Our Morning Coffee and Weather

[PT7]

Beautiful, sunny, cool morning here in MO. But we do have one weather issue predicted for several days yet --- high winds. In fact, there are fire warnings out there (red flags) due to being too dry. In my time living here, I've not seen this many days with such high winds happening....

I had planned to go to the shooting range on Tuesday last, but the winds were 36-40 mph. Too much to maintain good POIs.

I'm originally from a near-west suburb of Chicago, "The Windy City." Well, I'm in another "windy city" right now!

[Sir Henry]

No wind for us and I'm heading to the range this afternoon. Hope it isn't packed.

[JWC]

Back in from yard work. I needed a break.

Man, all of the ranges close by are indoors, and the higher caliber rifles are just not allowed. I envy you guys that can just "go shoot" when the weather is good, and the winds are calm. There are outdoor ranges around, but they are a good long drive from my house.

Heard that the winds are kicking most of the pros butt at the Masters. Well, enough of a break, back out in the yard.

[Coach]

90 plus yesterday...today a high of 73

[Catherine]

Great post Cate. I went into the shortage with about a four year supply of .22LR but had to catch up on .22WMR and .17HMR. Now for a cup of tea.

Thank you.

Side note here.

Please bear with me on my former cross country move too.

When we held twice a year 'shooting events' at our MT range with people from MT and from other parts of the country... I used to share a LOT of my RF ammunition with other people. ALL of us knew each other very well too. We shared CF ammo too. The events and shooting time would last for 2 to 3 days depending on the schedules of all involved and their travel time.

Back at that time, I was pretty close to having a FEW years worth of ammunition since I brought the ammo that I was going to use in Montana from my former state. This was after I sold out and after my late husband died back east. My late husband and I had even spoken about what I would KEEP, sell, gift, take-move and how I would pack if I did NOT use a moving van and if I only moved the absolute essentials. It was up to ME on how I would do all of this and it was my final decision in the end but WE discussed this before he died of cancer. (We had already downsized some stuff in our large brick home and discussed his/our future retirement which never happened for him.)

So I read up on all of the rules on moving ammo and firearms while moving across country and I planned my ROUTE heading west carefully too! I did not have any reloading supplies since I never reloaded. My MAIN concern was staying within the laws of each state when moving my guns and ammunition and the safety of me doing this. Theft concerns, packing, weight load, MY personal security, etc.

I KEPT all of my CF and RF ammo for the firearms that I had not sold or gifted, back east, so I was stocked up well. I mainly brought most of my firearms with me. I only chose to sell specific guns back east due to the Caliber and Style of each gun that I sold from the gitgo. I had some people/friends who wanted to buy several guns that I wanted to KEEP at the time so I told them, "No." I did NOT have a 'boat load' of ammo but much more than some people who run to the store for a brick of 22lr before they go to the range.

Another reason, why I and/or WE had extra ammunition on hand was when WE sold a bunch of our firearms while downsizing and doing massive caliber consolidation at one or more stores but mainly at one place in the end, we took FULL in store credits since we did not need the cash and we used those FULL credits for ammo, some reloading supplies and a few firearms that my husband decided to buy. So we did not pay a % sales fee and we used that entire amount of money towards that goal.

On top of that, before, during and after these so called 'shortages' of ALL firearm related things, a few people who needed reloading supplies and who know us VERY well bought some good sealed/boxed reloading bullets and good sealed/unopened powders from us too. (We shoot with these people.) Newer stuff since we don't have older stuff since we actually used/use what we had/have on hand. My husband GAVE away some good brass to a bunch of people too. My husband GAVE away some other things to these friends too. He sold some quality dies that he would no longer use at a very good price to some other friends. We GAVE away a bunch of military metal ammo cans to another friend. This stuff was for calibers that he and I no longer shot.

