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Yesterday I took the M&P22 back to the range to try several different types of .22LR ammunition. I intended to chronograph them but the battery in my Garmin was dead, so that will have to wait.
After my first range trip I Loctited the rear sight's windage adjustment screw. It stayed in place this time. After I confirmed zero I shot at least my rounds at the 25 yard plate rack.
I fired 380 rounds in total yesterday, in the order below.
In summary, the functioned perfectly with CCI Stingers and Remington Golden Bullets from a bucket I bought around 10 - 15 years ago. It didn't like Remington Vipers and it had some bobbles with Federal Punch. Federal Champion bulk pack and CCI Standard Velocity worked well with one failure of the slide to lock back on empty with each.
Details:
- Federal Punch 29 grain flat point solid. 50 rounds. 3 or 4 failures to feed (FTF).
- CCI Stinger 32 grain HP. 50 rounds. No malfunctions.
- Remington Viper 36 grain truncated cone solid. ~80 rounds. Numerous FTFs and failures to lock back on empty.
- Federal Champion Value Pack 36 grain HP. 50 rounds. One failure to lock back on empty mag.
- Remington Golden Bullet 36 grain HP. 100 rounds. No malfunctions. CCI Standard Velocity 40 grain solid. 50 rounds. One failure to lock back on empty mag.
So far I've put 571 rounds through the gun since buying it a little over a week ago. It seems to have a preference for CCI Mini Mags, CCI Stingers, and Remington Golden Bullet HPs.*
I have 5 more magazines on the way, along with a barrel nut to replace the thread adapter, since I'll be shooting this mostly unsuppressed. The barrel nut won't require removal for field stripping.
With two range sessions under my belt with the Smith & Wesson M&P22 Compact I can say that so far I'm very pleased with this pistol. It would make a great little kit gun for those who prefer autoloaders. Also, with the right ammo, it's reliable enough to rely on for self defense for folks who cannot handle a more powerful chambering, or who have hand issues that make racking the slide on a centerfire semiauto difficult.
*A note about Remington Golden Bullet .22s:
At one time I and many other experienced shooters would have considered Remington .22 Golden Bullets to be junk. However, around 15 years ago Remington greatly improved the quallity and I found it to be good, solid, reliable high speed .22 LR ammo. I don't know if that better quality carried over after Remington's bankruptcy in 2020. I'm getting down the last few hundred rounds from the 1400 round bucket I bought around 15 years ago. I'll have to get some current production Golden Bullets to try.
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Officers were dispatched to the scene at 3:30 a.m. at the Circle K station at 750 Steels Corners Road.
Multiple suspects arrived at the station in two stolen minivans, and they rammed into the front of the station in one van, destroying the glass entryway and dislodging the ATM, according to police.
The suspects began to approach the store on foot until the clerk fired seven shots at them, causing them to flee, according to police.
My plan to machine this adapter from a 6"x6"x1/2" sheet of aluminum ran into some size issues. The 6" chuck cannot hold that big a workpiece. Nor does my mill have enough Y capacity to center and drill the middle of the plate.
Okay, cut it down to 5" x 5" and it should work. My chop saw cannot hold down that size of sheet horizontally to do that cut. Vertically, it has insufficient capacity. I regret giving up bandsaw. At least I have roomto put one in the shop.
Anyway, the data processing coordinator for the district somehow rescued a computer pound puppy. It was an odd dual minicomputer system named MINITS (for Miniature Time Sharing System). It used two Interdata minicomputers, a Model 3 and Model 4, sharing a common 32K RAM space. A model 4:
The dials on the left and the push buttons at bottom allowed you to enter data into various memory locations, such as when you needed to put the boot code in to load the OS from the drum. This was a slow process. One friend, Curt, demonstrated his ability to enter the boot sequence accurately with his toes.
I do not know if the Model 15 was an Interdata supported product, or something Cerf's team created. The Model 3 was for control of the teletype terminals and modems. The model 4 did the timesharing processing.
This is a model 33 teletype. It printed and accepted keyboard input at 10 characters per second (we finally managed to find a 30 character per seconds modem and CRT to attach).
An early line printer that used type slugs linked together in a chain as its printing mechanism. The chain spun horizontally around a set of hammers. When the desired character was in front of the selected print column, the corresponding hammer hit the paper into the ribbon and onto the character in the chain. Chain and train printers gave way to band printers in the early 1980s.
The original model can print 600 lines of text per minute and can skip blank lines at up to 75 inches per second (190 cm/s), while the model 3 can print at up to 1400 lines per minute. The standard model has 120 print positions. An additional 12 positions are available as an option. A print chain with up to 15 copies of the character set spins horizontally in front of the ribbon and paper. Hammers strike the paper from behind at exactly the right moment to print a character as it goes by. In later models, the print chain is replaced by a print train; print slugs instead of being mounted on a chain are placed in a track.
Drum printers used a series of type slugs mounted on a drum. A print stroke would line up the appropriate slug for each letter (perhaps all the slugs for the entire line to be printed?) and stamp them through a ribbon onto that same distinctive wide fanfold paper used by chain printers:
Because alignment of the type to the line was happening at very high speeds, the letters would often being not exactly centered in the line. You would see characters printed perhaps a few hundredths of an inch off a perfect impression vertically. I suspect this could be adjusted for better output accuracy but the listings we had in binders were all suffering this drunken vertical print alignment.
