7 years ago
Jul 30, 2012
Catching up
It's been a busy couple of days around here. Nothing exciting or terribly important, just ... life.
In no particular order, a few things need addressing:
- The caption contest. The winning entry is Phssthpok:
- The e-postal match. It ends this coming Saturday. Thus far the only entries are myself and RollsCanardly... which isn't that exciting.
- Blogshoot is less than two weeks out. The offer for liquor from Fingerlakes Distilling stands; get your requests to me sooner rather than later.
In no particular order, a few things need addressing:
- The caption contest. The winning entry is Phssthpok:
A-wiggow-wiggow-wiggow-wiggow-wiggow, YEAH! (I'm sexy and I know it....)If you don't get the reference, it's here, moderately NSFW. Phssthpok, drop me an email (or catch me in #GBC) with a shipping address for your crap.
- The e-postal match. It ends this coming Saturday. Thus far the only entries are myself and RollsCanardly... which isn't that exciting.
- Blogshoot is less than two weeks out. The offer for liquor from Fingerlakes Distilling stands; get your requests to me sooner rather than later.
Jul 28, 2012
First shots!
Took MrsZ and the Delicate AR to the range last night for the first shots.
Loaded up a mag, she sat down behind it, loaded, pulled the trigger ... *click*
That was the loudest click I've ever heard.
Turned out it was just barely out of battery, enough to keep the hammer from hitting the firing pin. Forward assist did nothing and the charging handle was too tight to pull, so I ended up popping both pins, thumping the bolt carrier on the bench to seat it, re-setting the hammer manually, and putting it back together. It went bang that time.
Seems like it did that for the first round on every new mag... Eventually I realized that I'd neglected to really scrub it and lube it after I finished the DuraCoat work, and that was probably a significant portion of the problem.
We put about 50 rounds through it with good overall results; it's got a good battlesight zero with the cheap-ass green dot sight I had lying around - and the Eotech I ordered should be here today. It's been thoroughly lubed now, and hopefully the next range trip goes better.
25m. The five off by themselves are the sight-in shots, all the rest ... aren't.
This is what 40 rounds of XM193 does to a DuraCoated brake. It's pretty clear that it will burn a lot of the color off around the gills, but it's not flaking or peeling, which was my primary concern. A lot of that is powder residue and should come off with a dab of Hoppe's.
Loaded up a mag, she sat down behind it, loaded, pulled the trigger ... *click*
That was the loudest click I've ever heard.
Turned out it was just barely out of battery, enough to keep the hammer from hitting the firing pin. Forward assist did nothing and the charging handle was too tight to pull, so I ended up popping both pins, thumping the bolt carrier on the bench to seat it, re-setting the hammer manually, and putting it back together. It went bang that time.
Seems like it did that for the first round on every new mag... Eventually I realized that I'd neglected to really scrub it and lube it after I finished the DuraCoat work, and that was probably a significant portion of the problem.
We put about 50 rounds through it with good overall results; it's got a good battlesight zero with the cheap-ass green dot sight I had lying around - and the Eotech I ordered should be here today. It's been thoroughly lubed now, and hopefully the next range trip goes better.
25m. The five off by themselves are the sight-in shots, all the rest ... aren't.
This is what 40 rounds of XM193 does to a DuraCoated brake. It's pretty clear that it will burn a lot of the color off around the gills, but it's not flaking or peeling, which was my primary concern. A lot of that is powder residue and should come off with a dab of Hoppe's.
Modern Classical
Now that I have a real office and can have music on while I work, Pandora is about the second thing I open each morning. I punched up "Classical" yesterday for something new, and when something grabs my attention giving it a thumbs-up.
It seems the vast majority of things I've been thumbs-upping are relatively modern pieces, many of them from movie scores. In particular, the Harry Potter movies have been coming up a lot ... interesting.
It seems the vast majority of things I've been thumbs-upping are relatively modern pieces, many of them from movie scores. In particular, the Harry Potter movies have been coming up a lot ... interesting.
Jul 26, 2012
Full Auto...
... the fastest way I've ever seen to turn money into smoke and noise.
Pay close attention around 0:08-0:14. See how many of those actually make hits on a target that's at across-the-room distance?
That's why full auto fire isn't effective fire: muzzle control goes to zero.
Pay close attention around 0:08-0:14. See how many of those actually make hits on a target that's at across-the-room distance?
That's why full auto fire isn't effective fire: muzzle control goes to zero.
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