Free In Idaho!

One of the problems that comes with owning more than one gun is stocking different sizes of ammo.  Like so many other guys I keep mine in surplus ammo cans, but I don’t write on the outside of the can what I’ve got in it.  That is a lazy thing more than anything else.  But to complicate the issue, I seem to have this habit of picking up a box or two of whatever is on sale whenever I go to the shooty store.   That isn’t the problem.

This afternoon I thought I’d better take a little inventory and just see where I’m at with my stock.  “What brought this on?” you might ask.  Well, have you ever found a box of something you didn’t know you had, in a place you didn’t expect to find it?  I was organizing the back of the truck and found a full box of duck shells left over, underneath the packing blanket, in the bag I use for my dry bag (socks, change of clothes, mre, flashlight…etc).  Hmmm.  Guess it’s time for a full count.

I’m thinking I’m in pretty good shape, especially for the reloading supplies for the .308, although it’s about time to start looking in the shotgun section of the stores again, since I’m really light on target and dove loads.  But the real shocker was finding out I’m 100% empty on .357s.  ZERO.  That is the wrong number!  And it’ll change tomorrow.

So consider this my gunblogger PSA for the week…

Go count.  If you’re out, go shopping! 

Sebastian has posted an update on the Gun Blog Rifle League on his blog.  He’s given it a lot of thought it, you can tell, and it looks like a great competition.  He’s picked out the targets and the course of fire, and he’s got classes for both centerfire and smallbore rifles.   He has decided to start with quarterly competitions, with the first one proposed to end at the end of September.  That gives us all a chance to round up (order) targets, and for me, make a bunch of handloads, and practice cycling the boltgun fast enough for the timelimits.

I’ve never shot a rifle competition, so this oughta be fun.  I’ll have to practice though, and take the bipod of the Remington.   I wonder if I can find an M1a to shoot it with?   I’m excited to try it, and I think it’ll be a great addition to Mr Completely’s handgun ePostals.  Head on over to Snowflakes in Hell and check it out.  Read the comments too, and speak up, the more the merrier!  After all, there probably isn’t a one of us who can’t use another excuse to go play reason to get more training in.  After all, it’s about hitting what you’re aiming at, isn’t it?  And since none of us live in Hollywood or own movie guns, practice is where it’s at.

UPDATE:  sign up here