Gun Thread: TXMoMe Stuff Edition!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be the TXMoMe Stuff Edition? Bigly exciting updates below!

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

Fundamentals of sight alignment with Hickok45.

What element of fundamentals have you been focusing on?

They Mome'n down in Texas!

The time has come to begin the discussion of the upcoming TXMoMe in Corsicana, TX on October 16-17. This is the eleventh annual TXMoMe, or Conservative Burning Man as it's popularly known, and it promises to be a doozy. A double-doozy even. A bigly double-doozy! If you're in either the Northern or Southern Hemisphere of the Planet of the Earth, contact Ben Had for details on attending. The dates and email links for all MoMes are always helpfully included on the blog's main page, left sidebar.

What started years ago as a small get-together and informal plinking session lasting a couple of hours has matured into a full scale jamboree-hootenanny including a program of shooting activities for both handguns and rifles over two days. I have to thank Ben Had, Cow Horse Queen and RancherBob for making this whole thing happen and providing the opportunity for the shooting to comprise such a significant portion of the event.

But wait! There's more! Combine that with world class food and drink, and the even world classier company of your fellow Morons, and you have a weekend that legends are made of. For those not inclined to shoot (?), there are non-stop opportunities to relax in the shade of the carport or under a handy nearby tree with a beverage and visit with your online pals to your hearts content, which is really what the whole damn thing is about in the first place..

Allow me to be serious for a minute. I have said this probably two hundred and eighty-three times now. These gatherings are a really good time, and I know of no one who expresses regret after having attended one. Actually it goes beyond that. It's not just a weekend of laughs, it's an opportunity to connect with lots of like-minded people and create lasting friendships and priceless memories. No kidding. Think that's hyperbole? It snot. Would your ol' pal Weasel lie to you? Well, yes he would, but not about this. TXMoMe veterans will attest to the funness and completely laid-back nature of the event. Don't be a dork, do yourself a favor and get yo' ass to Texas!

TXMoMe veterans: please jump into the comments to encourage the scairdy-cats to join in the fun! What was your first MoMe like? What were you expecting? Were you surprised? Did you have a great time?

If you are attending the TXMoMe this year, and all the cool kids are, please keep an eye on this section for important information and updates in the coming weeks. I also want to reiterate the TXMoMe is not a gun thing with some socializing attached, but rather is a social thing with some shooting attached. If you aren't a shooter, I guarantee you will not feel out of place and will have a great time. No fooling!

Are all y'all getting excited? Weasel are!!

Updates! We have Updates!

Update 1:
For our amazing volunteers, I sent out an email last week asking whether or not you will be attending this year and when you plan to arrive (day and approximate time). If you haven't received this email, please send me a note at gunthread at protonmail dot com. It is important to have this information for scheduling and to make certain we have the proper coverage making the shooting activities safe and enjoyable for all concerned. Thank you in advance.

Update 2:
Here is an outline of the schedule of events. Times are tentative and subject to modification/change. This schedule will be included in the Gun Thread with any changes incorporated going forward until the event, so please check back weekly.

Handgun Program
10am - 11am: Combined Range and Safety Briefing - Mandatory for Friday Arrivals! (carport)
Noon: Light lunch provided (carport)
1:00pm to 2:00 pm (carport) - Demonstration: Basics of Rifle & Handgun Cleaning and Maintenance - EdL
11am - 4:00pm: Static live fire (pistol range)

Handgun Program
9am - 10am: Range and Safety Briefing - Mandatory for Saturday arrivals! (carport)
10am - 1pm: Live fire (pistol range)

Shooters: Bring your own hearing and eye protection! and if possible please plan on stopping somewhere along your way to Texas and picking up some ammunition if you plan to shoot and aren't bringing your own weapons/ammo. Everyone is very generous with sharing, but please don't rely on the generosity of others to provide everything for you. You can really help out by grabbing a box of 9mm or 5.56mm or whatever you want to shoot.

For a while I have been conducting a Rifle Clinic on Friday morning followed by range time Friday afternoon and then again well into Saturday. Most of you (I think) have endured this presentation before, so if there are other topics you would like to have covered, speak up in the comments and I will try to address your request.

We have also been steadily refining the handgun portion of the program and this year will be focusing on the static pistol range as well as continuing to offer a separate setup for gun-curious beginners desiring one-on-one supervision and instruction. If you are a novice shooter, or even have never been to the range before and think guns are icky, you are welcome to shoot! Just see an RSO and they will set you up with an experienced shooter to help you. We will again conduct a gun cleaning and maintenance clinic Friday which will run concurrently with the live-fire programs.

