Pretty much on cue, the first moderately priced bulk 22 ammo has arrived on the shelves. I got 4 boxes of 325 Federal Target Match 40 grain for $19 a box. Not cheap, but better than I’ve been seeing. Gander Mountain has a wad of it, for now
Limit ten boxes. Four is enough to keep me through the next couple matches.
(At which someone took a LOT of pictures, I hope they post the damned things soon!) which I shot with the 45-70 barrels, not having the ammo count for the match in 500 nitro, I put on the 500 barrels and let another couple guys shoot it. There is an amazing grin associated with big rifles, even if you’re not a recoil junkie like me.
So I used a pullthrough while I was there, and tonight sat down to give both barrels and the receiver a good and thorough cleaning.
I have a one piece wooden cleaning rod I have made specific to the purpose, not liking to think about metal on metal in the barrel, even though my portable cleaning rod is brass.
Scrubbing the doubles and looking down them to see clean, perfect rifling is a very satisfying thing. Parking them in the case and then sliding it back under the bed is like stashing away a thick pile of silver certificates. I certainly sleep well when it’s there.
I’m sure this is gonna piss a lot of people of, but fuckit.
get the bikes off the fucking road, people. No, really. if you are determined to ride a damned bike, ride it on one of the many damned trails there are for that purpose; otherwise, get it off the fucking road.
First of all, bikers are almost to a man/woman rude, obnoxious, don’t follow the rules of the road, and if you should hit one or they hit you, you’re some kind of a goddamned criminal.
Second, while every car that goes on the road is forced to submit to an ever growing and ever more ridiculous list of safety standards, NONE of those standards apply to bicycles. Some places force you to wear a halmet. Big deal. You should have to meet the same safety standards as the things you share the road with.
Third, the bikes don’t pay for the roads. The cars do. The excise tax, and the fuel taxes paid on the car are what provide the roads.
Roads- modern ones, in the US, are made for cars. Making cars share the space with bikes is stupid, causes congestion and trouble, is dangerous to the biker, and never ends well in a collision. When bikes are forced to comply to the same standards as automobiles, and when they are taxed like automobiles and their fuel, they can use that money to make special bike lanes or areas, but in the meantime the ‘Bike lane” is an envirowhacko wetdream that at it’s core is trouble and stupid, and bedienungsfehler. Stop it.
