Really?

My wife (and numerous other people) make fun of me for noticing things that no one else bothers to notice. I catch little things like movie mess-ups (the banana was on the table in the scene just two seconds ago, but now it's gone!!), I remember seeing a complete stranger in Taco Bell six hours earlier in the day, etc.. Well, today was another one of those days. While watching Mark Keefe's (host of American Rifleman TV) review the Springfield Armory Lightweight Operator pistol, I noticed that when he inserted the mag and racked the slide to begin shooting, the slide didn't go into battery!! If you watch closely, you will see about an inch of the barrel sticking out of the end of the slide when he brings the pistol up to firing position. Now I realize that most pistols need a little break-in period but, given that he was probably feeding it Federal USA hardball ammo, I find it curious that the gun would not go into battery. Doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the weapon, now does it?

Picked Logan up and the first thing we had to do was feed him. :-) Being a finicky eater, he hadn't eaten anything the camp served this week, so off to Wendy's we went. The rest of the mid-day was consumed by chores and errands - hair cut, oil change and tire rotation, shopping for sundries - and cleaning more guns.

Managed to restore the AR-15 and one of the CZ-83's to acceptably clean condition. In the process of doing so, I noticed that the CZ-83 (being a well-worn specimen) has developed a crack in the left grip panel leading from the top to the grip screw hole. Nothing that a little Super Glue won't fix. Had a few minutes before sundown to take the kids out into the back yard to break some Shatterblast targets with the BB gun.

Weather looks nice and cool for tomorrow morning. Maybe a trip to the range to continue breaking in the Magnumlite is in order.