60 Round Magazine

Picked this up today.

My latest addition

Just picked this up earlier this week.  It is the SW1911TA.  Have not had the opportunity to shoot it yet.

Also went to my first Grand American Coon Hunt down in Orangeburg, SC, last weekend.  Most dogs I've ever seen in my life and who knew there were so many coon hunters.  Don't think I've ever seen my father-in-law ever so excited to be somewhere.

1911 Finally Came in

We ordered a Kimber Grand Raptor II from a local shop about a year ago. It finally showed up.

LaRue Range Day 2010

We (along with thousands of others) went out to LaRue's Range Day last weekend.  We spent a lot of time standing in lines, but it was cool nonetheless.  Can't beat free BBQ and shooting.  James and I had the opportunity to take some 1000 yard shots with well-equipped OBRs.  A thousand yards is a long distance--agree, or disagree?

Anyway, we didn't get to try out all of the stuff they had (e.g., suppressed, full-auto), but hopefully they'll do it again next year.  Off to Glocktoberfest this morning.

IWB Holsters For XD Sub-Compacts

Anybody have any good or bad experiences to share? I picked up a N8² Tactical a while back, but haven't tried it out yet.

Bodyguard 380

Here is the newest addition

It's a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 380.  It's pretty small.  It's 5.25" in length, weighs 11.85 oz and has an integrated INSIGHT laser.

Thanks to my wife for the cool birthday present.  Oh and I like the socks and boxers too.

Gun Gadgets

A couple of recommendations for my fellow AR-15 owners.

• The C.A.T. M-4 Tool makes it a lot easier to clean your bolt carrier group.
  
• James gave me an AR-15 LULA loader/unloader. Not that it's difficult to load AR mags, but this speeds up the process.
  

Late Christmas Gift

For Christmas, my Dad gave me some cash and suggested that I pick up an optic for my AR-15. I think he felt my lack of an optic was a bit inferior to John's fancy EOTech. Well, I finally bit the bullet last Friday and ordered an Aimpoint CompML3 and Tactical QD mount from LaRue.

It arrived today, and again I'm impressed with LaRue (remember they sent me a Christmas gift and card). Today I received the same treatment that Mike C. did back last July when he received his upper from Larue. I got my bumper stickers, cap, Dillo Dust, beverage entry tool and my pocket-sized US Constitution.

Even with this latest purchase I'm losing the arms race on Backtoms. You may remember Brian posted about his pair of Glocks back in August and I'm told now that he's holding out on showing his new toys.

Christmas Show & Tell

For Christmas I got a Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22 (it's a 22LR).

I thought I'd go ahead and get a 22 to make it a little cheaper to go shooting. At first I looked at the standard 10/22 and the Marlin and Remington models. My father-in-law offered to sell me his Henry Golden Boy as well. I saw the M&P online so we went down to Cabela's to check one out. And you know the rest of the story.

This gift wasn't really a surprise so John bought a scope for it for me. It's the BARSKA 3-9x42 IR Contour Compact Tactical Scope.

In other exciting gun news; Kaci bought Nunnrey his first gun...a Red Ryder BB Gun. Hopefully he hasn't shot his eye out with it yet.

Holster shortage in NYC?

http://nypost.com/p/news/regional/brooklyn/so_much_for_packing_um_rod_jXKO6I6jK3RgVNDNWClDoI

A 15-year-old Brooklyn boy shot himself in the penis Sunday after fumbling with a gun that had slid from his waistband, authorities said yesterday.

Khamir Grant was then arrested for reckless endangerment and criminal possession of a weapon -- the same charges levied against Burress, who shot himself at a Manhattan nightclub in 2008, law-enforcement sources said.

My New Safe

Labor day was good this year. The Bulldogs got a win, had the day off today, and finally got a gun safe for the house. These suckers are heavy, but luckily John has a good back. I had somewhat decided on this one a while back, but it was on sale this weekend so we headed down to Cabela's yesterday to pick it up.

Now I don't have to worry so much about thieves getting a hold of my Red Ryder.

Warning: It's dangerous to break into Texas houses

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/09/05/0905sanmarcos.html

SAN MARCOS — About 2 a.m. Friday, when a San Marcos resident heard a commotion outside his bedroom, he grabbed his .40-caliber Glock pistol and opened the door, police said. When he saw a teenager pointing a gun at him, according to police, the resident fired several shots that left two Luling 16-year-olds dead and another teen seriously wounded. A fourth teen fled to escape from the gunfire, police said.

Three of the four youths appeared to be holding weapons, police say. One had a handgun, and the other two had pellet guns that looked like handguns, police said.

Note to any potential renters, our San Marcos condo is in the safe part of town.

More Twin Peaks stuff

So we covered the waitress that posed with the rifle in the parking lot here. I heard them talking about her again on the radio today. Guess the chick is going to pose for Playboy.

Update: Her new website

My latest toy

There hasn't been a gun post in at least a couple of days. Got a Remington 700 SPS Varmint with stainless barrel in .308 last week. Just gotta decide what scope I want to put on there.

Latest Additions

I know Tarkus and others are dying to see the latest upgrades to my AR-15. Here's what's been added:

• 5.11 Tactical Gun Case (courtesy of my in-laws for my birthday)
• Magpul Ladder Rail Protectors
• Fenix TK11 Flashlight
• CAA Quick Detach Tactical Light Holder
  

And the problem is?

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/Sheriffs_Deputies_Behaving_Badly

This happened at the Twin Peaks near me and James. Unfortunately, we weren't there Monday night to witness the action firsthand.

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Sheriff deputies from Midland County, Texas are being investigated on allegations that they posed a restaurant employee in front of their patrol cars, holding a gun, in a Round Rock restaurant parking lot on Monday night.

While the pictures were not available for viewing and were not described at length in a police report obtained by KXAN Austin News, the restaurant was Twin Peaks- known for its scantily clad waitresses.

Outdoor Range Trip

We're still shooting-landless out here, but did take another trip to Lone Star Gun Range on Saturday. It didn't take James long to figure out that the rails on his AR get pretty hot after putting a few rounds through it. Saturday was his first test with his new Magpul rail protectors. He thinks they help.

Here I am trying to hit a 3" Shoot-N-C at 75 yards with my wife's 10/22. I suck. It took a while to hit it.



Some guy had a .50 cal upper for his AR. It looked pretty cool.

And since we were near Lockhart, we tried out another BBQ joint (Chisholm Trail Bar-BQ). James doesn't like their sausage, I thought it was aight.

Update: Slow Play is Dangerous

Remember the story we told you from June where some old dude pulled a gun on some golfers here in Austin? I've been meaning to put an update up about it and finally remembered today.

Last week I was at lunch with some peeps from work. One of the dudes was talking about his neighbors and I was only half paying attention (was concentrating on the food in front of me). Then he said he heard that some old dude that lives in his neighborhood had gotten into an altercation at a golf course recently and ended up pulling a gun on some young dudes.

I told my co-worker to make sure he stays off of his lawn.

Santa Comes to Texas

My upper-half finally arrived on Friday after about a five month wait. I don't have any cool, extra goodies to report about. But I'm still happy it finally got here.

A Must Have For John

Check out the cup holder accessory.