1/29/09

Our phone service, and subsequently internot access, at the house has been down for the last few days. That is why y'all haven’t heard from me with a rant since Monday. Anyhoo, AT&T in their infinite wisdom and without consulting us, shut off our service and gave our number to someone else. Our number which we’ve had for the last forty years, I might add, that was completely paid up and not in arrears in any way, shape, or fashion. My sister spent an hour and a half on the phone with them, from her house in Granbury, and pitched a royal bitch about it. I just called the house to see if it is back on. Guess what, it isn't. I'm not sure how I'm going to send this to Spiderman but I'll keep going anyway. Last night John and I went to Cabela’s to look at bulk ammo, pistols, holsters, stuff, and things, and stuff. I wound up buying 400 rounds of .45 ACP ball ammo, 250 rounds of 9mm ball ammo, and twenty five #4 bird shot .410 shotgun shells. Maybe it was only 300 rounds of .45 ACP ammo, I don’t remember. Anyhoo, they had a Springfield 1911 in the used gun case I really wanted. It had a one inch compensator/bushing installed and was really bitchin’. It wasn’t too pricey either, but I didn’t need to drop $400.00 on another gun last night. No, $200.00 worth of ammo was dumb enough. From there we went to Genghis Grill and had a late dinner. All the while we discussed my carry options. I'm beginning to be of the opinion that the Hebrew Hammer wasn’t the right choice. I like it, but it is too big to conceal so I'm thinking Millie should be my carry gun. But then I'm back to a 9mm as my defense weapon and a .45 for the range. That is totally bass-ackwards. John pointed out, as he is wont to, that Taurus makes a Millennium Pro in .45 ACP and that Cabela’s had one for a reasonable price. He suggested however that we go look at Academy instead. This we did. They had one I really liked. Somehow the discussion turned to another trade twixt the two of us. I asked how badly he wanted my Hebrew Hammer and he replied, “What would it take on my part?” I told him to buy me a Millennium Pro in .45 ACP. We both decided that some more cipherin’ and figgerin’ on the matter would be prudent. I went home, after dropping him off at his house, and tried some different conceal options with the holsters I have on hand. I cannot conceal the Hebrew Hammer with the equipment I possess. Well, that isn't entirely 100% true. I can conceal carry the Hebrew Hammer in the small holster inside the waistband on my pants, but I cannot return it to the holster if ever I have to draw the weapon. Well, not without dropping my pants, and then I'd get an “indecent exposure” as well as a “failure to conceal a weapon” ticket. Oh, and no one needs to see me with my pants down. I had to look at it in the bathroom mirror a few times last night during this process; it was not a pretty sight. Anyhoo, I also tried the holster that came with the 1911 but it is a belt-loop only affair and even inside the belt… well, it just won’t work. So I decided that I'd shop for a holster-vest instead. I'm just not sure I can pull off suddenly wearing a vest all the time when I've never worn a vest before. Oh sure, I could get one embroidered with a big Datsun or Lotus logo like Juan sees the Hardly Dumb-assed-one riders wearing, but I'm not ready to go down that path yet. I joke about a Hello Kitty fanny pack, but that could only be worn around John, Pat, Ray, Gregg, George, Marty, and/or other friends as a bit. No, I think I might have to reconsider the Hebrew Hammer. Millie conceals perfectly inside the waistband in the little holster and I can return it to holster pretty easily. With the manual safety locking the slide, much like a 1911 yet different, the slide doesn’t move when being forced back into the holster. I can also grip the belt clip and get good leverage to really shove the gun down into the thing. It worked really well. I'd have to lose my compulsion to tuck my shirt in all the time though, but it will conceal. The only imprint is of the butt of the magazine if I use the extended floor plate thingy. Of course I just bought an extended floor plate thingy for the one magazine I have with a flat bottom so hopefully it won’t fit! No wait, the 9mm Millie won’t be my conceal gun, I'm thinking about a .45 ACP Millennium Pro. It has a more integrated magazine bottom so the point is moo. Never mind. Ok, so here’s the new plan. I'm going to see if Winchester shooting gallery has a .45 ACP Millennium Pro in their rental arsenal to see how it shoots. Cutie Patootie does not have one. If I hate it, I'll keep the Hebrew Hammer. If not, John and I will begin negotiations for the trade. Ok, I have got to go pee so I'm going to call this a rant. Toodles.