so waht ya doin today?

[Intheshop]

Gonna work/tinker on some 1911's then go blast some bullseye practice. Working on conditioning,moreso than outright accuracy or foundation. Not going into competition so,no rules other than safety commandments.

Mental conditioning is about relaxation. I handload like this from years of CB rifle work. No rush to load .45's.... taking my time and building X ring ammo. Followed by calm,cool practice in climate controlled range.

Physical condition is a wee bit tougher. Got a nice, extremely low mental stress $$ building job going on but the physical work is very taxing. A little tougher(right much more) than choppin wood. Think loading pulp wood and that's about right. It's a good customer and he loves Coco and is a shooter. Don't really want to talk about it...but. Hit a deer 2 months ago completely destroying a sportbike. 3 broke ribs,completely torn up hands with multiple breaks and fractures. Ripped full on race leathers up from head to toe. Yes,lucky to be alive.

Am back to about 95% and hitting the condition strength thing about as hard as I can push it..... hence the firewood and job. Looking forward to getting back the handgun juju.

 

[CZ93X62]

Glad to see that you are still using air and upright.

 

[RBHarter]

Wow ITS you gotta be more careful with you . On the other hand if I'd known I was going to be in this bad a shape anyway I'd have had more fun ......

Really guys lost girls in the desert , stranded in the snow , ....... I get to have Ms pull a Civic full of pizza face jocks outta suck mud a mile from town 200 yd from a highway .....
There was this one time I had to make some awkward phone calls chaperoning eleven 16-18 yr old girls to a Velvet Revolver show when the second car broke down . 2 rooms 11 girls and 38 yo me , to this day I don't know why I didn't get a check in from the Sparks NV PD or Washoe co SO .

 

[fiver]

you were in Sparks,,, they see that all the time.

 

[popper]

Ian, I still don't get the vent lines in those blocks. Almost NONE at the base where they are needed. Pus the LONG GC shank? Interesting.
Yup, sometimes we don't really know why we do stuff and find someone in dire need.

 

[Ian]

I think some dumbarse at Lee is still running the blocks upside-down. You get all the little lines at the bottom that make teats on the meplat but nothing to vent the driving bands.

 

[Intheshop]

New commander specific recoil spring is deadnuts 14# measured @full stack. Which is what the Wolff folks pkg it as.

Series 70 GC,original spring is a little short free length,hits 14# @full stack.

1917(1911),pre A1 or commercial model,original recoil spring is at "spec" free length,32-33 coils and 16# @full stack.

Recoil spring checker is very nice. Looking to fabricate a mag,feed lip "dolly". This is gonna be stupid easy/fun..... considering how many custom dolly's I've made and polished for machine restos and auto collision work. You can buy them but heck,the Dawson kit is 100$ .I can make the stuff and spend that on stuff we can't make.

Gotta go to work.

 

[Rally]

ITS,
Glad to hear you are on the mend. I'm kinda one handed now and it's about to drive me crazy. Can't image the slow road back from a crash like that. I'm guessing from your posts your a lot like me and don't "sit well".

CZ,
I have two daughters and also try to picture them in a situation like that. I taught mine to change tires and tape radiator hoses type stuff before they ever got their own cars, for just that reason. There are duffle bags of cold weather gear in all our cars, and I stay on the wife about always keeping the gas tank full, you just never know. Probably the maddest I've ever been at my youngest daughter was when she ran her car out of gas one cold evening.
Like the folks in Brets scenario, I'm often amazed at how poorly some folks are prepared when they venture into remote areas, especially in the winter. Some rely way too much, IME, on cell phone coverage. I'm just not that lucky I guess.

 

[462]

We were dead in the water in our at-the-time 14' 3" aluminum West Coaster, in a Lake Shasta cove, and I was standing up and waving the red flag at every boat that passed. It wasn't as if we were invisible, but it took an unnecessarily long time for two guys to come over and offer to tow us back to the marina -- a goodly and time-consuming distance. All they wanted, in return, was a less than $20 fill-up.
I don't recall ever having to come to the aid of a stranded motorist, but since that Lake Shasta episode I've twice given boaters tow-ins, and will continue to do so. Can't walk on water like on land.

 

[Ian]

I've been stranded on the water before and it's not fun. Not my rig and won't do it again. I don't do boats or airplanes anymore, period.

