I had a race this weekend and I came in dead middle. My class was running only 3 cars, I came in second. Everyone running consisted of roughly 100 people, I came in 50th. I hit no cones. It was pouring down rain half of my runs.

Luckily I had SilBlade. Even when the wipers weren’t on I had a relatively clear view in front of me. They seem to have some additive on the blades that bead up rain on the windshield.  I must say, I wasn’t too keen on this at first. However(and there is always a however in life) I fell in love with the beading rain, and the SilBlade, this week.

Normally when it rains, I have a thin layer of water streaming down my windshield. This is not good at high speeds when you need to see where you are actually going.  Even with a light mist, the ability to see out the windshield is greatly improved.

Now to the wiper. I say wiper because I purchased only one. What can I say, I’m cheap and I wanted to compare directly the difference. The SilBlade wiper glides smoothly over the windshield weather it’s wet or not. While my passenger side blade is chattering due to lack of lubrication, the SilBlade on the driver side is perfectly wiping the light mist away. That sold me on this blade instantly.

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To give you an idea of what it was like sunday, here is a video of a fellow autocrosser…  And this was the dry part of the day.

Tags: autocross, Automobile, silblade, windshield wipers, wiper blades

My Uncle and I went to the shooting range last weekend. I enjoy plinking at targets.

We setup our targets, mine was at the 50 yard and about an 8-inch target with 2-inch wide rings . Turned off the “cease fire light”. He was testing something that about made me mess my pants every time.

Loaded this baby up with some Federal .22 LR and began plinking away. First few shots were difficult to tell where they ended up. Once the sight was adjusted a little, they started hitting the target. I’m not very accurate… This guy However is very accurate with his Golden boy, testament to how accurate the Henry rifles really are.  The main thing is, I need to do more testing. The plan is to put up some wax paper next time to get an idea of where stuff is really hitting, and I need a monocular.

I setup another target to test my old Winchester 190, Got the scope sighted in and I was able to hit the middle 4 inches of the target, most of the time. Still.. This one was missing something. I love the action of cranking that leaver after every shot. The Winchester 190 dosn’t have that.

All in all, I’m proud to own this fine firearm.  I can’t wait to go shooting again, maybe hunting. Also trying to figure out what Henry Rifle to pickup next.

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This is the Kel Kroydon Style 2. And here is it’s story.

A friend has a MS fundraising/Birthday party every year. One of the Highlights is a Bluegrass band. One of the dudes in this band plays a mean Banjo. Not to mention, the other guys are amazing.

Back to AMB, Found on one of their press releases:

The new addition to the original Kel Kroydon line will be the closest to a 100% American Made banjo any maker is producing today. AMB will be using hardware made by the Doehl-Jar Company from the Armrest to Tailpiece. This banjo will be competitively priced toward the traditional Gibson style bluegrass banjo made today.

Get Pickin’!

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Tags: banjo, bluegrass, bluegrass band, bluegrass banjo, musical instrument, traditional gibson