Well That Went Sideways Tired of the BS, and New Grips!

69 thoughts on “Well That Went Sideways Tired of the BS, and New Grips!”

1. Those grips are awesome

2. Put a rattlesnake on the grips.
   I’m anon too but I won’t fart on your couch.

3. Big what’s the plan when you can’t get any pain meds because everything is fucked up…

4. yeah, I love me some 1911s. I think I have 4 of them already. yup all 45ACP too. anyway, saw a Rock Island one on sale for 400 or there about a few years back. they also had a few Kimber ones on sale too.
   funny thing side by side, the rock looked and fitted a lot better than any of the Kimbers ?
   BTW. most of the “Turk” handgun I looked at where all well made. good fit and okay finish.
   but if you looking for a platform to work on or with, they can’t be beat for the price.
   so, bought the Rock in FDE. great shooter too. I did swap out a few parts for some made by ED Brown
   though. but it will put a full magazine inside of a 3 inch circle at 25 yards with no problem shooting fast. I like it a lot. if I swap out grips, it for those G10 or whatever they called. I like the golf ball style (?)
   anyway. I did pick up some XS sights to put on it when I get around to it. also got a set for my SA -35
   night sights. I toyed with the idea of getting one in 38 super, but when I saw the weapon for sale.
   they never seem to have any rounds for it (?) maybe someday. we see how it goes.

   1. I bought a Rock Island 1911 with Novak sights and some aftermarket aggressive grips. It’s by far my favorite handgun to shoot. My nephews, sons, and cousins all love shooting it, too.

   2. Yep–.45ACP–“God’s caliber.”

      Q: “Why ya carryin’ a .45?”
      A: “They don’t make a .46.”

      1. Yea they do it’s called a 460 Rowland and it’s badass…Converted a Glock 21 to that. to carry in the woods for grizzly…

      2. told my boss at work ….”cause they don’t make a .50″. Was a few years ago….binky

5. about the VA cutting your pain meds. yeah, they do that a LOT. took me over a year of fighting with
   the “pain guys” to get them even close to what I had before this new clown./doc.
   is it just me or do they treat everyone else like we just getting “high” or selling them ?
   and yeah, I been doing this for the last 15 years now. funny thing is they always tell me IF I quit smoking
   I live another 10 years easy. to which I reply “what makes you thing I want to live another 10 years ? ”
   I mean, I have a DNR on file for God’s sake already ! sometimes I really wonder where do they find these
   people ?

   1. Doogie Howser thinks he knows everything because he just got an MD.
      He’s the same type of asshole who won’t give you enough antibiotics because he’s been told “antibiotics are over prescribed”.

      Ditto on pain meds, according to his thinking you are either a secret junkie getting high or are selling your pills for profit. HE’LL decide what you NEED.
      Fuckers like that have never experience REAL and LONG LASTING pain, day after fucking day.
      If he did, he wouldn’t pull that shit. It makes me so mad, guys who got injured in the line of duty are made to further suffer because of assholes like this. 😡

   2. Dave,
      Its not you. Its the righteous assholes at the VA. Recently, after fighting for eight years with them, I got my pain meds increased from 3 daily to 4 daily ! Yep. Eight years and more bottles of Ibuprofen then I care to think of.
      We’re all just drug addicts and criminals doncha know ?

6. I know what you mean, That “Path Forward” “Roundtable” retired colonel said to stay out of the emotional space on his podcast, and I have largely taken him up on that. Those overly excitable enemy jackwads who got themselves shot in Minneapolis would have done well to listen to that advise too. Constant wars and rumors of wars and speculation about everything can wear you down . I accept that I cannot alter anyone’s opinion and I have no influence on the course of great events as they are unfolding, so why get worked up over what anyone else thinks.

