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Movie review: The Flowers of War

May 11, 2012, 9:19 pm
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1410063

Storyline: 5/5
Acting: 5/5 — main and secondary characters all convincing
SFX: 4/5 — impressive but a bit unrealistic at times
Music: not a notable factor

The film gets a lot of story-telling in a two and a quarter hours. Both action and interpersonal sequences were very well done. A few moments appear more theater-like but that doesn’t detract from the realism of the film. I wonder why American films utterly fail and portraying such convincing and engrossing worlds.

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Rimfire fun

May 11, 2012, 10:58 pm
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Mixing it up at the range

May 14, 2012, 8:54 pm
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308 Vepr with 5-round magazine, 16" barrel, 2.5-10x Nightforce scope

Took the 308 Vepr to the range for the first time. Since I didn’t have the lowest rings available, the gun could have used a cheek rest. Even so, the nice 2.5-10x scope worked really well at 50 yards. Rain came and went, so we just fired steel-cased ball to get a rough zero. Got to give to the AK types, they run pretty much any ammo. Good trigger, very mild recoil.

Vepr with 20rd TSD magazine

In addition to the standard 5 and 5 round magazine, I tried a TSD 20rd magazine. It’s an M14 mag body with welded tabs for AK receiver. Rock-solid — which is good news for people who want to use it for support on firing!

We put about a hundred rounds through this rifle but ran out of time for accuracy testing. Next time, will try different types of ammo.

Superior Arms HBAR in .223 with 4-16x scope and red dot from Primary Arms

This rifle is a heavy barrel upper on a milspec lower. The scope and the red dot are inexpensive but work very well. The ability to adjust parallax is very helpful. The dot is placed very high but it’s meant for two purposes: centering the scope on target at higher magnifications and close-in defense when the bore offset is inconsequential. Despite the basic GI trigger and plan looks, this rifle is accurate. Below, a typical 50 yard target fired with ball ammunition.

Some ball ammunition can be quite accurate. A 3-shot group at 50 yards.

Last year's 50-yard 3-shot group with IMI ball

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Ammunition expenditures

May 14, 2012, 10:33 pm
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My last range trip lasted three and a half hours. We brought three guns only and hand three people alternating on a single firing point. No rapid fire, one zeroing. Ended up shooting about a hundred rounds each of .308, .223 and .22. So 300 rounds total on a very slow range day.

Assuming just one range trip per month weapon, it still works out to more than a case of ammunition per caliber just staying in practice. Had we done movement drills or run three firing points, the ammo consumption would have at least doubled.

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Same photo, completely different look

May 15, 2012, 8:33 am
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Cell phone solution for European travel

May 15, 2012, 7:30 pm
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This summer, I will be in Prague and Budapest for about ten days. I’d like to stay in touch with people by phone, but not sure how viable my AT&T Android phone would be there. Any suggestions on the best way to have access to my standard number and voicemail while abroad?

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For an upcoming magazine article

May 15, 2012, 10:11 pm
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Viridian X5L RS installed

May 16, 2012, 1:06 pm
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In case of civil unrest, rioters would be well served to stay away from people with rings on their fingers. A single person might choose to retreat, but those who can’t maneuver due to kids would be more inclined to make a stand. They won’t feel guilty about removing any perceived threats to the kids and spouse.

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A portrait

May 16, 2012, 6:01 pm
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Kathy Jackson

May 16, 2012, 7:25 pm
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Cats

May 16, 2012, 7:51 pm
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A job for an accountant?

May 16, 2012, 8:52 pm
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A friend just graduated from college and looking for a job in accounting, preferably in Kentucky or Tennessee. If you have any leads on such position, please let me know and I will forward the resume.

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GSG522 gets scoped

May 18, 2012, 9:48 pm
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When I took the 522 carbine to the range first, I had a (broken) red dot sight with it — predictably, the results didn’t look useful until I removed it and used iron sights. The gun comes with several front sight posts (held in with a screw) but the one I had installed — a “big dot” type was not conducive to precision shooting. So I returned with a Primary Arms 1-4x scope.

I really like that scope: it’s cheap, sharp, fairly bright and holds more recoil than I am willing to experience myself. I’ve also been converting most of my rifles to Magpul type 2 slings.

For lack of a front sling loop, para cord around the sight tower had to do.

The ribbed surface is rubber and feels nice in hand. The charging handle would be a little longer.

The carbine has a good trigger. At 25 yards, I put most of a full 22-round magazine into one hole, losing my concentration on one shot. To me, this seems adequate for a plinker. Ammo: bulk Federal from 550-rd box. I did not have the time that day to re-shoot without a flinched shot. The gun runs with 30 or 40 grain ammunition equally well, and accuracy is also similar.

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Which of them is having more fun?

May 20, 2012, 9:00 pm
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A shotgun named Vera

May 20, 2012, 9:27 pm
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New on CTD: Rimfire trainers

May 21, 2012, 2:59 pm
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Pistol shooters

May 21, 2012, 4:54 pm
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Little girl’s first day at the range

May 21, 2012, 5:48 pm
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This girl and her mother were both afraid of guns. Her mother went just to learn how to unload them…ended up getting a taste for shooting, while her daughter turned into a full-bore gun nut at age eight. She started by breaking clays on the berm at 12 yards and finished by doing the same at 25. For maximum shooter comfort, we used CCI Quiet .22 ammo with the Crickett and CCI Mini-mags with the SU22.

Keltec SU22 with AAC Prodigy suppressor | Crickett

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A special day, 23rd squared

May 23, 2012, 6:55 pm
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Today, is a special day for me, it’s the 23rd anniversary of coming to the United States. Was a pretty good day, mostly spent taking photos of Remington shotguns, tactical and sniper rifles for several magazines. Good weather, a range in the middle of a huge farm in Kentucky, what’s more to ask of a job? While there got inquiries for one definite and one probable contracts to do more ads, photography and writing.

On the way home confirmed that a Tavor is coming my way in June.

Went by my local gun store and found that my re-birthday presents arrived, one for me and one for my inner child. I will post photos shortly, swamped with short deadlines right now. Mark II is a lot like my Mossberg 144 in intent but much lighter and shorter and handier, will be even better for introducing new shooters. Rascal…very nice wood and sights. And, quite amazingly for a kids rifle, an Accu-trigger! I have a feeling that will be a great deal of fun to wring out. I have several bricks of Aguila rifle match and CCI Subsonic on hand and lots more on order. Coming soon, a five-way kids rifle shoot-off between Crickett, Hanry Mini bolt, TC Hot Shot, Savage Rascal and Remington rolling block #6 from 1902!

Sat down to dinner with friends, then went back to work. It’s good to be healthy, happy, busy and surrounded by many friends. US is a better country than I hoped in 1989 and also a worse country in some ways. Despite the occasional smell of Communism and the increasingly frequent clacking of the jackboots, it’s still a good place to live.

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Number of states vs. the degree of control.

May 24, 2012, 1:19 am
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The number of countries in Europe in 1875 – 18 (if my count is correct).
In 1914 – 23.
In 2012 – 44.
I wonder if the degree of state control over individuals has grown or declined. In the US, it seems to have grown in some ways (gun control) but declined in others (censorship of the press)

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