I realized the day was half-way over and I hadn’t written anything here.
Why?
I’ve been buried in documentation on the concept of treemaps. Lots of reading, studying of code and algorithms. It’s neat stuff.. at least to a geek like me.
I’ll be working on my own implementation soon. For what? Well… just can’t say. 🙂
Regular readers know I am interested in the 6.8 Remington SPC round. I won’t rehash why I’m interested in this round, because this post is to say I’ve taken the next step.
I purchased an upper. 🙂
I wasn’t planning on purchasing a Wilson Combat 6.8 upper, but the opportunity was there so I jumped on it. I know Wilson Combat makes high quality stuff. A buddy of mine has a complete Wilson 6.8 rifle and it’s sweet. There were a lot of things I liked about it. You can check out the specs yourself. It’s top-notch. Yes, I was originally planning to go with Bison Armory, but I got a deal on the Wilson plus the Wilson was here and now instead of waiting a few weeks. This is not a slam on Bison at all. The only reason I went with the Wilson was because I knew it was top-quality, it was immediate gratification, and I got a sweet deal on the price.
Here’s the rifle, all mounted up:
So again, this is a Bushmaster 5.56 lower with the Wilson 6.8 upper on it. The scope is a Burris Fulfield II with a PEPR mount. Originally the scope was mounted on the Bushmaster upper, but I transferred it. The original Bushmaster upper is on top.
A closeup of the receivers:
The marriage of 5.56 and 6.8. 🙂
I should note. The trigger in here is a Rock River Arms 2-Stage Match trigger.
Here’s a closeup of the back-end of the rail.
I really like this rail. I like how the back-end of the side rails are smooth. As well, there are no sharp edges anywhere on this rail. It’s very comfortable to hold in your hand.
One gripe? Look at the back end of the top rail. You can see how the rail and the top of the upper receiver don’t perfectly mate so the rail is not continuous. Minor nit, but it’s there.
Low profile gas block. The rail is carbine-length but the gas system is mid-length. I am happy with the mid-length gas system, but I must admit a carbine length rail isn’t what I want. I’d prefer a longer rail, maybe even rifle length. Why? More rail out front to put things. For instance, bipod or front sights; mostly the front sights, for that extended sight radius. However, I can live with this at carbine length. This is not going to be a fighting gun, it’s primarily a hunting rifle. Thus do I really need BUIS? No, not really. So I’ll be alright. Besides, it’s a rail… easy to change if I really want to.
Notice as well the Wilson flash hider. Never experienced one. I’ll be curious to see how well it works.
A shot of the bolt carrier assembly. According to the Wilson site it’s a LMT enhanced bolt and carrier with NP3 coating. It does feel slick. I’ll still oil it tho.
Anyway, there she is.
I have magazines on the way, and ammo. Starting out with some factory ammo from Silver State Armory, and then I’ll collect the brass and eventually reload. I hear the forthcoming Barnes 95 grain TTSX are going to be awesome. Once I get the ammo and magazines in, I’ll get the scope zeroed. I hope to take her hog hunting soon. 🙂
I’m not really high on Dreamworks’ “animated children’s movies” because well… they’ve sucked and have a pretty poor track record.
My rule is simple. When you see the commercials/trailers for the movie, are they pitching the movie and the story? or do they work on promoting the “star power” of the “voice actors”? Pixar? They don’t advertise that so-and-so does the voices, even if they’re not really good voice actors and are just doing their normal voices. Pixar knows story is king, and that shows in their movies.
But with Dragons, Dreamworks well…. now that I see WHO the people are that did the voices well, it’s not like it was massive star power there anyways. But that’s just fine! There was less focus on the glitz and more focus on making a good movie.
And good it was.
Sure it was a story you’ve heard/seen a thousand times. There’s really nothing new to the base story. It’s the telling that changes, and I think they told a good story. I found the movie most enjoyable. Comedy, action, suspense, just a hint of innocent romance, some emotional heart-tugging moments. Sure you know how things are going to go (tho I thought the end um…. thing that happened to Hiccup at the end of the movie, that was a cute touch), sure you know “happily ever after”. But still, I enjoyed myself.