   1. Yeah Brother I spent years in the alt_online patriot dissident prepper parallel economy build community space buying into the idealism and and abstractions and allowed myself to become emotionally invested in things that weren’t real. Made major life choices based on what might be instead of what is. So even the our guys who don’t mean us harm can become part of the overarching alt reality self-promotion industry that can not just wear us out spiritually and emotionally but also greatly damage us economically and weaken our standing in all kinds of ways. my family is far worse off by my believing in something “out there” instead of just prioritizing what I can control and my own income and wealth preservation and social network – however flawed it may have been, because we are on our own. Becoming a “follower” or someone else’s option value to improve their personal vanity project is arguably worse than just hunkering down in normie land and making the most of clown world and getting right with God or whatever power centers you. The more I step away from all this noise the better man I become in real life because the cog dis is not just a lefty thing. I wish it were different. But it’s not. Just like all those years ago I wished the pretty girls like the nice guy with the recent boring job. Don’t get pulled into what might be or could be, if only you did xyz. That’s a tell. They always ask something from you in the end. Keeping the emotional guard anchored in your reality will be as a good a protection from the unknown future as any pile of beans or brass.

      1. Well said

      2. It’s called moderation Brother you can’t go all out for something that might come about in the future but you can make each day a little more secure for you and your family…It would be interesting to hear your story sometime over a campfire and coffee…

         1. Right. We are at war. Or not. Depending on who gains I guess.

            Which is why I will never buy into a “white homeland”. It’s always about me and mine. Those two things can’t coexist. You made my point. Everyone looking out for themselves. Fine. I’ve learned my lesson about higher purposes and aspiring for something bigger than myself.

            1. Now that a retarded take, I honestly thought you were smarter than that..
               Sad That…

            2. Retarded is being condescending about “moderation”. Bullshit. I left my home state to build community because I fell into the lie. There are only two things. What is. And what isn’t. The siren song of guys trying to improve their situation by talking other men into taking the risk for some future ideal is the latter. Don’t get suckered. Do what is best for your family and then if there is overlap of interests, great. Otherwise you become narcissistic supply for some other guys purpose. I don’t care what you think. You don’t know me.

7. you think you’re tired? pffffffft

   come on up and do some shoveling, plowing, and snowblowing for 8-9 hours a day, eat, go to bed, wake up and do it all over again……………………………………………………………………………………………………..
   just to be able to get around the place and out of my property. did i mention the county crew scumbags need to be lined up and shot?
   i have to plow the 1000′ road frontage too or they will fuck that up in spades- typical gubbermint employee losers.

   this is way past bullshit, insanity, and into ‘fuck this rotten evil demonic country burn the fucker down’

   https://ia601605.us.archive.org/35/items/WeatherAsAForceMultiplier/WeatherAsAForceMultiplier.pdf

   1. The (.999) Fine Ag Team —

      Take a gander at Wednesday’s silver future markets fiasco when you get a chance.

      The number you will be looking for is around one hundred fifty million, and when you see it?

      Yeah, get into a comfortable spot with a strong drink first.

      “Ratfucked” is such a genteel and maybe even gentle way to describe what happened.

      See for yourself.

      1. Hold onto physical Au and Ag for dear life.

         1. AU and AG is seed money for when you need to flee the nazis and set up somewhere new or for when fiat blows up. The only currency you can bury for a hundred years and your grandkids can dig it up and still spend it. Last thing to sell. Not for speculating. Fiat is for speculating.

            Also, that blaster is sweet. Old slab sides isn’t gonna crumble in 100 years like the tactical Tupperware. Heavier to carry though.

   2. “Laughs in Living in Florida” 😉

      Don’t overdo it you old fucker, Us old Rakks need to go out knee deep in brass surrounded by the corpses of our enemies, not dying of a heart attack while shoveling!
      Rakkasan!!!

      1. https://youtu.be/xboe7vFIxrA?si=iURHWH2pKiEoWUw2

         How men want to go out!

8. The carry piece looks much better. I approve. Don’t get me started on the VA. Bastards.

9. “Great Movie BTW
   One of my faves… BOTH one and two.”

   No props for Peckinpah? Bruh.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US-F97M4Elo

10. Good work, Tiny. That 1911’ll do just fine for a daily driver and beater! 👍

    I’d a thunk you’d go for a plastic compact for a carry gun though? Aren’t they a better way to go for guys like us?

11. The Schwartz is strong with that 1911…Yogurt approves. As for the reduction in pain meds, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, and I’m speaking generally here. Pain meds killed my dad as he was suffering from AS (ankylosing spondilitis…spelling may be off. My apologies). In short, they caused an internal gut bleed and he died within 12 hrs. I, myself, have had my share of problems with pain pills. Was banging K2s and K4s in my arms back in ’97….literally had skin peeling off my body like a banana and was a walking staph infection. Ate lortabs like m & m’s. Oxy’s and roxy’s were a snack. I have since refused pain meds, even after hernia surgery. Hell, I’ve had dental work done with no anesthesia, by choice mind you.

