Just came across the website of another Austin-based blogger of similar ilk. I shall add to the blogroll.
I like his name, too. 😉
Month: April 2009
(Revised) Improved Battlesight Zero
So you have your AR-15, you need to zero it in. There are many ways and schools on how to zero, but it seems that some of the”newer thinking” in this area yields some better results.
The old Maryland AR15 Shooters club website is gone, but one key piece remains: Lt. Colonel Chuck Santose’s Improved Battlesight Zero document. (h/t to M4Carbine.net). The one thing I really miss about the Maryland AR15 shooters website was they had a great many graphs showing trajectories and comparing the various zeroing techniques. When you viewed the trajectory comparisons, it became evident how good IBZ was as a battlesight zero (again, battlesight, not bullseye).
The folks over at AR15.com have their own take on the matter, with some slight improvements along with discussions, clarifications, pictures, and some trajectory graphs.
Updated: I used the Revised Improved Battlesight Zero on a Bushmaster. Clicky to read the results.
Gun laws and Texas schools
A useful article about gun laws as they pertain to schools in Texas. (h/t to KR Training).
One question.
Texasl Penal Code Section 46.03(a)(1) says that you cannot carry concealed on a school bus. But I wonder. Is that school bus period? Or school bus performing school-related activities? The intent of the law seems to pertain to school-related activities, but the letter of the law seems to read school bus period. The reason I wonder is I know the City of Austin (and may well other places in Texas too) uses school buses to shuttle people around for large city events. These events have no weapons restrictions to/from/at the event, people with CHL’s can carry and go about their business as usual, and if the bus was a city bus there’d be no issue. But merely due to logistics of handling the event (needing lots of mass transportation vehicles), school buses get used.
IMHO, this is a place where the law needs some clarification. I would assert that when a school bus is used for a non-school-related function that it’s not truly a school bus, merely a bus that’s painted yellow.
But IANAL. Still, I’m going to write my Texas congresscritters.
He wants a new one
So Caleb wants a new gun.
Based upon his preferences and requirements, I would say either the M&P or the XD(m).
Glock? No. He likes 1911’s and while they both enjoy a favorable aftermarket, the Glock is just different enough in ergos from a 1911 that it may not be enjoyable or may take time to adjust to.
Sig? No. He wants to shoot the gun in competition, and that first DA shot is going to suck. He could practice a lot, but still it’s going to suck.
Wheelgun? Nothing wrong with it, but such a different manual of arms (tho I’m sure Caleb put that there to be silly).
So it’s down to the XD(m) and M&P.
The XD is likely to have a closer manual of arms and ergos to his beloved 1911’s. But depending what exactly he’ll be doing with this, going with the M&P might be worthwhile because in the law enforcement sector you can get good prices, good support products. Both have a strong enough aftermarket, parts, custom work (e.g. Springer Precision for XD work), and reputation. I like both guns, but have an XD bias. 🙂
Daughter stuff
Daughter has been growing her hair out for some time now, and today she finally got to get it cut.
All for Locks of Love.
It’s a bit shocking to see her go from long hair to rather short hair, but the stylist Wife goes to is very good and Daughter looks great. All is good.
So… now I get to take her to see The Hannah Montana Movie this afternoon. It’s good time with Daughter, but I just hope my ears don’t bleed. 😉
Update: I survived the movie. Truth be told, it’s not that bad. Not some great cinematic tour de force, but it was OK. Certainly there’s no need to see this movie unless there’s a Hannah Montana fan that needs her Hannah-fix. Plot was predictable and cookie cutter, but it served the purpose (i.e., making lots of money for Disney, including cross-promoting their latest teen-star du jour). No real character development, and honestly I was hoping for more laughs. I was annoyed at how some “new song” would be whipped out but somehow everyone else knew the song well enough to sing, harmonize, dance, play the instruments… but hey, gotta suspend reality, right?
I will say, while at first I didn’t get the whole Hannah Montana thing, now that it’s infiltrated our household I have to admit it’s not that bad. I actually do enjoy watching the show (Jason Earles is a funny guy). If Daughter is going to be listening to music, Hannah/Miley music isn’t all that bad. Sure it’s got typical “teenage girl chasing boys” type of songs, but that is a fact of life and believe me there’s far worse ways of presenting such topics. Off the new movie, the song “The Climb” has a pretty good message to it (cliché but acceptable). There are some other songs of hers that I’ve also felt had a pretty decent message too, but don’t ask me to name them because I don’t know them.
But for me, the bottom line is spending time with Daughter. Now we just need to go to the gun range together. 😀
Anthony Bourdain and Uncle Ted
Two guys I love get together for a little fun, Uncle Ted style.
Tea Party Update
When I originally mentioned the Austin Tea Party, their website listed 2 times: a midday one and an evening one. Checking the Tea Party website, I now see it only talking about the evening event. So I emailed to ask what happened to the midday event.
It seems it is a separate (but obviously related) event, the Don’t Mess With Texas Tea Party.
The evening event is the National Tea Party.
Safety laws that don’t work
I usually don’t care for Cracked’s lists of stuff, but this list of the 5 most popular safety laws that don’t work is pretty spot on. (h/t to SayUncle)
Let’s surrender!
I really do not like Ann Coulter. But this article I mostly agree with. I don’t like all of her cheapshots and bashing (but it’s not being diplomatic that makes her money), but her underlying argument is spot on.
EFF: On warrantless wiretapping, Obama worse than Bush
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Obama’s handling of warrantless wiretapping is worse than Bush.
For all you people that wanted “hope and change”, I guess you didn’t realize that change can also include “getting worse”.
Again, the gulf between Candidate Obama and President Obama is striking. As a candidate, Obama ran promising a new era of government transparency and accountability, an end to the Bush DOJ’s radical theories of executive power, and reform of the PATRIOT Act. But, this week, Obama’s own Department Of Justice has argued that, under the PATRIOT Act, the government shall be entirely unaccountable for surveilling Americans in violation of its own laws.
So all you Obama supporters out there. Please explain to me how this is good. How this is better.
Stuff From Hsoi 