Sunday, January 11, 2009
Back from Bakersfield already. My 3.5 day stint as Mr. Momz was over saturday night. Mini-Toast n I mainly hung out as the in-laws were feeling under the weather (everybody is under the weather all of a sudden?). They didn't want to cootie up the munchkin (isn't it supposed to be the other way?), so they steered clear for a while. Thanks for tending to the foodz n laundry!
Fluffielady was off to LaLaLand doing training of sorts. Our only and usual worry was food supply, we did a mad dash extracting and had quite a bit. Fluffielady returned with a few more packs, we've got quite a bit. Enough for another multi-day excursion, if momz decides to bail. I had formula in hand as backup, but after gauging the first day, it was all good.
Packed the Rav4 to the gills (again) and floated back up.
Ugh, my 3 months of hmmz lets call it, a sabbatical. I'm not feeling work anymore, but then this February will mark 9 years.. Good lord!
Fluffielady was off to LaLaLand doing training of sorts. Our only and usual worry was food supply, we did a mad dash extracting and had quite a bit. Fluffielady returned with a few more packs, we've got quite a bit. Enough for another multi-day excursion, if momz decides to bail. I had formula in hand as backup, but after gauging the first day, it was all good.
Packed the Rav4 to the gills (again) and floated back up.
Ugh, my 3 months of hmmz lets call it, a sabbatical. I'm not feeling work anymore, but then this February will mark 9 years.. Good lord!
Labels: bakersfield, bebes
Monday, December 10, 2007
No work today, as i have returned from Bakersfield.
Funny Looking Tree you might add eh? It's fresh from the backyard of my house transported over to the in-laws house. It has a windswept look to it, hey what do you expect from the land of high speed fog? We should plant another but mother nature might do that since it was she that planted this one in the first place.
Christmas Trees are expensive now, we roamed around looking for pottery and we caught a glimpse at some 200$ trees! Good lord!
It's good side is displayed on the top photo, the raw unedited gruesome natural one is here on my top terrace. We think it took 2 years to grow.
But we just didn't go down for 4 days to ogle at the tree. Fluffielady was working her magic for 2 nights and i went shooting up metal plates as well as clay birds at the 5 dogs range. I took some video and after viewing it and editing most of it, it kinda looks sad. My pistoling skills were yucky, theres 2 paces that i shoot at, one quick (.5 - .6 second splits) but resulting in 40-50% missing or slower than i expected (.8 - 1.0 second splits). I can't seem to do something in the middle .6-.8 second splits.
I was also playing with a New Front sight.
That might have something to do with it but i doubt it. I need more practice on a faster cadence WITH accuracy.
Oi, youtube is doing site maintainence.. One day my pathetic video will be visible.
Funny Looking Tree you might add eh? It's fresh from the backyard of my house transported over to the in-laws house. It has a windswept look to it, hey what do you expect from the land of high speed fog? We should plant another but mother nature might do that since it was she that planted this one in the first place.
Christmas Trees are expensive now, we roamed around looking for pottery and we caught a glimpse at some 200$ trees! Good lord!
It's good side is displayed on the top photo, the raw unedited gruesome natural one is here on my top terrace. We think it took 2 years to grow.
But we just didn't go down for 4 days to ogle at the tree. Fluffielady was working her magic for 2 nights and i went shooting up metal plates as well as clay birds at the 5 dogs range. I took some video and after viewing it and editing most of it, it kinda looks sad. My pistoling skills were yucky, theres 2 paces that i shoot at, one quick (.5 - .6 second splits) but resulting in 40-50% missing or slower than i expected (.8 - 1.0 second splits). I can't seem to do something in the middle .6-.8 second splits.
I was also playing with a New Front sight.
That might have something to do with it but i doubt it. I need more practice on a faster cadence WITH accuracy.
Oi, youtube is doing site maintainence.. One day my pathetic video will be visible.
Labels: bakersfield, Gun Stuff, shooting sportz
Friday, July 13, 2007
Added the Twitter column, i don't know if i'm going to use it much, we'll see.
San Bruno Fog.. The Natural Stuff!
Homehome back to the lovely fluffy fog. We escaped from 97degree Bakersfield without much hitch. As we passed the 92 freeway we saw the fluffy fog creeping inward, talk about a 35 degree drop! As i download some photos that i've taken, i remembered a few as we were driving to LA last monday.