These times are approximate and programs may change as weather conditions and participation warrant. We anticipate a hard stop on both ranges at 1pm on Saturday to allow everyone to participate in the bigly fun TXMoMe festivities.

Update 3:
You will note there are combined rifle and handgun range safety briefings both days and attendance is mandatory if you want to shoot. We take your safety seriously and ask everyone who wants to shoot plan on attending this important briefing. Again, we are conducting one combined safety brief each day. No exceptions.

Immediately following each day's safety briefing you will be asked to sign a general liability waiver, and only then will you receive a color-coded wrist band. The color is different each day, and it is your ticket onto the range(s) for the day. No wrist band, no shooting that day. Don't want to sign the waiver? No problem, just do not expect to shoot. If you miss the mandatory range safety briefing which is mandatory and must be attended, you are welcome to watch the live fire activities from designated observation areas.

All shooters are asked to check in with an RSO (sporting an Orange Cap of Dorkiness for easy identification) upon your arrival at either of the ranges who will answer questions and direct you to an open firing position. The RSOs wield unspeakable power so it is in your best interest to be nice to them. Want to do things your way? I suggest that your own personal range on your own personal property is a good place for expressing your individuality, not as a guest on the ranch.

IMPORTANT: I would hope this goes without saying, but anyone failing to immediately and politely follow RSO instructions will be removed from the range(s). Period. No exceptions.

I will probably think of more things to yell about in the coming weeks so please stay tuned.

M1 Garand Principles of Operation

Doctor recommended!

This week's episode: Hot Cargo

The best Phantoms are from space.

Cigar of the Week

This week our pal Diogenes scores again with this excellent review of the Oliveros Grand Returno.

I've probably covered this cigar before but this is a good time for a relook.

This is a very nice cigar.

From the Dominican Republic, it hosts an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper using a Nicaragua Habano binder and filler also from Nicaragua. It is a cigar built to sit back and just enjoy it for a bit. In fact, it even looks like the kind of cigar you want to try. The wrapper is golden in color and flawless in appearance. It is firm, well rolled and offers a slight aroma while unlit.

The first third has no introduction time and it sets up a pleasant smoke right from the start. The aroma is an honest tobacco and the taste is equally so plus hints of wheat and nuts. Some say there is a touch of cedar in it but I suspect that is from the humidor I use. I didn't catch it.

Moving into the second third, and for that matter, the rest of the cigar, the tobacco just goes deeper in richness and flavor. The draw is light, the ash is even, and the burn consistent.

The Returno is becoming one of my favorite go-to cigars, and it will be a standard for me on the golf course. Yesterday, right after lighting this one up, I shot a par, birdie, and then an eagle. All this after a particularly bad start so yeah, Returno's for golf!!!

P.S. Note my cool head cover!

Excellent, Diogenes! Thank you!

Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.

Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World New!

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

Ammo Link-O-Rama
I'm really very seriously not kidding around anymore. Buy Ammo
AmmoSeek - online ammo search tool
GunBot - online ammo search tool
SG Ammo
Palmetto State Armory
Georgia Arms
AmmoMan
Target Sports USA
Bud's Gun Shop
American Elite Ammo
Lucky Gunner Ammo NEW!

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That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

Comments

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1 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:00 PM (P6lWH)

2 Yeah gun thread!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at September 13, 2026 07:01 PM (I43vL)

3 Here

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:01 PM (ttrGW)

4 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:01 PM (P6lWH)

5 pew pew pew

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM (+fdRY)

6 I just knew that RMBS would take it. Punching F5 like the proverbial monkey on crack.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM (ttrGW)

7 See, that's what happens when you read the content.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM (+fdRY)

8 First

Posted by: Eromero at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM (LHPAg)

9 5 pew pew pew
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM (+fdRY)

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SERPENTINE!!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:03 PM (wpRMV)

10 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 07:04 PM (Ia/+0)

11 But have the Otters been summoned?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:04 PM (wpRMV)

12 Evening everyone!

Short one for me.
Why is it when on the first day of vacation I manage to catch a cold.....in summertime!!!

So I am medded up and going to hit the sack soon.

Have fun!!

And if you have never been to a MoMe you should try, great like minded folks every one of them.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at September 13, 2026 07:06 PM (PDvf+)

13 I will probably think of more things to yell about in the coming weeks so please stay tuned.

I have heard from reputable sources that a self-induced instance of Garand Thumb helps focus the mind, and really boosts one's yelling output.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (0sNs1)

14 Hello, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (wXqZT)

15 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?

Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (QMAsf)

16 SERPENTINE!!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:03 PM

Dude. You're just going to die tired.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (0sNs1)

17 Good evening Horde. Thanks Weasel!

Posted by: TRex - unspeakably powered dino at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (XfIK1)

18 I just knew that RMBS would take it. Punching F5 like the proverbial monkey on crack.
Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM

*buffs nails on shirt*

Munkeys is amateurs.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:08 PM (P6lWH)

19 First
Posted by: Eromero at September 13, 2026 07:02 PM

In my heart, always!

Posted by: zombie Gaston Glock, perfector of Perfection at September 13, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1)

20 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (QMAsf)
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Totally a cult.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 07:08 PM (LRYfP)

21 15 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM (QMAsf)

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*activates neuralizer*

MoMe? What MoMe?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (wpRMV)

22 p.s.
Senor Weasel, I neglected to respond to your email. I will not be available to wear the Orange Hat of Dorkiness this year.
I understand that I will be subjected to constant harassment by certain Texas Ladies with a last name of Had for the next month.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (ttrGW)

23 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?
Posted by: Doof at September 13, 2026 07:07 PM

I heard it's going to be disco-continued this year.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1)

24 But have the Otters been summoned?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:04 PM

You'll have to check with nurse. Otters are her wheelhouse. I don't summon aquatic mammals.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (P6lWH)

25 I saw the news in the Food Thread.

Congrats, Weasel! 🎉

Condolences, WeaselWoman! 😜

Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 07:10 PM (VHUov)

26 Condolences, WeaselWoman! 😜
Posted by: mikeski at September 13, 2026 07:10 PM (VHUov)
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That's for sure!

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 07:10 PM (LRYfP)

27 What's this MoMe thing of which you speak?
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Totally a cult.

* sniff * (Miss you, Jewells.)

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 07:10 PM (vTZFs)

28 I understand that I will be subjected to constant harassment by certain Texas Ladies with a last name of Had for the next month.
Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Tiffini from Fort Worth at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

29 p.s.
Senor Weasel, I neglected to respond to your email. I will not be available to wear the Orange Hat of Dorkiness this year.
I understand that I will be subjected to constant harassment by certain Texas Ladies with a last name of Had for the next month.
Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM

*pushes glasses down nose*

*makes yet another mark in Red's permanent record*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM (P6lWH)

30 Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (ttrGW)
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Got it. Thanks.

Posted by: Weasel at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM (LRYfP)

31 Howdy weasel! Thanks for the thread!

Range report.

Focused on smooth trigger pull, straight back and sending a round downhill one per second x5.

Took the Dan Wesson 1911 Patriot .45. No fliers. Felt nice. Caught myself a couple times about to jerk the trigger. Stopped and reset.

Finished with 50 rounds .22 from the Ruger Mark IV. Plinking be fun!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM (yEz+x)

32 13 I will probably think of more things to yell about in the coming weeks so please stay tuned.

I have heard from reputable sources that a self-induced instance of Garand Thumb helps focus the mind, and really boosts one's yelling output.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Rivaled by the hot brass dance.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:12 PM (E4rtv)

33 Addendum to the schedule. After the ranges close everyone is invited to dinner.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:12 PM (E0Et6)

34 I understand that I will be subjected to constant harassment by certain Texas Ladies with a last name of Had for the next month.
Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM

What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Tiffini from Fort Worth at September 13, 2026 07:11 PM

And me?

Posted by: Tiffini from Houston at September 13, 2026 07:12 PM (hOaDh)

35 Hot brass in the cleavage has a charm all its own.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:13 PM (wpRMV)

36 What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Tiffini from Fort Worth

You ain't no Sweet Eileen in Abilene.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 07:13 PM (vTZFs)

37 Diogenes thanks for that review. That brand has been on my radar (frequently good deals on them at Atlantic Cigar) but I have never had one.

So many sticks, so little time (for the max-one-a-day cigar consumer, anyway - those guys who smoke 2 or 3/day can go through the enormous offerings these days much faster I guess).

About to sit down and try an Aladino Connecticut for the first time. Historic Heat Wave is over, we've moved most of the way back to the ridiculously perfect weather that has spoiled those living here. Perfect for burning a stick and inspecting brass on the back porch.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 07:13 PM (U/Byj)

38 I finally did a range day and the best thing I can say about it is "The gun didn't blow up".

Bersa Thunder .380, two magazines worth of rounds attempted, 2 misfires with - as it turned out - two bullets jammed in the barrel, and the last round unfired.

