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Ok, Ok, it’s a boring subject, I know. But it’s gotta be done so let’s get this out’a the way.

Damp and chilly. Brrrr!

The humidity was high and, with the cool 58 degrees, there was a decided chill to the air as we shot the Bullseye 900 last night. Everyone wore a light jacket or a shirt atop a shirt. I “warmed up” with 22 caliber and kept its temperature-sensitive ammunition in my pocket.

To those who have come before and to those now serving, you have my ever-increasing gratitude, and my solemn promise to perpetuate what you have given us.

… for your wadder’s recoil spring.

Here are two 1911 recoil springs, one heavily used and the other brand new. The difference is obvious - the old spring has “taken a set” and is visibly shorter.

If they could, statues would hate them.

Statue cleaners surely do.

Jim Henderson is serving us–that’s you and me as well as “US”–in Afghanistan.

Back in May, I blogged that I’d shot well enough to earn an Outdoor Expert ranking.

Hot? Did someone say it’s hot in Arizona? And at the end of September?