Monday,Monday,Monday

OK, so only 5 minutes of it are left on the east coast, but hey, what else is a deadline for.

Monday is for laughs

Eleven people were hanging on a rope,
under a rescue helicopter.
10 men and 1 woman.
The rope was not strong enough to carry them
all, so they decided that one had to leave
because otherwise they were all going to fall.
They weren't able to choose that person,
until the woman gave a very touching speech.
She said that she would voluntarily let go of the rope, because,
as a woman, she was used to giving up everything for her
husband and kids or for men in general, and was
used to always making sacrifices with little in return.
As soon as she finished her speech,
all the men started clapping ......

 

 

 

 

THE OLD RANCHER

The banker saw his old friend Tom, an eighty-year old rancher, in town.
Tom had lost his wife a year or so before and rumor had it that he was marrying a 'mail order' bride.

Being a good friend, the banker asked Tom if the rumor was true.

Tom assured him that it was. The banker then asked Tom the age of his new bride to be.  

Tom proudly said,  'She'll be twenty-one in November.'
Now the banker, being the wise man that he was,could see that the sexual appetite of a young woman could not be satisfied by an eighty-year- old man. 

Wanting his old friend's remaining years to be happy the banker tactfully suggested that Tom should consider getting a hired hand to help him out on the ranch, knowing nature would take its own course. 

Tom thought this was a good idea and said he would look for one that afternoon. 

About four months later, the banker ran into Tom in town again. 

'How's the new wife?', asked the banker. 

Tom proudly said, 'Good - she's pregnant.' 

The banker, happy that his sage advice had worked out, continued, 'And how's the hired hand?' 

Without hesitating, Tom said, 
'She's  pregnant too.' 

Don't ever underestimate old Guys

 

 

SOMEONE WAS DAMN TALENTED 

 

 

What is Celibacy?

 Celibacy can be a choice in life, or a condition imposed by

 circumstances.

 While attending a Marriage Weekend, 

My wife and I,

listened to the instructor declare,

'It is essential that husbands

 and wives know the

 things that are important to each other.."

He then addressed the men,

 'Can you name and describe your wife's favorite

 flower?'

I leaned over, touched my wife gently, and

 whispered,

'Gold Medal-All-Purpose, isn't it?'

And thus began my life of celibacy.........

 I love this game, I get to a town with a Dave and Busters and I spend a fortune there.

Barack Obama met with the Queen of England. He asked her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you     can give to me?"
   
"Well," said the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with   intelligent people."
    
Obama frowned, and then asked, "But how do I know the people around me 
are really intelligent?"

The Queen took a sip of tea. "Oh, that's easy; you just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle." The Queen pushed a button on her intercom. "Please send Tony Blair in here, would you?"  Tony Blair walked into the room and said, "Yes, my Queen?"

The Queen smiled and said, "Answer me this please, Tony.  Your mother 
and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister.  "Who is it?"
    
Without pausing for a moment, Tony Blair answered, "That would be me." "Yes! Very good," said the Queen.

Obama went back home to ask Joe Biden, his vice presidential choice the 
same question. "Joe, answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?"   

"I'm not sure," said Biden. "Let me get back to you on that one.  " He went to his advisers and asked every one, but none could give him an answer.

Finally, he ended up in the men's room and recognized Colin Powell's shoes in the next stall.  Biden asked Powell, "Colin, can you answer this for me?  Your mother and father have a child and it's not your brother or your sister.   Who is it?" 
            
Colin Powell yelled back, "That's easy, it's me!"
            
Biden smiled, and said, "Thanks!" Then, he went back to speak with Obama. "Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that  riddle. It's Colin Powell!"

Obama got up, stomped over to Biden, and yelled into his face, "No! you idiot! It's Tony Blair!"

And that, my friends, is precisely what's going on with our federal government in Washington, D.C,

 

Sucks to get old, 

 

BEER BEFORE IT STARTS

A man came home from work, sat down in his favorite chair, turned on the TV, and said to his wife "Quick, bring me a beer before it starts".

She looked a little puzzled, but brought him a beer. When he finished it, he said, "Quick, bring me another beer. It's gonna start."

This time she looked a little angry, but brought him a beer. When it was gone, he said, "Quick, get me another beer before it starts." That's it!" She blows her top, "You bastard! You waltz in here, flop your fat ass down, don't even say hello to me and then expect me to run around like your slave getting you beer after beer. Don't you realize that I cook and clean and wash and iron all day long??"

The husband sighed. "Oh shit, it's started".

 Till Tomorrow,

Stay Thirsty my Friends. 