Daughter approves as well.
Oldest and Youngest… well… fisticuffs in the morning meant no movie for them in the afternoon. *sigh*
Anyway, an enjoyable movie. I’m sure it means a “Dragson 2” is already brewing… not sure it should be done… sometimes I think it’s good to just let good things stay as they are, we don’t need to milk it to death. But you know how it is… there’s money to be made and ideas to run into the ground. 🙂
A UK band called The Heavy came out to KR Training back at SXSW 2008.
Here’s a video of the experience. That is Karl Rehn instructing things.
I like the uh… “reactive” targets at the end of the shoot. 😉
Why does every musical ‘artist’ nowadays feature a name fit only for a D&D character?
/”You enter a 10 by 10 room, dimly illuminated by one torch in the western corner. There’s only one other exit, but it’s blocked by Lady Gaga, Mistress of Dimensions Beyond! Roll for initiative!”
People say there’s no use in having guns. Why would we need guns? We’re not going to have a war here. We’re not going to see the end of the world and societal collapse.
Well, maybe … maybe not.
But ugly things can and do happen.
Take a look at the 1992 riots in Los Angeles. Voters screamed for mandatory waiting periods to obtain guns. Then the riots broke out. People wanted guns to defend themselves… but that pesky waiting period. Doesn’t do you much good. Of course, you could have planned ahead…. yes we don’t expect things like riots to happen, but they do and are usually unplanned and won’t show up on your social calendar. So you just have to be prepared.
Then look at New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina.
And today, we have Chile post-earthquake:
My neighbors and I were all without firearms. That is something I regret. My opinion of those things has changed overnight, believe me. Fortunately, a nearby department building was full of army families and they would start shooting at anyone moving in the street during curfew (18:00 to 12:00 for the first days of curfew). Maybe they were shooting in the air, but the people roving in the street always changed direction after that, so it was enough.
Yeah, we don’t want these things to happen. But you know the old expression… shit happens.
Be prepared.
Yeah life would be better if such things didn’t happen and if we didn’t have to take such measures. But those who deny the existence of predatory scum in this world are lying to themselves.
Today has been good. Today has been bad.
The bad? Normally I work from home, but recently my company opened an office in Austin. Today I had to do a bunch of things in that part of town so I figured I’d work from the office…. I don’t want to be a stranger. Going in just tells me why I’m so happy to work from home. Not just the traffic to get in and out of here, but all the office-isms. Like right now as I type this someone’s on a conference call… on their speaker phone… and while they have a door they could close, they aren’t closing it and thus disturbing everyone else in the office. *sigh* So, I shall just close my door. That’s OK tho… I have a great view out my window. I know… really these are rough problems to have . No place to gripe, but it’s little things that add up to appreciating my work-from-home situation more and more.
The good? Well… you’ll just have to wait to see. 🙂 Have to write about it later.
Yup. I’m burned out.
So… the 85 grain Barnes TSX or the 110 Barnes TSX?
Well, SSA has the 85 grain on sale, and ultimately I ought to be handloading these. 68forums.com reports either work great on feral hogs. I think I’d rather go with the 110 grain but again, the 85 grain are on sale right now so why not. Something about 3000 fps makes me giggle. 🙂
Of course, what we really want are the 95 grain TTSX, which Barnes is finishing up but hasn’t put to market yet. But testing reports from people like Bill Wilson are very positive. So methinks use the 85 grains now, collect the brass, then handload the 95 grain TTSX down the line.
Yes yes.
So why all this talk of 6.8 SPC ammo? Oh… I dunno.
Cool video of Dr. He-Young Kimm. This was back when he was in the World Kuk Sool Association (WKSA). Demonstration of cane technique. Thing is, these aren’t the rote 10 Ji Pang Ee techniques. You can see the fundamentals are all there, but it’s more.
Stuff From Hsoi 