We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:29:10 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification I mean, c'mon. Okay, I got this. And he's got this: And this. Okay, I admit to a *leetle* bit of envy... But the indoor rifle range is just... pretentious, yannowhutImean?... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:39:50 -0600 Oh, BTW, did y'all know that "Murder in the Gun Room", by H. Beam Piper, is available free-fer-nuthin at Gutenberg? The early-fifties prices for precious old pieces, mentioned in that work, will just make you weep. Oh, there's a bayonet murder in there, too. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71772 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71772 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:14:23 -0600 I do not understand why you'd need steel plates for the ceiling. You and the Missus are good shots (I've seen the targets y'all have posted) and surely you wouldn't invite anyone to shoot inside your house unless and until you already knew and trusted them, pretty well? Well, yeah, clear Interior Guard out of overhead room when shooting, in case somebody has heart attack or really bad sneeze at exactly the moment the trigger breaks.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71770 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71770 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:57:40 -0600 I've got *room* to build a 50 foot range, I suppose. I'm not sure the sheetrock lift will handle the steel plates for the ceiling... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71667 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71667 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:46:29 -0600 Looks like a perfectly normal, nicely done gun room, except for the ostentatius marble floors. Otherwise, everything is as it should be. I think I gotta show these to my wife. The TV home and garden channel never quite shows places like this, and I know she would love the decorating tips to spruce up our humble abode. I do know TWO people who have their very own personal indoor ranges! No, I regret that I am not one of them ;-( http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71659 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71659 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:40:16 -0600 That guy has more BARs than your average college town has bars... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71657 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71657 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:10:39 -0600 Interesting you can't see the pics - they come from the same server the page does. Must be blocking the img tags or something. I'll email 'em to you. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71653 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71653 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:32:08 -0600 I can't see the pics due to the local restrictions but if the guy has an indoor rifle range, he's my hero. I'm mighty happy in my humble abode and it would take a great big reason for me to pack up and move again. But a shooting range, especially a year-round, indoor shooting space- that might do it. Of course moving to new digs would would reduce the amount of $$ I have for ammo monthly and having a place to shoot every night after dinner would make it harder for me to afford the heavier house note. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71652 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71652 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:05:07 -0600 Yes, HL, I believe they are. And they would be among the cheaper items in that room. I just saw some for sale at $6500... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71645 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71645 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:44:34 -0600 Are those...Reisings? (Upper left, last pic) If all those MGs are functional MGs...that's a metric BUTTLOAD of money in that basement. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71644 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71644 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:24:16 -0600 Well, not sure who paid for 'em, but she allowed him to have *several* Maxims, to include a very early one, and a lot of other fun guns. So, she can't be *all* bad... Even if each of those was a semi-auto or a dewat, there is a *lot* of money in that basement. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71641 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71641 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:57:45 -0600 Good Lord. Looks like a wing of the Army Ordnance Museum. Does he charge for admission? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71640 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71640 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:43:46 -0600 Nah, that would be the miniguns that fire BBs, BS. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71636 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71636 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:36:37 -0600 It's a good thing ya'll moved out of suburbia. I kept waiting to hear reports of a wild man using a mortar to keep "those darn kids outa my yard!" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71633 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71633 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:11:40 -0600 never satisfied.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71632 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71632 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:18:08 -0600 Yeah, but did that guy's wife buy him a Vickers and a Maxim? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71631 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/04/some_guys_just.html#comment-71631 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:06:02 -0600