A Short Walk - unspoiled.

[Picher]

I greatly respect and admire your decision to give up alcohol. It would certainly be for the best for us all. I greatly admire president Trump for the example he set also.
I have given up tobacco (very hard), and have seriously considered giving up drinking too...I have to maintain a CDL for my semis, I have to be careful with my ccp and I'm a volunteer fireman basically on-call 24-7

I applaud you, especially for being a volunteer fireman! It's a rewarding, but at times, seriously hard thing to do. There was a neighborhood fire at a friends' apartment on Christmas eve when we lived in an older neighborhood in Waterville, ME. The fire started in a ceiling fixture and did little damage, but several of the volunteer firemen had started celebrating early and it was difficult to watch as a few were stumbling around, trying to hook up the hoses. Fortunately, the fire was extinguished without much damage to the structure.

 

[Picher]

My 4WD truck is pretty old, but in pretty good shape. The road is still too muddy to go all the way down to the field. I had to rake ruts made last week, before stopping at even wetter sections.

 

[barnfrog]

I'm very close to picking up a new rimfire and have narrowed it down to a .17 HMR, either a Ruger American or CZ 455. You might have just made up my mind for me.

 

[DustyGmt]

I've shot a .17hmr one. I really liked it. .22lr is just more practical for me as a general plinker. If I was clipping squirrels and othe small critters, I'd probably get a .17hmr though. Thing is light out fast and accurate.

 

[patsdad]

Taking my gun for a walk is one of lifes great joys.

 

[Dibbs]

I've got a couple friends who are crushing it, with a 17HMR. I use .223, but it's those same Hornady red tips.
They just about explode, on contact. One body shot on a critter, and he's DRT.

Sounds to me like you had a good day, Picher.