Neanderpundit

who is an auctioneer. Settles estates, he does.

he hands me this box. Says “Maybe you would be interested in this”

I take the box home and open it in the basement. With this guy, you never know if it’s going to be a severed foot, or something.

Instead it’s ammo. Ammo he’s found closing estates. He can’t deal with it himself, it being the People’s Republic.

And talk about a mixed bag:

32 assorted shotshells, 30 12 gauge, 1 16 gauge, 1 .410. About half and half plastic and paper.

33 rounds of Remington-Peters 38-40 wcf. This is the most modern looking stuff.

14 rounds of (relatively) modern 30-06, nickel primers, soft tip, for some unknown reason stuffed into links of M1919 belt.

28 rounds of 380 ACP, in various manufacture.

12 rounds of- get this- 32 rimfire. And one 32 rimfire short.

11 rounds of 38 special. SOme so old they say “38 smith and wesson special”

(a lot of stuff for a headstamp)

6 rounds of assorted 9mm. One with a wierd cone-shaped lead bullet.
2 full, unopened boxes and one opened, partial box of 32 WCF.
1 full box of 38 Smith & Wesson by UMC. Looks to be 70 yeasrs old.

1 partial box of 45 acp, Issue, steel cases.

An open but full box of Montgomery Wards 22 WRF. Yes, WRF.

And the piece de resistance: 17 rounds of (apparently) 8mm Nambu.

Oh, and about fifty assorted rounds of 22, including about twenty shorts, a nearly empty box of CB caps.

I need to find a market for these puppies, I don’t want all this ammo floating around the house with nothing to shoot it in.

Whether or not you decide to accept it

Is to go and Ask James Anything

Serial commenter James Burnette, one of the few men fearless enough to use his own name on the intarweb, has instituted a feature on his Professional blog (Miami Herald) called Ask James Anything Friday.

Make me proud, minions.

And be nice. James is a good friend.

My mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening thru a cosmic vapor of invention.

Ditto.

Be well, Mr Koreman. You brought us all a heady mix of humor and joy.

“Hedley”