Sights down
Sights up
Co-witness is tight but works
16″ Cmmg 5.56 M4 1/9 Chrome Moly upper
Doublestar lower
Magpul MOE flip up rear sight, pistol grip, commercial buttstock, and forearm.
Yankee Hill (YHM) flip up front sight and gas block
Cheapo gas tube
Homemade sling
Primary Arms gen2 microdot w/riser
Now I just need to find some time to shoot it! I’m thinking my next accessory will be the CMMG .22 bolt conversion (available at Brownells).
http://www.politico.com/click/stories/1002/biden_its_easy_being_vp.html
There have been some tense moments during today’s health care summit at the Blair House, but not for Vice President Joe Biden, it seems.
Just moments before the afternoon session got underway, C-SPAN’s cameras picked up audio of Biden chatting casually with participants.
“It’s easy being vice president — you don’t have to do anything.”
Whomever Biden was chatting with said, “It’s like being the grandpa and not the parent.”
“Yeah, that’s it!” replied Biden.
Biden spokesman Jay Carney tells POLITICO that the vice president was “obviously joking, as any review of his schedule and responsibilities would make abundantly clear.”
“In the last month, the vice president has, among many other things, made his fourth trip to Iraq since being elected, delivered a major speech on the administration’s non-proliferation agenda, produced a report on the Recovery Act’s first year to the president and played a key role in bringing about the president’s bi-partisan Fiscal Commission,” Carney said. “In the coming days and weeks, the vice president will deliver a first-year report from the Middle Class Task Force, which he chairs, and travel to the Middle East to meet with key leaders in the region.”
You have got to love when our elected leaders–the 2nd most powerful man in the country–admits that he does absolutely nothing for our country.
He is the VICE PRESIDENT!!! America is HURTING right now. 10% unemployment…housing is shot…nobody is working…taxes are thru the roof… COME ON!
Short story: Senator Nelson (D) Nebraska gets paid off to vote for the healthcare bill. Several other senators then come up to Nelson and tell him they’re going to start asking for goodies in their healthcare stockings or they won’t vote for the bill. Nelson claims he wants to return his payoff and strip it from the healthcare bill because his governor told him to ask for it…the governor of Nebraska tells him “that is a lie, I don’t even want you to vote for the healthcare bill.” And that, my friends, is where we are at now.
Just more proof of how our government in D.C. is paying off Senators for their votes. America has gone to poop. DO NOT TRUST THE GOVERNMENT THEY ARE ONLY LOOKING OUT FOR THEMSELVES!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,578386,00.html
17 year old muslim girl converts to Christianity. Girl runs away from home because she is afraid her father will kill her because she converted. Judge orders her to return home. Girl is in protective services and receiving her first Christmas cards. Ever.
Let’s hope this one has a happy ending!
EXPERIENCE OR REVELATION
“We have received . . . the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.” 1 Corinthians 2:12 Reality is Redemption, not my experience of Redemption; but Redemption has no meaning for me until it speaks the language of my conscious life. When I am born again, the Spirit of God takes me right out of myself and my experiences, and identifies me with Jesus Christ. If I am left with my experiences, my experiences have not been produced by Redemption. The proof that they are produced by Redemption is that I am led out of myself all the time, I no longer pay any attention to my experiences as the ground of Reality, but only to the Reality which produced the experiences. My experiences are not worth anything unless they keep me at the Source, Jesus Christ.
If you try to dam up the Holy Spirit in you to produce subjective experiences, you will find that He will burst all bounds and take you back again to the historic Christ. Never nourish an experience which has not God as its Source and faith in God as its result. If you do, your experience is anti-Christian, no matter what visions you may have had. Is Jesus Christ Lord of your experiences, or do you try to lord it over Him? Is any experience dearer to you than your Lord? He must be Lord over you, and you must not pay attention to any experience over which He is not Lord. There comes a time when God will make you impatient with your own experience – I do not care what I experience; I am sure of Him.
Be ruthless with yourself if you are given to talking about the experiences you have had. Faith that is sure of itself is not faith; faith that is sure of God is the only faith there is.
http://curtislowe.wordpress.com/2009/12/18/wow-just-wow/
Is it becoming a crime to be a Christian? New title: It is becoming a crime to be a Christian.
