New Conceal Carry Pistol- Kimber Micro 9 Rapide – Update

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I have on occasion worn my pistols as conceal carry locally, but most are too bulky, too heavy for everyday conceal carry.  My big requirements; weight, reliability, safety, and trigger pull/design and accuracy were utmost in my mind. 

I looked at many small conceal carry pistols. Gotta have a safety lever, light in weight, yet sturdy as all get-out. I bought the USA Made Kimber Micro 9 Rapide in 9mm (7shot) pictured below with my computer mouse. It has a 3.15 inch barrel and weighs just under a pound empty. Nice!

It is basically a Micro 1911. It has an ambidextrous butterfly safety on each side. The clips have a finger hook for a firm grip. 

Below is my first 10 yard 115g UMC Remington groups right out of the box.

My right/left group was excellent. I moved the point-of-aim higher and a bit lower as they vertically string . Trigger pull was clean and guess to 6 or 7 pounds.

April 22,2024, below a 4 shot Winchester 147g Hollow Points at 10 yards. Love the night sights. Recoil with 147g JHP was manageable given such a small pocket pistol.

Unfortunately it only comes with one clip. What? Ok, I bought an extra clip. 

Disassembly/reassembly video

 

Basic cost, $909.00.

Yes, that’s a lot, but l think it is worth it. There are a dozen color versions of the Kimber Micro 9. 

So far, it filled all of my requirements and it wears well with a sticky™ pocket holster. There it is, Invisible, in my pocket. The sticky holster holds itself in my pocket when I draw. 

Be Safe Out There!

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Wind Industry Forced On Fisherman and America

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Liars figure when figures lie.

Biden Administration has a goal of 30GW by Offshore Wind by 2030. That’s just 6 years away!

And as long as Biden is President, nothing will stop him, whales or fish and fishermen be damned. “We The People” have no say?

 He is, in-fact forcing “big government” on “We The People.” 

When Biden says he is saving Democracy, he is lying to you , straight-up.as does CNN, MSNBC, et al. Biden is a Global Socialist. 

Once Biden’s ocean damage is done, it will forever change sealife, and fisherman and even beachgoers forever.

We Outdoor loving Americans must strongly resist this unconstitutional Ocean takeover. 

Thus livelihood of millions of fishermen who have fished in wind farm planned waters for centuries. I’m sure beachgoers will love to watch a sunrise in the midst of dozens of windmills. Not me!

Biden/Obama secret overall goal is to fundamentally change America to a global socialist/marxist state replacing god fearing, constitution loving Americans. 

 

 

Black Bears Sometimes Climb Into Your Tree Stand While Your In It

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Years ago I hunted Ontario, Canada for spring black bear with my Cascade recurve bow. I was on a baited stand with a large 8 foot high wood platform with a cheap plastic chair to sit in. A peaceful gurgling stream nearby masked any small sounds I had made.

A huge male boar was entering the bait site to my right.  My guide says, if he’s larger than the barrel, he’s likely a “book” bear.

The huge boar made the 50 gal. barrel look small. 

My 68lb bow, was just out of reach, leaning against a tree branch had an arrow on the string just a few feet from me. The bear walked to the base of my stand.

I leaned over to watch.

The bear stood up, and his whole head popped above the platform, just 3 feet away from my boots. I played possum with my eyes mostly shut.

Again, my bow was two feet away, no gun, no bear spray. He rocked his head back and forth, trying to get my attention,  but did not try to climb.

Finally, he got down, but as his front paws hit the ground, he bounced back up, trying to get me to respond. His huge nose sniffing intently and rocking again. I stayed still, eyes closed except for my tiny eye slits. My heart was flipping out in my chest. Should I grab my bow? Not yet. I hoped he would get down and head for the bait. He got down and bounced once more. I remained still…except for my heart.

Now, he got down and headed to the barrel.

He’s under my platform. I stood and grabbed my bow. I was using Easton XX75 2216 arrows with big Rothaar Snuffers. The bear being underneath me gave me no shot. Finally walking around the barrel I lifted my bow for the shot. The bear caught the movement and stood facing me. I did not want that bear coming back to my stand so I drew and shot him in the chest and struck his huge breast plate. The 700 grain arrow hit him, but never penetrated past his breast plate. My arrow stood out on the bear like an arrow hitting a tree trunk. Holy Crap!

The bear got down and bent the protruding arrow into a U shape. The arrow pried itself out as the bear ran off.

Darkness  fell and I had to walk 200 yards to my vehicle bow at the ready. I crazily drove 20 miles to get my guide. 

We came back that night and found the arrow. The tip of the snuffer was bent as it was pried from breast bone. Dark red blood drops lasted for 10 feet and disappeared. The next day we searched but quickly lost any trace.  I’m sure the bear healed but I never forgot that incident. It’s really not that uncommon. Today, I will hunt again with a backup 10mm pistol or my rifle.

Recently, I read of a similar situation below but with rifle. 

https://www.fieldandstream.com/hunting/bear-climbs-into-hunters-tree-stand/

Can you say adventure!

