Chris North

We've had some bad weather last week here, which normally wouldn't bother me since I really didn't have any place to go. Monday wasn't that bad. It was very windy at times, at a fine snow fell every once in a while which would make it impossible to see more than 50 feet. But again, I didn't have any place to be at the time this was going on. Firewood needed to be brought in, but since I was only out there very briefly and then came inside, it wasn't bad. Tuesday wasn't the worst day of the winter storms, but it wasn't the best. It just kept snowing and snowing, for about 14 hours

Well, it's been an even longer time since I've last updated. Not really finding much that I really care to tell about anymore, but I though it was time to post something again. Airsoft-wise, not much going on. I finally bought that PPK I've always wanted, and it's a lot of fun to shoot with propane. The blowback is much more fierce than I was expecting for such a little gun. It looks like it may come at a great cost though; the slide looks like it may be cracking in the very front where the left and right sides meet the bottom of the slide. I can't tell for sure, and I am hoping

Recently bought one of those new Maruzen PPK/S with the "metal" finish. And a close up (don't mind the dog hair): The metallic finish looks nice, but I'm not sure it was worth the extra cash. Unfortunately it looks like there might be a crack in the slide, but I'm not sure.

Awesome. You mention a thread for a suppressor, but where? Do you remove the end of the barrel, or is it an inner-style thread, like an MP5k? A suppressed Luger sounds kind of cool.

Wow, that's 8 times better than I thought it could be. Too bad it can only be "pumped" once, but I guess the consistency makes up for it. Do you have any plans on taking it apart? I know it can't be that complex, but I'm still interested to see how everything works and looks.

Pfft, that's what brother's are for.... Only kidding of course. Seriously.

The step where you're trying to upload images is where you're having trouble, right? Both I and another were having the same problem in the review database, but only if we tried to upload images. I honestly don't know why, and I had the same problems with a the PCs in my mouse. Tried the same images at another house, and they went in fine. I forgot we even had that Classifieds section...

Fixed. One dog, that'll attack anyone that comes through my bedroom door while I'm sleeping. Even if she's only six inches high.

Sorry for not updating lately; I've been getting a lot of work done. Big relief now that most of it's done though. Finally got a hold of a KWC CO2 rig. Let me tell you, this thing is just *fruitcage*ing awesome. So far, I've been able to attach it to a bunch of GBBs, but only a few work outstandingly well with it. The Marui Glock 17 of course light strikes with it a lot, and since the stock plastic slide is already damaged I didn't try using it on that too much. Maruzen Skorpion is scary, but I noticed the top and bottom of the receiver had separated after just one mag, so

Yeah, but then you probably would have a more expensive, heavier broken rifle.

I'm really liking the 17 straight frame. How's its grip, comfort wise? Why did you swear off Glocks? What's wrong with the Marui G17?

I was recently looking at getting an ACM Marushin M500 clone, since they look pretty good and most owners speak fondly of them. I really want to get that PPK first, but I was just looking at the M500 as maybe a future purchase. I was looking at several places, all of which were more expensive than I had originally thought they would be. I thought about buying from a retailer in the states, which was still pretty expensive. The 8mm BBs that I'll have to buy in addition to the gun are what are probably making it seem more expensive. I finally looked on RSOV, which had both the gun and a lar

If I may ask a stupid and somewhat unrelated question, how much were those little RC helicopters in the first pic going for?

Just like the months earlier, but with a different number at the last part of the date. So why do people make resolutions? Makes no sense to me. Most people I know give up on their resolutions before April. I mean, why not just work on whatever you want to any part of the year? Kind of what I do, although to be honest I don't really improve myself on purpose that often... Anyhow, bit of good news and a bit of bad news pertaining to me. Bad news first; I didn't get anywhere near as much stuff done as I wanted to and really should have. Spent most of my time doing other stuff I ne

I hate Christmas. I used to like the getting gifts part, then I came to like giving gifts. More recently, however, I started to dislike having to buy other people presents, going out into the store for 5 or six hours, wrapping, all that BS. This year, I just hated the whole thing. I don't want to get anything for anyone and I don't want them to give me anyhting. The whole thing just seems so fake to me anymore. About the only thing I still like about this "holiday" is getting to visit my family. And the days off, which I don't technically get to enjoy anyhow, but whatever. Speaking

Things actually look to be going a bit better for me. There's still things that need to be done, problems that need to be solved, and a few things that could be better, but hey, nothing is ever perfect, and if it was, life would probably suck more than when it's not. Sort of like that episode of The Twilight Zone... Anyhow, the linseed oil on the skorpion's grip has dried. I'm still not sure if there is enough difference in color to warrant the switch over from a poly finish, but I think I'm going to look at it some more, and maybe try and see how it looks on a few other woods. And,

I noticed that as well. Weird, huh? Thanks for the tip, by the way. Not really sure if I'm going to put any more money into it though, since I'm a bit of a cheapskate. Definitely going to check out that new forum, though I'm not sure how much use I'll be.

Hey, you keep posting blog entries right before I'm going to! You actually did it during this time... Your link to Airsoft Gas Gun Forum links to your WE project on ASB. Sounds interesting (AGGF), might want to sign up.

In this entry I'll write about being emo, Black & Decker, "the best" foods, and talk a little bit about the MK1 I said I was going to write about a few days ago. Lately, again, I've been in a bad mood. I've been angry, sad, and nervous. They're all for good reasons (none of which I feel like sharing), but usually I've never allowed myself feel that way. I'm not really sure why I feel like this now, though apparently a lot of other people have the same problem. I guess, for me at least, it could just be the season. I recall feeling this way the past couple years before this one,

I didn't. Not sure why I'm proud of myself because of that, though...

According to this guy, boiled linseed oil isn't actually boiled and contains heavy metals, so I definitely wouldn't want to spread it around the garage or anything. I'm not using it for an aging product admittedly. More interested in seeing how it makes wood gun bits look.

Ah, I'll have to get some. Thanks.

Sorry if this has been asked before, but did you use pure linseed oil or boiled linseed oil?