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That's so wrong on so many levels! lol

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looks cold!

Last 2 Sundays, great weather and shot Silhouettes! Steel dogs was canceled this month, snow and mud at the range!

postings seem to go in spurts!

I have found persistence has paid off...and also having found my super secret LGS that seems to always have stock! you might say...I am well stocked!

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And a Happy New Years to everybody! under 20.00 a brick? yaaa right and gas will be under 2.00 a gallon....hey wait a sec!!!!

Yup! What Mad house said!

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and a Merry Christmas to all you fine folks!

Steel Dogs is going to Die! lol...that is if I make it to another match! the last one was snowed out!

Thanks guys! we are having some weather, but when it clears a little, think I just might put the original sight on it and take it for a test drive! but...it will get scoped, just need to decide on budget (cheap) and what scope to buy! the wood has some great grain/modeling just waiting on a refinish job to bring it out! and it has one of those dreaded scratches (but smaller then most that I have seen pictures of) in it that in theory came from some one opening all the packages with a knife to do inventory/serial number inspections back in the 90's.

It has taken me awhile to do some testing, Still wanting to build a set up to test stock/barrel defection. Just have not taken the time yet. But I did manage to install my new bottom metals (now available on e-bay) and shoot a 50 yard test. Results were positive! Have only shot one 50 yard test with the new bottom metal in place, torqued to 15 inch pounds. My Best ever, with the stock bottom metal, 5 groups, 5 shots each. , best single group Best average .9983 in Best Single group .780 in First time out with my new Bottom Metal Average .9144 in 8.4% improvement Best single group .520 in 33.33% improvement Need to shoot some more groups and also do a 100 yard test!

A store I visit on a regular basis had 2 new surplus Kimber 82g's, not the rusty versions. I first noticed them last month with a very pricy price tag on them! A pretty substantial price drop, a discount on firearms in stock a coupon and a few other incentives. the finial price became pretty manageable and home it came!

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I have tried to support a couple of our smaller shops, unfortunately one of them just seems to be a poor fit even though I really like the ownership, the other, a lot of really High end stuff, out side of my needs and price range, but I really do like walking in and having then know me by name, greet me and they let me walk out with as much 22lr as I want! There are several of the counter guys at our local Sportsman Warehouse that recognize me, ect. Have received pretty good service there, purchasing firearms there has usually been a positive experience at a price point that was fair and good enough to pay the couple of extra dollars/instant gratification vs internet buying. Just still stinging from the Black Friday experience, did not agree with the policy and the way they handled it. But it is their Store and their right to run it the way they want. Not picking up a 1911 at a great price point was disappointing.... but we (the wife and I) also think our time and effort on Black Friday morning just seemed to be disrespected and wasted..keep coming back to, one gun, one happy customer. the majority of those in line could have been happy customers instead of half to two thirds leaving disappointed and/or mad. It will effect future purchase decisions.

I had thought higher of them...but lesson learned...it was absolutely amazing to watch the process and to see the absolute disregard for half the people there who had been standing in line.

Hope everybody had a Good thanksgiving! was pretty cool for us, first Holiday with our new grandson, born November 8th

Today, got up early, went to Sportsman Warehouse for the Black Friday Door Buster, I can understand limited supplies, I can understand special purchases, issuing numbers...all that. What I am struggling with is that Sportsman Warehouse allowed the sale of multiple Items, specifically the Para 1911 to single individuals. Many people were purchasing 2-3 of these 1911's leaving about half of the people who were there in the dark, waiting for the store to open empty handed. So after about 3 hours of waiting at the counter, just to watch the 1911's being sold to the hoarders...about 40-50 customers left empty handed. In My opinion, 1 person, 1 issued number, 1 door buster 1911 doorbuster, you made 40 people or so happy and pissed off some where in the range of 40-60 others. My wife and I had several hundred dollars worth of stuff in our cart, we unloaded it and left the store purchasing nothing. I "was" a regular customer, stopping in on a regular basis. Not saying that I will never go in again, But Sportsman will no longer be my first and regular stop.

interesting!

cool beans! Have a friend with a some type of Marlin M1...no luck in talkin him out of it yet!

giggly giggly!