Technically, National Buy a Gun Day is tomorrow, not today. Even better, tomorrow is a Saturday, so your gun shopping should be unobstructed.
However, I anticipate it being a busy weekend: Mike the Musicologist and I are planning to go to Kerrville tomorrow for the gun show, followed by Lawrence’s and my annual birthday dinner. So I’m posting today instead, because I don’t think I’ll have time otherwise.
Do I have my eye on anything in particular? Not really this year: I’m still waiting for my special order gun to show up, and I actually have two guns on layaway at my local gun shop, so I’m not much in the market right now. But gun shows are targets of opportunity, and you never know what might show up…
And some random gun crankery for you from The Firearm Blog:
Henry Repeating Arms, who is pretty famous for making modern lever-action rifles, is branching out. Now they’ve gotten into the revolver market. Doesn’t turn my crank, but if you own a Henry lever gun, you might like one of these as a companion side piece.
And Hi-Point’s introduced a new carbine…in .30 Super Carry. This seems weird, and not just because it is Hi-Point. .30 Super Carry, as I understand it, was designed more as a pistol cartridge, I’d be interested in seeing what it does out of a carbine, but not really interested enough to buy one.
(This is not me sneering at Hi-Point. I don’t find their guns attractive, but they are reasonably priced and work. The guys at Tex-Guns always used to say they’d sold “hundreds” of Hi-Points, and only had one or two come back needing work.)
And, yes, I know I owe everyone another gun/gun book post or two. I’m trying to work on it, but the weather and scheduling has not been cooperative. Soon…
Edited to add: If you aren’t busy on Sunday, though, and live in Austin, there’s a free “Stop the Bleed” course being offered. Details at the link.
I tried to take a Stop the Bleed course here at our local range, only to find that they had closed their doors. I am guessing that happened due to covid. Our local authorities are offering a Skywarn class, and I am considering it, now that I am retired.
For those who don’t know, it is an early warning group that aids the weather authorities about dangerous weather conditions. It is often composed of Amateur Radio Operators, of which I have been an operator since 1972, with a single break of about 2 years. The radio is helpful due to power outages, that radios can often work without.
The middle of this past week hit 80 degrees. Tomorrow, Monday it will be a high temperature of 39 and snow. We have had all 4 seasons in 8 days. This is Michigan. The Michigan that all who live here have come to expect, and love. Why, I don’t know, but we do.
I’m sorry to hear that the range closed, but I do encourage you (and all my readers) to take a “Stop the Bleed” course when and where you can.
I’ve actually done Skywarn training as well: when I went through the Citizen’s Police Academy in Lakeway, they brought in a NWS guy to do that. And I think I’ve mentioned before that I have a basic ham license, though I haven’t done anything with it.
One of these days, I would like to get back to Michigan for a while. Last time I was there, I was in Flint and drove over to Ann Arbor one day to see some bookstores. I’d really like to see some of the UP for myself. Maybe even do a little fishing in Robert Traver country…