I never know what to say when someone thanks me for my military service. "You're welcome!" sounds so trivial, I wouldn't trade those years for anything, yes there were rough times but also a lot of fun times and places I'd have never seen otherwise. So it would be true to say "It was my pleasure."
I went to the range this morning and shot my Browning Buckmark Camper for a bit. Didn't stay long a cool breeze kicked p and I wasn't really dressed for it. The Buckmark is the pistol I've owned the longest and except always was a pain to clean, but with the new Hoppes snakes it is a breeze. I need to shoot it more because we are going to add pistols to our Tactical .22 matches so our format will more closely match that of the Ruger Rimfire competitions.
Our Tactical .22 match got canceled >:( today because so much was going on at the gun club. They are running a 2 day Appleseed program, plus a political fund raiser Sporting Clays Shoot. I need to learn to do Sporting Clays
Here are the most of the rest of mine, except for ones I keep stashed in certain places for different reason. From left to right. Air Force issue survival knife made by Ontario Knife company. Reproduction WWI Trench knife. My New Mexico Sport Shooters (NM NRA) knife. Gerber Para top left double row. Gerber lock blade I used to open boxes when I was a parts manager. Gerber that came with my Browning Buckmark Camper. Winchester lockblade (a piece of junk actually). A Hammer Brand knife made in the 30s it belonged to my Grandfather. Marttini Fillet knife. Gerber Guardian, my boot knife.