Shut Down

 I awaken this morning to see that the federal govt is shut down. Whatever that means.  I checked my account and see that my DFAS deposit hit the bank.  That's good, I can pay the light bill this month.

I understand that the federal parks are closed, but I didn't plan on visiting one anyway. Other than that, I'm not really sure how a federal shutdown affects much of anything.

With Pete changing the name to the War Department, I wonder if the Defense Finance and Accounting Service is going to change its name?

SecWar Pete Gives a Speech

It's a good speech, too. I like what he is trying to do

AT-One

 The Boyds AT-One stock came in today for the Ruger 10/22.  Wow!  What an upgrade.

It came in exactly as ordered. Installation was a true drop-in.  It took me longer to get out the tools than it did to install the stock.  Easy-Peasy.  I opted for the carbine barrel channel and after installation, the barrel was floated nicely. A dollar bill slid easily from the muzzle to the receiver,  Just exactly as it should.

This thing needs a little range time.

Condemnation

 Running errands this morning, I heard that a Texas man had been arrested for threatening to shoot up a Pride vent in retaliation for the shooting of Charlie Kirk.

Joshua Cole of Anson, Texas, allegedly commented on a Facebook post containing details of an upcoming gay pride event in nearby Abilene, "fk their parade" and said he wanted to "pay them back for taking out Charlie Kirk," according to an affidavit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Sept. 19 — nine days after the conservative activist was shot and killed in Utah.

I condemn political violence in the strongest possible terms.  Full Stop.  End Of Message.

Those people in the event did not deserve to be threatened, much less shot.

But, I wanted to post this, not so much that I condemn political violence (which I do), but to demonstrate to my friends on the left how easy it is to condemn political violence. 

Comey Indicted

 Running errands this morning, I heard that Jim Comey has been indicted by a Virginia federal grand jury. I don't know what he did, and don't really care.

Comey is the sonofabitch who told the world that Hillary couldn't be prosecuted, after laying out all the elements of the crime.  She was too important. Comey is the asshole who popularized the notion of a two-tier justice system.  Hillary could not be prosecuted for mishandling classified data, but the rest of us could go to jail for the very same crime.

Comey is an arrogant, elitist prick.  That is not a crime, but if the indictments are well grounded, be could become the poster child for the retune to a single-tier justice system.

I'm just saying.

Arborist

 In Louisiana, an arborist is a person who trims trees. They are tested and have a license.  This week I hired one to trim a big oak in my front yard. That oak tree likes it there and is very healthy.  I was concerned that it was getting overburdened.  The arborist agreed, and he made a quote.

I toook this pic just after he got started. You can probably see the first load that he pulled out of the tree.

This pic was taken an hour ago.  He estimated that he took something north of two tons of small limbs out of the tree. I know that he hauled off three trailer loads that I know about.  There was one squirrel in that tree this morning that was mightily concerned, but I think he'll be okay.

Kamikaze

 Fox is reporting that shots were fired into a sally port at an ICE facility in Dallas this morning. The shooter fired shots into the sally port while ICE personnel were unloading detainees.  When the shooter was approached by ICE officers, he committed suicide.

We will never know what tit shooters motive might have been. He offed himself before he could be questioned. According to reports, three people were injured in the sally port.

For those unfamiliar, a sally port is the place in a detention facility where vehicles are unloaded. You drive the vehicle into the sally port, a gate is closed, and the vehicle can be unloaded in a secure setting.

Restocking

 When I took my Ruger 1022 to the range for the first time last week, I immediately noticed that I needed a better stock.  My Ruger is a bone-stock carbine model, I paid roughly $250 foe it at Academy Sporters. On the bench, it wasn't quite right. The comb of the stock was fine for iron sights, but too low for a good cheek weld with a scope.  I kept searching for the reticle, which is no good. I was fidgeting behind the rifle, which told me that length-of-pull wasn't right.   I knew that I was going to restock the rifle.

Way back in 2008, I dropped my Savage from a deer stand and broke the stock.  While casting about for a new stock, I came upon Boyds Stocks and bought one, a plain-Jane walnut stock.  When it came in, I was pleasantly surprised.  Very little fitting to install the Savage 110 action, and I glass-bedded the recoil lug, along with free-floating the barrel channel. That rifle is still my favorite, responsible for lots of venison and range time.

Back to the Ruger 1022.  I looked at the Magpul and the Victor stocks for that action, but they didn't have the features I was looking for.  Then, I remembered grandson Lucas.  He shoots competition rimfire and runs a 1022 with a Boyds thumbhole stock. His has adjustable length-of-pull, along with an adjustable comb. And, he has the whole red, white, and blue color motif going on.

Lucas' stock is cool, but I wanted something a bit more subdued.  So, I went to the Boyd's website to see what they offered.  I settled on the AT-One stock in a brown-on-brown laminate. They took my money, and it will come in the door at just a bit below $300 after taxes and shipping. It has the features I wanted, with both adjustable length-of-pull and adjustable comb.  I opted for the carbine barrel channel.

From what I've seen and heard, this should be an easy drop-in.  I still believe that the rifle could benefit from a better trigger, but we'll have to wait until my checkbook recovers. Right now, with base rifle, scope, rings and this stock, I'm ~$800 into this project.