The weekend thread or what I say I will do as opposed to what I will really do

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Because I'm an idiot and when they sent me an email asking permission to submit the paperwork to the Chief Firearms Officer, I stupidly clicked yes, having forgotten that the government recently scrapped the long gun registration requirements.  Had I been thinking, I would have then realized that they were sending me the 18" carbine.  Once I gave assent, the rifle became mine.  The amount of pain and paperwork to transfer it back is ridiculous. 

I'm already a member of a few ranges and I bought the thing specifically for plinking targets so it's not a huge burden.  I'll just make a pistols and rifle day out of it.

[Staggerwing]

Something tells me they probably didn't try very hard to dissuade you from buying the restricted length version. They probably  don't have any trouble selling the other one. This one, probably not the biggest seller of the two. :D

[Jarhead0331]

I got a Remington R-15 in .204 Ruger.  I'm going to mount a Leupold VX2 scope on it.  Just have to swing by the store and get the right sized rings for it.  Unfortunately, I screwed up when I ordered this rifle.  You can get it with an 18" or a 22" barrel but the online order form didn't give an option to select which one you want and I didn't think to state specifically in the order comments that I wanted the 22" so they sent me the 18".  In Canada, centre fire rifles with a barrel length of less than 18.5" are classified as restricted weapons, the same as pistols.  That means I can only take it to a licenced range, not just out in the woods.  I also have to take extra precautions for storage.  Gun safe, trigger lock, and ammo locked up and stored separately from the rifle.  I also have to get an authorization to transport from the RCMP in order to be able to take it to the range or a gunsmith's and I'm limited to 5 round magazines.

Reading this made me vomit a little bit in my mouth.  :-[

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Yup.  It's irritating, but it's the law of the land here, I'm afraid.  The news gins up fear about guns in the aftermath of some isolated incident.  Hyperventilating members of the public react instinctively, blame guns instead of looking at the root causes, and demand the police and lawmakers do something.  Reactionary politicians then take the lazy approach and enact pointless and arbitrary legislation so they can say, Look, see what I did?  Don't you feel safe now?  Vote for me, next election.

Back in the 1970s, the media went into a frenzy over Saturday Night Specials because of sensationalist reporting out of New York and Philadelphia.  Then someone in Montreal got shot with one. Shock! Horror! (seriously, New Jersey always gets portrayed as being the home of greasy guido mobster types, but they've got nothing on Montreal).  What did the lawmakers do?  That's right.  Ban the sale of handguns in .25 and .32 calibre.  That'll be sure to stop any and all future murders.

In the 1990s, some nutbag convert to the Religion of Peace (the media never mentions that bit, but loves saying "white male"), flipped out and killed a bunch of women at a college in Quebec.  The result?  Mandatory registration of all firearms.  Limits on magazine capacities, and the restriction of use on rifles with barrel lengths of less than 18.5 inches.  Why?  Well, that's what he used so it only makes sense to restrict it.  There's no way he could've done what he did with a 22' barrel.  Or a handgun.  Or a canister of chlorine gas.


Anyway, have you fired anything in .204?  It's a great little round!  The whole reason I ordered this was that my buddy got a Tikka T3 in .204 and kept going on about what an amazingly accurate rifle it was.  I thought he was boasting a bit until I went out and tried the thing for myself. 

[Jarhead0331]

Anyway, have you fired anything in .204?  It's a great little round!  The whole reason I ordered this was that my buddy got a Tikka T3 in .204 and kept going on about what an amazingly accurate rifle it was.  I thought he was boasting a bit until I went out and tried the thing for myself.

Nope...but it looks like it has a really high muzzle velocity which definitely means it should be very accurate.  Please don't tempt me...the last thing I need is ANOTHER caliber in my collection.

[Toonces]

Well, last night I played Left 4 Dead 2 almost exclusively.

Today, I just bought Chivalry, so I'll be playing some of that tonight after it installs.  Also, I'm strongly considering making a serious attempt to learn Mount and Blade: Warband.  I've started it a few times, and I have a few mods also, but I never really have been drawn in by it (except cRPG, which doesn't count).  I'd like to really get immersed in the single player campaign and figure the game out, what makes it so popular.

WRT Chivalry, interestingly I had WotR sitting in my cart already when I added Chivalry.  WotR came out and Chivalry stayed.  I hope I like it...it was tough choosing between the two of them.  Although, I'm sure I'll pick up WotR at some point, too.

[Bison]

Hmmm...I've been thinking of pulling the trigger on WotR because Gussy and LB have it.  Maybe we can beat each other with swords and maces.

[MetalDog]

If y'all decide to do that, give me a heads up.  I'll plunk down the cake and get in on some of that MP goodness :-)

[Toonces]

Chivalry is installed, and dammit, I just bought Dark Souls.  It is shaping up to be one hell of a gaming day today.

[Gusington]

If y'all are interested in Chivalry please post so!

[Toonces]

Well, I am having HUGE buyer's remorse with Chivalry.  I couldn't even get through the training scenario without getting horribly motion sick.  What a total bummer.

I don't know why it is that some games I'm just fine with (Skyrim, L4D2) but then others like Chivalry just make me want to barf within minutes.

I'm going to try again later...my head finally stopped hurting after like 15 minutes...but I wish I had just bought WotR.  I may just buy it anyway.  I don't usually go on such full-price buying orgies like this, but I really wanted to get some medieval hack-and-slash action today.

[Gusington]

ORGY! ORGY! ORGY!

[Toonces]

Ok, I bought and am installing WotR.  That's going to eat up my gaming budget until Christmas I think.

[Arctic Blast]

Finished off Borderlands 2 for the first time. So GOOD. I think I'll begin replaying it again, with the new mode that opens up for a 2nd play through. Supposed to be more difficult, and with a whole bunch of new types of baddies and the like.

Tried out a few games that have been installed for awhile as I attempt to trim down the number of games to play before the Christmas game sale season is upon us. Cleared a few dogs away and faced reality and uninstalled some of the games that I'm honestly never going to get to.

Started up Torchlight 2. Really liking it so far. Holy crap, a variety of environments?! That alone is a giant improvement over the original.

And got in some Team Fortress 2. Valve has outdone themselves with their Halloween special stuff, as usual.

[W8taminute]

Ok so I said I was going to play a bunch of games but so far all I've been doing is XCOM.