Same here, no allowance but free room & board. Any money I had I went out and earned it. I was told the free room & board would continue until I was no longer in school. I had odd jobs starting at about 8-9 years old.
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Same here, no allowance but free room & board. Any money I had I went out and earned it. I was told the free room & board would continue until I was no longer in school. I had odd jobs starting at about 8-9 years old.
Snakeoil
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Yup. I had a paper route for 4 years, from 12 to 16. I gave every penny I made to my Dad and kept a running balance. It was to help pay for college. I also mowed lawns and shoveled snow. The old lady next door had me do all kinds of odd jobs for her. Gave all that money to Pop as well. If there was something I wanted, like a new BB gun or similar, Pop would give me the money and I would subtract it from the balance. Not sure why I kept track. I was never going to ask for the balance back. Never did finish college. Partied too much. Went thru a brief period of sitting on my parents couch trying to figure out my next move. Lasted that winter after I left school. Folks kicked me in the arse that spring and got a fulltime job where I'd worked part time before. Once I started working, I never looked back. Pop helped me with cars at first. I would fix them up and sell them for a profit and buy a better car. Did that for a good chunk of my youth. Never owned a car more than 6 months. Bought a new motorcycle, too. But it was the father of a guy I was in a band with that offered to help me get a job with GE. It was actually the apprentice program. I jumped on that with both feet and promised myself I would not screw it up like I did college. Busted my butt on that program and graduated at the top of my class. Never slacked off again. Retired as a senior engineer.
I truly believe that my folks making me work around the house, help my Dad with projects when my friends were out playing and being responsible for myself all helped me be successful in life. The dark period during and after college was simply way too much freedom and not enough maturity. Always felt guilty for letting my folks down over college. But I tried to make up for it in doing well after.
Although I believe that part of how we grow and succeed is wire into our personalities. I also think that the influence of our parents plays a role. For some, it is an inverse influence. Knew a guy at another gun club who came from multiple generations of welfare families. He said he knew if he stayed home, he'd end up just like them. He left and joined the Navy. When he got out, he started a contracting business and did well. Navy gave him the structure he needed to be successful. But he was wired such that he wanted to work and do well.
I truly believe that my folks making me work around the house, help my Dad with projects when my friends were out playing and being responsible for myself all helped me be successful in life. The dark period during and after college was simply way too much freedom and not enough maturity. Always felt guilty for letting my folks down over college. But I tried to make up for it in doing well after.
Although I believe that part of how we grow and succeed is wire into our personalities. I also think that the influence of our parents plays a role. For some, it is an inverse influence. Knew a guy at another gun club who came from multiple generations of welfare families. He said he knew if he stayed home, he'd end up just like them. He left and joined the Navy. When he got out, he started a contracting business and did well. Navy gave him the structure he needed to be successful. But he was wired such that he wanted to work and do well.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
And we did; my first job for pay was transplanting baby tobacco starts from the beds to the field. Was 11 years old and got four silver quarters and lunch for four hours of stoup work.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
We ended up on a 9 acre green grocery or truck farm and the main cash crop was strawberry's. Back breaker for sure.
fiver
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those are way too far down... LOL.
my first 'actual' job was helping out in a garage.
didn't last too long, the owner taught me how to short change people about a week in, i couldn't do it.
[jimmy carter being in office didn't help]
before that i worked weekend mornings unloading bags of shot from a trailer and delivering it to the various clubs around the valley during the week.
the guy i was doing it for would pay my dad in shot wads and primers.
ended up busting tires at 13 as a summer job, only good thing that come out of that was i taught my little brother how to do it, he ended up working his way up pretty quickly [for another company] to shop manager.
i blew all that money on shotgun shooting too.
my first 'actual' job was helping out in a garage.
didn't last too long, the owner taught me how to short change people about a week in, i couldn't do it.
[jimmy carter being in office didn't help]
before that i worked weekend mornings unloading bags of shot from a trailer and delivering it to the various clubs around the valley during the week.
the guy i was doing it for would pay my dad in shot wads and primers.
ended up busting tires at 13 as a summer job, only good thing that come out of that was i taught my little brother how to do it, he ended up working his way up pretty quickly [for another company] to shop manager.
i blew all that money on shotgun shooting too.
L Ross
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Jobs were hard to find out in the country for kid with only a bicycle and farmer neighbors. But one older neighbor would pay me 25¢ and hour to chop bull thistles out of his fence lines with a corn knife. Then Mom and Dad put in a half acre pickle patch on contract with the local canning company. The pickles get graded by rattling down a grated device and fall though in ever larger sizes. The littlest ones are the most valuable, but of course the most miserable to pick per 100#. The converted milk house that the canning company used to house the sorting equipment was about 2 1/2 miles away, the last half mile on a gravel road. I could put one 100# bag of cukes on the handle bars with the help of my 4'10" Mom and off I'd go. Part of my dislike for dogs that I harbor to this day comes from being chased as I struggled to get to the "pickle station". I ended busting my front wheel on that gravel road trying to escape from one particularly aggressive part collie farm dog with a bag of cukes on the handle bars. I still hate that dog and that was probably 56 years ago. I paid $29.00 for that Huffy and I rode it for 7 years. Paid most of that by cashing in a US Savings Bond someone bought at my birth.
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Mitty38
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Finally back out on the Range
Just a howdy and a rundown of my favorite handguns. Back out doing stuff after my battle with MRSA.
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Mitty38
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Yep, my boy dug nearly twice the lead he used back out of the bank.
