Most of the shooting ranges in SE MN are 200 yds or less. BSCC has 300 yds--but that's not far enough. I've only heard of two longer distance ranges, both just north of the 'Cities: Elk River Sportsman's Club (ERSC), which requires qualification to use their 600-yd range, and Gopher Rifle and Revolver Club (GRRC), which has a 1000-yd range.
Both require membership, and are fairly expensive: $150/yr + $150 initiation fee for ERSC and $150/yr + $75 initiation for GRRC. There are discounts for volunteering for work on the range for 8 hrs a year: $50 off for ERSC and $90 off for GRRC.
2012-06-30
Portable Apps
AE mentioned this to me a long while ago (18 months or so), and I forgot to link it: software called Portable Apps that enables running other software from a USB drive or off the network (I hate saying "the cloud").
He also recommended the Super Talent Pico drive, but that's kind of a ripoff of the Sony ones I've been using for quite some time.
He also recommended the Super Talent Pico drive, but that's kind of a ripoff of the Sony ones I've been using for quite some time.
2012-06-18
Shine on with Shana
２月の出張で会社のKIさんがスローガンについて聞いてきて、結局化粧品会社のために考えていた。そのスローガンがウェブサイトに載っているが、記念日のことは載っていなかった。あ～ぁ。
2012-06-11
Modified Mel's Mix
I've got the 1st edition of SFG, and the recipe for soil is, shall we say, daunting for beginners. Apparently in the 2nd edition of SFG, the author Mel recommends a mix of equal parts peat moss, vermiculite, and compost. I found mention online of a modified version of "Mel's Mix" that recommends half compost, and quarter parts peat moss and vermiculite. That's nicer since vermiculite is fairly expensive locally ($35 for 4 cu ft). You can get vermiculite for insulation, but I have yet to assuage my concerns of it being "garden grade".
2012-06-06
“We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters"
Since Warren Buffet has demonstrated that he is a senile statist and financial mooch, I need a new hero. Charles Koch is certainly the wealthy libertarian, but both the lack of ideological drive and the falling out with Cato soured me on him too. Then I read an article on Peter Thiel, the gay, libertarian venture capitalist. Although the writer of the New Yorker article injects unnecessary bias and opinions into the text, Thiel sounds like someone who has the right kind of ideas and the initiative to make things happen.
Kriss Vector
Now I think I see the reasoning behind all the adulation from the gunblogosphere (how's that for synthesized jargon!) for the Kriss Vector.... I wouldn't mind having one!
2012-06-04
9mm Resurgence
Lately I've been seeing a resurgence on the Interwebz of people professing to carry 9x19mm rather than .45 ACP. The conventional wisdom had been that 9mm lacked wound potential relative to the larger cavity created by the .45. In recent years, there's been data claiming that the wound channel and penetration is similar between those calibers. Furthermore, there've been claims that the .45 can't consistently embed or penetrate in low-grade soft body armor as well as 9mm, including some YouTube videos demonstrating the difference.
For CCW, I'm starting to think that having more rounds is better, because depending on the situation, you may need more. Contrast that with the case of the AWB, where (new) mags were limited to 10 rounds, so bigger was better. For CCW, bigger means more weight for less rounds, so if 9mm has acceptable penetration, and since one doesn't know when he might be facing an attacker with soft body armor, it may be a better choice.
For CCW, I'm starting to think that having more rounds is better, because depending on the situation, you may need more. Contrast that with the case of the AWB, where (new) mags were limited to 10 rounds, so bigger was better. For CCW, bigger means more weight for less rounds, so if 9mm has acceptable penetration, and since one doesn't know when he might be facing an attacker with soft body armor, it may be a better choice.
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