Shook Guns pt.12

Shook Guns Part 12
Rocking the SCAR at ACTS Match

So, it's been a while since the last Shook Guns installment. Shit happens. Life goes on.

Every month I drive down to Tucson to hang with T-Murda, drink stupid amounts of beer (and sometimes 4LOKO), and shoot the ACTS Match. This is my favorite competition of all of them that I shoot, because there is always a physical exertion element, and the stages challenge you and your equipment. It was approximately 100deg F at the match yesterday (and its only fucking April...that's how fucking hard we roll in AZ), and I was hungover as fuck, yet I still managed to DOMINATE this match and take 2nd place...literally 2 seconds behind my friend Russell in overall time.

Here's what it looked like:
(in the order that I shot the match...)

STAGE 4:
This stage had the farthest target, which was a torso-sized steel plate around 100yds away. The shooter had 30 seconds to hit the plate as many times as possible, firing not more than 1 round from each position, then moving thru the obstacles. I tied a few folks for the most hits (7), and moved thru the course with ease



STAGE 1:
This stage required several relays carrying a Kettle-Bell (which was heavier than it looks) while engaging targets with rifle and then pistol. I missed a LOT on this stage, especially with the pistol, which cost me 1st place. But its hard to shoot a pistol when you are hot and sweaty and hungover and tired; which is why we train like this.



STAGE 2:
One target, two shooting positions. 10 hits needed, with no more than 10 seconds expended between shots or you had to take extra penalty shots (I didn't have to take any extra shots). Looks simple but it was pretty fucking exhausting.



STAGE 3:
Start on back, rifle unloaded. Knock down the barrels and steel plates with the empty rifle, then shoot pistol targets as they become visible.




Lots of fun this month. I will try to upload videos of future matches both here and on my youtube channel (DMFL23)

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Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire

I been posting this dude's vids up on our Facebook page for awhile, but I figured I should toss em up here too, cuz I'm a fan, and see Dean Street, so....   Here they are again.

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Shook Guns Xmas Sneak-Peek

"This is NOT my rifle. There are many like it, but this is NOT mine..."



for starters, i would put a low-magnification variable optic on mine rather than an Aimpoint. probably a Trijicon Accupoint (although i'm not ruling out a TA11 ACOG).
i know you're asking yourself: why is Accatone even thinking about this shit. he's not dumb enough to drop $3k on a FNH SCAR-17S...



or is he....?
it is a sexy beast:




go here for the official specs....



Expect a full write-up to celebrate the return of Shook Guns to C2D when i pick one of these up.
and don't worry, it won't be too long...because the following pic was taken this morning in my office:




hopefully there are some xmas cards with cash in them this year....or else i'll have to pull from the Bill & Melinda Gates FOUR-LOKO funds....



Happy Holidays all

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Back on Shelves...

I ran up to QuikTrip this evening to pick up a 22oz of Heineken, and was pleasantly surprised to see FOUR LOKO on the shelves again. A quick examination revealed that this was indeed the new "Less Loko" formula that has removed ALL energy additives (not just caffeine as had been previously rumored...).
I decided against purchasing a can of "reformulated" Loko at QT, because they had voluntarily pulled it from the shelves in mid-November. Keep in mind that unlike locales such as Michigan and NYC, "blackout-in-a-can" was never banned here in AZ. Unfortunately sellout corporate chains like QT caved to media pressure, which is why i will continue to support independently owned stores such as "Quik Stop" and "Nameless Arab Liquor Store on 19th Ave" for all my FOUR LOKO purchases (which sadly, will probably be quite frequent...)

***due to a glitch while composing this post, i lost 5 other pics and a video i posted. And tons of witty text. Too late and too Lok'd to redo it. Sorry for a half-ass post....I place all the blame on FOUR LOKO!!!!

enjoy their home page...make sure to read the press releases:
http://www.drinkfour.com/

WARNING: Drinking 4-LOKO may cause violence, rape, blackouts, and terrible freestyling:

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Blackout In A Can...In a Poll....

With the controversial drink FOUR LOKO in the news almost daily for the last few weeks, C2D executives decided that our street team should do some research. A poll was placed on our site to gauge interest, and our AZ correspondent was recruited to be the test subject for a series of 4LOKO torture sessions, since Arizona was one of the few states that refused to ban this potent concoction.



Here are the results from our reader poll:

The majority of our fans, like our staff, voted in favor of this suicidal beverage, with 38% stating "I've had it, and I love it" (although many wrote in to clarify the complex, love-hate relationship they have with 'Loko, which can't be conveyed via simple poll options)

The fewest results chosen were the options "I've had it, and its nasty" and "WTF is that" at 9% and 3% respectively. The general consensus amongst C2D staff is that these were secondary votes, cast by readers who first chose "I Love It," and re-voted during their hangover. ("WTF is That" is a common reaction from someone recovering from one of these canned blackouts).

An unfortunate 29% claimed that they've "Never had it, and never will." We can only assume these votes came from jurisdictions where 4-Loko has been banned already, since anyone who had the option to become drunk and belligerent from a single canned beverage would surely participate. Hopefully they can live vicariously through the 19% who "Have yet to try it."

As far as the AZ field-testing experiments, our subject has reported blackouts, sluggishness, vomiting-thru-nose, pissing self, and an overwhelming feeling of SHAME. Through a generous grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, our staffer was able to procure several dozen cans of "original recipe FOUR LOKO before they were pulled from the shelves, to be replaced by a "Less Crunk*" version of the drink (*citation needed)


(yea, you've seen the pic before...but it's my LOKO and my Bill Gates' Money so...)

anyone doubting the potency of LOKO should watch the following vid for clarification of how awful people can become from drinking it:



and last but not least: random shots of our AZ experiment (to be continued....)

When the LOKO gets low, you can top it off with household chemicals:



"They're pulling LOKO off the shelves!?!?! NNOOOOOOoooo!!!!!"


mix any 3 flavors, and it turns this color (aka LOKO-Punch):


Ready for self-destruction; the fridge before a 10-can bender...


one of these participants is no longer conscious...


LOKO + McRIB = Cry for Help!!! Seriously, cutting your wrists is less dramatic than this...


If you live in an area where you can still get 'Lok'D (even if its baby-formula grade decaf-Loko), we heartily recommend it. None amongst us can endorse the banishment of a product from the market because some people make bad decisions while using it.

Look America: FOUR LOKO did not rape your teenage daughter at that party...I did. While blacked out on 4LOKO. But i would've done it anyways, so, fuck you.

click here for worst-case scenario

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Another Glorious Day at Granite Mountain

Last Wednesday, a co-worker and I headed up to Prescott AZ to hit some of my favorite trails. My descriptions can't capture the beauty and serenity of this ride, but maybe my pictures can.






My co-rider was a bit out of shape, and needed to rest for 5-10 minutes out of every 20 minutes of riding, which was brutal...but it gave me time to take more pics than i normally would, so maybe it was a blessing in disguise....
But in actuality, we rode for 4 hours and only went 16.5 miles, which is slow-as-fuck even for a technical trail system.







Either way, it was one of the last beautiful days before snowfall, and a bad day riding beats just about anything else anyways...

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