On Saturday I posted a pic of my newly received Boomershoot rifle and said I�d try to take some better ones.
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I don�t know if this one is better than the first, but it is the best of the bunch I took over the weekend. Trust me, I am no where near done with taking pictures of this thing.
I would also like to thank everyone who clicked on the links to the Boomershoot site. Joe Huffman is updating the place regularly and you should keep checking back there until you feel the undeniable urge to go this May.
Now, I received more than one email asking me what I was going to name my new rifle.
I do not normally name my firearms. I just call them by what ever they are (Winchester, Bushmaster, SKS, 1911, etc).
But, I am willing to do what the people ask for. So I have decided to make this into a democratic process.
I am going to propose a couple names and by popular vote, you all are going to decide.
The word I chose for the rifle is �Lightning�. But as that is somewhat of a goofy thing to call an inanimate object in English, I have translated it into Hebrew and Scottish Gaeilc.
Choice 1:
Gaelic � Dealan (dee-alon)
Choice 2:
Hebrew � Barak
Let me know you choice by this upcoming Friday at midnight.
Also, and I knew this might happen; the rifle is too big to fit in my gun safe.
It is both too long (because if the safe�s low shelves) and too tall (because of the scope bell and turrets) and I had to remove three rifles out of a very packed safe to fit it in. I moved them into a spare locking gun cabinet, but they aren�t in the safe and I�m not happy with that.
Yay! I get to go gun safe shopping! Kewl!
Of course, the Analog Wife was thinking more along the lines of me selling some of my firearms. She realized the folly of making that statement as I walked away laughing.
My vote is for Dealan.
My vote is for Morrigan. Ancient Irish Goddess..
Now about that other question….
Does that dog hunt???
Well, both names are traditional in that they both come from societies that have had to fight for most of their history. In that case, I suppose that it is up to what society you want to honor the most.
I prefer to honor the Jews and I would pick the Hebrew name, Barak.
The firm Payless NorthWest, which runs Bi-Mart stores down here in the Portland area, sells a safe brand that is a good welded steel safe, about 300# for the large model (14 gun) for about $300 on sale, $340 off sale. They don’t have the insulating linings to give them a fire rating, but they are a stout safe with a first-class combination lock and very heavy door and side and top. The back is of lesser guage, but it looks to be almost 1/4″ steel. Non-removable door, so if it’s going upstairs, you have to have quite a crew to move one.
I vote for Barak. Have fun at the range!
Since it’s the antithesis of all things Islamofascist,I’d go with the Hebrew-hands down.
Barak is not a feminine name…
Will someone just do a google search on Morrigan…
I may just take that one for my guns name…
But I am partial to Elvira since she is all black right now…