 

A Flintlock Airsoft Pistol? WTF

Now, I told you I like strange guns.

Not that I don't have my share of the ubiquitous M-4's, 1911's and the lot.

What I really like though is the strange stuff.

I guess this pistol will fill that slot for a while.

At around then middle of 2009, Arines, Popular airsoft and the other news sites 

were showing a unique pistol that was "coming soon". 

http://www.everything-airsoft.com/blog/2009/05/22/ktw-replicates-george-washingtons-18th-century-flintlock-pistol/

(They were a little off with the "wood" stock and the "electric" part, but neat pic's)

Now we all know what that means in airsoft speak, that's it's going to be month's, if at all.

ROSV.com listed at the end of the year and was sold out before I could even place an order.

I did find one a few weeks ago, soooooo

Lets start with the basics.

The gun is made by Dong San ( K.T.W. ) in South Korea.

It comes in one of the best looking boxes I have seen an airsoft pistol packaged in.

Full color graphics of the pistol itself, not like most that use a stock photo of the gun.

Now, a stock photo would be hard as this is supposed to be a copy of the George Washington pistol.

I could not find  a picture of the real one, what I could find were a ton of sites selling non-firing display models, that looked just like this one.

I can only assume that KTW makes those also.

Inside the box you will find the pistol, instruction manual and a allen wrench for tuning the hop-up.

Amazingly, the instructions have pretty good English translations.

The pistol itself weighs in at 1 pound, 10 ounces and is 13 inches long. 

A fairly hefty unit in the hand.

The "wood" stock is plastic along with the tip of the loading rod.

All other parts are either metal , or in the case of the magazine, brass.

Overall the fit and finish are much better than I expected, the plastic wood looks like wood from a few feet away and the pot metal embellishments are decent looking.

A noticeable seam runs along the bottom of the stock, but detracts little from the gun.

Trademarks consist of the word "London" on the top of the barrel and HAWKINS on the lock plate.

A sliding safety has been added behind the hammer. Pushing it forward when the hammer is at rest locks the hammer from being cocked.

The unit has a 12 round magazine that is in the loading rod at the muzzle end.

A quarter turn on the rod allows you to pull it forward, you can then drop 12 600 bb's into  the slot. 

Push the rod closed and give it a quarter turn and you are ready to duel!

Of course, actually shooting the pistol is a little bit of a chore. 

After loading the magazine you have to bring the hammer to full cock, 

you then have to close the frizzen ( the L shaped looking piece) to bring a bb into the chamber.

This can not be done one handed without a lot of grip changing and juggling the pistol.

Best to use both hands in making this pistol ready to fire.
One thing to remember on this pistol, the hammer has really no purpose than to cock the internal hammer. After you cock it, the hammer will fall when you pull the trigger (duh), but it has no connection to the internal hammer. What this means is that you can not "lower" the hammer with your thumb to keep it from firing after you have drawn the hammer back to full cock. 
If you are versed in mainly GBB pistols or real steel firearms, this could be a safety issue when you first start handling the pistol.     Just be aware of this and there should be no problems.

On to the testing.

I have decided that with all the upcoming reviews I have to do, I needed to standardize some things.

So the testing protocol will be as such.

1. test firing of 200 rds of Excell .25g bb's

2. Cronoed the 1st 5 shots and the last 5 shots.

3. Clean the barrel at the start and at the 100 rd mark and at the end.

The 1st 5 shots averaged 145 feet per sec, the last 5 came in at an average of  157 fps.

At the 200 rd mark no screws had loosened and I could find no discernible wear, the frizzen is now a little loose, but it seems to have no effect on the operation of the pistol.

Range is always subjective. I have a man size standup target that I shoot at and was able to keep all shots on it at 35 ft, at 45 ft I would miss 1 in 5 and at 50ft, 3 in 5.

The barrel was surprisingly clean at the outset and at the 100 rd mark. At the 200rd mark there was some plastic coming out on the patch, but it was very slight. This leads me to believe it has a nicely polished barrel.

The hop up is adjusted thru a hole in the top of the barrel, it did not seem to make a lot of difference in the bb's flight though.

Summary

This pistol is just one that is cool to have. 

It is not a skirmish gun, nor a target gun.

It really is not a replica of any movie gun.

It is a replica of a famous gun from US history, but most wont care about that.

It has a good butt heavy heft in the hand and when I pick it up for some strange reason I want an eye patch and I find myself saying ARRRRGH a lot more than I normally do, weird huh?

I will pick up another one soon,

I want to promote dueling at our skirmish field to settle local forum disputes. 

