The shots have all been fired and the scores tallied. Four Springfield Armory 1911s, one for each category, were awarded to the top shooters over the 3600 (2700 plus the service pistol 900) point competition.

There are two parts to this evening’s post: a lament and a quiz (below the mark).

If the bullet – not the hole but “the bullet” – touches an inner line, the shooter gets the better score.

In the first of the four days of the Conventional portion of the 2013 Desert Midwinter Competition in Phoenix Arizona, there were two relays on Thursday morning, International Center Fire and then Conventional Service Pistol. The former marks the end of the International format competition, and the latter is the beginning of the Conventional.

It’s the movie, Iron Sky, and if you set your expectations correctly, you’ll enjoy it. Maybe even a whole lot.

It is better than shooting because, if you’re shooting wrong, you’ll spend years figuring it out on your own, if ever. Learning by yourself to shoot Bullseye well is next to impossible. I won’t say it can’t be done, but I will say that everyone I know that does it well has had expert instruction. Even those that wrote this book had expert instruction.

I went to the range Friday afternoon to both get some trigger practice and also to test the loads in the brass that had been though the push-through resizer.

“Analog computers,” he went on, “are faster, more reliable and have some practical uses besides accounting such as cannon trajectory calculations for battleships. But those digital computers like what we just saw have more than a thousand parts, any of which can break down and render the machine useless. They will never last.”

His manifesto presents his view, of course, but only after events had driven him to extreme acts. The LAPD viewpoint is quite different but, when compared with Chris’ telling, at significant odds.

Or, if you prefer, “It’s the red thing, not the black thing.”