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Up here we get an onslaught of biting sand flies every June andJuly. A Bug A Salt gun is a necessity, not a luxury, as bug repellent doesn’t work on them. I literally wore my first Bug A Salt gun out. It is not uncommon to have 100 to 200 fly carcasses on the patio after an evening. Strange thing is they all disappear by next morning. How? Turns out ants retrieve them and cart them away for food. I figure by now all my yard’s ant colonies worship me as an all providing God.🤣

Bummer.

I don’t know if you will hit a paywall on this article, but I am going to post anyway. A pretty good article about the new service weapons. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a44811031/armys-new-m7-rifle-and-m250-machine-gun/?source=nl

Very much so. This thing has a great sound system.

Boating. A nice ride today

The Constitution is one of the most amazing documents in history.

Truth. Electric cars will be the cassette tapes of the future.

Great idea thanks.

+1 on all of those!

Might do that my bullet puller is missing pieces

50 round 300 Win Mag 225gr ELD-X match, 69.4gr H4831SC, Win. primers in new Nosler match brass. Set aside for a trip this fall. Except that round in the lower left. Long story about that one. 😆

Loaded up 50 once fired Winchester, Federal, and Remington 300 Winchester Magnum brass for a friend. 71.8 gr H4831SC , 200 gr Hornady ELD-X bullets, and Winchester Magnum Large Rifle primers. Pretested this load last week specifically for his Ruger rifle.

truth

You will not be sorry

High of 68 here today.

A damn good actor. Liked him in “Heat” and “Last of the Mohicans” among others. Did not know he was a Vietnam Vet Meet Oscar Winning actor Wes Studi, A Rare Brand Of Vietnam Veteran! You may not know the name Wes Studi, but you would probably recognize his face, and you should. Studi is a Cherokee, a Vietnam veteran and an accomplished actor. He has been acting for several decades and is well-known for his roles in movies like, “Dances With Wolves,” and “The Last of the Mohicans,” and many other roles on film and TV. He recently received an Oscar, “Lifetime Achievement Award” for his acting career. As a 17-year-old Studi got permission from his parents to join the National Guard. That was in the early 60s. He signed up for the usual 6-year hitch at that time. While serving he began to hear a lot of stories from returning Vietnam veterans and decided he wanted to know if he was up to that experience. With only a year to go on his original 6-year enlistment in the National Guard, Studi volunteered to go active duty and to go to Vietnam. Studi served in Vietnam in 1967-1968. He was assigned to the 3rd Bn, 39th Infantry of the 9th Infantry Division and was stationed down in the Mekong Delta area. He arrived just in time for what was called the mini Tet. His unit was at a place called the French Fort on one of the Mekong Delta rivers, very near the coast. During the time he was there his unit would be deployed on many missions throughout that delta area. Like so many returning Vietnam veterans, Studi’s coming home experience was made difficult, not so much by the negative attitudes that greeted us when we came home, that was bad enough, but by something more intimate, more personal, more interior. While in Vietnam we had grown used to living every moment of our lives aware of the imminent threat of death that hung around us like a pall in every moment, in every place. Because it was so present at all times, we grew accustomed to living with that tension. It shaped our consciousness, our “awakeness.” It made us constantly attentive to our surroundings, constantly keyed up to act at a moment’s notice. It was that fundamental survival mechanism that became our unconscious habit, a part of what we brought home with us. Studi remembers that coming home, it took a long time to let go of that constant awareness of potential imminent threat. We were always tense, always keyed up, never letting our guard down. It was this that often made those around us think that we were a little crazy. In those early years after coming home from Vietnam, before Studi decided to try out an acting career, he did a lot for his tribal community. He taught the Cherokee language and the Cherokee syllabary and was involved with the Cherokee language newspaper, among other things. He is active in Native American rights efforts as well. Vietnam Veterans are all proud of Wes Studi for his recent recognition as an Oscar winner for his lifetime of superb acting and starring roles in such great and memorable movies. We honor him for his service to the country in Vietnam as well.

As a singer I sing at many funerals & I was recently asked by a funeral director to sing at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a Pauper's Cemetery out near Indiana. As I was not familiar with the area, I got lost. Everyone that knows me knows I can be directionally challenged AND my navigation lost its signal. I hate Sprint!! Anyway, I finally arrived an hour late and saw that the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch. I felt bad and apologized to the guys for being late. I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the vault lid was already in place. I didn’t know what else to do, so I started to sing. The workers put down their lunch and began to gather around. I sang my heart and soul out for this man with no family and friends. As I sang “Amazing Grace”, the spirit began to move and the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept, we all wept together. When I finished, I prayed a benediction and started for my car, my head hung low but my heart so FULL. As I opened the door to my car, I overheard one of the workers say, “I’ve never seen nothin’ like that before and I’ve been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.” Apparently, I was still lost 🙄….

BC is badass

Keep it up Man! You inspire me!

A keeper for sure!

Handsome beast, isn’t it?

Did you get the Left or Right hand model?

Had my case tumbler fray a wire unnoticed. Shorted out my whole garage! Fortunately it was just the GFI that triggered, but it melted the wires and connector. So I ordered a cheap replacement for now. https://www.frankfordarsenal.com/case-cleaning/case-cleaning-tumblers/quick-n-ez-case-tumbler/855020.html#start=1

Nice! In 300 Win Mag?

You guys putting ice in your drinks, be careful, nasty dangerous stuff.