entropy
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Work on my Grail Gun list without adding calibers or gauges I'd have to then load for.
Lately I've been adding classic Trap guns.
Lately I've been adding classic Trap guns.
Deer rifle. Don’t really care how. My old .270 is shot out and needs rebarrelled. I have tried everything I know to try to get it to shoot again but it’s just gone. With 150 gr bullets it kinda holds a group to 200 yards but it’s a foot or so at 200. At 100 yards it’s a 4 inch gun. Used to be I could stack shots using it. I had a load worked up for it that was hot as can be but shot like a dream. I guess I ate the barrel up with those.
I have a 6.8 ar that I have hunted with some but it’s heavy. My 30-30 is nice for brush but I want a bean field rifle. I may just do something in the way of a contender barrel and stock setup. I already have the frame, and stock but no 16+” barrels suitable for deer. I could SBR a frame and call it a day I guess.
Ya, no kidding. Looks like State-level dems are doing everything they can to force the supreme courts hand.My collection is complete at this point, so I'll just keep on enjoying/carrying/shooting what I have. Maybe a flintlock PA long rifle, or if S&W comes out with a reliable 10+1 pocket 380 I'll get that, but otherwise I'm content.
I'll just be happy if everything I currently, legally own today is still legal to own by the end of 2023.
My goal for 2023 is to use and enjoy what I already have and to not buy any overpriced guns, ammunition or reloading components. If the market is still like this this time next year, that will be my 2024 goal as well. No more.
I think there's more to it than simple inflation. I think we're being taken advantage of by vista outdoors, we reloaders especially. They want us to be dependent on them for all of our ammo needs and they have created artificial bottle necks to facilitate this. The sport has done nothing but go to hell since they started taking over everything. I see their stock is down almost 50% year to date and all I have to say about that is good good good and I hope they go OOB soon.Given what inflation has done to everything else in this economy +25-35% increase across the board, and with our Fed's monetary policies I don't see it getting better anytime soon.
Financial adviser and I had a discussion about vista recently. There may be a sizable to me but drop-in-the-bucket to them but of stock in the near future. We are 2 years out from Biden-Desantis election antics so buying at a deflated current rate seems less of a gamble than normal. I’m young enough to recover from that hit to my retirement if it were to happen. Seems a better buy than other shooting sports stocks. Gun makers stocks are pretty much all losers right now.I think there's more to it than simple inflation. I think we're being taken advantage of by vista outdoors, we reloaders especially. They want us to be dependent on them for all of our ammo needs and they have created artificial bottle necks to facilitate this. The sport has done nothing but go to hell since they started taking over everything. I see their stock is down almost 50% year to date and all I have to say about that is good good good and I hope they go OOB soon.
I'm glad I didn't listen to the people saying this market was a buying opportunity a month ago. Have you seen it today? The whole market seems like a dead cat bouncing down a flight of stairs if you get my meaning. These idiots can't even agree that the U.S. is in a recession until it's a year past us (and a new administration is in place probably). Honestly, Vista outdoors is the least of my concerns all in and all and I was just ranting because the high price of components ticks me off.so buying at a deflated current rate seems less of a gamble than normal. I’m young enough to recover from that hit to my retirement if it were to happen. Seems a better buy than other shooting sports stocks. Gun makers stocks are pretty much all losers right now.
Depending on the reasons you do those things, it could be argued that it makes you more responsible.much I enjoy training, competing, and hunting, I probably have it a little too high on my list of priorities to call myself a responsible adult.