Cresting over the grapevine. L.A. Fog, 85 degrees, The Artificial stuff!
Before heading back home we headed one last time to break in a little more of my new shotgun. Since i'm home, here is thy video:
The first few times there was a bit of rise and kick, but after seeing what goes on, i sorta now have the hang of it. .16-.18 seconds between shots, sweet! But some shooting forums have stated .11-.14! One day.. one day, i've never really did the shotgun sports. Shooting clay birds was fun! i've only done it a few times and it's a different skill set than pistoling or rifling, it's more reactive and instinctual. Good thing about instinctual is that since the shotgun is spewing a hundred pellets or so pinpoint precision isn't required. Still though you do need to aim!
San Bruno Fog.. The Natural Stuff!
Homehome back to the lovely fluffy fog. We escaped from 97degree Bakersfield without much hitch. As we passed the 92 freeway we saw the fluffy fog creeping inward, talk about a 35 degree drop! As i download some photos that i've taken, i remembered a few as we were driving to LA last monday.
Cresting over the grapevine. L.A. Fog, 85 degrees, The Artificial stuff!
Before heading back home we headed one last time to break in a little more of my new shotgun. Since i'm home, here is thy video:
The first few times there was a bit of rise and kick, but after seeing what goes on, i sorta now have the hang of it. .16-.18 seconds between shots, sweet! But some shooting forums have stated .11-.14! One day.. one day, i've never really did the shotgun sports. Shooting clay birds was fun! i've only done it a few times and it's a different skill set than pistoling or rifling, it's more reactive and instinctual. Good thing about instinctual is that since the shotgun is spewing a hundred pellets or so pinpoint precision isn't required. Still though you do need to aim!
Labels: bakersfield, shooting sportz
Sunday, July 08, 2007
(Posted 7-10-07)
Fearing that it's going to be blazing hot out at the range, we head out on a shotgunning day. With my new FN SLP ready to roll, it was easy and fun to shoot. The recoil is quite reduced and repeated shots are somewhat fast. I guess i just need to get used to it a little more. At the 5Dogs Range, we shot a bit of 20-gauge and my 12 on clay birds. I did ok, not as good as fluffielady's dad. But then i haven't really shotgunned much.
The FN points pretty good when immediately shouldered. I have some video that i'll post when i get home. i just need to remember the mantra of skeet and clay shooting: "The shotgun is a paintbrush and you sweep away the clay in the air." I also need to mount the thing a bit faster. The SLP does have some weight to it. After shooting a remington 870 in 20-gauge, that thing is light and quick to mount and aim, but the recoil is a touch more then the SLP!
About 90 rounds have gone through the SLP already, and a case of clays gone. We might need more for friday, if we decide to go for it again. Shot some pistol and called it a day around 11:30am, it was hot (85degrees) but not crazy flaming hot.
I like this gun!
Fearing that it's going to be blazing hot out at the range, we head out on a shotgunning day. With my new FN SLP ready to roll, it was easy and fun to shoot. The recoil is quite reduced and repeated shots are somewhat fast. I guess i just need to get used to it a little more. At the 5Dogs Range, we shot a bit of 20-gauge and my 12 on clay birds. I did ok, not as good as fluffielady's dad. But then i haven't really shotgunned much.
The FN points pretty good when immediately shouldered. I have some video that i'll post when i get home. i just need to remember the mantra of skeet and clay shooting: "The shotgun is a paintbrush and you sweep away the clay in the air." I also need to mount the thing a bit faster. The SLP does have some weight to it. After shooting a remington 870 in 20-gauge, that thing is light and quick to mount and aim, but the recoil is a touch more then the SLP!
About 90 rounds have gone through the SLP already, and a case of clays gone. We might need more for friday, if we decide to go for it again. Shot some pistol and called it a day around 11:30am, it was hot (85degrees) but not crazy flaming hot.
I like this gun!
Labels: bakersfield, Gun Stuff, vacation
Saturday, July 07, 2007
(Posted 7/10/07)
Congrats goes to Jerry and Vicky for she has one in the oven. A little lady is expected around the end of september, we hung out at their baby shower. Chilled with some peoples i haven't seen in ages and got to play with a Nokia N95 cellphone and used it's wifi capabilities to 'assist' me in this baby shower quiz: "Who is the gerber baby pictured?" the cellphone works pretty good, for what he paid, the iphone (which i got to play later this week) is a bit better. The iphone is wider but it's also slimmer, about as slim as the 30gb video ipod! Good job apple!
