Woldan

I'm currently fighting a losing battle against a fly invasion, kill ten and twenty follow. What a surprise, literally tons of cow manure on the acres all around me and it its damn hot, what could possibly happen. Every year the same sh!t. I feel like the guy in the NIN music video with the fitting title:

I use an SSD and the levels load so fast I have no idea what the loading screen texts are about, I can't even read the first sentence.

Doing one of my favorite exercises, 78kg strict standing goblet shoulder presses. Most people don't even know this exercise, and those who do don't like them, they're harder than barbell presses because the arms are so close together. I think its a very functional exercise because outside of a gym you'll never pick up a heavy object perfectly shaped like a barbell. This exercise simulates picking up and pressing a heavy compact weight over your head. Oh, and the dumbbell is put on the ground each rep so you have to get it into position first before pressing it. Just don't do them with sweaty palms, I recommend using chalk and a strong grip to prevent your hands from slipping and crushing your head with 70-80 kilograms of steel.

Does anybody know a good remedy for callous skin on the palm? With remedy I don't mean removing them as I need their protection when lifting weights, however, lately they have started to hurt and now they're getting bloodier every training session. Doing deadlifts with more than 200kg is becoming increasingly difficult because of the pain which is quite distracting. It does not look that bad on the pic, but as I said, they start to bleed during heavy lifting sessions.

Off the top of my head: all the high quality Browning (US) shotguns sold for a couple of grands are actually made in Japan by a company called Miroku. Also there is HOWA which is a Japanese company making many firearms, for the civilian market they produce bolt action rifles for Europe and the US which are famous for their quality and affordable price. There is also the rumor that the action of a certain rifle from Winchester is identical with the HOWA action, according to rumors thats because Winchester buys the actions from HOWA. I do not have enough information and/or proof to either deny or confirm that, but its entirely possible though as stuff like that happens all the time. And speaking of selling under different names, Remington is selling shotguns originally made in Russia by Baikal and also rifles which were designed and manufactured in Serbia by Zastava. (The mini-mauser series for example). And if we go down to parts it gets really interesting, for example Steyr Mannlicher in Austria has outsourced the barrel manufacturing to Romania a couple of years ago, and Accuracy International Australia (AIA), all the parts for their rifles are manufactured in Vietnam and shipped to Australia for assembly. I owned a rifle from AIA and the quality was questionable where it counted the most. And those are just a few examples.

Hobo with a shotgun. Errmmmmm........errm.... I know what they were trying to do with this film, but it didn't work for me. It was just stupid, unfortunately the non-entertaining kind of completely stupid.

If somebody calls you and asks if there is a weight lifting room in your hotel you know its me.

I wouldn't limit myself on specific nationalities when choosing guns, traditionally the Czech Republic has been Europe's top weapon manufacturer for more than a thousand years. It all started in the early middle ages, the area that is now the Czech Republic and Poland has always been known for its superior steel and craftsmanship in armor and swords, and the craftsmanship carried over to modern guns and replica swords. CZ (the manufacturer, formerly known as BRNO) is churning out top notch weaponry easily on par if not surpassing the other European and US manufacturers. Especially guns from the US have dramatically suffered in material quality and fit and finish. There was this test where they took various rifles and shot a cartridge while there was a projectile stuck in the barrel. All the European rifle barrels held together only getting a slight barrel bulge while the Remington rifle (Mod 700) blew the barrel and stock to shreds due to the inferior steel. Really, I don't want to badmouth the US, but truth be told in the past couple years I have handled several US manufactured guns and owned one rifle made in the US and I would not want to buy another, fit and finish is bad, the steels used are underwhelming, bolt travel is usually scratchy and bad. I own a Savage Mod 110 rifle which already needsa new barrel after only 800 freaking shots because of the inferior barrel steel or forging prcoess, a similar barrel from lets say CZ or Steyr would last 2000-3000 rounds. Japan and Russia are also making pretty darn good weapons nowadays. Think again.

Though to be fair before the game was released the devs mentioned several times that there wouldn't be any large city maps, instead they were talking about how awesome the wilderness levels would be. And there is nothing wrong with exploring vast beautifully crafted wilderness areas, well, unless they're completely freaking empty besides some crafting materials and the occasional cave with boring loot and/or fetch quest. Its saddens me greatly that those truly beautiful maps were completely freaking wasted.

Some scenes of the new MI were made in Austria! Heh, and the next James Bond is going to feature some Austrian landscapes too, seems like my little country is becoming increasingly popular in Hollywood.

Sounds like a CZ 75 Shadow would make you happy. I know several people who own one and they love 'em, pure quality and they look good too. But they are not cheap. And I too like cleaning my guns, I take them apart after shooting and inspect them for parts breakage and clean them, its good to know the gun is clean and in perfect working condition. That boosts the confidence in my firearms and it also helps getting familiar with the guns internals.

There is no rest, its just that one map.

What do you want to do with it - target shooting, concealed carry, competition shooting, do you want it to be eye candy or do you simply want a general purpose gun?

Oh, I've already posted it in the ''what you did today'' thread , but this might be a better place. I finally got me a classic 12 gauge double barrel shotgun with external hammers. I've just began to touch up the bluing and oiling the wood stock with linseed oil. And while I'm at it I'll also remove the automatic safety because automatic stuff sucks ass on guns unless we're talking about the fire mode.

I honestly believe the .22lr has the biggest lethality-to-size/weight ratio in the world of firearm cartridges. Barely bigger than my thumb nail yet it can easily kill grown people and deer or other big animals with a well placed shot. Though if I were stuck in a zombie apocalypse I'd still carry a 12 gauge shotgun because I'd want to go out in style.

Whenever I'm playing the range officer and instructing newcomers with their .22's or .17 rimfires I always tell them that any caliber has the potential to kill you dead as a doornail and therefore all guns must be treated the same. I guess more people died from 22 accidents than from any other sporting cartridge because its performance always gets severely underestimated due to its size- and when things get underestimated ugly things happen. I forgot to mention the 22 subsonic hollow points penetrated 12cm(!) into the pack and made an impressive wound channel. The supersonic round nose bullets made it through the entire 16cm pack (7'') while tumbling and turning also creating an impressive wound channel. (When using wetpacks you need to add 1/3 of the penetration to know what the bullet would do in real tissue).

I'll go shoot clays with it someday but first I'll try some slugs and see how they do at 25 and 50 meters.

Today I celebrated my right to own guns in buying a 12 gauge double barrel shotgun with external hammers. I love classic wood n' steel guns. She is a beauty, I love the light colored wood and fit and finish is superb.

Whoa, I love the battlemech genre. This makes me happy.

I saw a classic long double barrel side-by-side shotgun with external hammers at my favorite gun shop. Love at first sight. My starving piggy bank is good for another 600 bucks and I've found enough excuses to buy one so....yay. A classic double barrel shotgun is pure beauty, especially today with all the plastic and soulless blocky form-follows-function designs.

Today I crushed ten mosquitoes and one fly mid air with my bare hands. I'm the human version of an anti-aircraft cannon!

Today I did some penetration tests with a wetpack (Wetpack = tightly packed soaking wet newspaper to simulate tissue) and the tiny .22lr. Soaked newspaper in water for a couple of hours: The setup, wetpack put in a shopping bag with a round 1.5cm clay shard strapped to its front to simulate bone. Two shots directly into the pack and one on the clay shard, from 50 meters. The results from the different bullet types and velocities were very interesting and telling, especially the wound channels. I also recovered the bullets: