Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

Is it possible for you to post a picture of the new stock once it is installed?

Here you go...


The rifle, a 10/22 carbine, had the standard wooden stock. Not a bad looking stock, actually.
The Hogue is a better grip and definitely a better butt pad.
The wooden stock has a barrel band. That's not used with the Hogue stock, so the barrel is free-floating

I finally (after a couple weeks) had the chance to shoot this one. The trigger has a bit longer reset than the Takedown 10/22 I got about 2 months ago.
I ran about 25-35 rounds through it earlier today. Feeds nicely and, I must be getting better with my trigger pull as most of the rounds were centered and pretty well grouped at 15-20 yards.
This rifle was a package deal (Sportsman's Guide) which included a 25 round Ruger magazine, a 3x9 scope and 500 rounds of .22LR. I'll need to buy or borrow a bore sighter to sight in the scope.

Nice rifle, but I'd recommend the 10/22 Takedown over it due to the convenience of carry. I'd like to get a Hogue stock for the Takedown as well...not real enthusiastic about the camo stock that came with the rifle, but there wasn't any choice of stocks available (through Sportsman's Guide).

 

[Thall303]

To Nancy Pelosi and others, that is a full blown assault rifle and should be banned and you should be imprisoned!

I kind of like it.

 

[sodamo]

That is an ugly reminder of an "evil empire".

So true, yet amazingly there is a whole generation plus with no memory of what that means, a fact that older locals are aware.

 

[sodamo]

Saw a few tractors today. Unfortunately I wasn't fast enough to get pics, but here is one:




Did see a couple of JD, one pulling some sort of farm trailer that had to be 20+ ft long.

 

[sodamo]

The local hotel here in Vilshofen has its own restaurant. This is the Cordon Bleu dinner, 11.70 euro




Yes, best cordon Bleu I've had in 25 years.

 

[daugen]

So true, yet amazingly there is a whole generation plus with no memory of what that means, a fact that older locals are aware.

they haven't had to hide under their desks and listen to the town's air raid siren wail for sure.
remember Better Dead Than Red? and they sure weren't talking about the American Indians.
of course, this was when we all thought doomsday was not such a crazy possibility. of course some current nutcases still do think so.

only watch this when you have some time and/or skip ahead.
Startling perspective of the times we live in. Still.... with recent announcements by North Korea.
not meant as political, just remarkable as to where all these explosions/tests took place. I wonder if anything near Los Alamos
has normal gene structure. Nuclear Detonation Timeline "1945-1998" - YouTube

farmland next to mine in feed corn got harvested today, believe they did well, old combine going by my pitiful rows of storm damaged sunflowers.

I successfully brought home a full trailer load of logs and brush from the downed tree, using the tractor and wagon. First I installed a SMV on the rear of the trailer/wagon. Used the grapple to pick up the heavy stuff of course without much weight on the rear, and right next to a big dropoff into the road ditch. But my testing showed my weighted rear tires were doing pretty well so if I was careful I could do it without driving all the way home to get my ballast box. Which I was prepared to if it seemed tippy. Had enough weight in the bucket the curl function would not work. Talk about moving slowly, carefully, don't hit my nice steel sided trailer, don't back up too far into the ditch, very cramped corners, working right above ditch, had the helper watch the distance between the front bumper and the trailer. I did a number on my last trailer; determined to not repeat that. Tomorrow I'll grapple them out of the trailer and onto the burn pile. All told good seat time but not overly pleasant working next to a dropoff.

 

[Thomas]

76F cloudy maybe chance rain later tonight...fingers cross
Outside crack of dawn started on my putter list.

Well Mrs. and I clean up and stack goods out back of woodshed,Mrs. did all tractoring...scraping/leveling etc. came out looking darn nice,than she smooth driveway.

Afternoon figure out best way get into one area pull some old spruce stumps Sunday.

I gotta pay my help so taking Mrs. out to dinner.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

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Eric, that garden is nice enough to place inside the gate at Buckingham Palace.

Good day today, I feel a lot better. Thanks for the good thoughts. Back to helping my sister and her husband work on their building today, more tomorrow. Going to put up 5/8 fire rated drywall on a ceiling. Going to use my harbor freight drywall lift. For $150 bucks a few years ago, it really saves my back! I bought a extra mast for it, it goes to 15ft. The ceiling is 14 feet. While working on this, I got a couple of ideas for projects around here.....

Glad you are better. Glad it's not me having to lift that 5/8 drywall. Glad you got a lift. You are a good man for helping.

63°F and Clear here in Berlin, going to 84°

Easy, but enjoyable day yesterday. Just rode the bus, tram, S bahn around the city sightseeing, hopping on and off as we wished. 2 day tickets at 7 euro each made it a bargain. Most of our travels were in former East. Amazing amount of construction ongoing in this city.


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This is an East German guard tower just down from the apartment. Famous as the guards shot a guy trying to swim to freedom just days after border closed. Brother maintains it as a memorial.

Glad the cold war is mostly over, but still plenty of problems in the world. I love cordon bleu chicken. Thanks for taking us along!

Eric the research can be summed up in one sentence: ". . .many researchers believe that simply eating a diet rich in leafy green vegetables should be enough to keep your levels (lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin) healthy." And there you go, another study of the benefits of eating plants, especially leafy greens for your eyes. Leafy greens also keep the inflammation down in our arteries. :thumbsup:

My brother, when he was in his mid fifties, ate greens almost daily at a cafeteria where he lived. He had some kind of major health problem because the greens gave him too much vitamin K the doctor told him.

So much for the "cool" front. It did cool down temporarily maybe 10 degrees, but now it's back up to 98 in the shade.

Got finished mowing finally this am. Now it is time to start over again with the growth we are having. Arghhh.

We have a 6' Bushhog 286 and I went to JD this morning to settle up on the clutch lining plates and inquired about new blades....Ouch! $50 apiece....I thought the price of metal is low. They are only giving .04 cents/pound at the scrap yard....What gives? New bolts are $about $14 each too. I believe we are using the 3rd set of blades for 14 years of use, so amortized, roughly $25/year for blades...Don, sometimes I wish I had an 8' or 10' cutter, at least until I have to work on it and replace parts that is.

 

[txdon]

My brother, when he was in his mid fifties, ate greens almost daily at a cafeteria where he lived. He had some kind of major health problem because the greens gave him too much vitamin K the doctor told him.

Kyle that is not normal. He was either on Coumadin or had a blood disorder. If he was on Coumadin he should have had his medication adjusted.

"Ate greens ALMOST daily"
You can eat too many greens but it takes a lot. How many cups of raw greens was he eating a day?
Overdosing on Greens | NutritionFacts.org

 

[daugen]

looks like a weather system headed East, due in here late tomorrow with rain, maybe. Forecast has been hopping around.