Of the rounds that went down range, 10 hit the target board, with 4 hits on the target I was aiming for, 4 hits on the target I wasn't aiming for, and at least 16 inches between the farthest hits.

It is the first time I've fired that gun in a couple years, and the ammo has been in the magazines for just as long, so that might have been the problem.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 07:14 PM (anFBA)

39 OddBob, a raised glass to Jewells and Jim SND. A hug for you too.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:15 PM (E0Et6)

40 22 p.s.
Senor Weasel, I neglected to respond to your email. I will not be available to wear the Orange Hat of Dorkiness this year.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM
***
Dino sad.

Posted by: TRex - orange hatted dino at September 13, 2026 07:15 PM (XfIK1)

41 Guns!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:18 PM (xcxpd)

42 Why is it when on the first day of vacation I manage to catch a cold.....in summertime!!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at September 13, 2026 07:06 PM (PDvf+)

Sounds like you're not planning pre-med! You should start the night before with plenty of alcohol to knock down any viruses and bacteria lurking in your bloodstream. Or, even while at work the last day.

Or, slap a hot iron on it.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:18 PM (kU0PQ)

43 RI Red, you will have to live with knowing you disappointed me.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:18 PM (E0Et6)

44 33 Addendum to the schedule. After the ranges close everyone is invited to dinner.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:12 PM (E0Et6)

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Are mockery and trash-talking on the agenda?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:18 PM (wpRMV)

45 p.s.
Senor Weasel, I neglected to respond to your email. I will not be available to wear the Orange Hat of Dorkiness this year.
I understand that I will be subjected to constant harassment by certain Texas Ladies with a last name of Had for the next month.
Posted by: RI Red
**********
She won't be the only one......

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:19 PM (XfIK1)

46 Good evening gubthreaders and all the ships at sea!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:19 PM (NlEaG)

47 I wish everyone going to MoMeet this year a safe journey and great weather. I will not, as usual attend due both the health and some pressing expensive issues this year.

Doggie is not doing well so we have to take him to our state university's vet hospital for specialist treatment--perhaps an endoscopy that runs about 3k or so just after the Mo Meet time. And that plus a visit to Arkansas to correct some issues and finances with my mother in late September pretty much blows the travel budget and my health for any long trips. I usually have to take steroids for the duration of these trips to manage but long term those are bad news up to inducing diabetes. I still need my wife to drive on long travel or to accompany me for any possible airline travel due to health right now.

I am having to deal with insufficiency of care issues as my mother has vascular dementia and now mobility issues that may require her to be relocated to a higher skilled nursing facility or the issues fixed at her current one and I am likely to install cameras in her room for the short run.

Mebbe next year.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:20 PM (E4rtv)

48 Cicero, absolutely, it's the Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:20 PM (E0Et6)

49 Senor Weasel, I neglected to respond to your email. I will not be available to wear the Orange Hat of Dorkiness this year.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM
***
Dino sad.
Posted by: TRex - orange hatted dino at September 13, 2026 07:15 PM (XfIK1)

RI Red sad, too.
But happy for the Weasel family. Even if they are mere amateurs at 23 years.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:21 PM (ttrGW)

50 Mebbe next year.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:20 PM

Mebbe?

Do. Or do not. There is no mebbe.

- Stuff Yoda probably said

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:21 PM (P6lWH)

51 DMV MGC met today. swa can tell you all about her experience with her new gub and not to steal any of her thunder the S&W Bodyguard is a teeny little thing. You may have seen Lena Miculek popping one out of her crotch (no, really) and shooting with it. Just really amazingly small.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:21 PM (NlEaG)

52 Pick up a carton for the weekend!

Posted by: Mel Torme at September 13, 2026 07:21 PM (bbqHZ)

53 Duty day this week and I expect the morning to be busy with non-members firing 4-8 rounds from their bolt actions. Usually late summer/early fall there are mornings like that, with the guys zeroing their s**t before heading off to WA, MT, ID, UT, NV, CO, or AZ to hunt elk, deer, etc.

My crew has shrunk by half in 8 months so now just 3 of us, hoping for reinforcement from the RSO powers that be.

Will be more difficult to get in any trigger time myself but determined to do so. Have not been emptying brass much for far too long.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 13, 2026 07:22 PM (U/Byj)

54 So, got back to the range yesterday.

I had switched to my XD45 because my G30/G21 IWB holster was sub-par. (Now that Fall is here, I may just go to my G21 OWB Galco rig).