Here is the biased story from yahoo: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091216/ap_on_re_us/us_jesus_drawing
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press Writer Eric Tucker, Associated Press Writer – Tue Dec 15, 10:49 pm ETTAUNTON, Mass. – A Massachusetts school district on Tuesday night denied a father’s claims that his son was suspended for drawing a stick figure of Jesus on a cross.
The Taunton School District said in a written statement that the second-grade student was never suspended over the sketch and that a drawing circulated to reporters by the boy’s father, Chester Johnson, is not the same one that was discovered by the teacher.
The district also denied that the boy and his classmates had been assigned to draw something that reminded them of Christmas or any other religious holiday.
Johnson, who had said his son was ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation after the drawing was discovered, did not return multiple phone messages from The Associated Press on Tuesday night about the school district’s statements.
“This incident occurred nearly two weeks ago, it was handled appropriately, and the school staff and family had been working together in a cooperative and positive manner,” the district said in a statement posted on its Web site.
School officials did not specify any action they took, but said they followed “well-established protocol,” including reviewing the child’s records and consulting with school psychologists.
“It is unfortunate that the actions of our district staff have been classified as “religious” in nature when, in fact, they were based solely on the wellbeing of the student,” the district’s statement said.
Johnson said earlier Tuesday that his son made the drawing Dec. 2 just days after the family had visited the holiday lights display at the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette in Attleboro, where, he said, his son seemed taken with the religious statues he saw there.
“When he seen the crucifixion of Jesus on the cross, that’s what he drew,” Johnson said. “He liked that. That drew his eye.”
Johnson told reporters that administrators were concerned the boy drew Xs for Jesus’ eyes, and particularly worried when his son said he’d drawn himself on the cross. He said his son was suspended and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation. But the school district said it’s unclear whether the boy even drew that particular sketch in school
And another story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34433914/ns/us_news-education/
We have all seen the recent news stories about the home depot employee who got in trouble for wearing the “In God we Trust” button (or similar) and heard the stories of the Ten Commandments getting removed from courthouses…of kids getting in trouble for reading their Bibles in school…there are stories everywhere.
I think that if we look around us we can see that it is indeed becoming a crime to be a Christian–which brings me to my next question: “If it is a crime to be a Christian, is there enough evidence to convict you?”
I hope that your answer is “YES!“
I received 2 items in the mail last week that I am going to review in a quick “drive-by” manner.
First item: Solarforce L2m
All accessories– including the flashlight itself– were ordered from Solarforce USA
Going in rows from top left to right: car adapter, wall adapter, dual 18650 charger, Solarforce 18650 (rechargeable), L2m extension tube (to use 18650), adjustable rail mount, cr123 (non-rechargeable), Solarforce L2m
The package arrived promptly USPS. I believe shipping time was no more than 2 days for me.
As you can see if you look closely at the above picture of my L2m–there are 2 small scratches on the tube. I believe I must have put those on there myself when I was messing around with the light since I didn’t notice them right away. The flashlight is very very bright–even running on a single cr123. Here is a shot from the lamp below:
Notice how concentrated the light is in the middle of the picture. The reflector on this light allows it to be thrown a very long distance–while still keeping that ring around it so you can light up your surroundings easily. One person I showed the light to commented, “The ring is so perfect it looks like those flashlights off of a video game.” As you can see in the picture below, a offbrand LED flashlight (3 x AAA) and a S&W LED light (2 x AA) can not hold a candle (pun intended) to the L2m.
You cannnot even see the beams of light from the other two LED flashlights--they are to the left of the L2m's beam
I went ahead and carried the L2m this week as a “daily carry” light (with a single CR123 cell). It fit very snuggly into my JEEP mag pouch beside my XD45C backup magazine. Because of the size of the light head–I had to fit it into the pouch tail first. This lengthens access time over my previous carry light but I will hopefully remedy this in the near future by possibly doing some sewing on the mag pouch and increasing its width by a small amount.
I also tried carrying the light in the pocket of my jeans for a few hours. It has a pretty large head for a short flashlight–and because the crenelations are sharp and might poke thru my pocket I had to carry it tail down. It was fairly comfortable and could be pocket carried in a pinch–however, I think I would much rather have it ride with my backup mag on my belt.
