Road Notes

This has been yet another long and exhausting trip. I'm hoping it's fruitful.

One-way it's about 1100 miles from home to my hotel here in MO. I left the house at 7:30 Tuesday morning, made a stop in town for a few road snacks, and headed west. I hit pediem's AO around 1pm, we had lunch, and I was back on the road by 2:45ish.

I hit my crash space just west of Indy around 7:30 Tuesday night, and was sociable for a few hours before going to bed around 11 or 11:30.

Wednesday morning I hit the road again around 8:30 feeling moderately so-so, and made my hotel just east of KC around 3 central time... after driving from STL all the way across MO in the rain.

If you're doing the math, I'll save you the time: just about 18 hours of driving time.

I had dinner with my brother in law and his fiancée, and crashed. And slept poorly.

And got up this morning and spent most of four hours in a comm center getting a quick orientation and overview.

I went back to my hotel and tried to relax for an hour with no luck.

I headed southeast and met BiL for lunch, then went off to an interview-by-committee.

I have no idea how it really went. I feel like I bombed. I caught myself rambling a couple times. I couldn't string thoughts together. I know I got a few honest chuckles from the committee, which I think is good. ("Where do you see yourself in three to five years?" [I look at the director.] "When are you planning to retire?")

I grabbed a 12-pack of Shiner for a friend on my way back to the hotel. I'm trying to unwind now; I'm planning on an earlyish dinner and bedtime and hopefully some better sleep. Tomorrow is a long day - I'm making the full shot back to pediem's place to crash for the night before the last leg home on Saturday morning.

I really don't know what comes next - I guess I'll wait and see.

Worlds apart

I got to my hotel at a reasonable time today, and checked in. Clerk says, "Oh, I see you have a discount through the NRA..."

Finish the check-in stuff, and she asks, "So, I've got to ask ... since you're in the NRA ... what's the ammo situation where you're from?"

We spent the next several minutes talking guns.

Chalk a big old +1 into the "MO" column.

Recoil therapy

Not much, but a bit. Took a couple friends to the range, burned a box or two of .22, a couple boxes of 54R,  a handful of 20ga shells, and the current magazine of .40 in the carry gun.

I found one complaint about the TruGlo on the 15-22: it needs an allen wrench to adjust the sights. It was hitting a few inches left at 50yd. Still a nice palm-size group in rapid fire at that distance, but not quite where I wanted it to be.

The 91/30 belonged to a friend, and was dead-on first shot. The back end of the range was a mud hole, so we stayed at 50yd, but it was keeping a 2" group there. 1943 Izhevsk with '72 Bulgarian light ball.

Looking for...

This one is a bit more esoteric, but I'm going to try.

I'm trying to find the Talo/Ruger 10/22 BSA edition. There are a few on Gunbroker, but I'm hoping to wrangle a trade of some kind.

I'd like to make this a father's day gift if I possibly can.

If anyone out there has a line on one, drop me a note.

Light blogging

No, really, LIGHT blogging!

New flashlight arrived yesterday. Fenix PD32.

First reaction: very solid, and HOLYFUCKTHAT'SBRIGHT.

More later... maybe even a few pictures after dark.