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TMI Live 250115

January 14, 2025 moondog

Aura https://aura.com/moondog

EARLYBIRD Clue: logo

SPECIAL GUESTS

Ian Conolly of Anchor and Star Productions and NYC Airsoft

Darryl Parabellum Russel

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NAME THE BRAND CLUE

The company was founded in Ogden, Utah, in 1878 by brothers Matthew and John Moses

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WORD(s) OF THE WEEK

Andúril

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SHOT SHOW SCHEDULE

Monday
Industry Range Day

Tuesday

Riton
March Scopes
Olight OSight
Aero Precision
Keltec
Discovery Optics
Telson Optics

TBD
Burris Optics
Mantis
Hi Lux
Leapers UTG
Swarovski
Holosun
Trijicon

Wednesday

Monstrum
Nitecore
Athlon Optics
Aguila <live stream?
Primary Arms
Sightron
X-Vision Optics / Thermal
Bear Creek Arsenal
Evike

TBD
Texas Precision Optics
Tippman Arms
Swampfox
Zero Compromise Optics
SIG Saur

Thursday

Enjo sporting optics
Palmetto State Armory
Leupold

TBD
Valden Optics
Hawke Optics
Fenix

Friday

5.11 Tactical

CONTESTS

Next Livestream Wed January 15 for our SHOT Show episode

NAME THE BRAND CLUE: Famous for guns designed by co-founder John Moses: BAR automatic-rifle, X-bolt rifles, and Hi-Power pistol.

HASHTAG DRAWING #browning

Shooting Sports, Social

BoomStick Budget Rifle & Ammo Challenge

January 4, 2025 moondog

BoomStick @FukuYTmark6 and LongRilfe @MnShootingSports have set up a 50-yard rimfire challenge that is right up my alley: Budget. This challenge target has six 3/4″ target rounds which is pretty standard but the real challenge is the limitations on the price of the gear and ammo you can shoot it with.

This challenge is limited to factory rifles (no upgraded trigger or barrel) and optic must have a retail price of less than $700 combined. Moreover, the rimfire ammo used must be bulk box 22LR and excludes more premium ammo types such as CCI Standard and Norma Tac22 (CCI standard is premium? love it!).

I’m a dumpster diver at heart so I accept this challenge with a smile. My rifle is a factory Ruger Precision Rimfire which I bought on a Black Friday sale at Sportsmans Warehouse for less than $300, but for the sake of this challenge, I’m going to count the average sale price today which is about $400. That means the scope I choose has to cost less than $300. Fortunately for me, I recently reviewed the Discovery Optic LHD 8-32×56. A very high magnification scope for a very budget price of about $249 https://youtu.be/Jn7LcnJBsbg

For the challenge, my Ruger RPRF was installed with UTG Reconflex bipods (retails for about $49) and I shot it with Aguila Super Extra High Velocity 40grn CPRN.

During the challenge run, I initially aimed at the center of the dots but experienced a climbing point of impact. While attempting to compensate by aiming toward the bottom, the point of impact sometimes shifted downward. By the 3rd target circle, I gave up compensating and simply aimed at the center. About 50% of my shots were flyers. All in all, I only scored 11 out of a possible 18.

Download your own target and try it yourself: https://mnshootingsports.com

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Discovery Optics website
Get 10% Off using code: Moondog: https://www.discoveryopt.com/DISCOVERYOPT-LHD-8-32X56SFIR-FFP-Z-optics-Scopes.html

Amazon 10% discount code: Moondog832 https://amzn.to/3Ck6nu2

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TMI Live 241226

December 26, 2024 moondog

Aura https://aura.com/moondog

EARLYBIRD Clue: This submachine gun inspired by the CZ Model SA 25

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Moondog2A

https://youtu.be/7pNa73Y6voM

Moondog Reviews

Moondog Go

EARLBIRD CLUE: This gun was first issued in 1954/56 and used in combat during the 1967 Six-Day-War. And seen used by Secret Service Agents during the attempted assination of President Regan.

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WORD(s) OF THE WEEK

Colly

The lyrics to the “The Twelve Days of Christmas” was first published in the 1700s and based on a French poem. What we sing as Day 4: Four Calling Birds was originally written as “Colly” which is a European Black Bird. “Colly” is derived from “Coal-y” meaning black and where Border Collies get their name.

-American Ornithological Society
https://americanornithology.org/four-calling-birds/

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12 Days of Christmas
The 12 days of Christmas is the period in Christian theology that marks the span between the birth of Christ and the coming of the Magi, the three wise men. It begins on December 25 (Christmas) and runs through January 6 (the Epiphany, sometimes also called Three Kings’ Day).

Stille Nacht / Silent Night
“Silent Night” (German: “Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht”) is a popular Christmas carol, composed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyrics by Joseph Mohr in Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Austria.

What are your Christmas taditions?

New England Lobster Market https://newenglandlobster.net/

CONTESTS

CVLife EagleTalon 1-6×24 https://moondogindustries.com/december-2024-contest-cvlife/

Next Livestream Thursday January 2

EARLBIRD CLUE: This submachine gun was designed by Maj. Uziel Gal and was first produced by IWI and FN.

HASHTAG DRAWING #uzi

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DATR FTS Overwatch Mission

December 24, 2024 moondog

Day at the Range is a popular YouTube channel that creates uniquely designed and fun rimfire challenge targets. He shoots them on his channel and encourages other shooters to download them and share their results. This December he created a snowman themed target where we have to protect Frosty The Snowman (code name: FTS) from being melted by evil suns.

I downloaded the target and added some festive holiday colors to the otherwise black and white target. I posted my target at the prescribed 50yrds and after zeroing my scope, proceeded to shoot at each sun. I missed about half of them unfortunately. Worse yet, I hit FTS with one of the misses. I only managed a meger score of 2 points but it was a fun attempt nonetheless.

If you’re interested in the scope I was using in this video, its the new Discovery Optic LHD 8-32×56. A very high magnification scope for a very budget price. I reviewed it https://youtu.be/Jn7LcnJBsbg

You can download this target on the Day at the Range website https://dayattherange.com/fts-overwatch-mission/

Download my Christmas color target

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Discovery Optics website 10% Off code Moondog: https://www.discoveryopt.com/DISCOVERYOPT-LHD-8-32X56SFIR-FFP-Z-optics-Scopes.html

Amazon 10% discount code: Moondog832 https://amzn.to/3Ck6nu2

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TMI Live 241218

December 17, 2024 moondog

Aura https://aura.com/moondog

EARLYBIRD #flag

SPECIAL GUEST

Ian Conolly
Unix Systems Administrator with the US Department of the Interior. SONIC my co-producer for OP: Bad Blood and line producer joining me at SHOT Show for the first time next year.

SHOT SHOW interviews planned

Athlon Optics

Aguila

Evike

Primary Arms

Sightron

Olight

Palmetto State Armory

SIG

X-Vision Optics / Thermal

Discovery Optics

Nitecore

Monstrum

THIS WEEK

Moondog2A

Moondog Reviews

Moondog Go

EARLBIRD REMINDER #flag

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EARLYBIRD DRAWING #

#COLT

WORD(s) OF THE WEEK

Maliprop

noun: malapropism
the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo ” (instead of flamenco ). Yogi Berra, regarding switch hitters, “He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious”

Eggcorns and Modegreens

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Def Leapherd Pour Some Sugar on Me / Pour Some Shook Up Ramen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JEZZ1J_4N0

Pommes Frites Super Angle (french fries Super English).

French Fries aren’t French they’re Belgian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_fries

Sandwich American (irony) https://justinsomnia.org/2008/06/sandwich-americain/

Pommes Frites / Pulp Fiction
Belgo

What are your favorite French Fry dishes?

