The Wandering Minstrel

I took the Glock 33 round magazine to the range today. Before leaving home, I loaded it up with 33 rounds of 9mm ammo.

When we got everything set up at the range, I snapped the magazine into “Little Boy,” my Glock 26 subcompact pistol and started firing at the target. All was well until about the twenty-second round when i encountered a misfeed. I visually inspected the gun and saw a round partially fed in the chamber and it was stuck there. I racked the slide a couple of times to clear the jam and two unspent cartridges were ejected. The rest of the rounds in the magazine fed and fired normally.

The Better Half loaded 22 rounds into the magazine and tested it - all 22 fed and fired normally. In the video above, yours truly loaded the last seventeen rounds in the box and all fed and fired properly.

I don’t know if it was a fluke that the round jammed (jams are very rare for this gun), but we did fire about 68 rounds downrange today using the big Glock magazine with “Little Boy.”

We also brought another 9mm pistol, the S&W 908 and fired 32 rounds with that gun. We fired 50 rounds of .38 special using The Better Half’s S&W 686 revolver.

In spite of the unusual jam, we enjoyed today’s target practice on a beautiful 65° February day in Wickenburg.

When questioned by Rep. Darrell Issa, Attorney General Eric Holder claims that the whole thing is a political plot to discredit the administration. Really? I can see his nose growing from here . . .

From Ramirez . . .

Breaking: The family of murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry has filed a $25 million wrongful death suit against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives claiming Terry was killed with AK-47s that were knowingly sold under the Fast and Furious gunrunning probe to a straw purchaser for drug cartels.

Image: Agent Brian Terry

Unfortunately, the family is also suing Lone Wolf Trading, the source of the weapon used to kill Agent Terry. The suit alleges that the company employees should have not cooperated with ATF knowing that the so-called sting operation was illegal. In my humble opinion, Lone Wolf should also sue the ATF and name all the ATF agents, the head of BATFE and Atty. General Eric Holder (a.k.a Eric the withHolder) as co-defendants.

It looks as if the Obamination’s so-called “under the radar” targets are going to start appearing on a radar screen near you. Fox News has the story at this link.

I ordered three copies of “In Search of the Second Amendment” last week. The shipment promptly arrived in my PO Box just two days after I placed the order.

I sent the extra copies to my sister and our nephew, both living in California and both gun owners. The Better Half and I will start viewing our copy this evening.

I only recently found out about this DVD although it was released in December of 2006. We will post a review after we finish watching the video. We’re going to watch it a bit at a time over several days.

In Search of the Second Amendment is a documentary film on the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. It was produced and directed by American author and attorney David T. Hardy. He argues the individual rights model of the Second Amendment. Hardy also discusses the Fourteenth Amendment.

Ordering details and reviews may be found on the “In Search Of The Second Amendment” website here.

I can’t believe that it has been almost a year since I acquired my “Carolyn Clip” high-capacity 9mm magazine. I plan to take “Little Boy” to the range on Friday and empty thirty-three rounds using this magazine.

I bought the magazine last January after Rep. Carolyn McCarthy introduced H.R. 308, the “Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act.” McCarthy, (D-NY), introduced this idiotic knee-jerk legislation after the tragic Tucson shooting where a mentally-ill individual used one of these to kill several people and seriously wound Rep. Gabby Giffords.

At the time, I said I didn’t need one of these until that bitch told me I couldn’t have one. I’ll post a range report on Friday.

This is really funny. Clickable image (if you want to read the text).

Tex-Mex Chicken Chili Verde with Cornbread. The Better Half blends chopped broccoli, diced potatoes, chopped celery, tomatillos, a chopped Anaheim chili and shredded chicken with all the appropriate savories and spices in a crockpot. Shown here, the chili is served with cornbread on the side and garnished with avocado slices and freshly-ground black pepper. We enjoyed this good stuff during halftime of today’s Senior Bowl college football game. Clickable image.

The Better Half and I went to the range today for our weekly target practice session.

The firearms shown in the (clickable) image at the right are the ones we practiced with today. Top to bottom, The Better Half’s unnamed S&W 908S 9mm pistol, “Fat Man,” my Glock 30 .45ACP pistol and “Jerry Lee,” my S&W 686 .357 magnum revolver. The guns are shown on the cleaning station that we break out after each practice session.

We shot a total of 50 rounds of 9mm, 50 rounds of .45 ACP and 50 rounds of .357 magnum. All shots stayed on target (as far as we could tell) with many of them close to or on the bullseye. We don’t keep score, so both of us generally use just one target per session.