I was at wal mart yesterday and they had plenty of ammo of every kind except 22lr. Seems no one can keep the 22 ammo in stock. They get it in and it goes out almost as fast. I was able to get some 22lr but you have to time it right. I called Kittery Trading Post yesterday and asked if they had any 22 ammo and the guy said "I think so, let me check" then he came back on the line and said "I just put out 4 cases and its all gone except 1 box of Winchester (box of 333 rounds)so I grabbed that one. Also I've been able to find some online but the price is pretty high. 9mm ammo is plentiful here.
    Oh, by the way, I woke up to see snow on the ground this morning.

AL

Let's see, I brought my boxes of ammo up and put them on the desk next to the keyboard.

Since the front part of the trip is going to be shorter by a day I need to bring less stuff accordingly.   Time to trim the boxes down some.  It is easier to move the little boxes of ammo around rather than haul stuff out of the safe after all.

I don't own a .38 Special or a .357 Magnum any more, got rid of them last Christmas.   Gave away all the ammo for it as well.  Can't help Old-Rider and wife out for their shooting pleasure.

MM has a portable shooting bench but I sorta doubt my oversize carcass is going to fit inside it, so I will have to plan to only shoot off of impromptu stands and rests.  My days of prone position ground shooting are over, my body ain't up to it any more.

So, two rifles, both suitable for off hand casual use.  

See, it gets simpler the closer we get.

Dave, you'll be shooting your spud gun?   Isn't that a little awkward?



When carrying your spud gun concealed, do you leave your zipper open for a faster draw?

What's the potato for?

The ladies have never complained about my spud gun's performance, range, or ability to reload quickly!

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 04/17/14 at 08:12:00:


Yep....shoots potato and leaves little starchy marks all over the walls!  Just shove it into the potato, pull out a plug....and fire!

He jams the potato on to his spud, jerks it off with a twisting motion then he squeezes hard on his handle .... and internal pressure makes potato spurt out and go splat.



.... yup, that's how she works.



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Sorry to hear about the bank -- keep us updated as your plans change.

MMRanch wrote on 04/17/14 at 21:01:00:


add weight for the rifle
probably ok for pistol
remove weight for air rifle

Sorry, I'm an omni-threading type person.  I dropped it there to see if Old-rider was even reading the trip thread any more.

Trips as they get smaller require much less planning as the folks coming can make up their own fun when they get there.

We have had small trips where we re-rolled the whole thing once the gang actually really got there.

And they were some of the very best trips ....


We are down to 2 months and counting down.