    I’m not against pain meds, but I believe that the human body can adapt to most anything…just needs training. If it needs help sometimes, so be it. Use it, and then walk away. This is my 2 cents worth and is in no way a condemnation or judgement of your situation. Shit differs amongst folks…that’s why we have chocolate and vanilla ice cream. And don’t get me started on those perverts that wanna throw strawberry into the conversation 😆

12. I completely empathize with you in dealing with medical “professionals”.
    My mom was in the first graduating class of nurses from UVA Medical School in 1952.
    My dad was a crusty Navy doc who ended up chief of rehab medicine at the biggest VA hospital in Virginia, and was dearly loved by all who knew him.
    I shepherded them both through the medical mainframe on to their eventual demise.
    There is so much petty cruelty inflicted on innocent people by medical “professionals” who possess a God complex, and sociopathic tendencies.

13. Theres a relatively new OTC protocol that is being used in lieu of opiates. I’m not a medpro so you might want to confirm with someone you trust. I’ve had a Dr + 3 EMTs/Paramedics confirm it. And I dont know how it is meshed with other painkillers (if at all), but fwiw its:
    Ibuprofen, 800-800-800mg alternating with
    Acetaminophen, 650-650-650mg every 4 hours.
    I know 1 person who was on this and it worked for him. ymmv.

    1. My dentist recommended this after I had dental surgery because I absolutely HATE opiods and they make me extremely nauseous.
       If the pain gets bad, take the Advil and Tylenol at the same time.
       Only bad thing is those drugs will screw up your kidneys long term if you aren’t careful.

       Still BCE if you are in a lot of pain, try this … it does work.

       1. damn right they will fuck your kidneys bigtime. long term they are NOT the way to go.
          and how do I know this. easy . I lost one kidney to doing this shit instead of going on opiate pain meds. and I can tell you this, life is not a lot of fun after that.
          if you can get Lidocaine patches, get them ! they help out in a lot of ways with local pain.
          the 5% ones are the best I found. funny thing, it was harder to get them from the VA than it was the stupid pills ! BTW, I have worn them longer than 12 hours too. you can use up to 3 at a time.

14. Mel would be happy with those grips, so long as he’s getting his cut. “Hopefully we’ll meet again in Space Balls 2: The Search for More Money”.

    “Did you see the size of the chicken?”
    -Dirty Steve

    1. On that note, I was supremely disappointed to learn that they weren’t calling the sequel “Spaceballs 2: the soich for more money!”. They set it up so perfectly 40 years ago, and yet now they’re not going to capitalize on the joke. That just seems wrong, man.

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16. Wife’s pain doc of several years just had their clinic, that opened barely a year ago, shut down by the corporate owners. One month warning – which, in medical terms, is like a 1 hour warning. Seems the multi-million dollar clinic wasn’t making the profits they wanted to see. So, she got one last refill from that doc and had to search for another one, ASAP, which is not an easy thing to do. The .gov has made doctors scared to death to prescribe opiates. Her primary care doc said as of the first of the year, she was not allowed to prescribe pain meds to her patients – something to do with the state. You know that happy wife, happy life? Well, when wife has cut her own pain meds down to 1/2 to stretch them out before getting into a new doc sometime in April, it ain’t so happy around here. I’ll have to tell you about our motorcycle wreck sometime, when a wetback hit us. Then you’ll understand why she’s on pain meds.

    On a lighter note, I just “discovered” Sezzle and other layaway plans online gun stores have. Damn. That was too easy. Got an M16A1 clone build on layaway – cheaper than I could build one for with Colt parts. Bastards.

