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Saturday, September 8. 2018

Decluttering

In addition to house-wide de-cluttering, I am facing a de-cluttering of my daily work space.  It is on the order of The Management.


Some urgency to it too, cuz the place is being re painted. In one cabinet I went through, far more ammo than I knew I had. I had no idea how much I had accumulated in there, including all game loads, plus steel loads, Bismuth loads, and Tungsten loads. 


12 ga, 20 ga.  Just no 16 ga, which I have come to like the best since inheriting my grandpa's 16 ga. I only like 20 ga for grouse and woodcock, and you do not need much ammo for that game because they are so difficult to find.


I have too many firearms too. I love to play with firearms and to shoot birds, ducks, and geese, but I found that I have more than I can ever use.  Only so many Saturdays left and, as I say, retirement is not in my playbook.


I would do the night shift in a minimart rather than be useless. 

Posted by Bird Dog in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc. at 16:36 | Comments (14) | Trackbacks (0)

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My garage shelves are groaning with the weight of old ammo. When does it become unsafe? My dad had a .45 ACP. I sold it but forgot to give the guy the ammo.

My brother got the Walther P.38. I have 9mm ammo from the 1950s which the kid brother refuses, saying it's my problem, then he laughs like the hyena he is.

I have .410 shells and have absolutely no idea how old they are. I got my first .410 45 years ago.

What now? Every garage cleaning I vow to deal with it, then don't.
#1 Fred Z on 2018-09-08 18:13 (Reply)
These things have no expiration dates. Get out on a range and blast away
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2018-09-08 18:16 (Reply)
Please don't work the night shift in a minimart or any other vulnerable place. Many people have been killed doing that.
#2 CT on 2018-09-08 18:39 (Reply)
This comment saved my day. I read the post as night shift in a minaret and thought, "Damn, ole' Birdog's gone over the edge on us". Now I feel better.
#2.1 BillH on 2018-09-09 10:33 (Reply)
I’m a big 16 ga fan. My first shotgun as a boy in the UP of Michigan was a single shot 16 for patridge (ruffed grouse). Several more in my safe. Favorite is a Browning Sweet 16...purchased for me by my wife. How about that?
#3 rocdoctom on 2018-09-08 19:40 (Reply)
I've got.a very basic 16 ga. But the ammo is hard to find. My son earned his shotgun shooting merit badge with it.
#4 RonF on 2018-09-08 20:15 (Reply)
Suggest you rethink your desire to kill birds for no real reason. Read Eugene Sledge "With the old Breed" to gain perspective on killing, especially the epilogue.
#5 Schoolboy on 2018-09-08 20:31 (Reply)
Schoolboy, please be sure to avoid earing any meats because animals are killed to feed others. Also be sure to avoid eating any bugs because they are living creatures. Finally, please dont eat any greens or plant matter because, as we all know from scientific studies, plants have lives and feel pain when uprooted, chopped up into salads or -- forbid it -- when chewed in someone's mouth.

I just hate hearing the sugar snap peas scream as I eat them.
#5.1 Dave on 2018-09-09 14:33 (Reply)
I have Grandfather's lovely, lovely Fox 16-GA side by side. Did I mention that it's lovely? Nothing fancy or pretentious, but quality made and sublime balance in the hand, very enjoyable to hunt with it. Love that shotgun, but boy is it hard to find ammo these days. Yes, too many guns is an unresolved problem here on the farm.
#6 Seppo on 2018-09-08 21:01 (Reply)
I see 16ga ammo at almost every local shop. Even places that I'd never guess would have it will often have a box or two.

It's nice to know it's there, but I'm not a fan of the 16s. A friend who is a fan, talked me into getting one, but I have yet to see the attraction. To borrow the age-old complaint, it "kicks like a 12, and hits like a 20."
#7 Thos. on 2018-09-09 13:55 (Reply)
16 is a perfect pheasant firearm. But whatever. I like it cuz it was my grandpa's and I shot it with him.

I have too many firearms. All I need is one 20, one 16, one12 field gun and a 12 waterfowl gun.

I am selling my fancy guns. Too much stuff.
#7.1 Bird Dog on 2018-09-09 14:04 (Reply)
Define "useless."
#8 Assistant Village Idiot (Link) on 2018-09-09 20:30 (Reply)
I can't. Economically-productive is part of it.
#8.1 BD on 2018-09-10 16:16 (Reply)
Dove hunting this past week. Took my 28 inch 12 gauge Baikal over and under. First gun I went 25 for 25 in the trap league.
Rain, fog, mist and humidity beyond Yankee comprehension down here. Brought enough home for a few meals. Probably be out in the mud this week too.
#9 Deep South on 2018-09-09 21:34 (Reply)

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