1/8/10

I am a little surprised at how quickly this week went by. I'm not complaining but, wow, it’s already Friday? Of course it is officially butt-assed but-butt cold here. We’re talking high in the twenties! I do not think I will be doing any work at the shop this weekend. Speaking of the shop, we did not go there last night. Butt-assed butt-butt cold, remember? No, we went to Razoo’s and then saw “Sherlock Holmes.” I didn't hate it. I have a hard time with Sherlock Holmes, and Morton Downey Jr. to some extent, being an action hero. I'm not sure why, but there it is. However, before I picked John up, I did go to Blood Bath & Beyond. I asked the guy behind the counter, “.38 or .380?” He said he’d go with .38 Special for ammunition availability alone. We then looked at the Ruger LCR. I really like that little pistol. While I was playing with it, John called, but that is beside the point. Not sure why I even mentioned it. From the LCR, we went to the Smith & Wesson case and looked at the J-Frame. I liked it as well, just not as well as the LCR. Yeah, I know that sentence doesn't really scan, read it again with some emphasis on the third “as.” Better? OK, moving on. The S&W was cool but still out of my price range. If I'm going to spend $400.00 or so, I'm going to buy the LCR. From the S&W case we moved to the... um, Tauruses? Tauri? Taurus case. There were some nice, read affordable, .38s in there. The drawback is they were considerably heavier than the S&W and downright neutron-star heavy compared to the LCR. I sent the sales dude off to help “paying customers” and wandered around for a bit. I looked at the ammo and sure enough, row upon row of .38 Super, in ball and JHP, but only about a dozen or so boxes of .380 ACP. All of that was ball ammo to boot. Of course that didn't stop me from going back to the case and looking at the Ruger LCP (.380 automatic as opposed to the LCR which is a revolver) and the Kel-Tec .380 autos. If, and it is a big “if,” if I were to go with a .380 auto, I'm now leaning towards the Kel-Tec. Why? Well, 1) it is cheap, like less than $300.00 cheap, and B) they have this really cool clip thingy that attaches to the side so it doesn't even need a holster! OK, remember how it was “a big ‘if,’” well I gotta be honest, that clip thingy is really cool. I might do it just for that. You know, when I have some more money, that is. I've been shopping on line for ammo and it doesn't appear as though .380 ACP is as rare as I had been led to believe. That Kel-Tec P3AT is beginning to really interest me, you know, because of the clip thingy. Ooh, what a conundrum I find myself in. Like I can afford another gun on a whim like this. Not to mention getting tied up with another caliber of bullet. Although, with the magazines only holding six rounds, a box of 25 would fill four mags and leave one for the chamber. As tiny as this thing is, a little “Day Planner” could be made into a nice, unobtrusive case for the gun and magazines, I would think. Actually, what I'd probably do is carry a couple spare magazines in a “wallet” in my pocket while the gun stays clipped in the waist band. Remember the cool little clip thingy? Damn, I think I've just talked myself into a Kel-Tec P3AT as a backup carry gun. Oh, I forgot to mention something I discovered the other day. Last Saturday when I went to Waco, I carried Big Millie with my shirt tucked in. If I wear a shirt with a long enough tail, I can tuck it in and, well there is no better word so I'm going to have to say it, “blouse” the material so that it is still concealed. I was a tad self conscious for a while but eventually stopped checking it all the time. I think the Kel-Tec is small enough to go between the belt and trousers and stay out of sight. If not, in the waist band would still work. Hell, the butt of that thing would look like an old-school beeper poking out. Of course the anachronism of someone carrying a beeper would be just as shocking as seeing a gun, probably. I'm sitting her now, thinking about other places on my body where I could conceal a gun. The thought popped into my head that a P3AT with the bitchin’ little clip could probably be hidden in a chick’s bra. I was then reminded of the first time I actually saw a woman hiding money in her bra. You know, you see it all the time on TV and in the movies and such, but as a kid seeing her reach in there for money was weird. It was at Ridgmar Mall, I think at Sears, and I was in line behind this big, no wait, she was a BIG black lady. It had to have been right after the mall opened in 1976 because had I been more than ten or eleven, I don't know that it would have been as memorable. Anyhoo, she finished her purchase and as she turned to leave the counter, she tucked the money right in on her left titty, almost smack dab in my face I might add. I didn't see anything of a prurient nature, but the stereotypical aspect of the act itself has been burned into my brain. Of course now that I think about it, I'm not sure I've seen it done but a time or two since then. Most recently, last week I believe. Perhaps I'm not hanging out in the right socio-economic centers. Most of the women I know use a wallet in a purse, handbag, or on their person. Hmm, interesting? No, not really. Hey, at least I'm not talking about buying another totally super-flu-us gun. Well, I think I'm just about done with this for the week. Perhaps I'll have done something of note over the weekend. If so, I'll tell y'all about it. If not... well, I'll probably tell y'all that as well.