So it was XD day. My Dicken drill was TERRIBLE. .45 ACP + Iron Sights + Old = really bad groups. Red dots really are important for me at range. Also trying to go fast with a .45 just doesn't work well. I probably have bad fundamentals with higher recoil handguns, I never really developed a quality Gorilla Grip.

Slowing down, the XD remains a remarkably accurate pistol with a good trigger. But the Dicken drill is intended to test accuracy at range and under stress. And I didn't do well.

Also a thumbs-high Glock grip does not work with the XD, which is another reason why I sorta wish I'd just bought one gun and gotten gud at it. You gotta relearn things like this over and over...

Anyway, good day at the range with the Nurse and Lazy Messenger.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:22 PM (xcxpd)

55 *activates neuralizer*

MoMe? What MoMe?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 13, 2026 07:09 PM (wpRMV)

Does it make me odd, or just old, that reading the first line made me think of the chair in ST:TOS episode "Dagger of the Mind"? I only thought of MiB when I read the second line.

(The chair was called a "neural neutralizer".)

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:22 PM (kU0PQ)

56 Howdy!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (sAmhv)

57 Good Evening all
I have a range report!
I got to shoot my new Bodyguard2 today. Happiness. Joy. I didnot make a mistake buying without trying it. I put 50 rounds through it and the others put about another 25 and it performed flawlessly. I had some nice groups which considering it was the first time, iron sights and i t is a pretty tiny gun, I was very pleased.

Posted by: Sharon(willow"s apprentice) at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (kJmSS)

58 51 DMV MGC met today. swa can tell you all about her experience with her new gub and not to steal any of her thunder the S&W Bodyguard is a teeny little thing. You may have seen Lena Miculek popping one out of her crotch (no, really) and shooting with it. Just really amazingly small.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:21 PM (NlEaG)

Now that they have a red dot version, I may get one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (xcxpd)

59 whig, next year!

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (E0Et6)

60 It is the first time I've fired that gun in a couple years, and the ammo has been in the magazines for just as long, so that might have been the problem.
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Sounds possibly like primer contamination from oil if the ammo was okay before. If two bullets lodged in the barrel, you might have ringed it (bulged barrel) if there was any real pressure behind the second bullet.

Use a bright light in the bore to detect it. Looks like a dark ring in the barrel. Alternatively, you can check by field stripping it and using a caliper to detect any bulge.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:24 PM (E4rtv)

61 sra blaster and I send regrets on the TxMoMe this year we have reasons. Not excuses. REASONS.

Those of you with excuses - ignore them. Go. It is an event like no other. You can go home and say I was taught how to shoot long distance by the coach of a team that won an international championship.

Do they do that at the Holiday Inn Express? Or at Disney World?

Nay. Nay they do not.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:24 PM (NlEaG)

62 Mebbe?

Do. Or do not. There is no mebbe.

- Stuff Yoda probably said
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Given the insane traffic in my area lately, I will be lucky to survive getting to next year.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:25 PM (E4rtv)

63 Given the insane traffic in my area lately, I will be lucky to survive getting to next year.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:25 PM

*Boston traffic fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:26 PM (P6lWH)

64 The Packers have completely imploded.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 13, 2026 07:26 PM (yEz+x)

65 38 I finally did a range day and the best thing I can say about it is "The gun didn't blow up".

Bersa Thunder .380, two magazines worth of rounds attempted, 2 misfires with - as it turned out - two bullets jammed in the barrel, and the last round unfired.

Of the rounds that went down range, 10 hit the target board, with 4 hits on the target I was aiming for, 4 hits on the target I wasn't aiming for, and at least 16 inches between the farthest hits.

It is the first time I've fired that gun in a couple years, and the ammo has been in the magazines for just as long, so that might have been the problem.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 07:14 PM (anFBA)

I bought one, it was a lemon also. I can never endorse the Bersa Thunder as a result.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:26 PM (xcxpd)

66 RI Red, you will have to live with knowing you disappointed me.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:18 PM (E0Et6)

Ben Had, you join a long line of women I have known.

Posted by: RI Red at September 13, 2026 07:26 PM (jkyX4)

67 Now that they have a red dot version, I may get one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (xcxpd)

Here is the secret. ALL of the Bodyguard 2.0s can get that red dot. There is not an "optic ready" version. Veridian has a dot specifically made for the Bodyguard 2.0 and it installs into the dovetail of the rear sights of the bodyguard.

