I do mostly trades so value is relative. I got this one for a pistol that I had about $350 in if I remember right.
The top carbine I had to pony up $800 for but it has the desirable "key hole" butt plate.
Real HIGH taxes on any house that doesn't have wheels on it or a mean ol coon dog on the front porch.
Over a third of the county is owned by the feds and they don't pay tax so we have to kick in extra...
I have a friend that owns a LGS. He had a low end rifle that wouldn't chamber a round. He called the company to report the problem and they told him they would not warrantee their product after it was taken out of the package.
I also like that Rio stuff. They had it on sale about 7 years ago real cheap so I thought wth?
Nowadays I have an eye condition that keeps me from shooting so much. Whenever I think of what the replacement ammo will cost me my eyes well up with tears and I can't see straight. A sign of the times...
I also use a shotgun in the early season with the leaves still on the trees and switch to a .22 when the leaves fall off.
I usually wait until I can see my breath to go hunting tho. If I am feeling sporting I won't wear my glasses while hunting, that way if they don't come down my side of the...
The crispies on a squirrel from frying is like glass. I fry them and then stack them up in a veggie steamer for a cycle. Still crunchy on the outside but pulls right of the bone tender...
Crew or Rowing is what put me through college. It could hardly be compared to propelling a Jon boat.
Your feet are strapped into shoes that are bolted to the keel and you sit on a slide that rolls on tracks while using an oar over 12' long. Sculling, using 2 oars, is done in the same way but...
This is what High Standard was making back in 1962, the 102 series known as the "Space Gun". By these standards what they shoot today has hardly kept up...