Month: August 2014

Stephen Colbert points out just our ridiculous Fox News & Team are over the Ebola patients brought to the CDC to save their lives. A man and a woman who risked their lives to save others – but we should make them suffer the consequences? What kind of nation are we?

Divergent is one of the books to movies that probably makes the people who read the book first a little mad. But come on, what book to movie was ever as good as the book? So now that we have that out of the way, let’s talk about Divergent.

Divergent takes place in a post apocalyptic world where the survivors are broken down into very structured groups that serve very specific purposes. Unfortunately these groups are at odds with each other and under handed schemes abound.

Tris, played by Shailene Woodley ends up choosing what amounts to the “security” faction only to find that life isn’t as easy as she thought.

The story has a nice balance between action and the love story, and both keep moving on nicely throughout the film. So if you are looking for a nice action movie that will satisfy your significant other’s need for mushy stuff at the same time you want an action flick, this weeks Saturday Movie is for you.

Enjoy the summer eBook sale while it lasts!

Please don’t try this at home. It is incredibly dangerous.

Having said that, it is pretty telling and a great example of how far you can push a weapon before it starts to malfunction. As for the video, did Glock say the weapon could be abused and still function? I felt like I missed something. If I did what they did to any of my guns I wouldn’t be surprised that they stopped working.

I’m not a very religious man, but I respect those who have the strength of their convictions and who use their beliefs to support positive actions in the real world. It is worth listening for the part I loved. I don’t think anyone who has ever actually read any part of the bible could actually think that Jesus guarantees a return on investment for any money given to the church. This man hits it directly on the head. Charlatans. Men trying to get you to give them money so “God” will give you a return on investment.

Not today Satan. Not today.

So I have broken down and decided that I am going to get a semi auto after shooting my sons Franchi Affinity which he received as an early 13th birthday present. I really like his Franchi, which lead me to look at its big brother the M2.

Gun 1 – Remington Versa Max:

Let’s start with the Versa Max. It is Remington’s new flagship semi auto and it boasts a lot of nice features. First of all is that it can shoot pretty much every shell out there with its Versaport™ gas system which exposes more or less gas inlets based on how long the shell is – which allows it to function and cycle with pretty much every load out there. The other nice part is this is American made, which is important to me. On the downside, some of the early models seemed to have had some quality issues and even now I see mixed reviews when I parse through the major retailers. Some people get awesome shotguns, and others get guns that may or may not be to the quality they were expecting. This uncertainty bothers me. I want to buy American. I really do. But I only have enough dough to buy one nice shotgun, so whichever one I purchase is going to have to be my duck gun, clay gun, and home defense weapon (with a shorter barrel I’ll purchase as an add-on). So now on to my other choice.

Gun 2 – Benelli M2:

My second choice of shotguns was the Benelli M2. I really love my son’s Franchi and how easy it is to clean. The bolt barely gets dirty so pretty much the only thing to clean is the barrel because this is an inertia driven just like the Affinity. The ease of take down and cleaning of the inertia driven guns really appeals to me. The simplicity and the reliability really drove me to rank this shotgun very highly. Even though the Versa Max is supposed to have self cleaning pistons and there are reports of round counts in the six figures, it is still a gas gun, and that means dirty to me. And that means eventually it will fail. While failure to maintain any weapon will eventually cause it to fail, I feel like gas operated shotguns are just too dirty. I’ve spent a lot of time cleaning my 11-87 and the other gas operated shotgun I have, and I don’t really like scrubbing where the gas ports sear their burn marks on the feed tube. In comparison my inertia driven gun is simple, a thousand times cleaner, and much easier to clean.

I really wanted to buy American. I love my Remington 870s (I have a few in different configurations) – but I just couldn’t close the gap in (admittedly perceived) reliability between the M2 and the Versa Max.

So now I am just waiting for my M2 to come in so I can go to the store and pick it up.

Which organization is fear mongering and trying panic their base? (And trying to link Ebola with things like immigration – as if that is the most pressing issue that impacts immigration.)

I’ve seen hot brass fly and land in the collar of someone’s BDUs. They danced while the brass fixed itself to their skin. Pulling it off left a bloody bare patch of neck. It was gross. So what did this guy do wrong? First, he is wearing safety glasses with a huge gap along their front.  Second, where a cap with a bill.  Third, learn a better stance and don’t let the recoil decide where the gun is going. His arms are reacting to the recoil and throwing that brass right back at him.

This gets an A+ for creativity. Awesome zombie killing!