As always, if I have missed any thing or you need more info, please contact me.

I have not found this for sale anywhere in the US.
Looks like Redwolf has it though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl4XvOD80hg

 

Much better video than I could ever make.

That's it for tonight,

Until tomorrow

Stay Thirsty my friends.

Sorry, Sorry, Sorry

Yes I am.

(sorry that is)

 

I missed another Monday, but I have an excuse.

I believed that the nefarious forces that are constantly pitted against me had been beaming pain rays 

into Skull Island to give me crushing migraines and keeping me from posting the truth about airsoft.

After three days of wearing a tin foil beret with no relief I finally broke down and went to my sawbones.

A huge sinus infection has invaded my skull and taken up residence

( and if you've seen my head, you know how massive that infection must be).

A few more days of huge horse pills, cold compress and a lot of crying and whining and I should be as 

"right as the mail"

 ( extra points if you know what movie that's from).

I had finished my review on a Flintlock airsoft pistol I found, I will post it soon.

As of now,

 I have a date with a bottle of Bourbon and a dark room, I dont want to be late!

Until tomorrow

Stay Thirsty my Friends.

Review, Airsoft SKS

Now, to start off with, this is a cheap POS toy gun.

Just so you know up front. It's was bought with the forethought to take off the bayonet for a AK type 56 build.

I got it off Ebay for around 15.00 including shipping.
Listed on Ebay as 

New Toy Spring AIRSOFT RIFLE Gun Sniper Guns Full Size

No sense in posting a URL as it will be off soon, but he seems to always have some listed, and is fast to ship. 

I came packed in this nice crinkly Chinese almost plastic bag,

with convenient hanging hole in the cardboard top for display! 

No instructions at all though.

I must say, I was surprised when I took it out of the bag and did the long and arduous job of assembly

( I popped the front end into the rear end, about 15 seconds of hard work)

Over all, the guns length is 34" with the bayonet folded, that's about 6 inches less than a real one, 

but still in the ball park.

Weight of course leaves something to be desired, it's all plastic ( except for the screws and spring) and it tips the scales at a whopping 1 Lb 8 oz's ( Real steel would run you about 8.8 Lbs)

The right side of the stock has the standard China crap screw holes very evident.

Although the stock is a fleshy color, I have seen almost this color on RS SKS's before.

To load, pour in 20 or so 6 mm bb's into this port, that you access by lifting the rear site.

Close it down and pull back on the cocking handle.

Field testing was only about 30 minutes for this gun 

( I didn't want anyone to see me shooting it, I have a rep you know)

I put 100 rds though it, and was surprized that the FPS stayed the same 

I cronoed 5 at the start and 5 at the end.

.25 Excell bb's clocked in at a 5 shot average of 178 FPS, pretty respectable for a cheap crap gun.

Max range that I could reliably hit a man sized target was 32 ft, you could get the bb's to 75 ft, but you would have to aim at the moon to do it, so I going to call 75 ft the max range for bb travel.

No hop up, so I did not shoot for groups.

The bayonet folds out just like the real one, but it clicks in place instead of being spring loaded like the RS.

The bayonet looks like it was copied from a parade rifle, highly chromed  (plastic) and the correct "pig sticker" style.

One downside is that when folded, the blade flops all over, if you are going to take this out in the field, put a black rubber band around the barrel to hold it tight.

In summery,  I was impressed with the power of this toy, if you need some cheap VN era props, with a little putty and paint this could work for you.

When time permits I plan on a little modding to make this into at least a decent looking prop gun for our annual VN game here in NC. Might be a project for the coming winter months.

It's cheap in price and feel, but I think it's the only game in town anymore for a airsoft SKS.

I had told you I had some strange guns to test, everything from soup to nuts.

Upcoming ones will cover, something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue

Stay tuned.

Till tomorrow

Stay Thirsty, my friends.

  

To catch up on my Mondays,,,,,

I give you laughs for Tuesdays.

1.  Don't pick a fight with an old man.  If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

2.  If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.  

3.  I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.  

4. When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.  

5. A reporter did a human-interest piece on the Texas Rangers.  The reporter recognized the Colt Model 1911 the Ranger was carrying and asked him 'Why do you carry a 45?'  The Ranger responded, 'Because they don't make a 46.'   

 6. The old sheriff was attending an awards dinner when a lady commented on his wearing his sidearm.  'Sheriff, I see you have your pistol. Are you expecting trouble?' 'No Ma'am.  If I were expecting trouble, I would have brought my shotgun.' 
 
