Month: September 2009

Moron PayPal™

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Moron PayPal™

Yes, that’s a clever (*cough*) wordplay on “more on.”

I received an interesting email today from Michael Brendzel, the President of Zel Custom Manufacturing about how to raffle off something for a charity. I gave him the quick and dirty on the PayPal fiasco, and he related this little tidbit, and gave me permission to quote it:

I had a terrible experience with PayPal. I applied to use PayPal for my product, which is technically an accessory. Not only did they reject my application, but they then also closed my personal account. They said they were concerned that I would try an end-around. All pretty extreme considering I had not actually violated the terms of service, I simply asked if my intended use would be within their terms of service.

Yeah. PayPal is just trying to cover their own a**es. Sure. I believe that.

So where is GearPay again?

GBR IV Update

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GBR IV Update

Well, the numbers have been crunched, and here’s what Mr. C has to say:

…after sorting it all out, and adding in all money received from

  • On line raffle ticket sales
  • GBR-IV Registrations
  • Donations
  • Raffle Tickets sold at GBR-IV

We cleared a grand total of

$8243.80

and we had a ball doing so!

I should also mention that National Shooting Sports Foundation (AKA NSSF) at the last minute donated an additional $1,000 to Project Valour-IT. This is in addition to their buying us pizza on Saturday night! If you would like to thank them for their generosity, an email to

should do the job!

That’s about four times what was raised last year! And about half of that total came from the GI Expert / Front Site Certificate online raffle ticket sales! Thanks again to all of you who bought tickets!

The winner of the Para GI Expert received his prize today, and (given the sterling efficiency of the Post Office) I expect the winner of the Front Site certificate to receive his prize tomorrow, since I mailed it out Certified Mail, Signature Required on Tuesday.

Here’s hoping GBR V will be even better!

Light Posting

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Light Posting

There’ve been some changes at work recently. My boss has left the company for a really terrific opportunity, and as a result a lot more responsibility has landed in my lap. We’re still light on work, but what we do have is on a tight deadline. I’m still a little wiped out from last weekend, too.

A lot has been going on in both the gun world and in politics, but I just can’t seem to work up the enthusiasm necessary to write about it. And, of course, I was waiting for a response from Joe Rothstein “after the holiday,” but it would appear that I’ve dropped off his journalistic radar.

Odd, that.

If I can muster some gumption, I might vivisect his original piece and send it to him for commentary, but for some reason that idea just doesn’t appeal at the moment.

Oh well. The nicest thing about being a blogger (besides posting from your mother’s basement in your pajamas) is that if you don’t want to write, you don’t have to write.

More later.

Maybe.

Raffle Prize Update

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Raffle Prize Update

OK, I got the Front Sight training certificate sent off Certified Mail yesterday afternoon, and today I dropped off the Para USA GI Expert at my local gun shop for shipment to the winner’s FFL of choice. Unfortunately, they’re still so busy they weren’t able to contact that shop before they closed today, but hopefully it’ll be going out tomorrow UPS Red for delivery on Friday. ($51 for the freight! Ouch!) Murphy’s was nice enough not to charge me a transfer fee since they knew this was a raffle gun. If you’re ever in Tucson, make sure you drop by Murphy’s – 3235 N Country Club Rd., Tucson, AZ 85716-1351. Ask for Dave. Tell him I sent you.

And thanks to Sean and Scott and everybody else who bought tickets. I have yet to see a grand total, but I believe we were over $6k this year in donations to Project Valour IT, and you can’t beat that with a big stick.

Quote of the Day

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Quote of the Day

I’m a fake journalist, and I’m embarrassed these guys scooped me. – Jon Stewart – The Audacity of Hos

The Audacity of Hos
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When Jon Stewart starts pointing out the absence of the MSM on this, it’s a story with legs.

OMG! A Brit With a Gun!

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I started him off with my 10/22.


I wish I’d taken a video – it was fascinating watching the muscle-memory kick in. After every shot his hand automatically moved to cycle the bolt, but he was shooting a semi-auto. It took about ten rounds before he finally overcame the urge. I then moved him up to the Para GI Expert.


Until Friday, he’d never even seen a real 1911. He ran three or four mags through this one. He was the first to shoot it (after me, of course), but not the last. We put about a hundred rounds of hardball through it Friday without a single hiccup. (Thanks to The Packing Rat for the photo. Derek’s a pro.)

Then I moved him up a bit on the power level:

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He must’ve liked it. He went on to shoot The Packing Rat’s California-compliant Saiga.


(Photo credit to Derek.)

On Saturday we shot a couple of stages of Steel Challenge. Our “recruited native asset” with a Ruger 22/45:

http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf
It looks like he knows what he’s doing, doesn’t it? He said afterward he plans to set up a Steel Challenge match in London using AirSoft pistols.

I think he’s serious!