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Gun Thread: First May of 2023 Edition!![]() Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do! Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be May? I told you people last week this was going to happen, and just like that, it did. It's May! With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we? 2023 NoVAMoMe Update Well registration has been open for a week, and the sign-ups are rolling in! I'd guess we're about halfway to capacity. However, our pal and delightful 'ette and MoMe Hostess with the Mostest, bluebell has reviewed the activity and placed me on an improvement plan. Evidently, in order to achieve an "exceeds expectations" rating and thereby extend my overall life expectancy, we need to see an improvement in the numbers. So c'mon, people! Do your ol' pal Weasel a favor and register today! Win a Dream Date with Weasel! Don't be a pathetic girly-man loser, register today! Again, for the 789th time, this thing is fun people! Fun!! You absolutely will not regret making the decision to attend and remember this time there are pre-MoMe festivities planned for Friday afternoon and evening prior to the main event. Registration is simple and painless- just send an email to novamome@protonmail.com for all the details! What Do You Think? A couple of weeks ago I wrote about my experience at the 2023 NRA Annual Meeting and offered my thoughts on the NRA leadership, the gist of which is here: To say that Wayne LaPierre, the NRA CEO and EVP is polarizing is something of an understatement. I don't mind at all that he pisses off the left, but I do have a problem with the fact that he is such a distraction within the NRA itself. I am not going to dwell on the details which give rise to all the static; believe the stories or don't believe the stories - to me it's really beside the point, but I find it highly problematic that there are such wildly differing views of the leadership of such a vitally important organization. The amount of energy wasted on defending/attacking this one guy from the inside the organization means there is just that much less available for defending our 2nd Amendment rights outside the organization. For no other reason than that, I think LaPierre needs to go. More recently I was reading a couple articles at Ammoland, neither one of which is particularly complimentary of the NRA. One on the 2023 Convention in Indianapolis, and a second onNRA's "support" for the 'Freedom to Carry' bill in North Carolina. My interest as a serious investigative journalist piqued, I latched onto the matter like a boll weevil on a cotton ball by scanning the headlines of a number of other Ammoland articles, and detected something of a disgusted-with-the-NRA theme. Interesting. Verrrry interesting. How prevalent is this attitude? Seems pretty widespread to me. What do all y'all think? And Another Thing... I noted in the report about Wayne LaPierre near the bottom of the paragraph you mentioned 2nd Amendment rights. I wanted to offer a quick opinion on our tendency to refer to Amendment-based rights. OK, so what do all y'all think of inalienable or God-given rights vs. 2nd Amendment rights? Semantics? A distinction without a difference, or something we should all be doing? For me, I don't think referring to the place in the Bill of Rights where they are enshrined lessens the origin or validity of those rights and therefor use them interchangeably for convenience. I'm also something of an idiot and tend to say the first thing that pops into my head, when there is anything in there at all, and should definitely not be taken seriously. Having said that, I think SPinRH_F-16 makes some very bigly good points. Something to think about, yes? Guns of the Horde Report by Senor Roja del Isla de Rodas: Mas Fotos, menos Palabras! ![]() Foto 1: Nondescript bag. ![]() Foto 2: Hola! ![]() Foto 3: Zeroing red dot at 25. Everything outside the ring is from a S&W M&P 9C at the same distance. ![]() Foto 4: 50. ![]() Foto 5: 100. Whoa! Nice job there, Mr. Red-O but next time I really must insist you keep it under 15 palabras. But wait! There's more!!! Not to be outdone by Mr. Red-O, Mister Scott has the same gun! ![]() Attached is a picture of my first 17 rounds after I installed a Red Dot sight on my new Smith & Wesson 9mm M&P FPC Folding Carbine. Slapped a Sig Sauer Romeo 5 Red Dot on it and took it to the range. No adjustments I just took it out of the bag and sent 17 rounds downrange at 15 yards. Very pleased. I had run about 100 rounds through it last week with *iron* sights and did OK, but putting a red dot on this thing takes it up a notch. This PCC is a sweet shooter that runs circles around my Ruger PC Carbine and my Colt AR9. Ran 86 rounds through it today with nary a hiccup, unfortunately the range I go to only runs out to 20 yards. I would like to see what I could do with this at 50 yards. Very nice shooting, Mr. Scott! Thank you and please keep the range reports coming! Here's our pal Jerry 'Jer' Miculek in a video with the same shootin' iron. Anyone else have one of these? Look like something you want/need to add to your arsenal? Obscure History From our pal WTM ![]() Very obscure, thanks WTM! Lastly but not leastly, our pal Gref shares a great video on gun stores. I ran recently across this YouTube video, 7 Things Gun Stores Won't Tell You (But you should know). It may be helpful for gun and gun store newbies and many lurkers. It has some stuff long time shooters may find useful, too. Nice find! Thanks, Gref! New Gun Owners - Take a Look Broken Arrow Had a mishap with your nuclear weapon? Whoops! Whoopsie! Never fear, your ol' pal Weasel is here to help! NoVAMoMe 2023 ![]() Not so fast on the gun stuff, buckaroos! We have a little bit more on the NoVAMoMe to discuss. In fact, this will be the first of a long and seemingly endless series of reminders to get yo' big butt off the couch and come out and meet some of your online friends. Let's kick things off with a few NoVAMoMe FAQ. Q: Is it fun? Q: When is it again? Did you say June? Q: I'm sort of a dork. Can I just slink-in, watch for a bit and then slink out without having to actually speak with anyone? Q: Will bluebell be there? I really want to meet bluebell. Q: Is there food and drink? Q: Can I make references, even veiled references to the secret MoMe location on the blog? Q: Sounds great, Weasel! How do I sign up? OK, I'm talking to YOU Mr. or Ms. I'll Go Next Time. Guess what? The next time is here. It's a really fun event and we would love to have you join us. Hopefully some NoVAMoMe veterans will speak up in the comments and encourage the introverts to stop being big baby chickens and make this the year to come out of the shadows! Musical Interlude Here is Eric Clapton and I Shot the Sheriff at the 2010 Crossroads festival. A real toe-tapper! Gun Basics 101 No new video from the She Equips Herself gal, so this week's video is a re-run on gun shop etiquette which fits nicely with the Colion Noir video above. Cigar of the Week ![]() This week our pal Diogenes scores again with this excellent review of the Cohiba Nicaragua We all remember the key "Firsts&" in our lives. That first kiss, first love, first time we hit the target at over 300 meters, the first grenade, and that first time with Mary Rhotankroch (but that's another story). ![]() Excellent, Diogenes! Ten WeaselThumbs up. Thank you! Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar. Cigarsinternational.com A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site! Ammo Link-O-Rama This week's mailbag entry is from our pal Weasel. New player in the Cozy Cave arena? Fun Fact: The CC was originally purchased for WCv2, seen occupying the cave in the photo below! ![]() Please note the new and improved protonmail account gunthread at protonmail dot com. An informal Gun Thread archive can be found HERE. Future expansion plans are in the works for the site Weasel Gun Thread. 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