Archive for May 15th, 2011

Sunday morning photo tinkering.

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Messing around a little, so I decided to catch up on a couple of things I’d been intending to blog.

That was my present to myself for maintaing a 4.0 average: a Ruger .22/45. This should make a nice practice gun, and I got a good deal at Tex-Guns. There’s already a older Mark II in the family gun safe, but I like the idea of having a Ruger .22 pistol of my own. Also, I understand the .22/45 is a very hackable gun…

Also pictured: two things to make liberals angry. Left front, a 22-round .40 S&W magazine for my Glock 35. Right front, a 33-round 9mm Glock magazine. I don’t have a 9mm Glock at the moment, but I decided to go ahead and pick up one of each after the unfortunate events earlier this year. I placed the order on January 12th. It shipped April 27th.

Speaking of timing: I’d been hearing horror stories about how long renewals take through DPS. I sent in the paperwork for my CHL renewal on April 11th. My new license was in my PO box when I checked it on May 12th. (I’d previously checked it the Saturday before.) So that’s right around a month to process the renewal. And, except for the actual class, the process was relatively painless. I filled out the renewal completely online, TX DPS sent me a receipt page with a barcode, a list of paperwork I’d need, and a note “Send this in with the paperwork.” That’s all there was to it (except, again, taking the renewal class). Nice job, DPS.