I had the distinct privilege of finally meeting the guy who used to guest write here and currently runs Guns, Cars, and Tech along with his current guest author, meeting Gremlin and his staff, Oleg Volk, meeting Chris from Archangel Industries (who apparently makes shiny kydex holsters, including clear OWB ones, which is an interesting thought indeed), shooting a hell of a lot of guns that were not all mine with ammunition that was not all mine, inducting some good folks into The Joyous Fellowship of the BOOM, and doing a little modeling in my spare time:
True to his aesthetic form, though, I spent about a tenth as much time in front of Oleg’s camera as Better Half did, and when we left, he was muttering something about "advertisements" and "Appleseed" and even "magazine covers". No idea if any of them will pan out, but it will be pretty cool regardless.
One thing was consistent throughout, though: Ash may have his BOOM Stick, but I have a Happy Stick – very few people are capable of emptying so much as the five-round magazine out of the short-barreled Saiga without something approximating an ear-to-ear grin. WizardPC won the quote of the weekend when, after finishing a 20-round drum, I pointed out to him that he needed one, and his response was, "I need TWO!"
So here is a big ol’ "Thank you!" to Oleg for putting us up for a night and taking so many pictures and another one to everyone for coming out to the range on Saturday and Sunday; Better Half and I had a great time!
(Image courtesy of the inimitable Oleg Volk. "Vera" Saiga-12 short barrel shotgun constructed by Coal Creek Armory.)
Epic Chops, dude!
The shotgun is impressive…but the chops are the vastly more deadly weapon!
I enjoyed the long weekend (Canada
) by turkey hunting, entering a rifle competition, playing my Fender Stratocaster and spending quality time with family.
Agree with Weer’d.
I’ve got another task to add to the man-card.
“Grow epic chops like Linoge”
You’re missing the hat.
Allow me to echo: awesome chops, dude! (not that I have any desire to emulate you, but I can admire you…)
…also: nice to finally be able to put a face to the posts.
Indeed truly epic.
Between your cheek bristles, swag, and hardware you could pass as a serious Public Relations officer anywhere in the ‘verse.
Am I a bad person for wishing I had a shirt like that more than I want the shotgun?
@ Weer’d Beard: Heh, it has only taken since about Christmas to get them where they are now. Which, when I think about it, is kind of disconcerting.
@ Paul Chisholm: Well that certainly works too
.
@ MSgt B: They certainly did not take much… mostly concentrated laziness!
@ John Hardin: Actually, the hat is… in progress.
@ The Jack: Someone has to keep those fuzzy-wuzzies in line!
@ bluesun: CafePress can hook you up, through a variety of sellers.
Nice shotgun, nice chops, nice shirt, and nice pic!
@ bluesun: What Linoge said. ThinkGeek has them, too (but only in OD green, it appears).
Of course, I also like this one.
Thanks! My only complaint with CafePress t-shirts is that they are too short, or, at least, they were a few years back. Hopefully they have corrected this since.
Well done Sir, WELL DONE!
Why thank you
. A good time was had by all!