Stung by Wasp....................the result.

[Winelover]

Ruger 22/45 Lite

After yesterday's doctors, visit stopped in at the local toy emporium. Looking for in stock gun powder. TrueBlue or AA#5, had neither. Wanted a pound to try in 9mm. Wandered over to the gun counter. Been thinking I need another 22 pistol (22/45 Lite) or revolver (LCRX) for sometime. They had the pistol in stock, but only a 22 magnum version of the LCRX. Price was just a tad higher than I could have ordered it from Bud's. But I could examine it and do my part in keeping the LGS doors open. BTW, belated B-Day present..........last Saturday was my 68th.

Took it out in the backyard, this AM, but not down to the range berm. Instead, just used the firewood stack as a back stop. Primary concern was operation. Digested 40 rounds of promotional ammo..............Thunderheads, Wildcats and CCI Blazer, without a hiccup. The Wildcats were shot at ten yards with the open sights. Exercise in futility. Firewood is due East and the sun was just clearing the trees. Didn't even bother to adjust the sights.

Had a Bushnell First Strike (reflex) laying around with cracked lens (upper right corner) took it off a BH chambered in 45 LC. Didn't last 50 Ruger only rounds, before I noticed the crack.



Threw it on, only had to adjust elevation. CCI Blazer shot a 7 shot-10 yard group, I could cover with a quarter, off hand. First three shots were initial sight in. Thunderheads did almost as well. Backing up to 20 yards, groups opened up and shot a little to the left of bull. Measured the out of box trigger, it was a consistent 5 1/4 pounds, on my RCBS gauge. My Mark II target is 3 1/2 pounds. I can live with it, I'm use to heavy DAO triggers.


Got a steroid shot at the doctors office and a script for antibiotics, in case I develop a fever/infection. Forearm swelled up, after 24 hours, and was migrating down to my wrist. Itched like crazy. So, I decided to have it looked at. Other instructions were to go home and elevate the arm and take a OTC anti-histamine, like Claritin or Zertex. Swelling was going down by evening and much better by AM. Still a little inflammation and itches around the edges. Have a follow up appointment Monday AM, if I need it.

Thinking of naming it Wasp or maybe Hornet.

 

[Ian]

OR "mosquito" if you screw a Silencerco Sparrow on it Silenced .22/45s are just about as much fun as a person can have with their clothes on and with a barrel that short can keep bulk 36-grain hi-velocity ammo subsonic.

A peach from a local orchard just about did me in last night, had some vomiting and had to chew up a couple Benadryl. I didn't get a birthday present for it though, dangit. Actually my birthday present to myself was to build an LR-308 so I can't complain. Normally I have no problem with "organic" peaches but sometimes they get me. I'm not convinced that the reaction isn't to a pesticide of some kind. Organic strawberries (small, mold fast, very sweet, sometimes have bugs in them) don't bother me but anything else will send me in for an epi-pen.

 

[Winelover]

Wouldn't be organic, if they used pesticides. I thought I died when I ate a mango, without peeling the skin, first. Must have been the pesticides, they used in the third world country, came from. I ate them before that, but peeled.

PITA, getting tax stamps for them. If I was younger, I might jump through the hoops. Already, hard of hearing. Electronic muffs work for me.

 

[creosote]

Yup.

To get the mags to fall out ya gotta get rid of the mag safety.
This one has an adjustable trigger from a #2 target.
To replace the missing room on the cross pin, from 86ing the mag safety, I found a stainless washer with the right dimensions. Then repurposed a brass door striker that had the correct dimensions to finish it up. Stoned the sear notch till the safety would still stay engaged, and Bob's your aunte.
Hope the sting stays under control. Just a mosquito bite has resulted in a trip to the hospital for my daughter. Wasps, yellow jackets. Kill them all!
They hurt!

Mark

 

[Ian]

Heheh, "Bob's your Aunte".

That little muffler is skookum as frig.

 

[Pistolero]

Nice pistol. My wife got stung by a wasp two days ago, put a dab of wet baking soda on it ASAP and it was
fine. No new handgun.