If you have a sight pusher you can do it. THOUGH I think it is a few dollars less to buy it all at once. But if you have a line on a deal on one, then you can put the dot on it.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:27 PM (NlEaG)

68 Rhomboid,
Be sure to get it into the queue. You'll like it.
SnL is taking me down to a cigar bar on one of the Indian rezs nearby. He said their humidor is as big as my house. My credit card is going to take a hit. Looking forward to it.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 13, 2026 07:28 PM (2WIwB)

69 invited to dinner.
Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:12 PM (E0Et6)

"Invited to dinner" is such an understated way to say it. It's so much more than that. Both the invite and the dinner.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:28 PM (kU0PQ)

70 Operation Plowshare -
Using nuclear explosions to make underground laboratories! Yes! Yes! Mwahahahahaaa…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at September 13, 2026 07:29 PM (sGgMH)

71 Red, you are gonna miss my advancement beyond 860yds to 1000yds!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:29 PM (XfIK1)

72
38 Bersa Thunder .380, two magazines worth of rounds attempted, 2 misfires with - as it turned out - two bullets jammed in the barrel, and the last round unfired.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 07:14 PM (anFBA)

Funny you should mention that firearm. I had my late brother’s BT .380 sitting in a drawer for 10 years and finally took it to a range and had the instructor help me with it. It was too complicated for me and when it was in SA or DA mode (can’t remember which one), my finger could barely reach the trigger. I didn’t know that our fingers shrink too when we get older. I had to hand yet another pistol over to the oldest nephew.

Posted by: TxAnn at September 13, 2026 07:30 PM (SjAWL)

73 67 Now that they have a red dot version, I may get one.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:23 PM (xcxpd)

Here is the secret. ALL of the Bodyguard 2.0s can get that red dot. There is not an "optic ready" version. Veridian has a dot specifically made for the Bodyguard 2.0 and it installs into the dovetail of the rear sights of the bodyguard.

If you have a sight pusher you can do it. THOUGH I think it is a few dollars less to buy it all at once. But if you have a line on a deal on one, then you can put the dot on it.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:27 PM (NlEaG)

Oh I thought the new one was milled! Interesting.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:30 PM (xcxpd)

74 Red, you are gonna miss my advancement beyond 860yds to 1000yds!
Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:29 PM

We'll take pictures.

My rifle is cleaned, zeroed, and ready. You're welcome to it while I'm in the kitchen working on beans.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:31 PM (P6lWH)

75 So, today we got to join in swa's excitement with her new pistol which she hasn't mentioned has a Black Cherry frame.

But we had some disappointments with our own equipment. sra blaster's Kimber CDS9 was just sitting in the safe. And for whatever reason its dot decided to be off. By a LOT. I was able to adjust it to be spot on but then it threw the screw in the battery tray out and it kept opening up and turning off when you shot.

Of course I am known for cheap dots and this one is one (cheap-ish anyway) but I am just going to get her a Holosun 507k.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:32 PM (NlEaG)

76 So it was XD day. My Dicken drill was TERRIBLE. .45 ACP + Iron Sights + Old = really bad groups. Red dots really are important for me at range. Also trying to go fast with a .45 just doesn't work well. I probably have bad fundamentals with higher recoil handguns, I never really developed a quality Gorilla Grip.

Slowing down, the XD remains a remarkably accurate pistol with a good trigger. But the Dicken drill is intended to test accuracy at range and under stress. And I didn't do well.
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Wondering if perhaps your change in grip might have caused a lower than optimal grip on the XD allowing it to lever and twist a bit more. Plus XDs have different grip angles than a Glock.

The XD grip angle is more like a 1911, Browning High Power, and Smith & Wessons.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:32 PM (E4rtv)

77 I am likely to install cameras in her room for the short run.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:20 PM (E4rtv)

Some trail cams are cellular, obviating the need for a network to run on or a physical visit to retrieve images. Might be less obvious cameras that do that, too.

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:33 PM (kU0PQ)

78 So, I do have a *small* beef; I don't know about comparing this thing to Burning Man as that thing is a party by and for stupid, smelly commie hippies.

I prefer to think of the TX MoMee as a proper TX BBQ / picnic (which of course requires gubs), only better, because Horde.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 13, 2026 07:34 PM (+fdRY)

79 *Boston traffic fistbump*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Rotaries are an insane idea. Traffic circles are one thing but rotaries should have been left in the UK instead of imported to Mass. FWIW, Sister used to live in Springfield MA and I visited her on occasion.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:34 PM (E4rtv)

80 Wondering if perhaps your change in grip might have caused a lower than optimal grip on the XD allowing it to lever and twist a bit more. Plus XDs have different grip angles than a Glock.

