Shot a recent match and have been thinking about the handgun preparation I went through beforehand and how it paid off. I ran a fullsize autopistol I haven’t fired outside of a match in the last year. Some refresher training was in order but the ammo shortage caused by the ongoing, nationwide gunbuying frenzy prevented […]

Strung together, with a few second breather between each: 30 push-up 30 situp 30 Russian kettlebell swings with 50 pounder 15 overhead presses with same kettlebell 30 Third World squats with same weight After drying the sweat, will walk a few miles. Then settle at the picnic table for a tea break with bagged yet […]

Saw someone openly carrying a sidearm, today. A youngish local walking his pair of dogs by the house. Some black polymer framed compact auto with stainless slide. Holster a generic fabric clip-on inside-the-waistband. His T-shirt was tucked in to make for open carry with a concealed carry rig. A total non-event other than surprising me […]

Hiked to the top of a mountainside waterfall and made a morning cup of coffee to go with my breakfast:

Mostly ordered gun stuff: 500 rounds of 38 Special factory reloads (250 wadcutter and 250 semi-wadcutter) 500 rounds 22 Long Rifle 200 rounds factory 357 Magnum 200 rounds 380 ACP 50 rounds 41 Magnum Two HKS speedloaders for the .357 One 2x2x2 pouch to be dedicated to .357 in a different color than the one […]

Called in some Mexican for an early supper and added a couple bottles of Pacifica to the tab. Proprietor gave us two extra on the house like a stud. Drank the first while watching Up In Smoke and second out at the picnic table. The food? Botana, tinga poblana, tamales rojos, and some churros to […]

Some things at the grocery store continue to interest me six+ weeks into this mess. Tofu was in stock for the first time since the lockdowns began. Grabbed us a tub of extra firm to celebrate. Despite what I would have expected, demand for flour has not tapered. Even with a one bag per customer […]

One Claude Werner, the self-described Tactical Professor, recently posted a decision-making dryfire routine. I called for two paper plates with a happy face on one and frown on the other. One red and one black. A small stack of low value and face cards shuffled and flipped through one by one to drive a shoot/no-shoot […]

Loaded my LCR with a full compliment of eight CCI CB Long, two speed strips of same for six rounds each, and one speedloader holding yet another eight. So twenty-eight total rounds of a gallery load followed me along the logging tracks. At a likely spot, I set up some wood scraps in size from […]

“Fear is interest paid on a debt you may not owe.” I’m stealing that line and using it in the future. Don’t think the cookie will mind.