Ugh. What weekend? Spent all day Saturday helping my parents with their massive yard sale (for which I was paid rather handsomely, so I can't complain too much) and then all day yesterday babysitting our neurotic dog while my parents are out of town for a funeral. They've gone out of town at least once a month for the last three years, never longer than two nights, but the little bugger still gets himself so worked up that he makes himself physically ill.

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Doggie downers ?   

Puppy xanax.

http://veterinarynews.dvm360.com/noise-reactivities-and-phobias-dogs-implementing-effective-drug-therapy

Last time we were up that way was a January trip a couple of years ago.  Awesome time of year to experience Zion.   

Oops!  That last one shouldn't have been upside-down.

Agreed.  It looks a bit different from the first ones I saw but still fine for an "evil black gun" . 

Excellent.  You've told us about this event before but I applaud your level of commitment to have made this happen for 18 years.  I imagine there have been an awful lot of good memories generated there by you folks over the years.  Well done, sir.   

Got my new gun "safe" assembled, and then hauled my guns and a sh*t-ton of ammo from my parents' house to my apartment.

And wit that, The Move That Will Not End has pretty much come to an, uh, end. Now I get to devote my (more or less) complete attention to the sequel: The Great Unpackening.

I always have the urge to burn everything, and to just start over when I move. That may be a just me thing tho.

I always have the urge to burn everything, and to just start over when I move. That may be a just me thing tho.

I'm glad it's not just me.

Moving is awful, I've thought long and hard about ditching my bed for a camping cot and then reducing all my belongings down to what fits into one suitcase.

We Americans are truly blessed to have as much unnecessary material crap as we do  .

I could move everything I had in just my pickup UNTIL I got married.

If one woman can add so much stuff to be moved. Then I have no clue how lesbians ever move at all. I assume hire a few semi trailers.

I'm glad it's not just me.

You are not alone.

So I finally got to the range today to shoot my new Archon Type B.  Well, actually I had two Caniks, a Star, and the CZ75B I rebuilt last year I wanted to fire as well as the Archon, but this report isn’t about those others.

I was able to test function with different ammo weights and check accuracy.  As my time was divided between five different pistols, I was only able to put 85 rounds through the Archon.  Those rounds included Federal HST 124gr +P, Wolf 115gr ball, and Freedom Munitions selections in 115gr ball, 115gr HP, 124gr ball, and 147gr ball.  There were no malfunctions of any kind with any ammo I used.

I fired off-hand at about 21 feet.  At least I think it was 21 feet.  It looked about seven paces to me, but the marks on the wall were not labeled.  For the sake of consistency at least, I sent the targets to the same approximate place down range.  The targets I used were marked “NRA Official 50-ft. Slow Fire Pistol Target” and were provided free of charge with the range fee.

I fired a full magazine of each type of ammo listed above except the FM 115gr HP which was in short supply today.  All but one of the rounds were in the black, although a smidge to the right.  I may decide to adjust the sights at some point, but for now they will do.  The single hit just outside the black was with the HST.  Considering that the group was clustered in the lower right quadrant of the black and the flyer was just slightly high and left of the black, I’ll say it was probably me and not the pistol or the ammo.

The grip is just big enough for my hands with an aggressive texture and a comfortable contour.  Recoil was pretty manageable and the sights were easy to see.  I didn’t try any fast shooting or double taps today, so maybe next time I take her out I can report on the ease of follow-up shots and such.

Having grown up shooting 1911's, I'm pretty particular about my triggers.  Though not a 1911 trigger, the Archon has a trigger better than most of the striker fired pistols I've tried.  There is no "dingus" trigger safety like on a Glock.  The safety mechanism is all internal.  Reset is short and positive.

So that’s my attempt at a range report.  Hope it was worth a read.

Thanks much for sharing. Now I have another gun to add to my "gotta check this out" list.

This was a busy weekend for me, and it actually started (sort of) on Thursday. Thursday afternoon, my department at work had a "team activity," so we spent all afternoon throwing axes. One of those axe-throwing places recently opened not far from our office, so we went there. A good time was had by most everyone (one team member didn't have much fun, but we found out Friday that she'd been on the verge of a full-blown illness of some sort or another).

https://photos.app.goo.gl/qPVip2S2NZoK9PET6  (video of me throwing an axe and, miraculously, managing to get it to stick in the target)

Friday was the annual party for the entire company, so I spent all afternoon Friday running around Pittsburgh's South Side in an Amazing Race type of event, and then a good chunk of the night eating way too much wurst and pretzels at an authentic German-style beer hall.

Saturday I was up early to help squire another event for the 501st Legion. We were putting in an appearance at Mutt Strutt, which is an annual event to help raise money to train service dogs for veterans with PTSD, TBI, and combat-related injuries. It proved to be a very small turnout: nearly everyone who signed on for the event was forced to drop out at the last minute (either got called into work, had family emergencies, and in one case actually broke his leg), and we had four other events that day, so there was no one else available to fill in. So it was just me helping out a single, solitary stormtrooper.



Despite our incredibly poor turnout this year (last year we had upwards of fifteen troopers attend), the organizers were still thrilled to see us, and as usual it proved impossible to get anywhere quickly because people kept stopping us to ask to take pictures with the Stormtrooper.



Of course we had to get a picture of the Stormtrooper with the "Ewok."



That's Rocky Bleier. He played football for Notre Dame and was drafted by the Steelers in 1968. He was then drafted by the Army after his rookie season and sent to Vietnam. He was shot in the leg and part of his foot was blown off by a grenade, and he was told he'd never play football again. After a medical discharge, he rejoined the Steelers in 1970, despite barely being able to walk at the time. He earned a spot on the starting lineup in '74. in '76, he rushed for over 1000 yards. After he retired in 1980 (with 4 Super Bowl Rings), he's become heavily (if quietly) involved with various veterans' charities and support groups.

Today, I'm dogsitting this little bugger for what will probably be the last time.



Mom and Dad are moving to Florida next Saturday. Scotty's a little pain in the @$$, but I'm gonna miss him so much.