    1. Need to get your wife on peptides Brother so her injuries can start healing instead of just masking the pain…

17. I found these on the ‘zon

    1. https://a.co/d/0g8FKUK3

18. Hang in there brahs! Its almost showtime!

    1. BCE, sorry about your pain med situation. I was a surgical PAC for 21 years. Forced retirement 2021 because would not take the kill jab. You are seeing the idiots that went to med school as the bs opoid epidemic started and took hold. I worked for surgeons that I initially respected, and the the state medical boards started coming down hard on large prescriptions of oxycodone and other narcotics. Then the med schools and resident programs started preaching their bullshit. The last eight or ten years of my 21 years was a pain in the ass. We would do big open cases and the moron residents would send patients home on a Friday with 10 5mg oxycodone tabs. If I saw that, I would tear up their scrips and write for 30-50. Ten would be a guaranteed Monday nightmare. The patients would have used their ten by Saturday and be crying in pain, but no resident would be around to deal with them. I tried to get them to write a reasonable amount, but the med school was woke and stupid and they were indoctrinated. Do no harm, what a joke. Those fuckers didn’t give a shit. Most of the docs just fold like a cheap suit. My boss held out for a while, but the boards had the power to kill your license, so he had to fold eventually. It seems like this was a run up for the jab debacle. When Covid hit, all those intelligent doctors I had spent years admiring turned to sheep. I knew early on Ivermectin and hydroxy chloroquine killed Covid. If there even is a Covid. That whole thing was a planned op, and lots of folks died, and a shitload more will die early. I don’t trust mainstream corporate medicine anymore, no one should. Sorry for the rant, and thank you sincerely to you and all the vets who served and who are now being ill served. God bless you all.

       1. Good on you Brother takes courage to go against the tide…

19. I can sort of relate to the pain issue. I have an old injury that caused some nerve damage. Sometimes it hurts like hell, but not all the time, thankfully. I’ve never sought opiates for it, because I absolutely don’t want to form that habit, or deal with the side effects, which I am familiar enough with from having periodically taken narcotic painkillers a couple of times after various surgeries (hernia, tooth extractions).

    When it flares up it’s a sonofabitch, and at it’s worst, I take off work and stay home in bed trying to get by on Aleve or ibuprofen. Neither does much good. Sometimes I wonder if CBD would help, but I really don’t want to resort to that – or straight up maryjane – since I need (and much prefer) to stay sharp and focused. So, I suffer. But it’s a real drag, and the older I get, the less I’m able to tolerate it.

    1. Need to do peptides Brother they work really well, just a little pricey…

       1. Which peptides? Brand names? Where to buy?

          1. “Peptides” is a marketing term more than a medical one. Largely TikTok Facebook miracle snake oil.

             That said there are whole classes of what’s called “research chemicals” which is another FDA loophole/no mans land like “supplements” that allows them to be sold (“not for human consumption” or “for research purposes only”) on disclaimers as they are not patented medical compounds (yet) but rather molecular isolates of things like amino acids or hormones or even stuff like replicated snake venom.

             The efficacy is largely anecdotal (lotsa placebo effect) but a few have actual research and associated benefits though most are still in animal trials and so the marketing is leapfrogging the research protocols by nature of being in that FDA grey area.

             Not that the FDA is any good obviously but it all means you should do your own research and not rely upon social media or other marketing channels.

             The GLP-1 diabetes drug used off label for weight loss (Ozempic) are technically a peptide that have been branded. That’s why compounding pharmacies can make them while the big pharma charges a shit ton because their branded version is “approved off label” and so gov pays.

             Their efficacy is not without a lot of side effects of course like most things but the problem becomes when the $$$ is flowing the ability to get visibility on the extent of those becomes more difficult.

             Tread carefully. These research chemicals can help with a variety of things but are not magical or “safe”.

             Many athletes have been pursuing these things as they tend to be a few years ahead of PED testing as well but many end up damaged too.

             There are also a lot of herbal and botanical natural remedies that follow the same principles without as much efficacy (or risk) as they tend to be more nutritional therapies and thus longer on ramp before you can feel it so of course we want quick fixes especially for pain and so they get overlooked but are as “real” as anything else.

             Likely more so given the thousands of years of practicing. Plus you can grow many of them. We all gotta put our healthcare so we gotta do a lot of legwork on our own. I’ve been in pain for 40 years. Still haven’t found my panacea. But some good things out there if you put in the time. Good luck!

