S1 Carbine Magpul Edition
Type:	Rifle: Semi-Auto
Caliber:	9MM
Finish:	Black Polycoat
Action:	Semi-Auto
Stock:	Magpul MOE EVO Grip, Magpul ZHUKOV-S Stock
Sight:	Magpul MBUS
Barrel Length:	16.2 Threaded Barrel
Overall Length:	35
Capacity:	35+1
# of Mags:	2 Magpul PMAG 35 EV9
Safety:	Ambidextrous Thumb Safety
Receiver:	Black
Packaging:	Cardboard Box
Muzzle:	Magpul Faux Suppressor
Features:	Polymer Frame; M-LOK Attachment Points

And here’s a picture:

If it looks like a badass gun, it sure seems that way. Can’t wait to get to the gun range to try it out.

I was try to decide between this gun and a CZ Bren 2MS 5.56, here’s the specs for the Bren:

Description:	CZU BREN 2MS 5.56 PST 30RD 14B
Brand:	CZ-USA
Model:	Bren 2MS Pistol
Type:	Pistol: Semi-Auto
Caliber:	5.56 NATO
Finish:	Black Matte
Action:	Semi-Automatic
Stock:	Polymer
Sight:	Flip Up Iron Sights
Barrel Length:	14.17
Overall Length:	25.8
Weight:	5.86 lbs
Capacity:	30+1
# of Mags:	2
Safety:	2 Position Safety
Receiver:	Polymer, Picatinny Rail
Packaging:	Box
Muzzle:	Muzzle Brake
Features:	Single Point Sling Attachment

The one I bought had several things going for it: it’s cheaper, it shoots cheaper ammo, and I might even use it for hunting small game. Not too easy to hunt with an oversized pistol.

I really bought this gun for self-defense, the neighbors down the street have a drug-dealing problem. There was a shooting at the house last year, they seemed to have stopped for a while; but apparently, from the car traffic, they’ve started back up and the LVMPD doesn’t seem to care (at least until the next shooting).