Moules Frites https://www.foodandwine.com/moules-frites-7104389

Beef Tallow Fries

What’s your favorite fries leftover recipe?

Loaded Fries Shepherd Pie https://cupcakesandkalechips.com/shepherds-pie-loaded-fries/

CONTESTS

CVLife EagleTalon 1-6×24 https://moondogindustries.com/december-2024-contest-cvlife/

Next Livestream Thursday December

HASHTAG DRAWING #colt

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TMI Live 241211

December 11, 2024 moondog

Aura https://aura.com/moondog

EARLBIRD #sub2000

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Thomas Edwin Caldecott (July 27, 1878 – July 23, 1951) was a pharmacist^[1] and politician. From 1923, Caldecott served in politics in Alameda County, California in the San Francisco Bay Area until 1951. The Caldecott Tunnel which is a key highway link through the Berkeley Hills is named after him.

Percy Jackson book series

The Tyrant’s Tomb is an American fantasy novel based on Greek and Roman mythology written by American author Rick Riordan. It was first published on September 24, 2019, and is the fourth book in The Trials of Apollo series, the second spin-off of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.

EARLBIRD #sub2000

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WORD(s) OF THE WEEK

Mondegreen

A mondegreen (/ˈmɒndɪˌɡriːn/ ^ⓘ) is a mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase in a way that gives it a new meaning.^[1] Mondegreens are most often created by a person listening to a poem or a song; the listener, being unable to hear a lyric clearly, substitutes words that sound similar and make some kind of sense.^[2]^[3] The American writer Sylvia Wright coined the term in 1954, recalling a childhood memory of her mother reading the Scottish ballad “The Bonnie Earl o’ Moray“, and mishearing the words “laid him on the green” as “Lady Mondegreen”.

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TOP 10 Misheard Lyrics American Songwriter.com https://americansongwriter.com/10-commonly-misheard-lyrics-that-make-us-miss-a-beat/

“Suspicious Minds” – Elvis Presley
“Were calling a trout”
“Bette Davis Eyes” – Kim Carnes
“Haul the bathtub just to please you”
“Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson
“The chair is not my son.”
“Chasing Pavements” – Adele
Should I give up / Or should I just keep chasing penguins?
I think it would be “Payments”
“Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)” – Eurythmics
“Sweet dreams are made of cheese”
“Bad Moon Rising” – Creedence Clearwater Revival
“There is a bathroom on the right”
“Forever in Blue Jeans” – Neil Diamond
“Reverend Blue Jeans”
“Dancing Queen” – ABBA
“See that girl / watch her scream / kicking the dancing queen,”
“We Will Rock You” – Queen
“kickin’ your cat all over the place”
“Louie Louie” – The Kingsmen

Top Misheard Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E2ZS8GpKfg&t=426s

Buzzfeeds Misheard Lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbumV5bQTuM&t=88s

Pour some Shook Up Ramen commercial (2002): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JEZZ1J_4N0

AT&T Hawaii Santa commercial (2002): https://youtu.be/rG9ARrnxoJw

CONTESTS

CVLife EagleTalon 1-6×24 https://moondogindustries.com/december-2024-contest-cvlife/

Colt tote HASHTAG DRAWING #colt

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TMI Live 241127

November 27, 2024 moondog

Aura https://aura.com/moondog

FRESH VIDS

MOONDOG 2A

Athlon EP-5 7-35x https://youtu.be/UU2mFiMzIOY

MOONDOG REVIEWS

Olight Arkflex https://youtu.be/7j-qtt2__cU

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Bay Bridge drive over https://youtu.be/WHz8EDKcWK4

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Riton 3X magnifier

LIVE CONTEST

#evike

VOCAB

Tetrahedron

Also known as a triangular pyramid, is a polyhedron composed of four triangular faces, six straight edges, and four vertices. The tetrahedron is the simplest of all the ordinary convex polyhedra.^[1]