Monday, March 27, 2006

I love my SKS.

My wife bought me my Yugoslavian M59/66 SKS for our anniversary. It might be the best gift I've ever gotten. I love shooting it.

Friday, March 24, 2006

Here's the newest Giroir family ultrasound. We found out what it is, It's a boy! He looks big and healhty. We got to see his heart beating and his mouth moving. It looked like he was talking, or chewing...



In other news, Kansas passed a concealed carry bill. There's only three states left to join the land of the free. God bless america.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Lookie! A still frame from our lateset picture.

What's called? You'll have to watch it to find out. Hopefully it'll be showing somewhere next month or so.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

"Man charged with shooting up Covington nightclub

02:58 PM CST on Saturday, March 11, 2006

WWLTV.com

A Northshore man was arrested after police said he fired several shots inside of a Covington nightclub following an argument with others inside.

No one was injured.

According to police, 34-year-old Tony Lambert was at the Tap Room when he got into an argument with other patrons. Police said he then left the club, got a rifle out of his truck then went back to the club and began shooting. Shots struck inside the Tap Room, and also hit several cars and a cargo trailer. Lambert was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated assault, criminal damage and illegal use of a weapon."


Now ask me why I feel the need to carry a handgun...

Monday, March 13, 2006

The first time I tried to do this entry, my computer crashed when I was almost finished. Here goes nothing.


Range Report (again)

Yesterday (sunday) I went out to the Honey Island Swamp Shooting Range with my stepdad. All together we went through 200 rounds of .44 Magnum, 700 rounds of .22lr, and 100 rounds of 9x18 Makarov.

Hi Standard


This is the first pistol my Stepdad ever bought. It's older than I am, but it shoots like the day it was made. If it's like all of the other guns my stepdad owns it had thousands upon thousands of rounds through it. The one it the picture is a little different than his. His has a different counterweight on it. It shoots so smooth, with very little recoil. It feels very natural in my hand. It improved my shooting just by shooting it.

Phoenix Arms HP-22


Coincidentally, this is the first pistol I ever purchased. I got it for a song. It's a great, cheap little plinker. It's alittle picky about ammo; it like CCI over everthing else. I've put about 1000 rounds of CCI through it without one misfire or jam of any kind. It's my "sometimes" carry piece. I'm confident carrying it because I know it'll go bang when I want it to but I don't carry it all the time because I'm not confident that the .22lr will stop what I make it go bang at. It's just so damn small that I can't resist dropping it in my pocket sometimes.


Bulgarian Makarov


I love this gun! It's my main carry piece. It feels good in my hand and good on the hip. At the range they have these steel targets that are 25 yards out. They're the kind that fall down when you hit them and you reset them by pulling a rope that's attached. On my first magazine at those targets, I knocked down 5 with 8 rounds. In my estimation that's not to shabby, 5 hits on a 10" steel target at 25 yards from a compact combat pistol using a two-handed modified weaver stance - and semi-rapid fire. It leaves plenty of room for improvement, but in a self-defense situation I feel very confident that I could keep all my shots centered on a bad guy's chest. The range officer that day told me that he sees people all the time who shoot 50 rounds of ammo at those same steel targets and not hit them once. Now that's pathetic!


Smith&Wesson Model 29



This was also "Dirty Harry's" gun. My Stepdad bought this gun in 1979, making it one year younger than I am. He reloads for this gun, making more target pressure loads than magnum loads. He says that he's put around 100,000 rounds through this gun over the years. If he did, it doesn't show. This thing is a blast to shoot (no pun intended). You can really tell the difference in recoil from the magnum loads and the target loads he makes. Even so, that bastard kicks like a mule! It is really accurate as well. It takes some getting used to, but after that...go ahead, make my day!


