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It seems like only two years ago when my wife made me go to the mall to buy new dress pants two years ago. Somehow my dress pants stock appears to have aged two years, and some have not aged particularly gracefully. My wife, who claims to do the laundry (I know a laundry fairy does it, but I play along), claimed that some of them were now inappropriate for public wear due to cosmetic issues like "hole in crotch" and "excessive pilling where your holster rides". I didn't even know pants used pills, but regardless, this resulted in the time that every man dreads. A true horror. A trip....to...THE MALL!!! For those who are strong of heart and have continued to read this harrowing saga, you may want to set down any hot beverages and make sure your chair isn't inclined to tip over backwards, for it gets worse. My wife has some sort of card for Starbucks that gets points when she buys things and places OTHER than Starbucks. Like the laundry fairy, I suspect magic. It also gives her a credit for a free drink the month of her birthday. She had her card. We were at the mall. There is a Starbucks in the mall. It was inevitable. Like being on a space shuttle leaking air, all I could do is wait for it. "While we're here, let's go to Starbucks." I considered faking a seizure, but I wanted to hold that card to play if she veered toward a shoe store, so like the brave little soldier I am, I took my Chai Latte like a man. We walk into Starbucks and there's a middle aged white guy with a desert tan cordura guitar case next to him chatting up some woman in a black hoody. You will never freaking guess what he had in that case. I watched it like it was in slow motion as he reached in and pulled out...a guitar. I then realized that I had fully expected it to be one of those discrete rifle cases and was 51% surprised a guitar case had a guitar in it. I think the color and material did it for me. Well, that and too much time on INGO plus a healthy paranoia. He started to play and softly sing...and he was good. Probably not "packing up and heading to Nashville to sign my new contract" good, but definitely "random middle aged white guy in a coffee house singing to a chick in a black hoody" good. My wife and I enjoyed it for a bit until Mrs. Killjoy Buzzkillington of the Spoilsport clan told him it was against the rules and he'd have to stop. He did, and then we could hear someone WITH a record contract caterwauling over the speakers again, and it was exactly 73.1% less enjoyable than listening to Random Guitar Guy who Had a Real Guitar in His Desert Tan Guitar Case After All. Oh, and I got two more pairs of dress pants. Don't expect a sequel until well into 2016.

I discovered the app I've been using doesn't do well with under 1 second times. It can't process quickly enough to catch most of them. I've also realized its adding about .20 seconds to many of my draws as it attempts to catch up. Even using it in par time mode occasional results in a too quick beep, giving you less time than you should have. I found this web site, and with the free version you can still get a lot of quality par time training in: http://dryfirepractice.com/the-timer# Par timing is where you set the time you want to try and beat. The first beep randomly goes off to tell you to start, and you want to be done before the second beep sounds. I'm currently going against a 0.9 second par time. I'm going to buy a real shot timer at some point this year. I'm considering the ShotMaxx. http://www.doublealpha.biz/shotmaxx/shotmaxx-shot-timer

Rainbow colored dildos and men dressed like peacocks and fairies grinding each other would have fed the stereotype. Rainbows and a video game style heart seems to be pretty routine.

Source and back story: http://www.policeone.com/police-heroes/articles/7420643-P1-Photo-of-the-Week-Why-we-serve/

I had my first under 1.0 second draw from concealment today. .98 seconds with a suit jacket on. I'm consistently beating a 1.10 second par timer with a suit jacket on, 1.20 second with a polo shirt concealing, and .90 for open carry. I need to work on the polo shirt more. I've been using my support hand to lift the hem, but have been intrigued by watching instructors online hook their thumb into the chest of the shirt and lifting from there.

I don't mind The Simpsons but don't go out of the way to watch it. Family Guy started last season off very poorly, but it got better. I still watch on HULU, but wouldn't mind something new.

