I am going out to the country to shoot today so this will be briefer than usual. The sun is shining and the temperature shoulld be in the high 80s.
Yesterday I watched Dan Senor the neocon spokesman for the CPA in Iraq refer to that experience as a credential. Lightning Joe Scarborough asked him how that experience had "turned out" for him.
In the evening, Chris Matthews opined on "Hardbrain" that Romney's speech to the VFW yesterday was "jingoistic" and a statement of his clear intention to wage war on earth and in the heavens above.
I guess they don't understand that they can be replaced. pl
What I don't understand is why Mitt Romney addresses a veterans' organization and says nothing about veterans. Of course, his support for the Ryan budget will result in quite a few losses for military personnel. The good news is that it is rather unlikely that budget will be adopted as written.
Posted by: Lars | 25 July 2012 at 08:52 AM
What is worse is Senor's giving advice on how to handle Iran. Why any program would have him on is beyond me.
Posted by: oofda | 25 July 2012 at 10:58 AM
Can we get people less annoying if they are replaced?
Posted by: Medicine Man | 25 July 2012 at 01:51 PM
All
Basilisk and I shot up part of West Virginia (the pseudo state). I had enough time to do a reasonable job of zeroing the Chinese made sight on the Henry .17 HMR. It then shot "reel purty" as they would say in West Virginia. pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 25 July 2012 at 05:52 PM
PL, what's the make and model of that sight. I might be looking for a sight for my 721 and i don't want to spend an arm and a leg for one.
Posted by: The Twisted Genius | 25 July 2012 at 07:00 PM
I think they couldn't find L. Paul AKA "Jerry" Bremer.
Posted by: Basilisk | 25 July 2012 at 07:01 PM
How do you like that .17 HMR? I have a repeater in .22 LR that I bought a few weeks ago.
Posted by: Tyler | 25 July 2012 at 08:31 PM
Tyler
That's a picture of the rifle. Now that it is zeroed at 100 yds, I would say it and the sight are quite good. It has a floating barrel so you have to br careful not to lose the wedge that separates and stock. The trigger is to "heavy." I will have that fixed. There is no ramp in the chamber so you have to carefully insert each round. At the price of around $350-$400 it is quite a buy, it is a target gun for me buy employed as "farmer's friend" against whistle pigs (gtound hogs) ir prairie dogs it would be effective at more than 100 yds for a good marksman. The .17 HMR round is superb, very fast, very flat, IMO it will be a legendary load like the .222 Remington. pl.
Posted by: turcopolier | 25 July 2012 at 08:49 PM
TTG
All it says on in is "H7 Scope Made in China." One sold recently on-line for $25. pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 25 July 2012 at 09:12 PM
The 17HMR is quite a little cartridge.
Flat shooting and accurate with good ballistics.
As to be expected with the light bullet, it's pretty sensitive to wind.
Posted by: John Minnerath | 25 July 2012 at 10:01 PM
That's a purty gun you have. The issue I have with the .22 repeater is that sometimes the rounds want to 'jump' in the chamber and jam when I try to feed them. I blame it on the Henry having tight tolerances that will be ground down with use.
They were selling a .17HMR repeater at around $450 up at JG Sales when I went there. The .22 Magnum repeater was going for about the same price.
As far as your take on the .17HMR, you are probably right. Everyone who has shot it in any quantity has overwhelmingly positive things to say about it. I imagine it will be the next 'thing' in target shooting.
Posted by: Tyler | 25 July 2012 at 11:01 PM
I watched the July 23 Daily Show just now. Fareed Zakaria was the guest. He seemed to agree with a few of the points you've been making regarding Syria, Col. Largely a Sunni vs Allawite conflict. Military intervention not a good idea. Etc. He differed slightly on Egypt.
Not fishing for commentary, just dropping an fyi in case you haven't caught that show yet. Cheers.
Posted by: Medicine Man | 26 July 2012 at 02:33 AM
Funny, my dog killed a whistle pig yesterday. They have invaded my neighborhood in the last few years and I was stunned to find one way up in a peach tree last week!
Posted by: Mj | 26 July 2012 at 05:38 AM
What is wrong with Bushnell glass?
Posted by: Walrus | 26 July 2012 at 06:56 AM
Mj,
I'll bite - what is a whistle pig?
Thank you
Posted by: Jackie | 26 July 2012 at 04:59 PM
Jackie
An old Southern term for "wood chuck." pl
Posted by: turcopolier | 26 July 2012 at 06:04 PM
Thank you. I knew it would be something I would be embarassed not to know.
Posted by: Jackie | 26 July 2012 at 07:11 PM
Important to know.
Around here we have a little gopher that goes by the name of "chisler".
I doubt if anyone alive remembers how that name came about. :)
Posted by: John Minnerath | 26 July 2012 at 09:07 PM
I'd be very happy with a Bushnell scope, but they're more than I want to pay right now. I'm looking at some Tasco 3-9X40 scopes for 50 to 60 dollars. Seen some good reviews. I know a lot of cheap scopes are intended only for 22LR. My 721 in 30-06 would probably shake them apart (or at least out of zero) in a day. I'm in no hurry. Maybe somebody will drop a Leupold off on my front porch someday... I'm a dreamer.
Posted by: The Twisted Genius | 26 July 2012 at 09:15 PM
One time I saw a mid-sized groundhog about 5 feet above the ground in some brushy willows eating the leaves.
Another time I saw a rather large groundhog in mulberry branches eating the young leaves. It was pretty far out along the branches as they arched over the edge of the Huron River near Broadway in Ann Arbor. It must have been at least
a 15 foot hand-over-hand climb from the tree-base to where he was on the branches. So it does sometimes happen.
Posted by: different clue | 29 July 2012 at 01:28 AM