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Posted 10 months ago4 Notes, View comments

Remember Chronos? I had almost forgotten about it. This was IMAX back when it was greatness, circa 1985. There were only three such screens in existence, a handful of capable cameras, and every film “worthy” of being shown on one simply must be an epic documentary. I was just watching the opening scenes – it’s cool to be able to look back at something like this, from when I was just a kid thinking “I want to go there!”, and realize I’ve since stood right in the heart of some of these scenes.

Watching this again I realize where a lot of my likes and interests come from in everything from music, to movies, to my ability to sit in a truck all day on some of the “most boring” drives imaginable and thoroughly enjoy it.

(Source: hulu.com)

Posted 1 year ago9 Notes, View comments

Walther PPK/S

I picked up a little something for my birthday while in Prescott last week: a Walther PPK/S in 9mm kurz (380). I’ve wanted one of these for years and was lucky enough to find one that was imported, not some Smith & Wesson copy.

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This PPK/S was built in Ulm, “West” Germany sometime between 1968 and 1979 in 1970 and imported by Interarms before they acquired the license to build them here. It features German markings and is stamped as “9mm kurz”. In fact, the only English markings on it are “Made in W. Germany” and the Interarms import stamp.

It came with nothing but a magazine. Fortunately, the manual is available for download from Walther. Surprisingly, the gun was beautifully clean inside and out and the finish has only been slightly worn. Shooting it is a pleasure. It kicks a bit more than one might expect for a .380 thanks to the blowback design (one piece frame and barrel), but I find I much prefer the heft of an all-steel construction over modern polymer silliness.

Future plans for it are a new set of springs to reduce the overwhelming 12.5 pound trigger pull when firing double-action, and I would like to find a nice set of wood grips. I particularly like these ones.

More pictures of my new safe queen can be found in the Flickr set.

Posted 3 years ago6 Notes, View comments