Monday, June 21, 2021

Life Is Good

 


You never quite know what you'll find at the local country Made-in-China-Mart in these uncertain times, apart from everyone having a tattoo regardless of age. It's like some kind of convention of extras from Pirates of the Caribbean.

Buccaneers aside, I checked out the ammo aisle by force of habit. Lo and behold, there were Valu-Paks of .22LR, 20 gauge 8 shot, and a few lonesome boxes of .22 WMR; and all at normal prices. Result. I bought a box of each, per store limit, and drove back to the Compound in high spirits. 




Inspired by this not inconsiderable victory, it seemed right to clean some guns, one gun in particular, a Ruger American .17 HMR. Clean that bolt, LSP, lest the dirty little beast seizes up and fails to fire. Which is a bit of an issue with Ruger's American rimfire line because the manufacturer in its wisdom packed the bolts in grease, which solidifies over time and stops the rifle from working as it should. So sort it out; here's a helpful video, if you're interested. 




That said, let's see how the little beast performs at JF's range tomorrow. We'll be shooting from the 200 yard line, and there's nothing wrong with that. At all.

In the meanwhile, ribs are on the grill and life is good.

Your Friend,

LSP


11 comments:

Wild, wild west said...

Junior Walker would be very proud of you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMs9NudasVI

Kid said...

I wish we had a decent outdoor here. I've got a .22 Marlin with a scope but haven't been anywhere to need the scope as yet.

Kid said...

PS - Not sure you left a comment on the space thing and mop tops. Haven't seen one anyway.

LSP said...

Wow, WWW! I love Junior Walker. Good call.

LSP said...

Kid, you must find a friend's place and shoot away, ammo permitting.

LSP said...

And viz. mop tops... I think I left a comment, delete as needed...

drjim said...

My son has a Savage in 17HMR. It's a tack driver at 100yds.

By "8 shot" you mean #8 buck?

RHT447 said...

Late to the game here. Grandchild baby sitting duty today. If you see this in time, tell JF I said "Git sum!".

https://gunfreezone.net/civilians-are-not-trained-like-the-military/

83 years old. Perhaps there is hope for me yet.

LSP said...

drjim, the Savage .17 with the heavy barrel? Looks like a really good rifle for the price. Report back, please.

LSP said...

RHT, JF says hi, and congrats on the grandchild! Let's shoot soon and try out the mighty trap.

Thanks for the link, outstanding shooting...

drjim said...

It's older than shown in their current catalog. He bought it about 10 years ago. I want to say it's a Model 99, but I don't know if the 99 was made in 17HMR.