1/30/09

I still haven’t had a chance to fire a Millennium Pro .45 yet. Elk Castle didn’t have one in their rental inventory when I stopped by there last night. Of course the dude tried to convince me that my 9mm Millennium was sufficient as a personal defense weapon, but I want a .45 dag-nabbit! Besides, I'm sitting on 410 rounds of .45 ACP ammo right now. Of course, I'm also sitting on 357 rounds of 9mm, 45 rounds of .45 Colt, and 49 shotgun shells. “I'm ready for my zombies Mr. Romero.” Anyhoo, after talking to Larry Shuttlebus about the situation, and further fleshing it out with John, I don’t think I'm going to hate the big Millennium. It probably won’t kick any harder than Slick Willie, and I don’t mind shooting that gun. For crying out loud, I'd shoot those buckshot shells in the Judge more often if it weren’t so stinkin’ spendy every time I pull the trigger! That is a kickin’ chicken there. No, I think the Taurus PT145 Millennium Pro is the gun for me, right now. I'll change my mind and have something totally different by the time my Double Naught Spy License actually arrives, probably. Ok, having “made that decision,” I think I'll go ahead and start calling the 9mm Millennium “Lil Millie” and the .45 “Big Millie.” Does that work for y'all? Do I really care what y'all think? Only a little. In fact, John confirmed my suspicion that I'm not a “vest guy” by attempting to subtly point out “fashion faux pas” I have perpetrated in the past. Of course his only example was “flip flops” which I haven’t worn in almost thirty years. I do wear sandals in the summer, but I haven’t worn “Fruit-Boots” since the seventies, so he’s stoned. I'm not going to attempt to defend sandals except to say, “Your face wears sandals!” Where the hell was I going with that? Oh right, if I'm not a “vest guy” I don’t see any way to conceal carry the Hebrew Hammer and therefore think I'm going to go for the trade with John. No wait, I just reread what I wrote and that was not where I was going, it was part of the decision process, but it wasn’t the point I was trying to make just then. I have no idea what the hell I was trying to say. To be honest, I got caught up in trying to pluralize “faux pas” and lost my train of thought. Moving on, the finger extension base-plate thingy for Lil Millie’s second magazine arrived yesterday. I got it installed, after launching the spring across the room once, and really like it. It is actually a little longer than the one on the other magazine and will probably make for an even worse imprint when carrying concealed but we’ve already decided that I'm not going to hip-carry that gun. I haven’t told y'all yet that I'm thinking about an ankle holster for Lil Millie, have I? Well, I am. In fact, I just checked with CTD online and they show a couple in stock that look pretty good to me. Perhaps I'll be going there after work today. Well, I have to take a projector to someone here in a bit, not to mention my tiny little girlie bladder is about to pop, so I think I'm going to call it a rant. I might be back later and I might not. We’ll see.