There were some 30-30 shortages out here too. NO kidding and it was on our news about that and all other insane shortages. So we had some extra stuff there and helped out one other friend with some new Hornady reloading bullets. My husband still shoots a 30-30. Heck, there were some shotgun shell shortages in 'some gauges' and our friend from up north asked us if we could find that and some other items for him. So we helped him out there too.

The ONLY reason why I brought my firearm stuff (Guns and ammo.) with me when I moved was because I was still a HIGH volume shooter. Plus I used to open/conceal handguns abiding by the gun laws of Montana inside and outside of the city limits. Plus I was moving to a gun friendly state which may not end up this way if some people get their way.

If I was not 51 years old when I made my big move as a widow lady and was 65 years old with arthritis flare ups as I am now... I would have SOLD more firearms back east. I did not sell them at 51 years old, back east, because I was still using THEM for years on end so I have no regrets for those outstanding, high volume, and fun shooting years.

I told my husband that IF (?!?) we make one final move IN or OUT of this state when he finally retires... he better make some more of his final decisions. I know that if he keeps some stuff... he will need to HIRE someone to MOVE his heavy custom made reloading desk/bench that match the other cabinets in this house that I built. The heavy top comes apart/off if needed from the bottom of it. He chose the size of it and it is a beautiful piece of work. I gave him one bedroom for his den/reloading room when I built this house.

More STUFF will go bye, bye if we move across country part or full time. It may go bye, bye if we move to another part of Montana too.

And we do not have that much STUFF since we choose to have less at this stage of our lives. I am much more of a Minimalist than he is when it comes to firearms and firearm related STUFF.

We live more like minimalists when it comes to ALL of our other stuff in this house shy of emergency supplies due to the weather. We keep that stuff on hand and I always lived that way due to very BAD storms year round on the East Coast and in the Great Lakes region = rural. Out here where I live now... the power does not go off as much as it did where I used to live back east. UP in the Sapphire Mountains-MT, where I lived for a year camping and in a small log cabin, the power went out but it was NOTHING like I used to deal with back east. I buy food on sale and he hunts/fishes so we have a freezer too. I only have one generator here in town but we have extra camping supplies if the power goes out.

My late parents bought food on sale, had a garden, etc. They prepared for East Coast storms year round too.

Sorry for the thread drift.

Some people are seeing shortages already (Election year.) in some products from what I am reading, hearing and seeing around here. Specific products never came back in some things. One or more companies are not selling some brass shells in some calibers but you may be able to find it from other companies. We have some friends who do some shows not just ones who own/manage stores and they tell us what they see UP close and personal too.

Cate

[Sir Henry]

Great post Cate. It was long but well worth reading every word.

[JEBar]

we will be spending the weekend with our camping club so for us its a pack-up, hookup morning .... a couple of cups of coffee from out Rock Of Ages -- http://www.rockofages.com/ will certainly help in our effort ... the Rock of Ages Quarry itself is located in Barre, VT -- https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/sea ... mp=yhs-002 -- their headquarters in Graniteville, VT is one heck of an operation .... its an impressive facility, very well worth the time to tour

[JWC]

Morning all from Jonesboro, Georgia. 50 degrees, blue skies and just beautiful this morning. Not as breezy as predicted this morning. Take care and be safe!

[bandit1250]

Just got finished my first cup while looking out at it belting down snow. Had a gun shop trip planned to go get some shot gun ammo but it is up over the mountain and it will depend on how bad the roads may get up that way. I was told they had Federal 3 1/4-1 1/8 oz. of no. 6 shot for $59 a case. Usually only have 7.5's with 3 dram equiv. These will be a little better hunting loads for small game next fall. I like the mug pictures by members. I don't collect mugs(YET) so I have very few. I use a Henry mug most of the time because it holds more. Here is two other ones from on my gun room shelf that never gets used because I don't want to break them they were from my daughter.

[Deadwood Dutch]

I just checked the radar and I saw it coming my way but it seems to be breaking up over the mountain. I like your mugs, here is one of my John Deere mugs that I am using this morning.