What's Everyone Doing?

[Bigsmoke]

I noticed that also.
The date stamp thing is all screwed up.  I took the camera into the shop to have it checked out but they said my camera was too old to work on and they couldn't fix it.  So, I get crazy date stamps.  What to do, what to do?

[Craig Tx]

I'm fixin' to head out in a coupla three weeks for Frederick, OK to help train the next class of WWII Airborne Demonstration Team parachutists.

Otherwise, life is good here on the Texas coast.

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[BEAVERMAN]

SWMBO and I are headed out in the am to the Peninsula Longrifles Range and property to house warm our new to us travel trailer and it happens to coincide with the clubs fall work party weekend, also opening day Sat for early ML which is a week long and the property is on a Mt side surrounded by Nat Forest and the unit there IS a ML unit, stopping at Wally World on the way and getting my license and 4 species tag, Deer, Elk, Bear and Cat either type Cougar or Bob works!, never know we will be staying through Tuesday, wouldn't be the first time I dropped an animal sitting in camp early in the am, wish me luck boys! Hey Craig looks like your enjoying being retired old friend, good on ya!

[No Powder]

Your wish is my command. Good luck Jim, and have fun.

[Craig Tx]

...Hey Craig looks like your enjoying being retired old friend, good on ya!

Yessir, I am!  Best move that the missus and I have made!

[RedOneFive]

Been a busy few months with all the kids stuff starting back up. Scouts, school, Awana, football etc etc.
I did manage to pull a muzzy antelope tag. I was thinking the date was mid 2 weeks of October but it ends this weekend I got a little whistle bit.. .
Last night I finally got out wth a buddy.. Took a 45 long rifle of Marty's for the heck of it..
Finally found a few critters, hopped out only made it 150 yards with a decoy and a nice buck charged me from across the pivot.. Had to get a cap on quick!.. Got prone, he stopped turned broadside at 117 yards and I shot right flipping under him...
It was a pretty buck and the purdiest decoying you've ever seen!
I hope yall are doing well. I've been absent, but not gone!
Joe

[BEAVERMAN]

Sounds like a fun evening Joe, got to stay active with the kids, you blink and they're flying the nest, enjoy them while you have them close! good to see your involved with them in Scouts, many of us here have put in our time, time well spent I might ad. The boss lady and I just got back from our maiden voyage with the new trailer, had a wonderful time, still figuring what goes where and working out a few bugs, work party at the range went very well, great turn out lots of long overdue projects completed, took along the prom queen and got some range time with it, had the run of the property for 3 days, great early fall weather, all and all we had a grand time!

[Hank in WV]

I usually only build rifles during the winter but I'm going to have to rebuild one of my bike motors in the basement and I don't need any dust, so I've started building a rifle early. This might have to be one of my last ones. After an hour or two, my neck and back get to hurting pretty bad.

[No Powder]

What are you going to build Hank?  And good luck with the discomfort.

[Hank in WV]

I've always been partial of Bucks County rifles. This won't be a copy of any particular one. I'm using up some of the parts I've accumulated over the years. This will be very slim. Somewhat Verneresque.

[Winter Hawk]

Photos of the build are required!  Maybe of the motor rebuild also.... 

I've done nothing much as far as M/L goes, but have been busy in the back yard.  The two apple trees are dropping fruit like crazy so I raked them up and put them in some 55 gallon garbage bags for removal by Bateman's Refuse and Hauling on Monday.  Then I picked a couple of buckets full of apples which I now have to run through the little core, peel and slice machine & bag up for future use.  Got the saw out and did some massive cutting back of branches which were hanging over the fence into the neighbors' yard.  I haven't pruned them back since planting them, don't really know what I am doing but need to get them under control!

For M/L content, I took the trigger assembly out of the Traditions Shenandoah rifle to convert it to single trigger.  I did that with the Hodgepodge rifle which had the same set trigger, but from CVA.  The only difference is that the newer plate is curved a tad bit more than the old one, just enough so they aren't interchangeable.  I will also have to polish the lock bearing surfaces to lighten the trigger pull.  I'm debating rasping down the comb of this rifle to get rid of the Roman nose.  I've not shot it yet so should do that before making any drastic changes to the stock.  Wish I was as talented as some of the other folks on here so I could feel more confident of the outcome when contemplating these things! 

~Kees~

[Hank in WV]

One of these days I'm gonna have to learn how to post pix. 

[BEAVERMAN]

Well I'm sitting here with the dreaded Covid AGAIN! started feeling the nasal, throat and scratchy ears (same symptoms as last time) Sat afternoon after the club shoot. got a test yesterday am and it's positive, starting to manifest with the low energy and coughing a bit, damn it I don't have time for this crap, too much to do while the weather is still decent!

[Hank in WV]

Here's hoping it doesn't hit you too hard. Good luck riding it out.

[KDubs]

Damn beaver, again...
 I just got over being sick these last 3 days but covid - thankfully.
 I work in a nursing home and it's just went through there for the 4th
Time since covid began .
  Hopefully the nice fall weather continues for awhile so after you recover you can get out there and enjoy it, maybe make some smoke.
 Best to ya
Kevin