Good Hunting!

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Biden Admin Poised To Turn US East Coast Ocean into Largest Wind Farms In World

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Alarm bells ring loudly in my mind. I hope yours as well! Imagine whales and fisherman navigating this?

World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm: Dogger Bank

In addition to Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts poised for building coastal wind farms in the absence of  permission of “We The People”, the the Virginia Offshore Wind Project is due to begin construction in May.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/whale-lawsuit-threatens-swallow-up-biden-green-energy-agenda

A federal government organization called BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved the Virginia Dominion Wind Project and the New England Wind Project. 

Biden’s government BOEM and Dominion construction concluded they have considers potential impacts to marine wildlife including safety of the right whale.

Do you believe the Biden run Government? 

Or are we in for the largest coastal disaster to marine life and the destruction of millions of fishery livelihoods ever seen since we landed on Plymouth Rock.

Politics are at play, and that 55 whales have washed ashore in other wind farm construction sites along the coast.

I suggest If you want a coastline devoid of skyscraper size windmills is to get involved right now. Today!

Contact legislators and join organizations to fight this leftist destruction of marine life and millions of livelihoods dependent on our east coast fishery. 

I am a member of NEFSA, New England Fisherman Stewardship Association to fight this socialist takeover of our coastline. Please join and sign the Petition. 

https://www.nefishermen.org/petition

 

Fisherman Oppose Massive Off Shore Wind In Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts – Sign the Petition – Update

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major wind farm projects in the world

If you think this is beautiful I have a bridge to sell you! Future Biden Hampton Beach?

While all of us are sleeping, the federal government (Biden) at the end of the planning phase of a gigantic wind farm just off the New England coast in prime fishing waters. 

 

I have fished for cod and haddock out of Newburyport. Ma and Hampton, NH for 60 years. Cod grounds are under great population restriction and yet our far-left government chose wind power over protection of prime cod fish and haddock habitat. Below is a draft of likely areas to place wind farm.

This draft map produced by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management shows where officials are thinking potential offshore wind development could be located in the Gulf of Maine.

See the pdf report below

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There is no science here just government fiat.

This is the government forcing itself on “We The People.” 

Please join the New England Fishermen’s Stewardship Association and sign the Petition.

 

https://www.nefishermen.org/petition

 

Spread the Word! Sign the Petition!

 

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New Glock 20 Gen 5 Repaired And Tested – UPDATE

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As my readers know, I purchased this new 10mm Glock 20 Gen 5 from Kittery Trading Post about 6 weeks ago. I intend to use it as my back up for bear hunting over bait.

 The Gen 5 supposedly has a trigger spring enhancement, enabling a smoother trigger and improved trigger reset. But I did not find it very smooth. 

After 40 rounds or so it stopped cycling, after the first trigger pull, the trigger did not reset. 

I shot it with 180g, 200g, and 220g FMJ’s. It didn’t like the 220g and it stopped cycling. Then I could not shoot the 180 or 200g bullets after the first trigger pull.

Accordingly, the pistol was sent back to Glock.

I received it back in a month, and tested it with 180g, 200g and 220g at 10 yards with 5 rounds each of the three bullet weights. All rounds cycled as they should and the trigger pull seemed much smoother. See the 10 yard 5 shot bench groups below.

The 200g ammo I used on the target above was FMJ CCI Blaser’s with aircraft-grade aluminum cases. They cycled well and were cost effective at $29 for 50 rounds vs Brass cases at $40 for 50 rounds. I bought more of these as I may not reload them. Speed is 1050 fps=489 ft-lb

The 220g hard cast coated ammo was Underwood High Performance 1200fps. They certainly kicked more but grouped very well. Cost $30 for 20 rounds. Velocity 1200 fps=700 ft-lb

The 180g hard cast was made by UMC/Remington and recoil was similar to the 200g CCI Blaser’s. Cost $41 per 50 rounds. Velocity 1150 fps= 528 ft-lb.

Note: My 45ACP shoots 230g Blazers at 830fps=351 ft-lbs. Not a great bear back up. But +P Underwood ammo can shoot 255g at 925fps=484 ft-lb. 

The 10mm beats even the +P 45 ammo and 10mm Glock has a 15 round clip

 

UPDATE 25 March 2024

I adjusted the rear sight slightly to move groups to the right from the same 10 yard distance, see below.

Upper left bench groups are 180g Remington UMC loads and 5 tight shots in center are terrific and power is 528 ft-lbs. Lower left 2 shot 220g are great but very expensive and are heavy in recoil. Lower right group is Blazer 200g just left by an inch but not as much energy as the UMC 180g.  So far the 220g seem best with delivered energy but 180g have less recoil. I need to shoot with both speed and accuracy, thus more practice is needed.

End of update

 

The cost effectiveness of the 10mm Glock 20 Gen 5 makes it very attractive as a hunter or hiker/camper side arm for dangerous predators.  Just practice!

Good Hunting!

 

 

New Ruger American Rifles- Gen II – Can You Say Wow!

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Can you say Wow!

