Neanderpundit

Wow, did I ever need that.

I took the Marlin out, the one I bought in 30-30 wcf and have rebarreled to 44 remington Magnum. The first of ten shots went into the berm, with sandags etc wrapped around the action. Once I knew it wasn’t gonna blow up, I started looking at the sights. Wanted to see hwo the new barrel shot.

Here’s how it shot:

The ninth shot was good. 25 yards, offhand. Should be able to do better with a decent marbles sight, hoping i can get a tang.

THe gun itself needs a bluing, but a good friend helped me yesterday with the stock, and made it, frankly, quite presentable. here’s a shot of it leaning against the kitchen window.

And frankly, who wouldn’t go to the range, when this is the kind of thing you see there.

She’s shooting a brown bess musket. She looks better from the front than from the back, trust me on that. Her extraordinarily well-armed husband allowed me to take her picture, and I emailed him a copy. Snapped the shot just as she sent that big ball downrange.

Actually, while I bought an ipod for the Ogwife, I wouldn’t own one myself. I DO own myself a Treo, and I have a good selection of tuneage on it.

Lately, though, I find that my selections have been the favorites of my youth, notably, The Dan.

Steely Dan wasn’t so much a band but a core of Fagen/Becker, and a lot of the best and brightest studio/session musicians in the business. The list is long and impressive. The music…

Kid Charlemagne has held my interest today. My old school. Dirty Work, featuring David Palmer’s subtle vocals. “the Fez”, the world’s first pop song about safe gay sex.
The boys were always a little too cool for the room, but they made good music. I hope they keep doing so a while.

Now: I hope he comes out swinging and swings until he wins.