Hillsborough County deputies rushed to the facility following an urgent warning from onsite security, but gunfire erupted moments after their arrival. Investigators said Pearson crashed his car through a courtyard security gate shortly after noon and immediately shot 41-year-old LeAnne Selman three times. His firearm malfunctioned as Selman attempted to crawl away, leading Pearson to retrieve a handgun from his vehicle and execute her, according to Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister.
Chronister said the gunman then advanced into the cafeteria, sending thousands of terrified employees running for exits or ducking into hiding spots across the campus. John Fraley, a Citibank security guard and Marine Corps veteran, tracked Pearson into a men's restroom and opened fire after taking a tactical position. Pearson sustained five gunshot wounds during the exchange of gunfire and was transported to Tampa General Hospital, where emergency doctors confirmed he died. Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office officials noted that 3,200 employees were present on site during the attack.
Police say the officer saw a possible suspect, but lost sight of him. Officers later talked to a security guard working in the area who said he exchanged gunfire with group of people that fired a rifle at him.
One person in the group was hit while the others escaped. Police say the victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
According to a JCPD press release, officers responded to the 1100 block of East Miller St. for reports of a burglary around 7:39 p.m. Sunday.
The owner of the home found an unknown person inside, causing the homeowner to fire a weapon. There were no injuries and the suspect ran from the scene before officers arrived.
During the attempted robbery, the intended victim tried to drive away as shots were fired at him but lost control of his car and crashed.
He then got out of the car and returned fire before leaving the area. Police used K-9 officers and drones in a search for a shooting suspect. More than a dozen evidence markers were scattered across the road.
When officers arrived, they found Christopher Peart dead. Christian Peart was there but was not injured.
Deryka Minor appeared in court for the first time after the shooting at Memories Lounge early Sunday morning. Cincinnati police Detective David Gregory said Minor has been cleared in the death of Kameiro Blair-Martin.
“As far as the homicide, she’s been cleared,” Gregory said.
Prosecutors and the defense agreed in court that Minor acted in self-defense. Gregory said Minor “was the victim of a pretty vicious assault,” and investigators said the employee who died was the aggressor. Defense attorney Clyde Bennett said Minor was attacked and shot to protect herself.
“She’s a victim. She was beaten pretty extensively and pretty viciously and did what she had to do to save her life. If she wouldn’t have done that, she’d be dead right now,” Bennett said.
Smith & Wesson is bringing back two iconic historical revolvers through the Model 22 of 1917 Classic and the Model 22 Classic.Police identified 42-year-old Jonatan De Jesus Dzul Aguilar as a guest who they say began “behaving aggressively” toward female guests, repeatedly grabbing and disrespecting them.
Police said Idalberto Garcia Cardenas intervened and told Aguilar to stop.
Investigators allege Aguillar struck Cardenas over the head with a ceramic vase, causing a large contusion. Police said a tussle then followed, which caused Cardenas to pull out a gun.
As the two men struggled for control of the weapon, it discharged, striking Aguilar in the face, according to police.
Police said both men were injured in the altercation.
Y'all might recall a couple of weeks ago, the water heater in the shop went out. It was a small 4-gallon tank heater. White I was cussing and fretting, Belle went to Amazon and started searching. We went with a small on demand heater. I admit that I didn't do the research. After it was installed, it gave hot water, but it would trip te breaker when I pulled on it hard. After a couple or resets, I pulled out the specs and learned that it needed a 30-amp breaker. The circuit it wired with a 20-amp breaker. Well hell.
I checked with my electrician, and he wasn't sure if we had installed 10-gauge or 12-gauge wiring on that circuit. So, not wanting to burn the shop down I did some more research. I spent the money and bought another 4-gallon thank heater from Amazon. This one. It will give me four gallons of hot water and only draws 12 amps., which is okay on a 20-amp circuit.
Installation was easy. It took me 45 minutes, but a good plumber could have done it in 10. It sits under the sin, plugs into a 120v outlet and gives me hot water for the dishes. If it lasts as long as the first one, it will be a win.
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that occurred in the parking lot of Graham’s Beach Grill in unincorporated Cocoa Beach. Deputies responded to the location at approximately 2:18 a.m. on Thursday, October 22, 2026, after a 911 call was received advising that a person had been shot. Upon arrival, deputies located an adult male suffering from life-threatening injuries. Brevard County Fire Rescue personnel rendered aid before the individual was transported to a local hospital. Despite life-saving efforts, he was later pronounced deceased.
The decedent has been identified as 33-year-old Walter Butler of Rockledge. Preliminary investigation indicates the shooting occurred in the parking lot of the business. Butler and another male had a verbal exchange in reference to a previous disagreement. This disagreement escalated into a physical altercation when Butler attacked the male. A single shot was fired during the physical altercation by the male who was attacked. After the shooting, Butler went into the business where he collapsed. The male who fired the shot, remained at the scene where he met with responding deputies. He was subsequently detained and transported to BCSO Criminal Investigative Services to speak with homicide agents.
Based on the initial investigative findings, the male who was confirmed to be the shooter was released and continues to cooperate with agents. The investigation remains on-going as agents attempt to conduct additional interviews with individuals who were present at the time of the shooting.
- Tesla to wind down production of the Cybertruck, aka the Incel Camino or the Electric Edsel.
- Radio waves from your wifi router can be used to identify where you are in your home, as well as mapping you well enough for an AI to identify who you are.
- Rep. Thomas Massie [R-KY] to force a vote to impeach Pete Hegseth when Congress reconvenes next week.
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