The XD grip angle is more like a 1911, Browning High Power, and Smith & Wessons.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:32 PM (E4rtv)

Yeah, I am pretty used to Glocks (thought I own a ton of non-Glocks...I don't usually carry or shoot them much). I think my grip is a little off because it looks a lot like an XD9 but the XD45 is dimensionally different and when going fast, my grip isn't right. All fixable problems with training but there we are back to trying to maintain proficency with multiple firearms....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 13, 2026 07:35 PM (xcxpd)

81 I think the Viridium for the Bodyquard is a green dot.Maybe. Going to check.
I understand why so many carry it. For such a tiny gun there is hardly any recoil. Everyone who tried shot well with it so pretty accurate. It will be easy to conceal. The Miculek videos are hilarious but she shows how in almost any kind of clothing it doesn't print and it can be drawn quickly.

Posted by: Sharon(willow at September 13, 2026 07:36 PM (kJmSS)

82 We'll take pictures.

My rifle is cleaned, zeroed, and ready. You're welcome to it while I'm in the kitchen working on beans.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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I truly appreciate that, and will take exceptionally good care of it.
As for pictures, we'll see about that.....but even if we do, it won't be the same as seeing it live....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:37 PM (XfIK1)

83 FWIW, Sister used to live in Springfield MA and I visited her on occasion.
Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:34 PM

Western MA is nice, and much more conservative than the eastern pit. Trump flags for miles. Can't swing a dead leftist without hitting a gun club. Shame about Boston, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:37 PM (P6lWH)

84 Do they do that at the Holiday Inn Express? Or at Disney World?
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:24 PM (NlEaG)

Who would be the corporate image of a place where they taught you to shoot? Not a gun company; that's too obvious. I was thinking Mutual of Omaha, but that would be more live capture, bouncing along in an open vehicle, hanging out the side, trying to loop an animal's neck....

Posted by: GWB at September 13, 2026 07:38 PM (kU0PQ)

85 Also I took my PSA Dagger which is a Gen 3 Glock 19 clone.

It has been really good - I shoot it well and it is as reliable as a Glock. Or it was until today. sra blaster started with it and the slide was hanging up and we were getting failure to eject and failure to feeds. She thought she was limp wristing it. I picked it up and racked the slide a few times and it felt like it was full of sand. Not sure what happened to it between the last I time I shot it and today. Again, just sitting there in the safe it went bad.

Good thing I had my EDC so I could shoot something of ours.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at September 13, 2026 07:38 PM (NlEaG)

86 https://tinyurl.com/ap8s8rnw

Posted by: Sharon(willow at September 13, 2026 07:39 PM (kJmSS)

87 Some trail cams are cellular, obviating the need for a network to run on or a physical visit to retrieve images. Might be less obvious cameras that do that, too.
Posted by: GWB
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Facility allows it but warning signs have to be posted which is not altogether a bad thing. Petty theft has become an issue. I will probably go Eufy which encrypts from end to end and it will piggyback on the facility wireless. Have a licensed social worker go frequently to check on her but she has gotten into falling recently due to repeated utis. Not to be gross but one problem is that dementia patients forget how to wipe properly.

The other solution is depends which creates its own problems and the third is a indwelling catheter which again has its own problems creating infections.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:39 PM (E4rtv)

88 Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at September 13, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

89 Western MA is nice, and much more conservative than the eastern pit. Trump flags for miles. Can't swing a dead leftist without hitting a gun club. Shame about Boston, though.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Boston and its politics forced out Smith and Wesson in Springfield to Tennessee. The famed Smith and Wesson Training Academy is about to open there in Maryville now. Maryland forced out Beretta to depart to Tennessee as well.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:42 PM (E4rtv)

90 Those of you that are first timers to the MoMe one of the traditions is the deep fried bacon served by our very own Bacon Wench and generously donated by Helena Handbasket.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:43 PM (E0Et6)

91 Oh, and happy anniversary to the newlyweds!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:44 PM (XfIK1)

92 Yeah, I am pretty used to Glocks (thought I own a ton of non-Glocks...I don't usually carry or shoot them much). I think my grip is a little off because it looks a lot like an XD9 but the XD45 is dimensionally different and when going fast, my grip isn't right. All fixable problems with training but there we are back to trying to maintain proficency with multiple firearms....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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The grip on the XD45 is a bit larger in circumference than the XD9/40. You might have nailed the reason right there. I tend to carry and shoot the same gun for a long while before switching and shoot the older supplanted carry ones just for fun. But I use a crush grip and only have one inherited Glock 30. Kept it mainly because I don't otherwise have a compact 45. My XD45 is service length barrel.

