Badlands Bob #61228

I ordered stuff that was shipped by UPS. I'll be expecting delivery and checking their website. Then I will see that it says it was delivered. But, I don't have it and I've been home all day waiting for it. I'm thinking those idiots have lost my package or delivered it to the wrong house. Turns out they often drop off small packages at the local post office for the final leg of the journey. The mail lady delivers it the next day.

I got a $50 Mastercard debit card from T-Mobile for signing up for their 5G Home Internet. I tried to use it at Midway USA and several other online shooting websites. It wouldn't work. After considerable frustration, I went to T-Mobile's website and pulled up my account and paid the $50 on my bill. I guess they couldn't refuse to accept their own worthless Mastercard debit card.

I found that I really dislike the Dillon powder check system with it's constant chirping. I have replaced it with the RCBS Lockout die on my pistol dies. Much quieter and makes sure I don't have a double charge or no charge. It only works on straight wall cartridges so I still have to use the Dillon powder check chirper on the bottle neck rifle rounds like .223.

GM has had Onstar for many years. It is capable of shutting the car off in case of theft.

I shot a Stoeger SxS for about 7 years. It was all slicked up and I thought it worked pretty good. Then someone loaned me a Fast Eddie SKB. DO NOT borrow a Fast Eddie SKB if you want to keep shooting cheap shotguns. It'll never be the same.

I've had the TST-507 tire pressure monitor system on my camper for the past 7 years. It works great as long as you understand it's weaknesses. The flat watch type batteries need changing at least every other year. They recommend putting metal valve stems in the wheels because the centrificle force on the standard rubber valve stems could lead to premature failure. The sensors are just screwed on to the valve stem and the air is sealed with a rubber o ring inside the sensor. It takes a special anti-theft wrench. The more you take them on and off, the more often you may experience a slow leak. Don't cross thread them. It's easy to do. You can also create a leak at the wheel/valve stem if you tighten or loosen the sensor without supporting the valve stem. You often hear horror stories about Chinese tires blowing up and causing all kinds of damage. I suspect what is happening is a slow, undetected leak leads to over heating and then sudden failure. You won't feel a trailer tire going flat like you will on you passenger vehicle. You'll only get notified of the flat tire during disintegration as it whips around and beats your trailer to death. The best trailer tires made won't survive being driven at highway speeds with no air pressure.

I like the Marlins that leave them in a nice pile on the table.

You could probably get a little more for it if you cleaned, sorted by caliber, brass vs. nickel, and sold it by 250-500-1000 round lots.

They probably have some AT&T guy working on it.

Those Vikings were sailing all over the place and looting/trading stuff back then. It probably has an interesting story to tell if it could only talk.

I remember Flint McCloud. He made the trip cross country to shoot Ambush in Alabama around 2010. He was Wire buddies with Cherokee Charlie, Bama Red and several others that have passed on. Lost track of him over the years. RIP old friend.

SC is the only match we are commuting to. We can't camp on the range and there's nothing much near the range. It's about 1 1/2 hour drive from the house so Kajun and I just drive. In years past, we stayed at a COE campground on Lake Hartwell but that's still a 45 minute drive to the range. We decided that wasn't close enough to be convenient and was more trouble than it was worth.

We travel with an RV to a good number of large matches a year. I think we have 10 planned this year. We normally try to pick the matches where we can stay on the range. Shooting two or three matches back to back and staying out on the road is a lot of fun but then I have to go home and fix stuff and reload ammo. The logistics of shooting every weekend out on the road for a year could get really complicated. Our travel season usually starts in March with the Florida match and ends in June at the Tennessee match. Then it picks back up in September and October.

This is exactly what happens when the pandemic lockdown lasts too long.

I'll be there from Georgia. Looking forward to it.

Already signed up for: Alabama State Florida State Georgia State South Carolina State Tennessee State Mississippi State Kentucky State It's good to be retired.

I spent 35 years in Law Enforcement handling everything imaginable. Half my career was in Criminal Investigations so I got called to all kinds of crap. I'm retired now and I'm kinda worried that it doesn't bother me more than it does. I saw a lot of officers fail to make it to retirement, for one reason or another. I lost a few friends along the way too.

Be careful with your cookies too. That camping bunch will clean you out.

A lot of us stay at the Sale of Champions RV park. The sites are full hookup including sewer. It's a fenced in field at a horse show facility. Last year, the Cowboys had the whole place to themselves. Big grass field with RV hookups around the outside perimeter. It's about 10-15 minutes from the range.

The Ides of March marks the start of the camping/shooting season. It's been a long Winter.

An ice pick will go right through kevlar body armor, as long as they miss the ballistic plate.

Howdy Sarcasm. I have heard good things about the new Ruger/Marlin 1894 rifles however, I have not put my hands on one yet. Longhunter will make that rifle much more enjoyable to shoot. I wouldn't wait too long. It'll just lead to unnecessary bruised knuckles. .38 special will work just fine in that rifle. I load the 125 gr flat point truncated bullet for both pistol and rifle. I use 3.0 gr of Titegroup and it works well with any Texas Star or knockdown target I come across. Clean Shot powder will also work just fine. .38 specials are a little shorter than .357. That is the reason for the difference in rifle capacity. You will want the rifle to hold 10 rounds, since that is the normal stage round count. Your profile shows you are in Georgia. There's a new bullet seller in town. The Cast Bullet Shop. Pops Corbin and Co have bought Outlaw Bullets equipment and moved it to North Georgia. Reasonable prices on bullets and good folks to deal with. thecastbulletshop.com

I never anneal straight wall pistol brass. Annealing is for bottlenecked rifle cartridges.

I retired about 8 years ago and DNA technology was really taking off at that time. A number of research facilities were working on facial construction based on DNA traits. In other words, they could sort of develop a picture of your face, including eye color, hair color, skin tone etc. They could then plug all this information into a computer and produce age specific images. The cold case detectives had this done on several unidentified bodies we had recovered over the years. Police have been solving cold cases off of public DNA data bases by matching to close relatives. They then research the family tree and develop a suspect. Fascinating stuff. Between DNA matching and cell phone data, nobody does really investigating anymore.

And a whole lot cheaper too.