After the usual, eat, play games (we won 2nd on that quiz thing), hung out. We drove on downward to Bakersfield as a launching pad to LaLaLand.. Man i get around!
Congrats goes to Jerry and Vicky for she has one in the oven. A little lady is expected around the end of september, we hung out at their baby shower. Chilled with some peoples i haven't seen in ages and got to play with a Nokia N95 cellphone and used it's wifi capabilities to 'assist' me in this baby shower quiz: "Who is the gerber baby pictured?" the cellphone works pretty good, for what he paid, the iphone (which i got to play later this week) is a bit better. The iphone is wider but it's also slimmer, about as slim as the 30gb video ipod! Good job apple!
After the usual, eat, play games (we won 2nd on that quiz thing), hung out. We drove on downward to Bakersfield as a launching pad to LaLaLand.. Man i get around!
Labels: bakersfield, vacation
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Chillin at Bakersfield (Posed 2/18)
Today dad-in-law n i went to the usual 5 dogs range to compete at a psudo bianchi cup match hosted by Kern shooting sports. The weather was sunny, and warm, with a breeze. i've always wanted to try out a bianchi cup style match, originally created as a pistol match for policemen. It's never changed so the format is revolver friendly. Shooting 196 rounds (4 events x 48 shots from 10-25 yards) out of the 686 was pretty fun, and i won the match out of 12 people. i did have about a 20-year youth advantage so being able to twist my back at the barricade portion helped me out.
Scores:
Practical (draw n shoot) 455-16x out of 480
Barricade (draw n shoot behind a huge wall) 450-27x out of 480
Mover (draw n shoot at a gently moving target) 411-12x out of 480
Falling Plates (draw n shoot at 8" plates) 450-45x out of 480
Total: 1766-100x out of 1960-196x
Shooting the mover was pretty fun. Leading the sight slightly in front was pretty hard. Most hits were left to right due to the silly thing moving. The match was pretty mellow and nobody was sweating anything. It was more of a fun shoot than anything.
Shot some rounds out of the Springfield 1903 after the match to see how well it groups. At best it's around 1" at 100-yards but i know it can do better, i just haven't figured it out yet.
Today dad-in-law n i went to the usual 5 dogs range to compete at a psudo bianchi cup match hosted by Kern shooting sports. The weather was sunny, and warm, with a breeze. i've always wanted to try out a bianchi cup style match, originally created as a pistol match for policemen. It's never changed so the format is revolver friendly. Shooting 196 rounds (4 events x 48 shots from 10-25 yards) out of the 686 was pretty fun, and i won the match out of 12 people. i did have about a 20-year youth advantage so being able to twist my back at the barricade portion helped me out.
Scores:
Practical (draw n shoot) 455-16x out of 480
Barricade (draw n shoot behind a huge wall) 450-27x out of 480
Mover (draw n shoot at a gently moving target) 411-12x out of 480
Falling Plates (draw n shoot at 8" plates) 450-45x out of 480
Total: 1766-100x out of 1960-196x
Shooting the mover was pretty fun. Leading the sight slightly in front was pretty hard. Most hits were left to right due to the silly thing moving. The match was pretty mellow and nobody was sweating anything. It was more of a fun shoot than anything.
Shot some rounds out of the Springfield 1903 after the match to see how well it groups. At best it's around 1" at 100-yards but i know it can do better, i just haven't figured it out yet.
Labels: 686, bakersfield
Monday, December 25, 2006
Yay it's christmas!
Yesterday we shot some more, this time it was sunny. I brought out the Match AR-15 and Chronograph to measure out a bunch of load combinations. Freaking .223 research on the AR is killer. My best 5 shot group seems to be 2.25" on Federal Gold medal match primers. Each shot was next to each other in a line a little less than an inch. All other groups were all over the place at 100 yards. Rock River claims it puts out 1/2" at 100 yards. I guess if you count the 3 most tightest shots it'll be 1/2" at 100 yards. But i still currently feel that i'm not skilled to do it yet. I shoulda brought my creedmore jacket n everything.
i also got a shooting timer, used for IPSC and for other timed events. With the 686 revolver in my hand and shooting 5 steel pipes at 20 yards or so i can bust it around 5-6seconds. With my Para and IPSC shooting rig, drawing the holster and shooting 5, it comes out to around the 5 second range. Usually from the beep to the first shot is around 1.8-2.0 seconds, then every shot is about .75 seconds. Hardest part is aiming. I did get more intuitive with the 686. Now its gotta happen with the para.