Here are some photos of the L2m next to my previous daily carry (an offbrand LED light I got from a vendor) and a red/white (two separate buttons) S&W LED light that my mum bought me years ago. I kept the S&W light next to my XD45 on my bedside stand but it has since been replaced with the L2m.
L2m next to former daily carry
Notice the two separate buttons on the S&W light--one for red LED's and one for white. While handy for low light scenarios it is nowhere near as bright as the L2m
Notice the protruding button on the L2m--you can purchase flush tailcaps (indented button) that will stand on end for around $10 on solarforce-usa
The crenulated bezel is "sharp" enough to poke a hole thru a thin pocket and I have no doubt that it would puncture skin if the flashlight was used as a defensive weapon. I highly recommend picking up the smooth bezel for around $3 if you are going to pocket carry a lot.
I am pleased with my L2m purchase
I tried the rail mount out on my Saiga and then my XD’s just for kicks and giggles–I was pleased with how it fit my Saiga but a little disappointed that it did not fit my XD’s as well. It didn’t seem to want to grab on very tight to the XD rails but it did fit tight enough that I would feel comfortable with its ability to stay on there if need be. I did not purchase it to fit a handgun–and only tried it to see if it would work (not a big fan of lights on handguns). Here is a picture just for fun:
Which brings us to our next review--the AGP +4 mag extension for XD9/40
The next accessory that I am going to be reviewing really isn’t much of a review at all…more of a “first look” really. I found an AGP +4 mag extension online from an individual for $12 shipped so I jumped on it. It will fit either the XD9 mags or the XD40 mags but for this review I will only be using an XD9SC. I don’t need the extension on the compact 13 rounds mags so I went ahead and put it on my fullsize 16 round magazine with XD grip sleeve. Installing the extension takes about 5 seconds: you use a pen to release the old baseplate, slide it off, use the original spring and put the new locking steel baseplate on (with the tab towards the front of the mag on the outside of the spring), and then slide on the new extended basepad. You may have to hit the magazine sharply in the palm of your hand a few times to get the baseplate to lock in (I did). Please note that it is kind of a pain to get the AGP baseplate off once you have installed it. It took me about 2 minutes:(
Upon installing the baseplate and attempting to fit the mag into my sub compact XD I realized that the fit between the new extended basepad and the XD gear sleeve wasn’t a fit at all…it had about 1/8th of an inch gap all the way around. This gap was causing the mag to fit extremely tight (I had to slam it into the gun) and the mag release was almost impossible to push in. I took the mag extension off and compared it to the old baseplate and found one glaring difference between the two. The old baseplate has a slant at the back of it and the new baseplate did not. I filed it down real quick and installed it again–it fit perfectly!
I have not yet tested the function of this new baseplate but I will be sure to update you all when I do. I was able to fit 21 rounds (16 + 5 in the extension) into the magazine using the XD gear mag loader. I went ahead and lowered it down to 20 rounds in the mag because I didn’t want to crunch the spring too much. With one in the chamber this puts the XD9SC capable of holding 21 (or 22) rounds of 9mm! That is even more than the 19 + 1 rounds that the XDm holds. I will let you all take a look at some pictures of the mag extension on the gun…I think it will make for some fun plinking and depending on the reliability…one heck of a backup magazine.
AGP mag extension on the extended magazine next to a standard 13 round compact magazine with pearce grip extension (the pearce is just for comfort--no additional rounds)
Loaded with 22 rounds and ready to go--that is almost half a box!
Overall, I am very please with my L2m and I like that is so easily customizeable with so many options! Most (if not all) of the L2 series flashlights will fit the surefire series of lights and vice versa so replacement parts are readily available. I like to keep a single CR123 in my L2m when I carry it with me but I also appreciate the fact that it ships with the extension tube (when you order from solarforce usa) that makes it the same size as a standard L2 and allows you to use a rechargeable 18650 cell. The 18650’s charge in about 4 hours and I purchased a protected cell so I don’t have to worry about it blowing up or doing anything funky.
Special thanks to Jim at Solarforce-USA, thank you for a great product and fantastic communication!