GOP Toolbar

Here’s something fun. Get yourself a GOP toolbar. I know toolbars are annoying, but this one actually has a reason for existing. Every time you use the little search window (it’s Yahoo), you may end up sending a couple of cents (someone else’s) to the GOP. I’ve sent 18 cents already. This may push McCain over the top.

It’s so weird. After I saw Sarah Palin’s speech, I decided I was finally ready to donate. And later I looked at my comments, and other people were saying she shoved them over the brink, too.

I celebrated my bitterness and devotion to God by running back to Bass Pro tonight, to return the useless scope rings and rifle sling I bought. I could not figure out how a sling with one swivel was supposed to work, but I figured there had to be a reason for it. I returned it and went to look at the other slings. Guess what? They had the same model I returned. With two swivels. Somehow, the manufacturer shipped one with a missing swivel, and guess who bought it?

It’s irritating. I sort of know a little about guns, but every once in a while, I come up against something that proves I’m still lost. I was positive there had to be some kind of gun that only required one swivel.

I wasn’t able to get scope rings that would work on the Savage without raising the scope too high, so I have to order the damned things. While shopping online, I found the solution to my K31’s windage problem. If you have a K31 with a scope, take note. You can use Millett Angle-Loc .22 rings. They actually work. And you can adjust the windage.

Naturally, I encountered a new problem while researching. I read about “lapping” scope rings. This means you install the rings and then put a straight metal cylinder in them, with some abrasive, and you twist it until it grinds the insides of the rings so they’re in line with each other. Supposedly you can bend a scope if you don’t do this, and it will also prevent marking. Does it really matter? Hard to say. I’ll tell you what I don’t understand. If you grind the paint off the inside of the rings, what keeps them from rusting? Maybe you can blue them or coat them with a protectant.

Speaking of protectants, a lot of people recommended Eezox to lube and protect guns. I got on the web and checked some tests out, and it looks like Break-Free CLP (which I already have) and Outers Metal Seal may be better.

Naturally, I’m too confused to actually buy anything.