Friday, July 8, 2016

Every Day, Buddy Holly

Weekend Steam: Hop Over To France...

....for a really old one! As slow as this rig is, it looks like it would have encouraged sticking to log cabins!

Thursday, July 7, 2016

We Hope You Had A Happy Ramadan...

...because a whole bunch of people around the world did not.  Including here in the U.S.A.

            Ramadan Scorecard from TheReligionofPeace.com   Used with permission.

Ramadan 2016 was an eventful month with bombings, shootings, stabbings, boiling alive, beheadings  and more in the news.  Thirteen year old Hallel Yaffa Ariel was murdered in her bedroom by a Palestinian terrorist, and if you get your news from the mainstream media, you probably did not hear about it.  She was an American; the seventh killed by Palestinian terrorists in the last year.  The wife of the Orlando terrorist who killed 49 people was given space and time by the FBI to "grieve," and she jumped the fence.  She is still at large as far as we know.  No moderate Muslims have convinced her to turn herself in.  Young Swedish women are being raped in record numbers by Muslim invaders, and the police are issuing armbands to protect their women.  The armbands say something like "Please don't rape me." ISIS is evidently running out of Christians to kill, and they are going after other Muslims who don't go to the right mosque, or whatever reason they have at the moment.  Ramadan saw prisoners lowered into vats of acid and in the last few days they started boiling people alive.

There is a link for The Religion Of Peace on the left side of this blog.  R.O.P is updated daily with newslinks from around the world so you can keep up with the war against everyone by devout Muslims.  Read it and be informed.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Ruger's Auction To Benefit The USA Shooting Team


You have a good chance at a good deal this week.  Ruger is offering a P85 Decocker made in 1990, and it was only used for photographs before it was stored away in Ruger's safe.  This will probably go for a pretty nice price for an online auction, so go check it out and make a bid.  This pistol sells mid-day, Wednesday, July 6, 2016.  100% of the proceeds of this sale will go to benefit the USA Shooting Team.  $560, someone made a great deal!

Monday, July 4, 2016

Tuesday Torque: Half-Breed Oilfield Engine

Oil production in this country began while steam was still king, so naturally, steam engines were used for drilling and producing oil.  As gas engines came into vogue many of the oilfield steam engines were converted into gas engines.  The engines in remote, out-of-the-way places have survived in sufficient numbers that  they are a hobby unto themselves with engine collectors.  This is a two-stroke engine, and the lower end of the cylinder performs the intake function that is handled by the crankcase on modern two-stroke engines.


Saturday, July 2, 2016

Not My Victrola: Timeless Marches By Sousa's Band



July e-Postal Is Up At Billll's Idle Mind!

The June match will go on through the weekend, so you can do two of these skill-building contests in one range trip.  Billll, of Billll's Idle Mind has posted a match for July, and it is a good one.

You only will burn twenty rounds per entry, and you will gain great benefits from shooting two-handed, strong-handed, and weak-handed.  CLICK HERE to get your targets and to read all the rules.  Go to the left side of this blog for the link to Zeke's June contest, or CLICK JUNE HERE.  Next month (August) will be hosted by Merle, right here on this little blog.

Friday, July 1, 2016

Antique Powerland, Salem, Oregon

This looks like a great place to go if you are traveling in the neighborhood.  I don't know if or when we will be out west, but this one is going on our list. Website Here.



At 7:30 AM, July 1, 1916, The Brits Went Over The Top...

...on the first day of the Somme Offensive.  1916 was the year that Europe was bled white.