Checked out my IPSC score at theRichmondhotshots website. I'm 13 outta 21, in the 65% range. Pretty good, i need to bust it 2 more times to get classed. Limited and Open divisions are the 2 main classes, and their the hardest in competition. I haven't set my goal in this pistol stuff yet, but i would like to be in a good class rank (Rankings are from Master, A, B, C, D). i just need to catch my front sight faster.
Afterwards, we saw the lights around town and ate a yummie dindins.
Yay today is opening of all the gifts. The in-laws tell me that i had the most which was surprising! It comes out that i got alotta dough from them! yay! dankies!
Ooops i forgot the 2 other boxes of Focaccia bread mixes!
Yesterday we shot some more, this time it was sunny. I brought out the Match AR-15 and Chronograph to measure out a bunch of load combinations. Freaking .223 research on the AR is killer. My best 5 shot group seems to be 2.25" on Federal Gold medal match primers. Each shot was next to each other in a line a little less than an inch. All other groups were all over the place at 100 yards. Rock River claims it puts out 1/2" at 100 yards. I guess if you count the 3 most tightest shots it'll be 1/2" at 100 yards. But i still currently feel that i'm not skilled to do it yet. I shoulda brought my creedmore jacket n everything.
i also got a shooting timer, used for IPSC and for other timed events. With the 686 revolver in my hand and shooting 5 steel pipes at 20 yards or so i can bust it around 5-6seconds. With my Para and IPSC shooting rig, drawing the holster and shooting 5, it comes out to around the 5 second range. Usually from the beep to the first shot is around 1.8-2.0 seconds, then every shot is about .75 seconds. Hardest part is aiming. I did get more intuitive with the 686. Now its gotta happen with the para.
Checked out my IPSC score at theRichmondhotshots website. I'm 13 outta 21, in the 65% range. Pretty good, i need to bust it 2 more times to get classed. Limited and Open divisions are the 2 main classes, and their the hardest in competition. I haven't set my goal in this pistol stuff yet, but i would like to be in a good class rank (Rankings are from Master, A, B, C, D). i just need to catch my front sight faster.
Afterwards, we saw the lights around town and ate a yummie dindins.
Yay today is opening of all the gifts. The in-laws tell me that i had the most which was surprising! It comes out that i got alotta dough from them! yay! dankies!
Ooops i forgot the 2 other boxes of Focaccia bread mixes!
Labels: 686, AR-15, bakersfield, Gun Stuff, Para
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Yesterday, went and shot in the drizzle (like always). Doing the pistol steel plate range and .22 range. Kinda cool, like 40 degree cool..
Today Fluffielady and i hung out with Her buddy Paula and made gingerbread houses and ate dindins..
Mines the two story!! I wanted something with columns but i had limited landscape.
Paulas got a lil nifty toy penguin where it gives up jelly bellys.
Soo cool!
Today Fluffielady and i hung out with Her buddy Paula and made gingerbread houses and ate dindins..
Mines the two story!! I wanted something with columns but i had limited landscape.
Paulas got a lil nifty toy penguin where it gives up jelly bellys.
Soo cool!
Labels: bakersfield, Woohoo
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Chillin At Bakersfield..
Fluffielady had a dental appointment, we went to wash her RAV4 while shes getting her Sealant on.
Hung out till sunset and headed off to a place nearby called CALM the CAlifornia Living Museum. It's a zoo for injured and 'retired' animals that need a place to stay. At night they have a holiday lights festival and i think this is their second year. Last year we went to it as well, this years new thing was a ferris wheel, Oooo!
Soo much to do! soo cool!
Why does the Tiger seem so sad though??
Fluffielady had a dental appointment, we went to wash her RAV4 while shes getting her Sealant on.
Hung out till sunset and headed off to a place nearby called CALM the CAlifornia Living Museum. It's a zoo for injured and 'retired' animals that need a place to stay. At night they have a holiday lights festival and i think this is their second year. Last year we went to it as well, this years new thing was a ferris wheel, Oooo!
Soo much to do! soo cool!
Why does the Tiger seem so sad though??
Labels: bakersfield