          2. BPC 157 and TB 500 I get it through Ellie MD…
             https://elliemd.com/

    2. here what I figured out about “life” after 35, your warranty , is null and void. after 45, it like you never had one. and by 55, all bets are OFF and lab numbers take on a whole new fucked up meaning !
       and yeah. I figured that out by looking thru the bottom of beer bottles !
       booze is a lot like morphine. doesn’t really take the pain away, you just don’t care about it.
       but, it sometimes take a lot of booze to get to that point.
       yeah, I one time drank a bottle of 30 year old scotch and I do not remember doing it.
       and I had saved that bottle for at least 5 years waiting on a good reason to open it. like when my buddy who gave it to me was going to drop by again. anyway, he understood when I told him what happened.
       I wanted it to mean something as it was a gift and not something I would have bought for myself
       I never had 500 bucks to blow on a bottle of booze so, anyway.
       after 55, and you hurt. it takes long to bounce back if you ever do. after 65, you hope you get a little better. after 70, well. you end up praying for a nice massive heart attack to end the damn pain.

       1. Dave, so damn true !!

          When you are young when you get hurt you heal up and think “no big deal”.
          Little do you know that when you are older the arthritis that will hit you from the injury. 😬
          Getting old SUX !!

          1. so true

             i was banged up pretty badly with the 187th. 3 months in an ortho ward, medically retired.. a year later i was throwing karate kicks, climbing 32′ ladders, and racing offshore boats… my surgeon was correct about the arthritis that was going to haunt me one day.. on Tramadol and 800mg motrins right now. was on everything they could find that wasn’t narcotic and they only made me feel like shit and didn’t work. went to physical therapy today for hip arthritis, mondays for lower back, and thursdays for knees and feet.. pain? what do you all know about pain? podiatrist wants to fuse my big toe, ortho wants to replace my hip and knee, and there’s been talk about spinal surgery. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. and NOPE! I just keep driving-on what else is there? i’m still fit to fight and wouldn’t dream of backing down from anyone- i have a rep to keep up 🙂

             1. Look into peptides Brother might help you like they have me…

    3. I can offer some OTC pain control advice. I stayed away from CBD oils and crème when I was working in the hospital. I was not certain whether it could be picked up on a drug test, and all employees were subject to random testing. Although in 21 years the only drug tests I had to take were when I got stuck with a patient needle, usually by the surgeon being careless. Funny, they never had to get tested for those incidents.
       After retiring, I tried CBD. Not perfect, but it does help. It is kind of expensive. I pay $50 for a 4 fl oz bottle of crème.
       I also use Salonpas or Aspercreme. That is 4% lidocaine, a topical anesthetic. Prescription strength topical lido is 5%. Big deal.
       I also started using Voltaren. That is diclofenac sodium, a topical gel, advertised as an arthritis pain reliever. It is a 1% NSAID. It is a non steroidal, I can’t advise on use of this with other non steroidal meds like ibuprofen etc. but I don’t find the pills like ibuprofen as effective for arthritis as the topical anyway. Voltaren is the brand name stuff. I shop at Sam’s club so I’m not sure about Price Club on this next info. Sam’s sells Voltaren and the generic Members Mark side by side. The generic is 10 bucks cheaper (about $30) and you get 3 tubes of 150 grams. The Voltaren is about $40, and you get two tubes of 150g and a half size tube. And it’s the same stuff.
       Obviously, narcs like oxycodene are damned helpful, but they do have problems. I use them when I have them, but my feeling is that regular use becomes less effective if used regularly. I save the random oxy’s I come up with for unrelieved breakthrough pain on only occasional use basis.
       I have arthritis in my neck, lower back, knees and feet. I was not military, but I can imagine many different ways the military guys could have gotten fucked up. This info won’t solve all problems but maybe it will help some.

       1. Sorry, I should have edited before posting. Salonpas comes in a crème, a roll on, and also patches. Not sure on all the patch sizes, I just bought the big ones and cut them to fit and saved the rest. I know the Sam’s near me sells the larger size.
          Also, I’ll use all three on my feet. I’ll roll on the lido, let it dry and then CBD and the Voltaren. Slather that on, let ir dry and then socks and boots. Same with my lower back or neck. I know I look strange with socks and boots hanging off my neck, yuk yuk.

    4. BRD, if you have access to true CBD products, give it a shot. It is not , in any way psychoactive. My Christian, conservative mom uses a product for her arthritis pain and tells me that it works for her. Worst case scenario is it won’t work for you and you’ll be out a few bucks. Just a thought.

