So my wife tells me that she stepped outside Monday evening to water her garden, and the neighbor asks "Does your husband like guns, an' shootin', an' huntin', an' stuff?"
"Actually he's going to get sworn in at his new range, right now."
"Great! See, we have this men's only night at our church. We call it the Beast Feast! We get together and we eat a bunch of wild game, and shoot archery, and shoot skeet, and have a raffle. it's a lot of fun. it's towards the end of June. You think he'll wanna come?"
"Yeah, he probably will."
It sounds like a lot of fun. It'll be a bunch of guys getting together to cling to their guns and religion! AND eat meat!
So now I have to decide if I want to bring my Grandpa's Winchester Model 12 16ga. (It's fun to shoot, beautiful, and the ammo is as hard to find as hen's teeth), or my trusty Mossberg 500 20ga. (I've been shooting it regularly for 11 years, and ammo's relatively cheap, but it is a rather plain beast).
Decisions, decisions...
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The Winchester. Always dress up for your first date. :grin:
Plus it's your Grandpa's. Enough said.
Go by Academy or Gander Mountain. They're bound to have a couple of boxes of 16 gauge game loads.
It may seem unlikely, but I've had good luck finding 16-ga. shells at both Cabela's (FTW) and Wal Mart (Denton and Lewisville.) Or maybe there're just more light-heavyweight shooters scattered around N. Texas.
JPG
Nancy R. wrote: Plus it's your Grandpa's. Enough said.
Quite true. My Granddad got this Remington 11-48 in 1949 or -50, when the model was new. My Elder Son has hunted with it. When HIS daughters are ready to cope with the double-slap recoil, the gun will be serving a fifth generation.
Much to be said for legacy guns . . .
JPG
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