[Ian]

On this day 228 years ago, the American Revolution broke out when British troops attempted to seize militia weaponry at Lexington and Concord. The British troops, as we know, got their hindquarters shot off clear back to Boston, and we eventually won freedom from the English monarch.

Today also marks the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto revolt, the largest instance of Jewish resistance to the Holocaust. Only a tiny number of the rebels survived their fight, but they proven that hope and freedom cannot be ext

On a less noble note, it is also the 10th anniversary of the government murders at Waco.

In light of today being such a day with such important symbolic meaning for patriots and tyrants, I think some celebration is in order. Accordingly, I spent the whole day shooting (took 3rd place in a pistol match, too :D), and I'm going to spend the evening reading about the American Revolution and browsing through Doing Freedom! ezine (http://www.doingfreedom.com).

How about you all? Anyone else celebrating today?

[mercedesrules]

Thanks, Ian! I spent the day playing aroung with a ballistics calculator on the Norma website and ordering some AR front sight tools from Brownells. Trying to turn them with a cartridge doesn't make it!

I'm not much of a rifleman. Oh, I can hit stuff, but I haven't put in the time for precision. That has to change. I vow to know where that 55 gr.bullet is every stinking meter of the way to the ground.

I have a unique problem; my favorite range is from the second floor guest room balcony to a target in the pasture 50 yards distant. I wonder how shooting down like that will affect the ballistics:rolleyes: Plus, I have to clean up all of the cases out of the garden before Mrs. Rules gets back from a short trip. :)

Happy Patriot's Day to you! (We'll forget about McVeigh... :uhoh: )

MR

[Bruce H]

McVeigh wasn't a patriot, he was a whacked out cold blooded murderer. Now Robert Byrd, there is a patriot!!!