Month: June 2013

The absolute best upgrade you can get for you Remington 870 is the SuperCell Recoil Pad. They make specific models for each model 870 and the fit and finish looks really good.  Which you would expect since its all Remington gear.

The original butt pad barely gives under a decent amount of pressure and would leave bruises on my shoulder:

 

The SuperCell Recoil Pad took about 3 minutes to install and gives just enough to protect your shoulder and let you keep shooting all day long.

Hansel & Gretel (4 Out of 5 Graves)

The movie starts out with the standard origination tail for Hansel & Gretel and then wastes no time getting to the action. Hansel and his sister are hired by a small town mayor to find the witch who has been stealing the townspeople’s children.  After saving a hottie who was being falsely accused by the Sheriff  played by Peter Stormare the two set out to find out who has been stealing the townspeople’s children.

In the process we learn that the big bad witch, Muriel, played by Famke Janssen has been taking the children to help her make a potion that will make her immune to fire. Famke Janssen is very possibly the hottest witch ever.

After Muriel comes to town to collect the next ingredient on her list (a female child born on a specific date) the Sheriff is none to happy. He blames Hansel & Gretel for the attack and ends up killing the mayor when he stands up for the witch hunting brother and sister.

During the attack  Hansel & Gretel end up getting separated. While Gretel is getting the sh*t kicked out of her before getting saved by a troll Hansel is getting lucky with the hottie he saved in the opening scene. As luck would have it the hottie (playe by Pihla Viitala) just so happens to be a white witch and helps Hansel relieve some “dynamic tension” while proving that there are good witches, extremely kind hearted, naked, good witches.

Hansel & Gretel get back together and learn a bit about their heritage briefly before Gretel gets taken prisoner by Muriel. This is the setup for the final battle and World War 3 at the big witch convention.

 Things I loved about the movie…

• There were some really good one liners that made me laugh.
• The action was well done and Jeremy Renner carries the “action star” title well.
• The relationship that forms between Gretel and the troll Edward. “I serve witches”.
• Mina as the hot “good witch”.
• The final shovel kill at the end. Was well done.

Things I didn’t like about the movie…

• They should have had one or two witches go down a bit easier in the beginning. They were all like super ninja fighters which was just a bit over the top.
• Hmm, there was a mix of guns and medieval weapons, then a Gatling gun. It just felt out of place.
• The witches were all impossible to kill, but then at the witch summit they mowed down tons of them quickly. It felt like it was too easy after how tough all the others were.
• I really didn’t like that Mina died. I like a little bit of a love story with my movie. They couldn’t have let her live and just be a booty call?

Overall it was a good movie and worth watching if you are into silly (sometimes dumb) action movies.

This woman so someone getting shot at and put herself in harm’s way to save a complete stranger. I don’t think there is any greater measure of a person’s worth.

You will eventually got flooded by the murky water.

It is just a matter of time. (woo ha ha ha – evil laughter)

Episode  2 – Chaos Rising

Summary:

If you haven’t already watched the first two seasons its time now. Season three is just kicking off. Go watch Season 1 & Season 2. They are well worth watching again.

Episode 2 starts off with Scott and Stiles going to a party.

Some hot chick comes on strong to Stiles and wants a special present on her birthday, but while Stiles is upstairs getting some protection another strange event is going on downstairs, showering his would be conquest in broken bottles. And of course she has bare feet. Then to top it off something pulls her out the window. Poor Stiles. No nookie for him.

Meanwhile Derek takes Isaac to Peter to try and read his memories and finger out where their other pack members are. After getting some claws in the neck and then being frozen in an ice bath Isaac is able to remember just enough to tip Derek and the pack off as to where the others are.

Of course, just about when Derek and team figure out where the others are Allison puts two and two together (using the bruises on her arm from Episode 1) and beats them to the bank. Mrs. Morrel is still alive and tells Allison to hide in the closet just before the bad guys come walking down the hall.  And we find out that Erica (Gage Golightly) has already been killed.

Derek and Scott end up falling right into the trap set by the Alpha Pack, getting into the vault with their pack members who have been kept from the moonlight for several turns of the moon, which apparently drives them mad. Derek also finds out that his younger sister is alive, but is trying to kill him because of moon madness.

Mrs. Morrel seals them in with a binding, and appears to be a bad guy, but she put Allison in the closet and spilled ammonia so the bad guys wouldn’t smell her.  So did she do all that just to get on the inside?

Allison saves Derek and Scott by breaking the circle, but Derek is pissed because now two crazed wolves have been set loose.  (And of course the bad guys wander off before making sure the fight ended the way they wanted.)

The last few moments of the episode are Lydia freaking out in bed. Oh god why? I am tired of Lydia loosing her sh*t.  Just leave Lydia alone!

 

Things I loved about this episode…

• “We don’t like you – now shut up and help us.” Great line from Derek to Peter.
• “He can do it.” – Stiles after Derek punches his fist.

Things that I didn’t like about this episode…

• Allison going to the bank, where she thinks a pack of murderous werewolves might be. Alone.  Really?

 

 

Just heard it on the radio. One of the best songs ever. Sweet Melissa always hits a note for me.

 

After many weeks of waiting all the paperwork is finally done. (Thank you state of NJ for making the whole process so easy! – I’d gladly pay $100 more for an instant check at the time of purchase.)

I disassembled and cleaned my new M&P 22 after my FFl dealer called me and said everything was done and then reassembled the weapon to familiarize myself with it before going to the range.

I brought eight inch and four inch diameter targets and started with the larger while firing Federal 22LR ammo. I went through a single 325 brick before it starting to rain and I called it a day.

The M&P 22 fired flawlessly and chewed through the Federal ammo without an issue. I did actually fire one clip with American Eagle and stopped after I had one failure to fire and one failure to eject. I guess I know why those were $3 bucks for a box of 40 rounds.

As always, we shoot safe, using chamber safety flags and a range flag before going downrange to place or examine targets.

It’s amazing how fast 325 rounds of ammo goes!

You can see on my first target that I tend to pull up and to the right like many shooters as I pull the trigger with my right index finger. (Every time I go shoot my first target looks like this and I have to mentally force myself to correct for the motion.)

Then I had to adjust because I was shooting high.

But after a few clips I was putting the rounds into a four inch circle at 15 yards consistently. We’ll see how that improves as I get more range time with the M&P 22.

 

Like a lot of people the high prices and availability of 9mm and other larger caliber ammunition has driven me to the 22LR and there are a lot of choices out there in terms of what gun to purchase. Personally the M&P 22 gets five stars. It was fun and easy to shoot and is quick to take down and clean.