Posted on 03/17/2006 3:29:10 PM PST by DollyCali
thank you.... now I really have to TRY to sleep
sigh
Maybe we shouldn't set actual dates just yet. Still a bit too early.
In the meantime, I'm off to bed. Sunday morning waits for no man.
Happy B day. How many years young are you today?
Nighty night.
I need to go to bed now too. I have to go back to school tomorrow. See y'all later!
night phil.
I'm rethinking the book. May make it a little more general.
Not sure where they're at. But I gotta get going now.
okee dokee
I started shooting a .44 in 1972. I cast my own bullets out of babbit and lead that were so hard they didn't lead my barrel. I could reload the same brass about 25 times each. Primers were 0.9 cents each. The bullets were practically free. Gunpowder and primers were my only real expense, except for brass once in a while.
I have some arthritis in my hands from the recoil. In the past few years I mostly shoot a .22 SIG trailside pistol for sport. Got about 20,000 through that one. Well, two, actually. Had to send the first one back after 4,000 rounds due to some problems with it and SIG sent me a brand new gun.
Like they said about the terminator: Its what he does. ITS ALL HE DOES. Shooting is about all I do. Outdoors in the good weather and indoors in the bad weather.
But I used to shoot the .44 all the time, three or four times a week for years. Wore out the forcing cone on the gun and now that one spits lead and gunpowder out of the side of the barrel gap. Used to shoot it in competition at gallon jugs at 100 yards, standing up, no leaning against anything, and win. Twenty five shots, had to shoot the jugs in the right order, hit or miss, five at a time, so slop didn't count. Used to win quite frequently against 30 shooters too.
I'm no virgin when it comes to shooting. Been shooting for 50 years, since I was five years old.
Its all in the technique.
Adios, doll.
Oh, Happy Birthday.
Night for SURE now!
one more post..
do you two know each other??? you should maybe?
That is terrible to hear!
His trip is pretty incredible, and it is amazing the things that people are pushing in the outdoor world. Dean Potter doing El Capitan & Half Dome in 22 hrs, Eric Whittenmyer (sp?) blind climber to summit Everest.... Truly amazing!
Thank you very much!
Thank you, and good night!
Very impressive!!!!
That is really impressive! I have only been hunting for 3 years now, and I love it. I really enjoy clay shooting, and I would like to get into pistols too. I do lots of outdoor stuff (some pics on my homepage), as a student though time and money are just too tight.
I know who to go to for all my gun/shooting questions now!
Thanks!
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