More fun with the USPS. My wife is an avid Kohl's shopper and I have had good experiences shopping there myself. This came in Friday's mail, just in time for Christmas shopping... 2021!
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The holiday shopping flier
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Close up of the sale effective dates. Meh, maybe next year.
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The maple syrup for my father-in-law still sits in the Springfield, MA M.D.C. where it has been since December 24th. It has now been in the USPS system since December 18th, a whopping 26 days. Friday is my day off, and bright and early I will be at my post office filing the insurance claim for $50. At this point, I am considering it "lost," and will use the money to buy a replacement and send it FEDEX. I have 2 packages the "Informed Delivery" say are coming today, but that will be quite impossible since neither one has made it to my post office.
Next up, an old Sheridan "Blue Streak" air rifle, that came from the same estate I got a few other firearms from. When I was a teen, Sheridan's, Benjamin's, and Beeman's were the top air rifles but way too expensive for a high school kid whose only income came from a paper route. We settled for cheap Daisy's and Crosman's. The seals on this one are all dried out so the rifle builds or holds no pressure. Also, it uses 5mm (.20 Caliber) pellets which I will have to buy. I have a .pdf of both the owners manual and service manual. Special tools are required to disassemble/reassemble the dump valve. I had my old Crosman 760 rebuilt by a guy in state. Relatively inexpensive and quick turnaround. After I got it back, I gave it to my nephew. Therefore, I will probably pay the same guy to refresh this one.
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Sheridan "Blue Streak" date coded 8691A, which translates to a build date of January 1968
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Since the events of Nov. 3rd & 4th, the crushing of the "Stop The Steal" movement by rogue courts, scummy politicians, deep state swamp dwellers, and traitors of all flavor, culminating with the events of the 6th... I have been really down. It does not look good for The Republic as it currently stands, and I am pretty sure at some point this will devolve into all out war. Therefore, I engaged in a little self-help therapy for a few hours yesterday afternoon. Yes, I only ended up with 50 more rounds, but I already have another 70 with brass that has been fired one more time than these. So this batch will be used first. Since this is fire formed brass that is only neck-sized each time, some reloaders say you can get 100 uses out of each case. Normally cases are completely re-sized and trimmed to length for the caliber standard, meaning maybe 4 or 5 reloads before the brass becomes too thin to use safely. I do that extra operation for my Mosin-Nagants that use reclaimed components (bullets and powder) from corrosive USSR military surplus rounds. I ditch the corrosive primer and copper washed steel cases for brass cases and fresh Winchester primers. They work great. While 120 rounds doesn't sound like much, these are made for precision kill shots, and even for limited practice sessions, I go through very few at a time. Each shot is separated by a few minutes to settle breathing and timed to send the round between heartbeats.
I have more than enough for the boog-a-loo. I would be dead before I ran out of ammo I am sure.
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The Captain's special recipe 7.62x54r, precision made specifically for my US Patriot 1775
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If you look closely, you can see the red enamel paint, like military rounds, helping keep the primers in place
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It is now official, I am a probationary member in good standing of the different club with a better range, after being sworn in and paying my dues for 2021. I went to the club with my sponsor Saturday morning to go over the electronic door locks and alarm system for the clubhouse, the storage sheds, large game cooler, pavilion, pond, and finally range procedures. Since the range is deep inside the club property, they use a system of cones and flags to warn vehicles coming down the road or approaching the range, that it is in use. The approach is from the right side of the firing line, so not really in view of shooters. Unfortunately, the clubhouse was in use that morning for an NRA pistol safety course, so I need to go back and find cleaning supplies and get familiarity with the building layout. I will go Friday morning on my way to the post office. I'm not sure when I will get to the range, but it will most likely be on one of my Fridays off.
Finally:
My official thoughts on the protest at the US Capitol: Certainly felony crimes were committed by a small number of morons that need to be prosecuted. Those that simply occupied the Capitol building committed a minor trespass misdemeanor. Charge them, don't charge them, give them a ticket, whatever. But to the event as a whole, I AM GLAD IT OCCURRED! The swamp dwelling traitorous scum are now quite frightened from the display of angry citizens. I hope that fear follows them every where they go, home to their districts and states, and that they understand any attempt to "Venezuelize" the United States WILL NOT END WELL. And every elected politician of every party, from dog catcher on up had better start following The Constitution and operating within the constraints of their position... otherwise its stout ropes and trees or getting lined up against a wall.