7. Beware of the man who only carries one gun.  HE  PROBABLY  KNOWS  HOW  TO  USE  IT !!! 
 

Never saw the show, but from what I know about it, I am happy it ended this way

 
I was once asked by a lady visiting if I had a gun in the house.  I said I did.  She said 'Well I certainly hope it isn't loaded!'  To which I said, of course it is loaded, it can't work without bullets!'  She then asked, 'Are you that afraid of someone evil coming into your house?'  My reply was, “No not at all.    I am not afraid of the house catching fire either, but I have fire extinguishers around, and they are all loaded too”.

 

 

 

Obama dies and finds himself before the Pearly Gates. 

He is very excited; all his life he's had a secret wish & longed to meet the Prophet  Mohammed. Having arrived at the Gates of Heaven, Barack meets a man with a beard.  Are you Mohammed?' he asks.

'No, my son. I am Peter. Mohammed is higher up.'. Peter then points to a ladder that rises into the clouds. 

Delighted that Mohammed should be higher than Peter, Obama climbs the ladder in great strides, climbs through the clouds coming to a room where he meets another bearded man. He asks again, 'Are you Mohammed?

'No, I am Moses. Mohammed is higher still.'

Exhausted,  but with a heart full of joy he climbs the ladder yet again. He discovers an even larger room where he meets another man with a beard. Full of hope, he asks again, 'Are you Mohammed?

'No, I am Jesus... You will find Mohammed higher up. 

'Mohammed higher than Jesus!  Man!'  Obama can hardly contain his delight and climbs and climbs, ever higher.  

Once again, he reaches a larger room where he meets a man with a beard and repeats his question: Are you Mohammed?...' he gasps as he is, by now, totally out of breath from all his climbing.

'No, my son....I am Almighty God. But you look exhausted. Would you like a cup of coffee..?' 'Yes!  Please, my Lord'

God looks behind him, claps his hands and yells out: 

'Hey Mohammed-- two coffees!'

 

 

Be afraid of old gals, with guns, be very afraid.

A real man is a woman's best friend. He will
Never stand her up and never let her down.
He will reassure her when she feels insecure
And comfort her after a bad day.

He will inspire her to do things she never
Thought she could do to live without fear
And forget regret. He will enable her to
Express her deepest emotions and give in to
Her most intimate desires. He will make sure
She always feels as though she's the most
Beautiful woman in the room and will enable
Her to be the most confident sexy seductive and invincible.

No wait... Sorry... I'm thinking of alcoholic beverages.
Never mind.

This sure looks a lot like an airsoft gun, with some fake linked ammo 

Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispers to her mother: "Why is the bride dressed in white?"

"Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life," her mother explains, trying to keep it simple.

The child thinks about this for a moment, then says: "So why's the groom wearing black?"

I told the guys on my team we ran out of Red Bull, in retrospect, I think that was a mistake. 

A Montana State Trooper was patrolling late
at night off the main highway. He sees a couple in a car,
with the interior light brightly glowing.
He carefully approaches the car to get a closer look.
Then he sees a young man behind the wheel, reading a
computer magazine. He immediately notices a young woman
in the rear seat, filing her fingernails.

Puzzled by this surprising situation, the trooper walks to the
car and gently raps on the driver's window. The young man
lowers his window. 'Uh, yes, Officer?'

The trooper asks: 'What are you doing?'
The young man says: 'Well, Officer, I'm reading a magazine...
Pointing towards the young woman in the back seat
the trooper says: 'And her, what is she doing?'
The young man shrugs: 'Sir, I believe she's filing her fingernails.'

Now, the trooper is totally confused. A young couple, alone, in a car, at
night in a lover's lane  ... and nothing obscene is happening!

The trooper asks: 'What's your age, young man?'
The young man says: 'I'm 22, sir.'
The trooper asks: 'And her .... what's her age?'
The young man looks at his watch and
replies: 'She'll be 18 in 11 minutes..'

This pic provided as a public service for all of you looking for that PMC/Goober loadout.

Your welcome.

That's all for now, I'm sure I manged to offend so many people in such a brief time frame.

Till Tomorrow,

Stay thirsty my friends.

I AM Alive!!!!!!!!

 

Posting to resume tonight or tomorrow, had to do some work around Skull Island and it took me away from my play time.

Never fear, Funnies on Monday will resume and I have been getting caught up on my gun testing.

My minions will be attending "OP Eagle III, Return to Jericho" this weekend and will beam back reports.

NAFOM is donating a 400.00 holster system for the raffle, proceeds to go to Operation Home front.

Stay tuned for a huge dump of airsoft reviews, from the ridiculous to the sublime.

