Met my friend Werner at the Indy 1500, Wandered around and got some odds and ends. I shot the Africa match at the club yesterday and lost 28 seconds due to two non-firing factory carts. I measured, the firing pin strike is just as deep as carts that touched off, so I’ma have a little discussion with Hornady.

meanwhile I’m going to start rolling my own for the 45-70, for purposes of shooting more and knowing my ammo better. So I bought a set of Lee dies ($30!!!!) and a double cavity lee mold, from the lady selling them at the show.

I have watched this crap on Ebay, and frankly, the Lee stuff is cheaper spanking new from her than it is used on ebay!

Anyway, I am about set now, and lord knows I have plenty 45-70 brass. I need to get the press &etc. up the stairs into the temp controlled area of the house. Gonna be loading some 500 nitro for the same reason, makes it easier to shoot better when you don’t have to spend $10 a round.

Werner and I went to the Saigon Restaurant out on the west side of 38, and let me highly recommend this place if you like vietnamese food. I had the Bo Luc Lac which was unspeakably toothsome, in flavor and in texture, and in the sheer quantity of meat that they put on the plate for $10.

Werner had the beef salad which was close enough to the Thai variety that he decided on the spot he’d be back there. I probably will too.

Then on to the blogmeet where we had kind of expected Exeter and his Technicolor Cheese Wedge (Thanks Kerry!) but alas, no show. I was sort of looking forward to hearing this.

Anyway, turns out I was the teenage werewolf because shortly after I arrived everyone left. But then I had come late as it was; it was certainly great to see everyone and I hope to be able to spend more time next time.
I got copies of Concealed Carry from Mad St Jack, who was nice enough to give me his copies since Tam was out.
We really should have a blogmeet at the Nappanee gunshow, that would be a hoot, and bacon. Anyway, Brigid has as usual a much more complete writeup. I need to go mow the lawn.

Update: Lawn mowed, 11 new orifices in my hide filled with yellowjacket venom (There were other, smaller ones, but the big ones count 11, including one on my temple that is giving me a real throbber of a headache right now) Pain in my ass. And several other places.