Salesman of the month

Ad at local gun store hails Obama as their salesman of the month. The boss says sales are up 300% since election day. Mostly EBR related stuff (Evil Black Rifles). The rush to stock home armories has extended to other stuff too -- like reloading supplies.

I went looking for a lb of a particular powder to experiment with some new 30-30 loads. It seems there's an overlap between powder with burn rates suitable for 30-30 loading and the .223 (5.56mm) loads popular in AR-15's.

The local shop was cleaned out.
"Any Varget in stock?" asked I.
"Nope."
"W748?" "Nope."
"3031?" "Nope."
"Reloader 15?" "Nope."
"BL-C(2)?" "Nope."
"AA2460?" "Nope."

"Shipment due Wednesday." says the gunstore clerk.
"OK, thanks." says I.

I headed off to the range to see what they had in stock.

Right off the cuff, the (National Trap team member) sales girl knew my first choice, Varget, was out of stock.
"How about Reloader 15?"
"I'll check in back" said she.

She came back with 2 lbs. "This is all we've got."
"Sold!" says I. "I'll take a bag of 7 1/2 shot while I'm at it."


Yee-hah. Even at inflated retail prices I was a happy camper. I've gotten spoiled buying in bulk for Powder Valley. Reckon I better get to thinking about another bulk order -- need to see about lining up reloader friends at work and in the area to spread the shipping and hazmat costs around.

At the reloading bench...

The Brown truck of happiness came today. Dropped off a box of 100 Hornady .308 160gr FTX bullets. aka The new soft/flex tip "Leverevolution" bullets.



I'm running out of excuses to finish some 30-30 loads; just need to find suitable powder in stock locally. That's been a bit tricky lately since the Obama-run-on-guns&ammo started.

Also brought a replacement cutter for my Lee case trimmer. Lost track of the 20+ year old one when I moved from old portable loading cabinet to new bench last year.

Down in Mey-hee-co

Looks like people are gettin' a mite skittish south of the border...

Hose 'er down Newt!

Three times a day. Takes a good 20 - 30 minutes to soak it. Gotta keep that concrete curing.

This thing is a huge sponge. It's remarkable how much water the concrete sucks in before anything starts running off. In no time at all it's white and dry again.

Took this shot early this morning.

It's been brisk baby. Down in the high 30's in the morning. Wonder how long till I trip and break my neck stepping around stakes, ditches and changing elevations all the while juggling the hose and a cup o' joe.

Gotta have my coffee doncha know? ;-)

Wired up

Electrical work around the pool today. Subpanels got installed and wired up. The large one is where we'll pull power for RV hookups and (hoped for) new shop later.



Pool light wired and ready. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall...


Electrical underground inspection set for tomorrow. Hopefully get approval to fill up the trenches.

Something good bound to come out of it...

This from Les Jones at "A Bouquet of Weeds"...

The only reason we don’t have inflation now is that the banks aren’t releasing the money. In small part, that’s because fewer qualified people want to borrow, now that everyone realizes we’re in a serious recession. In larger part, though, it’s because the banks are afraid to loan out the money for fear it won’t be paid back. Too, many banks are essentially insolvent right now, if what Jim Rogers says is true. They’re hoarding the cash for a bailout of themselves rather than others.

more...

It's a wrap

Looking uphill at the raised bondbeam. The deck on that side is about 2' above the waterline. The wall is notched for the pool cover track.



Cleaning up...



Nothing left but the crying -- and the payin' :-)