Posted by: whig at September 13, 2026 07:45 PM (E4rtv)

93 Use a bright light in the bore to detect it. Looks like a dark ring in the barrel. Alternatively, you can check by field stripping it and using a caliper to detect any bulge.

Posted by: whig

Like a dark ring all the way around the barrel? I'm not seeing that. There's a bunch of fouling in there now, but it's following the rifling, every other spiral.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 07:45 PM (anFBA)

94 whig, sympathies for your situation. We went through similar things with my mom. We were fortunate to be able to keep her in our home with help from home hospice but I understand that's not an option for everyone.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 13, 2026 07:46 PM (vTZFs)

95 Blaster wasn't the only one with a Glock issue. I tried to shoot my G48 with Holosun and although incredibly accurate, it kept jamming on every second or third round. Frustrating. Dr Ed diagnosed a need to clean it. Also think the mags need to be cleaned as they looked visibly dirty. Sigh. It's time.

Posted by: Sharon(willow at September 13, 2026 07:46 PM (kJmSS)

96 I bought one, it was a lemon also. I can never endorse the Bersa Thunder as a result.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo

Understandable. I've never had a problem with the gun before... I'm told that cci Blazer ammo is kind of crap, and that's most likely what I was shooting.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 13, 2026 07:47 PM (anFBA)

97 Evening Weasel and Co. Range day here with a new-to-me Walther PPQ. This was one of the first quality striker-fired handguns I shot years ago. Always wanted one. It fits my hand and points well. I acquire the sites reliably and the trigger is smoother than others I've fired. Glad I finally got one. And ... good groups at 21' and 25'. At 30' my age and eyes start to show. Sigh.

Smoking some nice HVC sticks this week. Then generally hit my taste right.

Posted by: YellowBird at September 13, 2026 07:47 PM (MEbkQ)

98 Boston and its politics forced out Smith and Wesson in Springfield to Tennessee. The famed Smith and Wesson Training Academy is about to open there in Maryville now. Maryland forced out Beretta to depart to Tennessee as well.
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Smith & Wesson will be a more 6 miles from Schloss Rex, currently under construction.....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:47 PM (XfIK1)

99 My range report for today: Brought out a .38 Colt Cobra (2017 version) and a Walther P99 AS (9mm). Shot the Cobra exclusively in double action today at 7 and 10 yards with average results - some on target, some not. For the last couple of loads, I switched to strong hand only at 7 yards. This was hard; I only got a couple of rounds on the target even though I was shooting at what I thought was a slow, deliberate pace.
For the P99, I tried to push myself on distance. My group at 10 yards was very tight and almost as tight at 15 yards. I shot at the larger center target at 20 yards and got four of five in the bullseye target, but not in the center. I pushed out to 25 yards and got two on the paper. So 20 is as far as I can push out with a P99. For my final rounds, I reeled the target back in to 15 yards and repeated what I did earlier.

Posted by: Ed L at September 13, 2026 07:48 PM (wXqZT)

100 90 Those of you that are first timers to the MoMe one of the traditions is the deep fried bacon served by our very own Bacon Wench and generously donated by Helena Handbasket.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 13, 2026 07:43 PM
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Amen. Doesn't get much better than deep fried bacon delivered to the gun range via John Deere gator by the Bacon Wench.

Posted by: TRex - bacon fueled dino at September 13, 2026 07:49 PM (XfIK1)

101 RMBS, we may have reason to be in Boston in early Nov, will keep you posted....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:49 PM (XfIK1)

102 And to those on the line about coming to their first MoMe, I can't recommend it highly enough. The Horde is incredibly welcoming and hospitable, and their company and conversation are the best. My first TxMoMe in 2022 was so much fun, I brought the RMBS Mom the next year, and she had a blast. Come to TX. You'll have a wonderful time and make some great friends. Plus there's bacon. So. Much. Bacon.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:50 PM (P6lWH)

103 The tinyurl is about the Viridium green dot. Should have added that. $229

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice} at September 13, 2026 07:50 PM (kJmSS)

104 RMBS, we may have reason to be in Boston in early Nov, will keep you posted....
Posted by: The Grateful - R at September 13, 2026 07:49 PM

Definitely! Early November looks pretty clear right now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 13, 2026 07:50 PM (P6lWH)

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