Neanderpundit

where I can find a decent borelight?

I have had the Hoppes one, which is the purest shite. I have a small Remington LED light which is semi-OK, though sometimes too bright. I saw an LED light at Cabelas the other day, and it had 9 LED’s. I cannot IMAGINE how much fun it would be to have NINE LED’S MELTING MY RETINAS. Partner routinely carries an LED/Laserpoointer combo with which we have both temporarily blinded ourselves.

Ideally, I suppose what I’d like to put my hands on would be a bulb type with a rheostat that could be adjusted, and possibly even with colored filters. I know that I find it easier to look at stainless or chromed barrels with a little bluish light, while orange seems to be optimal for blued barrels. I have used the lightpipe that comes in the OTIS kits and it’s not bad, but it’s still not the best.

Probably a pipe dream, but if anyone has seen what I describe I would be indebted.

One of my co-workers has some chickens. He gets me eggs, sometimes.

This morning I arose at three in the ayem to a pair of screaming charlie horses in my calves. While I was walking them off I spied the egg carton; real eggs ought not (according to me) be refrigerated. So the electrons in my head move around until they convinced me that an omelette was a good idea.

Unlike Alton Brown I like stuff in an omelette. With the holiday over, there are a bunch of leftovers in the fridge, a bit of this and a bit of that, and I decided that’s the omelette I’m gonna have.

So i chopped up a piece of Andoille about the size of an acorn. A little corned beef and some ham. An onion and a couple shrimp. Diced fine and added to the top of the still slightly runny eggs Some shredded mozza, a little extra sharp cheddar, some smoky brie, and the slightly crusty end of a piece of Shitake.

No, there aren’t pictures! It’s an omelette! Who the hell do you think I am, Oleg Volk? Brigid? I ate it.

I’d put down a slice of toast with marmite on top of it but that would be gilding the lily.

And today, people will see me, and fear me, and run screaming at the sound of my farts.

EMDFL takes me to task here a bit because I cast aspersion on the lowly 22 Hornet cartridge; seems that since the last time I looked at SAAMI specs, the 22 hornet has surpassed the rimfire cartridge in speed and power, and he poked fun at me for my ignorance.

See, I have this rifle. Well, it’s not so much a rifle as it is a bunch of pieces that I hope are someday a rifle once again. I’m a little afraid of doing anything with it, because when it was new, it used a cartridge which was probably double charged. Saami specs when this rifle was new were much, much lower than they are today, and now, apparently, you can load rifles way the hell up there.

And it’s still a 22 hornet, at the end of the day.

I get why people like the little hornet, though I think I’d like the 218 bee or the mashburn Bee better. Hell, if I was gonna futz around with an odd cartridge I’d probably even go for the Ackley Bee. I get the wildcat/odd cartridge thing. On the other hand, if you’re going to be serious about varminting, there are lots of far better cartridges better suited to the task.

At any rate, I have let that rifle sit because the idea of a 22 round that wasn’t as hot as a CCI stinger didn’t appeal; less so, because of the cost of operation. A box of 22 LR vs a box of 22 hornet? No comparison. Gimme the rimfire anytime and I don’t have to get down on my knees in the gravel and search for the expensive brass sized like hummingbird peckers. But as EMDFL says, it’s not your father’s 22 hornet. Thanks for the eeducation, dude!