Neanderpundit

Nice modern stock percussion cap front stufer- half round, half octagon barrel made for Charles Daly by Traditions. Accurate as hell, shoots reliably as hell, easy to load, and has the ADDITIONAL magic feature of NOT GOING OFF EVERY TIME IT IS POINTED AT A FUCKING DEER. The cap sputters and nothing.On removal of the cross plug it is discovered that the powder is damp ON A 17 DEGREE DAY WITH ZERO HUMIDITY.

I’m all about tradition, folks, but this is the third time this SOB has let me down when I had a deer in the crosshairs. It has now failed me more often than it has put meat on the table, and that means it’s going to find a new home BEFORE I TAKE IT BACK TO TRADITIONS AND SHOVE IT UP THEIR COLLECTIVE ASSES. Gimme an inline futhuchrissakes.

finally got to stop, buy gas, and pee. stretched my legs out nice. And I’m STILL 20 miles- like two hours, at this rate- from home.

in traffic now for three hours and forty minutes. moving just fast enough to preclude stepping out to piss. So the bladder is at about 95 psi. The knee pain from immobility is incandescent in its intensity. Yay me.