So It's Come To This

 

Yep, we're at that point at the Compound, we've become TRAPPERS. No small thing, and it involves heavy duty Victors and a 5 gallon bucket, call it a stairway to heaven if you like. Right on, but logistics are key. That in mind, a trip to the best hardware store in this part of Texas was in order, TrueValue in West.

I love West, no wymxn priestesses there

TrueValue is awesome, you get a warm greeting at the door, all kinds of handy hardware and that includes rifles, pistols and ammo. I picked up some .38 Special, .308, .5.56, 45 ACP and counted myself a lucky man, albeit bankrupt. Some people, dear readers, in the Anglosphere aren't allowed to buy ammo, much less guns. Why? Because Commie full state tyranny.

You see, free men can defend themselves, rainbow slaves cannot. 2A enthusiasm notwithstanding, we drove back down I35 to this small, beat up farming community we call home. It was prosperous once, before the asset-strippers got to the place and shut it down. Who knows, maybe we'll onshore all our jobs and become prosperous again.

Peanut butter incoming

In the meanwhile, we're busy catching rats. Tally so far? A sturdy six. Not shabby, but let's see what another night of Victors and a bucket trap produces. My feeling, and I'm not a betting man, is this: We've broken, literally, the neck of the rat insurrection. Let's see what tomorrow brings. 

Make of this short parable what you will.

Your Pal,

LSP

The West is Best

 

I like the town of West, population 2,860. It's the Czech capital of Texas and justifiably famous for its kolaches. Pull off I35 on the way to or from Waco and get some, worth the stop. But that's not all, there's plenty of bars, see LL's franchise, and restaurants, which gives the place a happy, small town country vibe.

Plenty of Hardware, no Bullets

But I wasn't there for that, I was after ammo at True Value, which is a hardware store that sells guns and ammunition. At least it did, and even in the days of the infamous Obama bullet shortage this store was always stocked with ammo at normal prices. Maybe history would repeat itself, I walked through the door to find out.

Looking West

No. A few rifles, mostly Henry levers, nice, but hardly any bullets and what there was wasn't affordable. A solitary 500 round "value pack" of .22 LR for $80? Sorry, guys, not gonna do it. The pleasant young Czechoslovakian woman behind the counter apologized, "I'm sorry, nothing is normal now." I agreed, and we looked each other in the eye, "Ain't that the truth." A meeting of minds, for sure, but no bullets.

West is Catholic And Has More Fun Than Other Towns

So I headed back down the speedway deathtrap that is I35, and in a few short minutes was back in the rural haven of the County Seat itself. At its Walmart, in fact. Maybe this evil Chinese incursion onto US sovereign land would have bullets.

A Typical West Street Scene

Sure enough, there they were! Boxes of 12 and 20 gauge, .22 LR, .22 Mini Mag, .22 WMR and .17 HMR, and all at normal price. Shocked and astounded, I bought three 50 round boxes of CCI .22 WMR to go through the Marlin I don't have, and looked at a Savage bull barrel .17. Nice looking gun for 212 bucks, then again, so were the levers at True Value. Hmmm.

Look at Those Bad Boys!

And that was that, a short excursion into ammoland in North Central Texas. Now it's time for Hamburgers, to celebrate the victory of it all.

Shoot straight,

LSP