My YouTube friends @Dayattherange and @Hazzbro1964 created a deceptively tricky .22 rimfire challenge target called Hold Em or Fold Em. https://dayattherange.com/holdem-or-foldem/5/
This timed challenge, you have 10 shots to hit 10 targets from 50 yards. Each playing-card-themed target is smaller than a postage stamp on a letter-sized sheet of paper. From 50 yards, a postage card looks like the head of a pin.
For my attempt, I was shooting a factory Ruger 10/22 takedown rifle. This can be the least accurate model of the 10/22 because the optics rail is not directly connected to the barrel. I mounted a Discovery Optics LHT 3-12×24 light-weight budget FFP scope. But even at 12x, the individual target squares were tiny, and their edges were barely perceptible.
I ran CCI Standard Velocity rounds, which this rifle shoots well, but its not match-grade ammo. I DQ’d almost from the start. I only managed 3 clean hits out of 10. This result will certainly place me the TRAIN WRECK division of this match.
I hope to try this again, but next time I’ll be shooting from a folding table or from the ground, prone.
Break barrel air rifles are notorious for destroying scopes. Scopes are designed to withstand the recoil of a rifle. The ignition of the cartridge propels the bullet out the barrel, with the hot gas and physics of the reaction, sending the rifle and scope back into the shooter’s shoulder.
Break barrel air rifles on the other hand, are not firearms. Instead, a compressed spring is released, pushing a piston forward into a cylinder, sending compressed air and a lead pellet to the target. The rifle and scope experience two recoil impulses one after the other in opposite directions. This back-and-forth voilence shakes scopes in directions most were never designed to move.
Discovery Optics ED line of premium budget scopes claims to be durable enough to withstand use on a break barrel. I put that claim to the test on my Benjamin Trail Nitro NP2 rifle chambered in .22 caliber.
The Olight iMini 2, a keychain flashlight that only claims to pump out 50 lumens. But this pocket-sized powerhouse illuminates like it’s compensating for something. Probably its size. It’s not because its cold, this compact flashlight makes your Chapstick look like the flashlight she told you not to worry about.
The iMini 2’s design is delightfully simple: two magnetic halves that snap together. The front half houses the LED bult, while the back half terminates in a bare USB-A jack. To activate, simply pull the two halves apart. The light stays on until you reunite the halves, in a snap.
The most surprising feature was its run time. OLight claims a one-hour runtime, but I got considerably more. After an hour, it dimmed like your enthusiasm on Monday morning, then gradually faded over two hours. By the three-hour mark, it was so faint that in daylight, I thought it had given up the ghost. But I discovered it was still on with a faint glow; maybe just 1 lumen? I left it on my desk where it ran for another 12 hours before I gave up on testing it because I had to recharge it for filming more testing the next day.
At around $20, this diminutive dynamo costs less than a movie ticket and outlasts most celebrity marriages.
Over 20 California Gubernatorial Candidates?! This show isn’t about politics, but this state is nuts! We are going to have a little fun and learn something about the candidates running for Governor of California, in their own words.
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This nut and chocolate brand is one of the biggest snack companies in the US. It was sold by Kraft Heinz in 2021 to Hormel Foods.
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California has over 20 Goobers running in the June Gubantorial Primary
California is the largest state in the union. Largest population. Largest economy. Home of technology, Hollywood, the music business. It’s no flex to say the United States is the most influential country in the world. That’s why the rest of the world watches the news and even bets on the U.S. presidential election.
It’s no understatement to say that California is the most influential state in the union. So that’s why you may be hearing about the California gubernatorial race in your local news.
In 2004 California voters passed a Non-Partisan “Jungle Primary” where almost anybody could run regardless of political party affiliation. On paper, this would expand people’s choice beyond the 2-party system. An open primary will be held in June 2026 with the top 2 candidates proceeding to the general election in November.
This year, the CA board of elections validated 32 gubernatorial candidates. As of this video, 10 of them have dropped out, including, Democrat Congressman Eric Swalwell due to sexual assault allegations.
Here are the other 22 candidates from the Primary Ballot Pamphlet mailed out this week.
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The nut brand was founded by Italian immigrant Amedeo Obici in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He started his career as a bellhop and fruit stand vendor in Scranton, Pennsylvania and became known locally as the Peanut Man. This brand is best known for its mascot, “Mr. Peanut”.
KelTec is famous for designing some of the most innovative guns in the industry, as they are infamous for making some of the weirdest guns in the firearms industry. Last year, they put out a clip-fed pistol the PR-5.7, and this year they developed that into a .308 chambered PR-AT3.
With both pistols, KelTec chose to trade the box magazine found in nearly all modern pistols with an internal magazine that is clip reloaded, to allow them to create a slimmer CCW pistol with a higher internal capacity of 13 rounds. Its a “choice.”
This year, KelTec also rolled out with upgrades to their folding PCC, the KelTec Sub2000 CQB, which has an integral suppressor barrel. They also rolled out a Gen2 to their bullpup shotgun, the KS7, creating a more “mainstream” design with a full length Picatinny rail and adding a covered lower Picatinny rail to the pump slide to allow for a vertical grip.
In 2026, Keltec chose to refine rather than revolutionize.
I couldn’t do a Livestream last week because I was in the Northern Arizona desert. Today we’re going to talk about that.
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This iced tea brand is named after a Southwestern state but was actually founded in Brooklyn and is based in Long Island, New York. The founder saw the success of Snapple and came out with his own competitive juice and iced tea brand.
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Arizona
Arizona was the 48th State of the Union and the 6th largest state by size, 14th largest by population. And surprisingly its capital Phoenix is the 5th largest in the country at 1.6M.
Grand Canyon
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This ice-tea brand is known for its 99¢, 22oz tall cans. Their most popular products are their ginseng honey green tea and Arnold Palmer lemonade ice-tea.
In this test, I compared it to Fiocchi Range Dynamic in my factory CZ457 Varmint Precision Chassis with the Discovery Optics XED 6-36×56. I’m testing several budget 22LR ammo vs CCI Standard velocity. CCI Standard is the go-to practice ammo for many competition bullseye pistol and 100-yard rimfire shooters.
Both are lead round nose 22LR cartridges, the Fiocchi having a slightly heavier wax coating, common with European-made rimfire ammo. Pricing for 50 rounds of both ammo was comparable, but the average performance I got was not. CCI was consistantly better.
The Miady Clip-On Lamp set comes with 2 lamps. Each lamp offers the option to run it wirelessly using its built in Lion battery. Or you can remove the internal 18650 battery and use it as a USB-C us it as a normal plug-in lamp.
They do not recommend leaving the battery in the base while using it as a plug-in lamp because it probably does not have a strong cut-off circuit to prevent over-charging the battery. The lamp has a touch-activated button on the clip-on base. Each touch changes the brightness mode. With a price under $20 for a pair of them including the battery, this makes for a compelling value.
