Archive for March 29th, 2025

Don’t get a boo-boo, Boo Boo.

Saturday, March 29th, 2025

I’ve been meaning to post this for a couple of days, but kept forgetting. I think it is relevant, especially since FotB Joe D. and I have discussed this in the past.

“These are the 10 deadliest national parks in the US — with one seeing more than 20 fatalities per year”.

Spoiler: Surprisingly, the deadliest “park” is…Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which averages 20.88 deaths per year. I say “surprisingly” because I would have figured Grand Canyon or Yosemite. But thinking about it, Lake Mead is mostly water, and there are a lot of ways to die around water.

Grand Canyon National Park comes in second (12.7 deaths per year), Yosemite National Park third (11.1), and Yellowstone ends up in tenth place (4.94 deaths per year).

Happy 1911 Day!

Saturday, March 29th, 2025

I know I’ve written about this before, but as a reminder:

Following its success in trials, the Colt pistol was formally adopted by the Army on March 29, 1911, when it was designated “Model of 1911”, later changed in 1917 to “Model 1911”, and then “M1911” in the mid-1920s.

I posted a teaser for this a while back, and I want to do the promised full post soon. For now: Smith and Wesson PC1911, round butt, scandium frame, 4.25″ barrel, tuned by the Smith and Wesson Performance Center. Original SKU on this was #170344.