No, not the TSA this time. Chuck E. Cheese pizza.

The wife, kid, and myself went there this past weekend for a birthday party. Upon arrival they stamp your hand with an ink that can only be seen with a black light. Mom, dad, and baby all got stamped with the same integer value.

When we went to leave they checked our hands. Wife’s stamp was fine, mine was half gone from shoving it in my pocket to grab tokens, and the baby’s ink was gone. Surprise!

Basically there are two kinds of people that’ll leave a Chuck E. Cheese with a kid that has no stamp on their hand:

1) An actual kid snatcher
or
2) Parents that wash their kid’s hands before and after eating

Now, given that I’ve got an IQ north of 80 I wasn’t the least bit surprised that their system failed to differentiate between the two groups. What I was surprised at was the checkout person, for lack of a better term, actually having to pause for 5 seconds and think about it. That tells me it’s somewhat uncommon for her to find a child lacking their original stamp which means a fairly significant number of people don’t wipe their kid’s hands down during the 1-3 hours you’ll spend in there.

*facepalm*

Kel-Tec has released a video showing some of the modifications they’ve made after getting feedback from the 2011 SHOT Show:

Summary: Removed the 47th chromosome from the old trigger design (which we knew about), added cuts in the magazine to inspect rounds left, and modified the action release so users wouldn’t be making a trigger pulling movement in front of the trigger guard.

One thing I hadn’t picked up on until this video is that the OAL is only 26.1 inches. That makes it a handgun under Michigan law. No, I’m not going to get one and use it as a carry piece.

Word on Facebook from Oleg Volk is that the Kel-Tec KSG (the 14 round bullpup shotgun) isn’t going to have the trigger problems that were reported on after the SHOT Show.

Caleb over at GunNuts confirms. Sorta.

What I heard from Oleg is they never planned on shipping with that trigger setup. It was just a “printed” part done for the SHOT Show. At SHOT Caleb was told that the Law Enforcement (LE) version wouldn’t have the silly trigger problem with civilian models would.

I have no idea which is correct. They’re both saying things that they got directly from Kel-Tec, but either way that particular issue is no longer in play.

Looking forward to seeing this thing hit the market!

I’ve mentioned that I’ve got a Breech Vault before and I really like it.

This morning I was wondering if there’s a market for a Saiga version. Might be a good time to make one since I’m pretty sure everybody’s out of stock, or getting there, now that the ATF is making noise about sporting purposes and importation of shotguns.

Maybe if they cupped the bottom of it so it’d wrap around the top round in the magazine it’d help alleviate the shell deformation problem the Saigas are kind of known for when left stored with a full mag.

Resear… RESEARCH indicates p…

RESEARCH INDICATES POSSIBLE TREATMENT FOUND FOR TINNITUS.

Looks like coyotes are becoming a bit of a problem in my area. Last night I overheard a customer at a convenience store talking with the owner about his recent coyote hunting, so it’s not just something the news is hyping. They really are showing up in the area.

I always get a little concerned when I hear of new predators in the area what with us having pets that spend some time outdoors and my neighbors having a bunch of chickens running around.

Good news is if you can discharge a firearm you can shoot a coyote. No license required. Guess I’ll go rummage through my shotgun shells and see if I’ve got something suitable in case one pops up in the back yard.

Aaron Zellman, founder of JPFO, passed away at the age of 64 on Dec 21.

I can’t believe I haven’t updated in two months. Holy crap. Anyway…

I ordered up the Breech Vault from GunVault a while ago. It’s a glass nylon lock that fits into the receiver of your shotgun and locks up the action.

I’d say it works pretty well. When you open the package you’ll have to insert some plastic spacers to make it fit your shotgun which takes all of a couple minutes. Once that’s done you just insert it into the ejection port, turn the key, and your shotgun is locked up solid. No child is getting through that thing without power tools.

I will say that it’s a bit “sticky” when used in an 870 Express though. My HD shotgun is an 870 Wingmaster and the lock slides nicely between the lock and unlock positions in there but on the couple of Expresses I have in the house it took a bit of muscle to turn the key. I’m not sure if this is because the Express versions have a slightly rougher texture to their finish of if the finish is just a hair bit thicker. Either way it still works, just not as nicely as I’d like, but I’m not concerned because I’m not using it on an 870 Express.

I posted about Alliant’s new Extra Lite powder at the end of March this year. I saw it in that month’s American Rifleman magazine and I was excited.

I’ve been checking my local Gander Mountain for it about once and month but I haven’t seen it yet. It’s still not listed on Alliant’s shotshell powder product page either which perplexes me. However, you can find recipes in their reloading data now. And, here’s somebody that’s actually gotten their hands on it so it’s out there, somewhat, but in that thread an Alliant rep says it’s still being pushed through their distribution channel.

Bummer. I was really hoping I’d get a chance to play with it before cold weather got here.

Free Carhartt jacket with purchase of any Ruger bolt gun from now until the end of the year.

Seems like a rather fitting match.