Author Archives: Alaska

What’s the Lead…for a B-17 flying by your house a few hundred feet off the deck? The Collings Foundation’s in town again (B-17, B-24, B-25, P-51) as they are every year, and geeking out like this is exactly why I … Continue reading →

…hey, she wouldn’t be advertising a mobile home for $325k unless that’s somebody’s bargain.    

i am looking forward to attending the 9th Circuit oral arguments for Peruta and Richards, the CA shall-issue carry cases, in SF on June 16th; I really hope this guy doesn’t show up.

I love it when I find a fine analytical mind like Scott’s has done my work for me. Hell, my entire neighborhood has nice green lawns. Civil disobedience, bitches!

Well, this is kind of like that, except not.

…smarter than engineers.” Fascinating.

Linoge is closing down his venerable Walls of the City blog, so be quick and download from it what you wish to refer to, reread, and enjoy in the future, and do it quickly, because in June it’s all going … Continue reading →

I was, for a few days, mightily depressed — but not surprised, nowadays — that a premium cigar from an established maker would have such shoddy quality control as to let this hideous misspelling go out to the public:     … Continue reading →

     My first MOA Maximum handgun, handcrafted by Rich Mertz himself, fulfilling a very long-held dream….     16″ barrel sans brake, .260 Remington. Should have enough retained velocity at 700 yards to explode a boomer — we’ll see. Prior owner … Continue reading →