What did you shoot today?

MacMan21 said:

I don't believe that. You've pulled that metal out of the safe and flashed it a few times. I've got 1 hip so far. My ortho doc told me go as long as I can with a bum knee and the shoulder. He said I'd probably have to have those re-done within my "expected" lifetime. He also said "ibuprofen is your friend". Ask the doc about joint grease. Mine offered an injection every 6 months but said it helps some people and not others. My meniscus is almost gone in the knee so he didn't think it would help me there.

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Bone on bone with both knees and strong side shoulder is toast.

Doc said his scalpels, saws & drills are ready whenever I am. This was a few years back. Didn't have time to fool with it....just keep him injecting the juice into each of the joints every 6 months. I asked him about he "chicken beak protein replacement cartilage injections I'd read about........Doc said, "Son....there aren't enough chickens to help what you need". I laughed....he didn't. And so it goes, lol.

I'm still laughing.....taking delight in going way past the time my warranty card expired on the original equipment joints.

Didn't have time to take....we had other health matters to combat in the family.

Now...my only excuse is that I don't really have one. Stubborn, I suppose. That, and I must enjoy the pain...

On the subject of pain.....one of the first moves my Doc did was replace the ibuprofen that was keeping me going with Voltarin...generic version. A single pill with breakfast and another with dinner. It's not perfect....but it sure helps.




I've missed a pile of work over the past two years for other family health issues.....I've put in some crazy long hours to make it up as best I can....and want to let things run on cruise control another two years if possible....then I'm gonna get second opinions with the fine folks at Duke Medical and perhaps have my joint replacements done there....stay in a rehab spot for a week afterwards...then get through it that way. It's six hours from home.....but I'm convinced they are the best.

Maybe by the time I have that done it'll be closer to the six more years that I want to work before retirement and becoming a full time range rat, fishermen, hunter, dog walker.


Hang in there @TheCollector Hope your appointment tomorrow goes well and you get some good news.

Finally getting this ol pizza pistol finished up, short outing today with a variety of ball and hollow points more function test then anything
Beretta 92x G compact RDO, with a LTT - TJIAB and spurless hammer, waiting on VZs to finish it up.

Took the Valor commander and the Patriot out to shake the dust off them.
And the Norma Tac-22 even turns my Buckmark into a jammomatic! It must be whatever the lubricant is they put on the cases. I'm going to clean a box up for Saturday and run them in the High Standard.

While waiting for some polyurethane to dry, and even though it is extremely entertaining to watch paint dry, I snuck away to the range. Took the EB Custom. and the High Standard. I cleaned all the lube off of the Tac-22 and still it jams this up on every round FTE, FTE, FTE. Going to put the rest of the 2000+ rounds up for sale as the Buckmark doesn't play well with it either.

No pistols, just a couple rifles.

Clark long slide .38 special

Spent a little quality range time this morning with the P365XL Spectre Comp... the comp really does make a difference, she is a sweet shooter!
Target, first shot of the day at 7yds from concealment... and yes, all the other shots went there as well! lol

In the month or so since I had my knee replaced I’ve bought two pistols. The first one was a Wilson Combat SFX9 4” and the other a slightly used Shado Systems CR918. The main motivation for the Shadow System 918 was that it had a red dot (Holosun 507) on it and I have been interested in trying a dot mounted pistol. While I still need to work on the dot some more I can see the attraction of dot mounted pistols. Both pistols performed flawlessly, 150 rounds through the SS 918 and 250 rounds through the Wilson, yes I prefer the 1911 style pistol. I’m not sure either will replace my trusty ULCC for daily carry but that SFX9 will probably get some carry time once it gets another couple hundred rounds through it.





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Hit the range/ffl this morning for a pick-up, had conjugal with the Ghost and tried out newly installed 509T. First rounds through @MDP Custom. Both performed excellent, great way to start the day...

DWdude said:

Know the history on this beauty?

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Clark Sr 60’s full house build on an H suffix colt kit. From the insignia engraved in the grip it came with, the last owner was a serviceman. I also have the name of the marksman it was built for. Might have been Cook tho I don’t trust my memory on this one. Data is in the safe. The banner is in French and tho my grip on that language is weak, I think it reads “the eyes of the division”
Truth told, I brought 5 different mid range 38’s to the range yesterday…this one outshined all by far.