I’ve never understood the mindset of surrender that would leave one to believe the wooden doors of a church were talismans which prevented the deranged from entering with guns, or any other weapons of mass destruction. (No pun intended.) As recent…

Today’s pre-church chuckle.

Sitting by the window of her convent, Sister Barbara opened a letter from home one evening. Inside the letter was a $100 bill her parents had sent. Sister Barbara smiled at the gesture.

As she read the letter by the window, she noticed a shabbily dressed stranger leaning against the lamp post below. Quickly, she wrote, “Don’t despair. – Sister Barbara,” on a piece of paper, wrapped the $100 bill in it, got the man’s attention and tossed it out the window to him.

The stranger picked it up, and with a puzzled expression and a tip of his hat, went off down the street.

The next day, Sister Barbara was told that a man was at her door, insisting on seeing her. She went down, and found the stranger waiting. Without a word, he handed her a huge wad of $100 bills. “What’s this?” she asked.

“That’s the $8,000 you have coming Sister,” he replied. “Don’t Despair paid 80-to-1.”

Happy Sunday.

H/T to Old NFO.

To all the men and women who have given so much to make this country great and who have fought to maintain the freedoms we cherish, today we pause to say “thank you.” Your service is not forgotten.Thank a vet today. Better yet, thank a vet every day.”A…

The Virginia Citizens Defense League has put together a comprehensive comparison of legal protection plans available to civilians in the event they are involved in a self defense shooting. One can face daunting expenses and legal obstacles as the …

Yep, they really are that clueless.

I’ve mentioned my post-match desire for range time previously. This week instead of wanting to hit the range to fix some errors made when shooting a match, I feel a need to hit the range to spend time emphasizing the things I did right. I fel…

Recently I saw an online comment that made me scratch my head. The poster was stating his wishes for a departed friend. He said something along the lines, “I don’t believe in God, but just in case there is a heaven, I hope ….” He then went on to stat…

This weekend a group of Virginia shooters ventured into Maryland for the monthly Sanner’s Lake IDPA match. Three of us rendezvoused on this side of the border to carpool, while two other friends drove by another route. Together, we made up half of our squad.

This month’s seven stage match incorporated a quick “warm up” drill set up on all stages, and shot first by all shooters; one close target, two shots to the head, reload, 4 shots to the body. I’m seeing this done at more and more matches lately, and it’s a feature I really like. And a few more rounds down range is never a bad thing. For me, this was a -0 stage.

The first scenario stage for our squad had us facing nine targets arranged in a semi-circle, with four non-threats placed menacingly in front. The stage required one body shot to each, followed by one head shot on each. I opted to make up a -1 head shot and finished -0 on the stage. Whether I actually gained that one second back is debatable, but I wanted the -0 score.

The next stage provided a number of challenges. Starting out, we engaged two close targets while backing up. Then turning, we found a challenging two-target array obscured by both a non-threat and reduced by black hard cover. Adding to the difficulty, the shots were made around a wall, requiring a hard lean. I saw a lot of wood flying on the this stage from errant shots hitting the wall, including on one of my own shots as well. I also had a hit on the non-threat. After engaging the targets from that point of cover, we stepped on an activator pad on our way to the next position which set a rocking target in motion.

After engaging the rocking target at the next point of cover, we also found three steel poppers and three more paper targets. One of the targets had barely more than the head available. Although the hit on the non-threat and a miss contributed to 12 seconds in penalties, I thought the stage was a lot of fun.

Me taking aim, thanks to friend Larry for the pic

Virginia craft beer fans have lost a friend and good beer advocate. Rayner Johnson passed away on Saturday, after suffering a stroke last Tuesday. Ray was perhaps best known as the force behind the successful and popular Blue Gray Breweriana show and w…

Decisions, decisions.Options are good to have.
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