That was that day at the range. I brought my SKS but I didn't get a chance to shoot it. Next time I'll make sure to put some rounds through it and write about it. We're going to try to go every other week, but it'll most likely be more like once a month.
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name:Marx Giroir
Birthday:07/17/1978
Birthplace:The wastebank of New Oeleans
Current Location:Mandeville, Louisiana
Eye Color:Hazel
Hair Color:Black
Height:6' 4"
Right Handed or Left Handed:Righty tighty
Your Heritage:Wild dog
The Shoes You Wore Today:work shoes because I went to the shooting range and I didn't want to muddy up any others
Your Weakness:Brownies and boobies
Your Fears:No brownies or boobies
Your Perfect Pizza:Meat
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year:More Guns, or more successful films
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger:I never log in any more...
Thoughts First Waking Up:Motherfucker
Your Best Physical Feature:How the fuck should I know?
Your Bedtime:Kinda early, I'm old now.
Your Most Missed Memory:If I don't remember it, how do I miss it?
Pepsi or Coke:Barq's Root Beer
MacDonalds or Burger King:Popeyes
Single or Group Dates:Single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea:Luzianne
Chocolate or Vanilla:Vanilla
Cappuccino or Coffee:Coffee
Do you Smoke:Negative
Do you Swear:Like a fucking sailor
Do you Sing:Like a fucking sailor
Do you Shower Daily:Usually
Have you Been in Love:Yup
Do you want to go to College:Not anymore
Do you want to get Married:I hope so, I am married
Do you belive in yourself:I guess so, that's a weird question...
Do you get Motion Sickness:
Do you think you are Attractive:I don't fucking know, I don't pay attention
Are you a Health Freak:Negative
Do you get along with your Parents:Yes and no
Do you like Thunderstorms:Yes
Do you play an Instrument:I play a bunch.
&..39;In the past month have you Drank Alcohol:'I can't remember, I don't think so.
In the past month have you Smoked:Negative
In the past month have you been on Drugs:Marx does not approve of drugs
In the past month have you gone on a Date:I guess, do go on a date with your wife?
In the past month have you gone to a Mall:Negative
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos:Negative
In the past month have you eaten Sushi:Negative. Don't japanese people have ovens?
In the past month have you been on Stage:Unfortunetly, no.
In the past month have you been Dumped:Negative, But I have taken a dump
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping:Negative
In the past month have you Stolen Anything:Probably
Ever been Drunk:Fuck yea
Ever been called a Tease:Negative
Ever been Beaten up:I've beaten and been beaten
Ever Shoplifted:Fuck yea
How do you want to Die:Gasp...Gasp...(fall down).
What do you want to be when you Grow Up:Older
What country would you most like to Visit:I don't know...A truly free America
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color:Blue
Favourite Hair Color:Brunette
Short or Long Hair:Not too long
Height:Medium
Weight:Medium
Best Clothing Style:Clean
Number of Drugs I have taken:Too many
Number of CDs I own:Jesus, a shitload
Number of Piercings:Zero
Number of Tattoos:Three, but that number is going to grow dramaticaly
Number of things in my Past I Regret:Zero

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Saturday, March 11, 2006

Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||||||||||||||| 73%
Stability |||||||||||||| 60%
Orderliness |||||| 23%
Accommodation |||||||||||| 50%
Interdependence |||||||||||| 50%
Intellectual |||||| 30%
Mystical |||||| 23%
Artistic |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Religious || 10%
Hedonism |||||||||| 36%
Materialism |||||||||||||||| 70%
Narcissism |||||||||| 36%
Adventurousness |||||||||||||| 56%
Work ethic |||||| 30%
Self absorbed |||||||||||| 43%
Conflict seeking |||||||||||| 43%
Need to dominate |||||| 23%
Romantic |||||| 30%
Avoidant || 10%
Anti-authority |||||||||||||||||| 76%
Wealth |||||| 23%
Dependency || 10%
Change averse |||||| 23%
Cautiousness |||||||||||| 50%
Individuality |||||||||||| 43%
Sexuality |||||||||||||||| 70%
Peter pan complex |||||| 30%
Physical security |||||||||||||||||||| 83%
Physical Fitness |||||| 24%
Histrionic |||| 16%
Paranoia |||||||||||||| 56%
Vanity |||| 16%
Hypersensitivity |||| 16%
Female cliche |||| 16%

trait snapshot:
messy, disorganized, social, tough, outgoing, rarely worries, self revealing, open, risk taker, likes the unknown, likes large parties, makes friends easily, likes to stand out, likes to make fun of people, reckless, optimistic, positive, strong, does not like to be alone, ambivalent about chaos, abstract, impractical, not good at saving money, fearless, trusting, thrill seeker, not rule conscious, enjoys leadership, strange, loves food, abstract, rarely irritated, anti-authority, attracted to the counter culture

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Hopefully the weather stays nice for tomorrow's jaunt to the Honey Island Swamp Shooting Range.

Random art for today.

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Average Grunt
You are 72% of a gun nut!

You've been trained in the art of the rifle. When you're handed a
firearm, you can generally use it competently. The local firing range
knows you on a first-name basis.



My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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You scored higher than 82% on knowledge
Link: The Gun Nut Test written by slayer1am on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test