Till later, stay thirsty my friends.

Random Internet sites you should see.

And you wonder why I carry a 45, everywhere

Just some random info on some internet sites that I like or use.

1st site is a old school airsoft gun modder, he made some cool stuff, looks like he has quit though, no updates for a while, must have found out about girls!

http://infernogmbh.iwarp.com/photo.html

Next one has some great info if you dig through the site, scenarios, mods and reviews. 

http://unconventional-airsoft.com/posts/

If your looking for reviews, this site has lots of older pistols and sub guns you might be looking at on Ebay

I always hit it 1st if I am looking up info on a pistol.

http://www.justpistols.co.uk/

This is so me, always trying to be cool

Now, if you are just looking for fun, this is my favorite time killing website.

 http://www.imfdb.org/index.php/Main_Page

I mainly go into it to edit others mistakes, because I know all, about everything. Sometimes though it is just fun to click random page and see what comes up. Do not believe everything you read on here though, I have not got to "every" page to edit it yet!!!!!

And I can use these, and still be fat!

This site is good if you are searching for a picture of a gun that is not in the mainstream.

If you are a "Firearm Enthusiast " (see Doug, I got it right) then it is just cool to click on guns you have never heard of, there are some strange ones on here.

http://www.securityarms.com/

For just killing time, you can not beat Cracked, I have spent many a sleepless evening on this site.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-20-stupidest-gi-joe-vehicles-ever/

These guys have a great blog, another time waster


http://www.breachbangclear.blogspot.com/

 Russia's new missile defense system, Kindda looks like the same one they had in WWII.

This site is opinionated, not very fond of airsofters, but has a very biting wit and some darn good info, Kind of like SOF magazine or Gung Ho in the old days.

http://www.deathvalleymag.com/

Last one for now, great info here on Real steel guns

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/

I lied, you also need to check this one out each day for gear, kit and weapons info for the military minded.

http://soldiersystems.net/

That's it for now, these links will keep you busy for a while.

Remember to look for NAFOM on facebook, we are up to 30 members now.

I am hopping to break 35 by months end, so pimp me out to all your friends.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=137233122957429&ref=mf

Until tomorrow,

Stay Thirsty My Friends

I almost let a Monday slip by, that's not gonna happen!

Man, Holidays are tough when you get older. Makes all the days in the week screwed up!

And you can't number a list to save you life.

I stopped by the Toyota Dealership yesterday for a look at the new Tacoma .
Just for fun, I took it out for a test drive.
I wanted to sense that new "feel"

The salesman (wearing an Obama "change" lapel pin) sat in the passenger seat
describing the truck and all its "wonderful" options.
The seats were of particular interest.

He explained that the seats directed warm air to your butt in the winter and
directed cool air to your butt in the summer heat.
 
Feeling like messing with his mind,
I mentioned that this must be a Republican truck.
Looking a bit angry, he asked why I thought it was a Republican truck.
I explained that if it were a Democrat truck, The seats would blow smoke up
your ass year-round.
 
I had to walk back to the dealership...
Damn guy had no sense of humor .

See, sometimes I don't wear Tacticool clothes! 

Seeing as how Tuesdays is really like Monday this week, I guess I really wasn't too late.

My Response to the guy who told me I can't write my way out of a paper bag, 

See you tomorrow, 

Until then,

Stay Thirsty my Friends.

I rarely, very rarely, have a OMFG moment

I rarely, very rarely, have a OMFG moment,

and I mainly rant only to my GF and a few selected others ( shut up Doug).

But when I saw this posting on Soliders systems I about lost my mind.

http://soldiersystems.net/2010/07/01/surefire-30th-anniversary-pen-and-light-set/

 

 

 

look at the price of this eye searing set 

$590.00

Lets break that down

The E1B ( it could be a 80 lume light or 110, they have it listed different on different pages)

$139.00

The Surefire pen

$129.00 

That is a total of $268.00

SOOOOOO,  for only $322.00 more, 

you get a wacky paint job, a wood box and 

the exclusivity of there only being 1800 sets in the whole world.

Is it me, is this a joke from the fun loving guys at Suefire?

I have at least 10 surefire flashlights around the house, so I am not a hater,

I am just flummoxed that 1800 people would shell out over double the value of the items, 

for a different color anodizing and a $3.00 wood box

I know this has nothing to do with Airsoft, except that a lot of us older guys use RS accessories a lot.

I just had to ask the question here, has surefire jumped the shark or what?

Please let me know your thoughts on the matter 

Until tomorrow

Stay thirsty my friends