Helogabals,
I am not used to cold weather. I walked outside without jacket, and it was high humid wind blowing. I got a chill and looked at thermometer. 59F I'm a cold wimp. It has been nearly freezing almost every morning here.
Nice pic's y'all. Popgadget I loved the Philly lights. Turkeys, birds, big homes, frozen ice rinks, snow plows... It's like a tour around the world. I'll bet Wagtail has some scenery where he lives. Hint hint!
do any of them have a scope?
red dot pointer?
gps guided bullets?
for target practice something small is fine
most of this stuff seems to be a buck a bullet or more
30-06 is $1.60+ for cheap stuff these daysā¦ premium is almost $2.50/round
Funny thing I went to 2 different gun stores this past week. We have coyotes, and I bought some 00 buck (double ought). I wanted some #4 buck, but they didn't have it. 5 rounds for $12.79 + tax. Ouch. Good thing we hope to not use them often.
Then I was teaching my son to clean shotguns. I have 3 shotguns. All Remington. (not rich here). An 1100 bought new in '82, an 870 Tournament grade Trap model (given to me by my Grand pa) At least 50 years old. And an 1187 semi auto (given to me by my FIL about 20 years ago). Anyway, they all needed cleaned and lubed. I ran out of Hoppes #9, went to local gun store and they were out. She said she had trouble getting it the last time she ordered, but she checked and she could order it now. Since they were out I bought some aerosol "Gun Scrubber" for $9.99 + tax.
All shotguns are cleaned and lubed. 2 are loaded and ready.
Also bought a cleaning rod and tips for the .17 HMR. Skinny little thing. Have to be careful with it.
Drew, years ago I purchased a Ruger Model 77 , 22-250. I used to buy Hornady ammunition at a local Walmart for $12 for a box of 20 ! Fast forward to today, Walmart doesnt even sell ammo anymore ! This was really good ammo 45 gr or more, I wouldnt want to know what this stuff even cost now !!
The rifle my daughter shot her nice buck with was a .300 Ultra Mag. The rounds cost $5 each. This is a very nice white tail buck for Texas. It was shot maybe 10 miles from the border of Mexico. Her aim was perfect, he just fell over. Mostly, this is the one in your prayer list. Thank you. She needs to get motivated to go to college.
.22 is the only thing left that is "cheap" to shoot. IMO.
30 outside right now, grey, overcast, blah.... upper 40's expected.
Not much on the agenda for today. More planning and paper work.
Eldest bought another camper, looks to be heading out, westward again, with the National Park Service, sometime in the next few months.
A bit of good news for the family. She looks to be recovering well.
Hope all have a great day. I hope it dries up around here, we had a lot of rain with that last storm. From nothing to a gully washer.
Prayers.
You are not allowed to make conclusions based upon data that you have personally collected and studiedā only experts should do thatā¦
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exactly.
Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 20.5C and it's presently down to 17.7C, overcast with rain, calm with wind increasing later. There was 3.0mm in the gauge @ 0900.
Very sad news regarding my other neighbours (behind me but not the ones that I have Christmas lunch with); they lost their only child [son, 15yo] on Saturday. He took his own life. A couple of other neighbour's tried to inform me on Sunday morning but I was at Church. Bugger.
Condolences for neighbor's son. Social media has kids so wound up these days. Bullying, girls flaunting. Boys flaunting. Just a guess it was possibly related to social media at this age.
TxDon, I can still "hobble" around on a tennis court, but I can't chase a ball that is drilled over 10 feet away. So I can see the allure of pickle ball with smaller courts. Hope you enjoy it.
Went to church today. It was good.
Prayers for our team, especially those with health needs.