** I DID IT ** Under 1 second now, at least in dry fire. So far that has translated well into live fire. I bought a Blade Tech kydex holster today. I started out at 1.23-1.28 cold. I quickly realized I could go much faster with this holster than the leather holster without worrying about the thumb snap. After about 15 minutes I was faster than my timer app would register, so I set it to "par time". Par time is where it beeps randomly to start you and then beeps again at the expiration of the par time to let you know you're done. I started at 1.1 and was easily beating that, went to 1.0 and was 5/5 beating that. At 0.9 I'm right at the beep, so apparently my draw time is now between .90 and 1.00. For funsies I went back to the leather and was able to beat the 1.0 second par time sometimes, but I was not nearly as consistent. About 1/3 times I wasn't able to get the thumb snap undone, or bobbled the draw in some way, slowing me way down. I was extremely consistent with the kydex holster.

Not sure. We don't have an open range day until late in August. Usually we can shoot every Friday, but because we have some laterals (recruits who were already officers at another department) in training, the range schedule is tight and most of the open shoot days are cancelled for several months. The indoor range I normally use isn't rated for rifles and isn't long enough to zero it in anyway. My choices are either rent a lane at another range or wait until I drive down to my old property.

Soooo, anyone going to try this? $10/month for access to 600,000 books. That sounds good, but I'm curious if there's many that I'm actually interested in. It seems like some popular publishers aren't going to participate, at least not yet. I easily spend more than $10/month in books...but am I going to get my moneys worth out of their available library? Hmmm.

Complete except for a sling. PSA (Blackhawk! furniture) lower, PSA upper with quad rail, Inforce light (WML- Haley Strategic version), Eotech EXPS-2 sight, Magpul angled foregrip.

The zombie is waaay in the back. We've added looters and survivors...

Done.

I was out working in uniform today for Indiana Black Expo. My partner took this picture (that's my arm in the window next to the beggar)

I already called it. Owl, my birthday is just around the corner. Just sayin'

That's not what my bros say when we're all like DUDE that DUDE needs his man card revoked, right bros? Pfft, you're not a bro, bro. See? How does that sound douchey?

I bought my son a steel zombie target for his birthday last month. Its AR-500 steel and is rated for rifle rounds, so it should last forever with a .22. Unfortunately, he doesn't get to shoot his .22 much since we can't get to my rural property as often as I'd like. To rectify this, I bought a pump up bb gun (Pumpmaster 760) for the dual purposes of letting him shoot in town and for me to kill rabbits in the garden. Today I set him up with the zombie target and a cardboard box backstop and let him to go town. I'd move the zombie around between shots and he had to navigate to his tree house, then defend it. We did two rounds and he had a blast. He's ready to do more but I've got to get ready for work. I'm going to get a few more zombie targets for him for Christmas. Heh, kids are fun.

Boat is cool. Car makes me question your man card. Next.

I like #1 and #2. If you think #2 is a failure, feel free to send it to me.

Just price shop. If you can get a better deal online, go for it. Just remember to include sales tax for local purchases and transfer fees for online purchases. For new guns, I can usually do better online. Not always, though, so do your homework. The PX4 is a good gun. Double Action has its advantages and disadvantages just like everything else, but being slower isn't one of them. I prefer it. The heavier and longer trigger means its safe with no external safety, you won't shoot yourself accidentally while reholstering (Glock leg), and under stress if you do a "security check" on the trigger you won't accidentally send a round down range. For a bull's eye pistol, yeah, a light crisp trigger is the way to go. For a combat pistol, too light is a problem. Beretta also does a very good job of springing a gun to control recoil. Berettas feel like a heavier gun when you shoot them. M&P's biggest weakness, IMO, is the trigger. I don't like the way the jointed trigger feels, nor do I care for the stock trigger pull. The Apex kit cleans it up quite a bit, and with that and a polish you'll have a very smooth trigger pull. If you decide you want after market sights, I'd highly recommend Trijicon HD's. They are very tough, they are quick sights to acquire, and you don't give up much accuracy in return like the Big Dots force you to do. I would stay away from stippling, spring kits other than the Apex or factory S&W parts, etc.

Today's times: 1.24 1.32 1.30 1.35 1.34 From a non-retention holster IWB set up, I had a 1.18 draw time.

He will be, or at least mostly. That's for a different thread, though. Back on topic: The lower for my AR came in today. The upper and lower snapped together great, real tight fit, and the trigger is good enough for my purposes. I have an EoTech sight and a mounted light on the way, and other than a sling its good to go. Hopefully I'll get some time to zero it soon.