Bill

 

[Hawk]

Tabacco will draw the poison out of a sting or spider bite quickly.
I'm alergic to wasps and carry a pack of leaf Red Man chewing tobacco with me when in the woods.
I don't use tobacco, but moisten some and put it on the bite or sting, held on with a band aid or tape, and it will draw out the poison in nothing flat.
I've heard it works on snake bite, also, but have no personal experience with that.

 

[Hawk]

Dad smoked and would just use the end of a cigarette when I was stung.

 

[Winelover]

Hope it wasn't lit.

 

[Ian]

I got hit by a bumblebee once while picking grapes. Sure was glad I had a pack of Camels in my shirt pocket. Crushed one and made a spit pack after sprinting about 17 miles, it sure helped. Windex or ammonia (diluted so it doesn't cause a burn) works great too. Any kind of basic liquid. Bee venom is acidic I guess?

 

[JonB]

Wouldn't be organic, if they used pesticides. I thought I died when I ate a mango, without peeling the skin, first. Must have been the pesticides, they used in the third world country, came from. I ate them before that, but peeled.

PITA, getting tax stamps for them. If I was younger, I might jump through the hoops. Already, hard of hearing. Electronic muffs work for me.

Google "Mango Mouth" for more info, but here is the gist of it

Urushiol is found in high concentrations in the mango peel and the fruit directly underneath the peel.
Other plants that contain high concentrations of urushiol: poison oak, poison sumac, and poison ivy. No wonder it can make you feel itchy!

The Weird Reason Mango Makes Your Mouth Itch

There's a strange reason why mango makes some people's mouths feel itchy, but once you learn why, a mango allergy will make total sense.

www.rd.com

 

[Winelover]

I woke up in the middle of the night with severe diarrhea. Hardly able to make it to the bathroom. Rash/hives on most of my body. Too weak to call out to Cindy, who was asleep, only feet away. Next morning, hives were gone and well on the mend. Never ate another mango.

 

[Missionary]

Well that explains why some mangos taste like turpentine. To me they just are not worth the effort.

 

[Kevin Stenberg]

The wife can not eat/touch/pick any fruit that has a pit. All of the symptoms talked about so far will happen to her.

 

[Pistolero]

The venoms are formic acid based. A base will break it down if you can get it in/on quickly.
I used to work in PR back in the 70s and would pick mangoes off of the trees, and loved them,
stringy in your teeth, but good. Never had any problems with them.

Bill

 

[Brad]

Actually bee venom has many components. It breaks down blood cells, cause capillary dilation which can drop blood pressure. It also contains histamine which causes some localized allergic reaction.
Bee venom has some pretty amazing properties and some components are being studied for their anti inflammatory actions.
Many new drugs are based on compounds found in plants and animals. Find out what happens, why it happens, and how to control it. Then synthesize the compound and start testing.
Ants of a specific family use a formic acid type venom.

 

[Winelover]

My BP went the other way. When I was in the doctors office last week for my yearly check up it was 110/??. Thursday when I went in for the sting it was 140/??................I take 5 mg of Lisinopril daily for borderline high BP @ 139 before scrip. Since I've been taking it, I stay in the 110's for years.

 

[fiver]

I remember years back people were going and getting bee stings on purpose to help with arthritis and joint swelling.
I think someone figured out bee pollen and honey would help about as much with many of the ailments they were using the bee's for.

 

[Winelover]

Ordered Osage orange wood grips for the 22/45 and replaced the Bushnell First Strike with a 3 MOA red dot Vortex Venom. Bushnell wouldn't hold zero. I noted the position of the windage adjustment screw and observed it moved several times after a few shots. Tossed it out in the trash.............remind me never to buy Bushnell crap, again.




No longer boring black.

 

[Gary]

I love using Maclura pomifera for wood turnings, stuff is so hard that when cut with a sharp turning tool leaves a finish that is exceptionally smooth and in some cases doesn't need sanding. BTW, love the new grips.