The Ruger American Next Generation II is here!!

New Hampshire Rifleman Magazine has tested the Ruger American Rifle Generation 1  in 6.5 Creedmoor. It shot sub-MOA out of the box. I expect no less from these gems!

The New Ruger American Next Generation II rifles has best-of-the-best attributes a hunter could ask for at an affordable price. Just $729 and made in the USA!

My wife says “Wow, Cut-it-Out, Seriously?” Yes!!

Models are in Standard, Ranch, and Predator and come in 3 “Splatter Finish” colors.

And all of the best calibers and cartridges you can imagine.

Check Them Out at the website below!

https://www.ruger.com/products/americanRifleGenII/overview.html?n=bolt

Below is the Predator Model. I will ask Ruger to test one for my readers.

Get yours now!

 

 

Unarmed in Todays Woods… You Are Prey!

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On the East Coast there are Coyotes and Bobcats. Both have attacked deer, pets and children.

Out west, cougars/lions attack unarmed cyclists. 

They say it is rare, but with growing unregulated populations, is it rare?

If your attacked, it’s not rare is it!

See the lion attack below. 

https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/general/new-details-emerge-in-gruesome-lion-attack-on-cyclists

If you walk in today’s New Hampshire woods with family and kids, I’d carry a sidearm! Bobcats attack the face and neck in less than a second biting the windpipe.

However, biologists want folks to take note that these attacks are rare.

Again, if your attacked, it’s not rare, is it.

I believe Turkey hunters calling are at risk, thinking they are turkeys. Two years ago my turkey hunting friend was attacked in Fremont, NH. May is turkey season.

If you are attacked, don’t run…defend yourself. Predator’s like to attack from behind.

Hunt and Hike Smart.

Be Prepared!

 

 

 

 

When are New Hampshire Bobcat Numbers Too High?

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New Hampshire Fish and Game has banned Bobcats hunting/trapping for many years. 

In May 2024 bobcat numbers are expected to explode.

NHFG says current Bobcat numbers in NH are around 1400 and may be upwards of 2000 in New Hampshire.

I believe Rockingham county is seeing a surge and these bobcats are regularly seen on-the-prowl in daylight.

And Rockingham is where we humans raise our kids and have our pets.

These supposedly cute bobcats kill young adult deer and fawns and turkeys in May and June. And compete with human’s hunting turkey and deer. 

But, just like coyotes have done in New Hampshire and all along the east coast, the bobcat and its young become entrenched, and surplus prey species such as deer, rabbits and squirrels subside, accordingly the bobcats will turn to pets and children just like coyotes have done.

I support a controlled hunting and trapping season for bobcats! Just like Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine have done.

Be aware when turkey hunting in May that bobcats will come to your turkey call and may likely attack thinking you are a turkey.

If attacked, hunters should defend themselves.

New Hampshire Rifleman Magazine predicts pet and human attacks will surface as bobcat numbers remain protected.

 Be Predator Aware! And tell Fish and Game to stop protecting bobcats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New 7mm PRC and 7mm Rem Mag: Both Are Great!

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Now is the time to buy a 7mm PRC Rifle if you desire one. Getting excited about a new cartridge and rifle is certainly fun. There are now several manufacturers making the 7mm PRC rifle.

In addition, for reloaders, there are dies, brass and powders ready to reload. Missing still, are large rifle magnum primers, but, if you load for other magnums, then you have some magnum primers in your gun safe.

The upsides of the PRC are long range 1000yd Plus accuracy, reloadability, bullet stability at 1:8 twist and target bullets in 190 to 195g such as the Hornady A-Tip Match.

The PRC with rifles of 1:8 twist are capable of delivering off-the-shelf 175g ammo for big game hunting at muzzle velocities of 3000 fps.

The 7mm Rem Magnum 175g off-the-shelf loads in rifles with 1:10 twist are just a bit slower with muzzle velocities of 2850 fps and where cartridge cases are belted for head spacing.

Both cartridges are very accurate for hunting purposes at ranges out to 600 plus yards. But the PRC begins to dominate thereafter with 190g target bullets. 

If you hand load for either target or hunting you can customize loads for your rifle with both the 7mm PRC and 7mm Rem Mag.

Some believe the 7mm bench mark for big game hunting such as moose and elk is 3000fps at the muzzle with the 175g bullet.

With some experimentation, my hand loaded 7mm Rem Mag does the 175g 3000 fps trick in my 1:10 twist Browning Speed and is super accurate with the right powder.  

Trust me, your big game animal won’t know the difference.

The largest advantage of the PRC is for long range target with 190g bullets where the headspace is off the shoulder of the cartridge and tolerances are much tighter. 

So be happy, both the 7mm PRC and 7mm Rem Mag are great cartridges and can coexist for hunting decades to come.

Shooting a wide variety of bullet weights though, the 7mm Rem Mag is said to be more versatile for accuracy due to the slower twist rate. An example, would be shooting 120g to 175g bullets for a variety of game, will on average shoot more accurately. 

Happy 7mm Hunting!