       1. Thanks for the tip. I have no ethical or religious hangup against CBD, just have been unsure if there were undesirable side effects from it’s use. My work and hobbies leave me too many opportunities to get fukt up if I’m not sharp and focused, which is why use of conventional pot in any form is a non-starter (for now, anyway).

          1. CBD no side effects THC Yea definitely…

    5. My wife started using CBD to help with the discomfort post surgery from a mastectomy. Get 100mg gummies and cut into eight pieces. One piece lasts most of the day.

20. Fucking childish idiotic grips. Grow the fuck up and try to act your age you classless fuck.

    1. Gee, lookit that! ANOTHER Fucktard who earned the permaban

       1. Do we get his IP address too?
          Asking for a friend…

21. I’m in chronic pain now, and have been for 43 years. It’s not real bad, but sometimes……I use tylenol, Emu oil, and most importantly, a lot of prayer. Also take a steroid for the joints and gut. The VA doesn’t want anyone addicted to pain killers, but some peoples pain can’t do without serious meds, and they know it. People without serious, chronic pain do not understand what it is like to be in pain 24/7/365, at night, in the cold, trying to take care of yourself and some one else, trying to get some sleep, etc. Their tender concern will not help the quality of your life. So you’re addicted, so what? At least you can live the remainder of your life with your sanity.

    1. yup. the insomnia due to back pain was the last 10% i needed to hit 100. oh look! the assessor just raised my house taxes- HA HA

       in MI, 100% service-connected vets pay ZERO property tax

       amerikah! FREE FREE

    2. As someone in medicine for 21 years, I can not agree more. I am ashamed of the direction medicine has gone in the last 100 years. Less concern with healing, and relieving pain and suffering of patients, and more interested in creating lifetime “clients”as a steady source of income through chronic illness.

22. Nothing better than OD green anything. Of all my 30 plus years or camo and gear, all my OD is on my memorial rack. I did a Para ordnqnce P-14 in OD and black, customized, accurized, trugger jog, etc….took a year to get to 100% but was worth it.
    On the pain note, have the VA get you a gamma core vagus nerve stimulator, a gam core Quell device, an Alpha stim device and a new modern “tens” stim. Put the time in, do the training and they will likely help. I use them all, for my GWI, fibromyalgia, replaced joints, insomnia, blown out discs pain, the list goes on, I was a K2 experiment. Took me five years to find someone at the VA that knows about this shit same PRP, stem cell, therapeutic massage, acupuncture for pain, ptsd, nada, etc…i very rarely use any pain pills. I do use curcumin year round, helps a lot. When my back first blew and those fuckers jacked me up with pain pills, and i finally kicked them, i said id never take another one unless its diclofenac, ibuprofen, etc… non-narcotic. Id rather swill a half a bottle of Jack Daniels if it gets too bad, which it does.

    Be well all.

23. If Western medicine ain’t got what fixes the pain, acupuncture — true acupuncture and not modified slick new building mall doc — has been fixing this. Not on your VA or any insurance plan; real money out of your pocket.
    But an option you control.

24. Kinda surprised at your experience. VA in my regional AOR seems to be more closer to reducing your VA percentage and pushing the various Oxy and Fentanyl pain killers that give you lots of bad thoughts also, contrary to what the VA secretary claimed. I’m shocked I say. Guess they figured it’s cheaper if we OD or eat a bullet vs paying whats owed for the rest of our painful lives.
    As for the various hot rants, I think folks are just plain sick and worn out from this day after day after day of this shit we are living though and thats causing a large case of Very Short Fuse syndrome, myself included. And yes we should just mumble “Fucking Retards” and ignore them or as my granny used to say, Bless their little retarded hearts.

25. Shit man the way you did that pistol is the way they should have been from WWII forward for the military. The OD coating looks great. And the grips would satisfy any discerning hand gunner.
    Well done sir!

    Hope you find a solution to your medical difficulties.

26. Good to know you retained your sense of humor.

27. Sorry about your pain med situation… We have to pay because other people abuse theirs… If only I were younger Id make you feel better!!…😉… Im a real girl and you are my online crush!!… Enjoy it!… Lol…

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