CW 45 back home in time for Independence Day

[Southerngunner]

Happy 4th of July Everyone:amflag:
I got the good news 2 days ago that my CW45 has been shipped back to my FFL due to the frame replacement:D. My dealer called and said his shop would be open today and if I wanted to come pick it up I could. It is much better now that the front rails are in contact with the slide, very smooth and no binding. Kahr also used my original slide and I don't know if the trigger group is the original but it has a very good trigger pull.
I will update how it is when I'm able to get out and shoot it early next week.

[Photoman]

Happy 4th! Perfect timing on getting the CW45 back. Be sure to let us know how it shoots.

[Southerngunner]

I got to the hills this morning before it got too hot and was able to put almost a 100 rounds through my CW45 since it got back from a frame warrenty from Kahr. The first pic is 50 or so rounds at 10 yards with 200 grain lead SWC,the second pic is also at 10 yards but I was using 230 grain Lead TC bullets . Any of the flyers were all my fault as I would tend to rush the shot and not pay enough atttention to the trigger pull.
The 3rd pic is of a helpfull target that I have taped to the front of my target pouch it helps keep me honest when I get lazy


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[gb6491]

Well done sir!
We're about 111F down this way right now. Did you all get any of the rain over the weekend?
Regards,
Greg

[Southerngunner]

Thanks Greg, we are at 107 here at 3:00pm and we had a mini monsoon last evening not a lot of rain but a whole bunch of wind and thunder with Flash Flood warnings. The humidity is at about 40% today so its real muggy. Its clouding up again as we speak so there may be round 2 tonite.
Be Safe,
Terry

[gb6491]

Terry,
It sounds like you're having what we had over the weekend. We had a little rain and some wind...after that high humidity.
Wind blew a plant over on the patio and cracked the pot, but that was about the extent of any damage we had.
The humidity sucked (not looking forward to monsoon season), I took my dogs out yesterday at about a half hour before dawn and was wringing wet by the time we got up a ridge line. Fortunately a little breeze came up and it was bearable after that. We decided to adopt a stray dog we've being holding for a couple of weeks, so seeing how his vaccinations are now up to date (rattlesnake bite inclusive), he went along (in the foreground here):
http://i57.tinypic.com/263djso.jpg
Regards,
Greg

[Southerngunner]

Nice looking group of hiking pals you got there Greg, our two dogs are to Lahso Apso' and I don't dare take them in the hills when I go up. Dogs that size are getting snatched up by Coyotes weekly here.

[CPTKILLER]

Good job. Only 96 or so in Austin.

[Bawanna]

I thought them doggies was a multiplying. Looks like they were warm too what with the tongues hanging out.

I heard of flash floods of course but never heard of monsoons down there. Guess you can't have one without the other I reckon.

Too warm for me. We probably got mid to high 80's over the weekend and that was really too warm to accomplish much.

[Southerngunner]

Hey Bawanna take a peek at this video from 7/13/2012 it rained less than an hour and this happened. Here in the desert the water doesn't soak in very fast so it just runs downhill .
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ad_1342291546

[gb6491]

Nice looking group of hiking pals you got there Greg, our two dogs are to Lahso Apso' and I don't dare take them in the hills when I go up. Dogs that size are getting snatched up by Coyotes weekly here.
Thanks Terry:)
I hear you about the coyotes. My dogs run in the 50-70 pounds range, but I still try to keep them in close to me. I had a scare once when they chased a couple of coyotes up a vertical wash wall and all were out of sight by the time I got out of the wash. It took about 20 minutes before they came back. By that point I was headed back to get my Jeep to search for them; needless to say we had some remedial training about chasing after things (still, they are pretty good about stopping when I call them off).
Another morning, it was still pretty dark and we hadn't gone 30 yards from the jeep when we came up on two BIG coyotes that didn't seem to concerned about us. At first, I thought they were German Shepherds and that maybe people were near by. That thought quickly passed and I drew my pistol as I wasn't sure if they were coyotes or Mexican wolves..for sure we had a Mexican stand off going on. I finally thought to take my little point and shoot camera out and try to get a shot of them. It's not a great camera for low light, so my apologies for the photo quality:
http://i60.tinypic.com/27y2zv9.jpg
They finally moved on and I gave them a little time before the dogs and I did likewise.

Bawanna,
They do feel the heat, but are in good shape. Hikes are limited to about an hour in the early morning, but it's still in the mid to high 80's at about 0430 this time of the year. After the sun comes up it, it's like that prison planet in the Chronicles of Riddick (:angel:OK, that's a mild exaggeration :lie:)
Regards,
Greg

[Armybrat]

Good job. Only 96 or so in Austin.
We have been pretty lucky so far this summer.

[Southerngunner]

Greg, Thats a very cool pic but as you know those rascals hunt in packs and there was probably more that you didn't see. Around here at night you can hear them yipping trying to lure other critters into a wash where the pack is waiting for supper. I had 3 of them chase a neighbors Pit bull over the back wall of our yard a couple weeks ago and I was able to spook the desert dogs away so the worn out pit could get back across the street and in the house.

[Bawanna]

Them desert dogs don't look like they have missed many meals. Plenty big and not the slightest bit scrawny.

It's a great pic.

[wyntrout]

Nice pix, as usual, Greg. Those don't look like coyotes... too heavy in weight and coat!

Wynn:)

[wyntrout]

My "vote" is for the Mexican Wolf or Mexican Gray Wolf:

http://www.mexicanwolves.org/


"The Lobo Life

The Mexican gray wolf, or "lobo," roamed throughout southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas through the early 1900s, and south into northern Mexico until the 1980s. Today, around 60 wild wolves roam the headwaters of the Gila River in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
Mexican gray wolves are smaller than their relatives to the north—the gray wolves that roam the northern Rocky Mountains and Midwest. Weighing in at 50 to 85 pounds, Mexican wolves are about the size of a German shepherd and are the smallest subspecies of the gray wolf in North America."


Dead ringer! I'm glad you didn't have to defend yourself or your pups against them. They're rare... and beautiful!

http://www.mexicanwolves.org/images/watch.jpg

Wynn:)

[rjinaz85308]

+ on the Mexican wolf. We see them occasionally here im AZ too


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[Bawanna]

So their wolves are sneaking across too huh?

Do look pretty close to the picture.