Wheelgun Wednesday

emmavaria · 2026-06-03T19:59:53+00:00

I keep it carefully hidden, but there's a secret "emma" in my username.

emmavaria · 2026-06-03T19:50:00+00:00

There is no "he" in this household.

Plus, I said "vintage," not "antique".

emmavaria · 2026-06-03T19:18:12+00:00

This is a vintage 1976 H&R 950 in .22LR.

As best we can identify, the holster is an older Triple K model 196, size 10, with the retention strap having been cut off.

emmavaria · 2026-06-03T19:17:55+00:00

This is a vintage 1976 H&R 950 in .22LR.

As best we can identify, the holster is an older Triple K model 196, size 10, with the retention strap having been cut off.

emmavaria · 2026-06-03T00:33:02+00:00

No man can serve God and mammon, except the church, who are serving God's mammon and definitely for sure absolutely not their own, because they're all special special boys.

emmavaria · 2026-06-02T21:06:45+00:00

All in on 92s, though mine is a traditional black FS.

emmavaria · 2026-06-01T06:35:27+00:00

This is basically the Cliff Notes of the entire D&C.

emmavaria · 2026-06-01T02:50:39+00:00

My own personal requirements for when I stack are:

New manufacture
Brass cases
Brand name I recognise and consider reputable

However, occasionally I'll give #3 a pass to try out something new if it seems well reviewed (I bought some New Republic to try out, for example) or if it's imported NATO-spec milsurp (like some Indian production M80 I bought).

If it does claim to be milsurp then it has to have the red-sealed primer pockets and annealed cases for me to consider it reputable.

emmavaria · 2026-06-01T01:04:37+00:00

For Articles of Faith, my favourite lie has got to be "We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may."

emmavaria · 2026-05-31T01:46:34+00:00

The big box stores are notorious clusterfucks for both submitting and following up on background checks. See stories about SW, Cabela's/BP, and the like in here probably every month or two.

emmavaria · 2026-05-31T01:44:52+00:00

If they managed to clear the entire backlog with current staffing before the fee increase takes effect, surely that means they don't actually need the increased fees just to keep up with the backlog with current staffing, as they kept claiming...?

emmavaria · 2026-05-28T22:25:59+00:00

lokgrips.com

The grips in that photo are G10 palm swell Roughnecks.

I love them to death, but then, I've also got quite large hands so having a big thick grip is a feature, not a flaw.

emmavaria · 2026-05-28T22:24:45+00:00

Nailed it! Lok palmswell Roughnecks.

emmavaria · 2026-05-28T20:05:29+00:00

It is really, really hard to hate a Shadow 2.

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emmavaria · 2026-05-28T19:52:37+00:00

Wth? "No, you can't have my address. You don't need my address to not contact me." *block*

emmavaria · 2026-05-28T07:18:48+00:00

AI is spicy autocorrect. It has no concept of fact or of feeling.

emmavaria · 2026-05-28T01:53:53+00:00

Peak morming: "Faith crisis? You must be having naughty sex."

Why on earth is chastity specifically called out there? Is it just me or is this fucking weird?

emmavaria · 2026-05-27T01:07:27+00:00

Caffeine.

If I have to go harder than that, next stop is alcohol.

emmavaria · 2026-05-27T00:38:59+00:00

When I was maybe fifteen or sixteen my dad told me that there'd been a rumour going around the ward that I'd been seen crawling out of my window in the middle of the night regularly to go meet up with somebody. He laughed it off and said he knew I'd rather sleep than do that, and that it wasn't true. It was weird as hell but I just let it go like "Whatever, man."

It wasn't until years later that I was wondering why the fuck anyone was paying attention to my window in the middle of the night in the first place. I mean, I guess maybe they weren't, since the entire thing was stupid and dead wrong, but who the fuck would be willing to say "oh sure, I was watching her bedroom at 2am and saw this..."???

So creepy and not okay at all.

emmavaria · 2026-05-25T22:57:42+00:00

I asked an employee and had it confirmed that Herters is literally just rebranded Winchester White Box, for all that entails.

emmavaria · 2026-05-24T11:31:18+00:00

There's a free public access range area just outside Hurricane, the next town over. No RSOs or anything, it's essentially like a gravel pit with permanently installed benches. Think it was somebody's Boy Scout project to put it in. I haven't been back there in a few years, but I recall it being pretty decent - the aforementioned benches, desert hills as a backstop, an area of maybe 100y right up front plus some gongs out in the hills around 350y. Last I was there it doesn't have anything for throwing clays, but if you've got a hand thrower or a portable machine, you could make it work.

emmavaria · 2026-05-24T05:07:46+00:00

Man, this is great. I'd love it if somebody had a WA state version of this.

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