 

[Mitty38]

When I drove truck.I always Kept a little survival pouch.
It had 2 bread bags, 2 pair of sox, a pair of brown jersey gloves, a couple pocket warmers and a flashlight.. Also a bottle of water and 2 protein bars. All warped up in a large garbage bag that could double as a rain coat, and tied off with two pieces of para cord.
When I moved on to other things the kit moved to the trunk of the car, wrapped up in a small shipping blank. Realized I had not changed out the batteries in the flashlight,energy bars or water in a while. Just got back in from doing that.
Having a cup of Joe to warm back up.

 

[Ian]

An unopened jar of crunchy peanut butter and a sturdy spoon is also a good idea, along with a LifeStraw. Lots of calories there.

 

[RBHarter]

Fiver , maybe . Just 140 mi from home ......

Never been broken down in a boat full dead in the water .
Man the number of times I was stuck 40 miles from nothing and oh how just a little bump would have made my day .

I lived most of my life in the shadow of the Sierra's both in the literal and weather sense . I simply don't leave the house without a coat , farm jack/handyman and at least 30 ft of chain and/or straps . Of course it's been years......decades since I drove a car and not a p'up or SUV type . The Sept in April out box added snow chains 60 ft of tow/pull and 2 MRE packs to generally a case of water or Gatorade or some other sport type drink resist to freezing to 20° or so .

 

[popper]

She had an uncle who's boat caught on fire off the Oxnard coast. Took a while to get towed in. His wife restricted him to inland lakes. Had motor problems on Ojai, nobody responded to his flares. I got towed off Texhoma couple times, once a broken shear pin (stormy weather) and out of gas once. Towed a guy off Lavon - hole in the bottom of his hot rod Olds inboard. Got towed on Lavon when the fuel hose had a vapor lock - bad O ring at the connector. Karma type thing.
If it gets above 50F I'll go shooting. She gave me permission!
Blanket in the back, tow strap, usually extra water. Learned about the blanket coming across I40 - biker got smashed by 18 wheeler, nothing to cover the roadkill. Probably ought to get one of those space blankets that takes less space.

 

[CZ93X62]

Rally--we did likewise with our girls. 4 of them now live in cooler climates (Pacific Northwest), but they got The Hard Stare about always carrying drinking water and some MREs in their cars. They took it to heart, and 3 of them plus Marie and I got to spend an unscheduled night in our Jeep and truck in the El Paso Mountains south of Inyokern in 2013. Water, chow, and warm clothes made it a semi-fun camp-out, of sorts.

 

[Bret4207]

Just got back from running to town for gear oil. On the way in I see this mutt type dude in a cheap jacket and sneakers hitch hiking. I haven't picked up a hitcher since I retired, but this poor schmuck was the coldest looking person I'd seen in a long time. No clue where he was coming from but I gave him a ride 5-6 miles into town and dropped him at a drug store so he could go cash in his lotto tickets and buy rolling papers- his story, not mine. It's 1 degree above 0F here and he's in wet sneakers. Must be some really good pot waiting for him when he gets home.

My oldest boy was constantly running out of gas when he was living at home. Moving west and spending time in Texas where he had no help seemed to cue that.

 

[Ian]

Geez Bret, you could have told the "dude" how to make a bong out of an empty soda can so he could save money on papers. You know, "teach a man to fish".

I don't know about weed, but Halfzware Shag smokes pretty well out of a can bong when you're a struggling college student and run out of papers before payday.

 

[Bret4207]

Never took up smoking of any kind, unless you count old tractors and trucks that use oil. Can't say I'm sorry for that decision!

 

[Mitty38]

Sitting here measuring, loaded, unloaded, once fired, sized, light load and new shells with calipers, contemplating on how things work in my rifle.
Got a coupled bulbs coming on but the brain cavity is still a little dark.
Think I will move over and the Amazing comedy of Paul Harrell on the big TV for a minute, while the roast I started earlier is finishing up.
I just love that guy, think I must be the only one that gets his sense of humor - sarcasm though.

 

[uncle jimbo]

My son-in-law had a friend who drew a late depervation (sp) elk tag. They went out Sunday hunting and they got one. Because none of them eat the heart or liver from their game, I always ask them to bring it to me. I got the heart yesterday, soaked it salt and water all day and prepped it today and had it for lunch. Love elk heart. Sad for me , but good for the elk, the shooter run a 180gr 300 win mag through the lungs and sadly the liver. But I did get to eat the heart.