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| < 16ga. Ammunition & Reloading ~ Another surprise |
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Sun May 06, 2012 1:21 pm
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Joined: 01 Jul 2005
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Location: Crow River Bottomlands of Minnesota
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At my age there are not many surprises left in life. A couple of months ago I had one; when I opened one of my gun safes and found a 12 gauge VHE Parker I had forgotten I owned. Have since sent it off to Larry Del Grego for a little work and should have it back any time now.
On Friday last I noticed, on top of a storage shelf behind a calendar, a clay target carton buried under a black plastic trash bag which turned out to be full of old style AA hulls. Since I reload STS and Nitro 27 hulls, they will go to the club for sale.
The clay target box contained about 500 Federal purple 16 gauge paper based hulls. I was previously pondering where I was going to find more of them when the last 200 I was reloading were gone. Problem solved and surprise enjoyed. Ain't life grand??? |
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E.J. Churchill Hercules Grade 16
W.W. Greener Crown Grade 12
Stevens 311E 16
Browning Double Auto Twelvette
Browning Double Auto Twentyweight
Remington 1100 12 2 barrels
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Sun May 06, 2012 1:38 pm
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
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Location: Amarillo, Texas
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YEEE HAWWW
Wonderful news
Thanks for sharing
I, also, am getting older and trying to thin down my mountain of hulls.
It is a tough job, but currently, I am up to the task.
Mike |
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Sun May 06, 2012 3:31 pm
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| I am glad I am not the onlyiest one that forgets stuff like that!!! Great that you found them in time to use them. |
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Sun May 06, 2012 4:37 pm
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Location: Crow River Bottomlands of Minnesota
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| Last evening I went to a Derby de Mayo dinner and got to meet the man that gave me 5 bags of #9 shot a couple of weeks ago. He gave me them through his friendship with the host at the dinner. Today at 2 PM I got a call from one of the guys at the gun club wanting to trade off some 7.5 shot for the #9. Pretty good Sunday, I think. |
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E.J. Churchill Hercules Grade 16
W.W. Greener Crown Grade 12
Stevens 311E 16
Browning Double Auto Twelvette
Browning Double Auto Twentyweight
Remington 1100 12 2 barrels
Charles Daly SxS 28 |
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Sun May 06, 2012 6:22 pm
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Location: Maine
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Sounds like a good week, not just a good day.
I often live by an old saying: "If you leave problems to their own devices, a lot of times they solve themselves." It's a lot easier than trying to fix everything all the time. |
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Sun May 06, 2012 7:45 pm
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Joined: 08 Nov 2005
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Location: Illinois
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It's much better to find something you forgot about than to look for something you traded/sold/swapped for ---    --Don't feel like the Lone Ranger on this one. |
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