I and the wife just picked up 100 9mm brass and about 400 .223. Plus I brought back all the brass I shot today.
Just got to put it all back together.
I have plenty of cast bullets back, for what he used, and for what I shot today. The .22s have always been plentiful but my boy bought me a small box of aquilla today.
I and the wife just picked up 100 9mm brass and about 400 .223. Plus I brought back all the brass I shot today.
Just got to put it all back together.
I have plenty of cast bullets back, for what he used, and for what I shot today. The .22s have always been plentiful but my boy bought me a small box of aquilla today.
Mitty38
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Also finished testing the aluminum case loads I forgot about. In my home built pistol.
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Aluminum Case test loads in the "NotaGlock"
Shooting experimental home made loads in my Home built gun.
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Winelover
North Central Arkansas
Question for SKS owners........is there a chambering issue with factory ammo, between Foreign or American made ammunition. Friend in Detroit left me this question on voicemail. I don't own anything chambered in 7.62x39.............I would think not think there is besides steel cases versus brass. Question arises from someone in a LGS, claiming there is a difference.
Pressman
Active Member
My latest match winner. Savage/Anchutz 64. It was missing some parts when I got it. Now it's not. I did swap out the scope and mount for new and improved. I have located the correct sling swivel and a good sling. It's time for serious practice for the winter league.
I took it to the range Thursday and zeroed it. If this old curmudgeon can hold it steady it will shoot a 100 on every stage. Darn good rifle.
I took it to the range Thursday and zeroed it. If this old curmudgeon can hold it steady it will shoot a 100 on every stage. Darn good rifle.
RBHarter
West Central AR
Not in the one I had . But it was slopped out to 8×39 .
Bullet dia is all over the place from .308 at the mouth to .314 bases but even the .308 groove Rugers will run most of it . My faith in counter guys went away when he couldn't tell a guy if the 30-30 cleaning kit would be ok in his new x39 .
I want to ask the super smart sales king of he can get me some 275 Rigby .
Bullet dia is all over the place from .308 at the mouth to .314 bases but even the .308 groove Rugers will run most of it . My faith in counter guys went away when he couldn't tell a guy if the 30-30 cleaning kit would be ok in his new x39 .
I want to ask the super smart sales king of he can get me some 275 Rigby .
fiver
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all mine has ever seen is the Norinco import.
i did try a handfull of some brass ammo waaaay back when.
but i think the problem was a combo of my gun never having been cleaned and there being a little bit of laquer left in the chamber combined with the loads not being very good.
there's no difference in brass or steel cased stuff.
unless one has 308 bullets and one has 310 bullets..
i did try a handfull of some brass ammo waaaay back when.
but i think the problem was a combo of my gun never having been cleaned and there being a little bit of laquer left in the chamber combined with the loads not being very good.
there's no difference in brass or steel cased stuff.
unless one has 308 bullets and one has 310 bullets..
Snakeoil
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Well, today was Humility Day for sure. Our standard .22 match with 3 minute targets at 50,100, 150 and 200 yds and 2 offhand shots at a small buffalo at 300 yds. Steve and I started at 50 yds. Condition were excellent. Had trouble getting on that half-dollar sized target. Adjusted windage and put it in the same hole. That was my first clue, but I was a bit dimmer than usual this morning. Finally got it on target and put two rounds near dead center. Decided to go for score. First shot off target at 9 o'clock. Hmmmm. Next shot off at 3 o'clock. Hmmmm. Steve tries to build my confidence by saying,"Gee, this is not like you." Hmmmmmm....Next shot back in the middle. Okay. But what kind of conditions make a bullet move that much at 50 yds??? Next shot, off target at 9 o'clock. I check the scope mounts, front is loose. Got almost a half-turn out of the screw. I'd double checked those thumbscrews when I put the scope on last night. Used my little too to assure they were tight.
So now, I have the scope tightened up, but no idea where it will shoot. Next shot, off the target to the right. Cranked in a correction and cleaned the rest. But too late for a decent score. Already down 4 targets. Hit 9/10 at 100 yds and 9/10 at 150 yds and then the conditions got me good at 200. Wind flags were contradicting each other. Steve was reading one and I could see another thru my scope. I did not hold off based upon his call since I could see the other thru my scope and I missed. Did that twice. Then I think we strong verticals at that big berm because 1 went high and the other low. So, another 6/10 for a total of 30/40. Steve bore down and shot a 37, three 9's and a 10 at 200. I know there was one 39 and two more 37's.
I did redeem myself a little by hitting one of the 12" buffalos offhand at 300yds. That gets you a nice pewter pin that got nailed into my shooting box.
Those of use that came up with the idea to use 3 minute targets all say the same thing. If you could shoot a perfect score at every match, it would not be fun anymore. We have had a few gripe about how small they are. But those guys like to win. We all like to win. But there are no prizes and everybody forgets a few minutes after they get the match results.
Did catch the Prez making up rules as he shot. He was next to me and I hear him say to his partner, "I'm going back to shooting sighters.". What??? I called him on it and he fessed up like he'd done nothing wrong. He said something had changed with his rifle so he decided to shoot more sighters in the middle of shooting for score. WHAT!!!! That's the beauty of Wilton. If we have an opportunity to bust someone's balls, everyone just piles on and tortures the guy. For the rest of the match, every time he missed I'd yell over "Why don't you just take a few more sighters?".
I think I'm going to make up a special scoresheet for him with more boxes for both sighters and scoring shots. Yup, that's what I'm gonna do and email it to everyone at the match.
So now, I have the scope tightened up, but no idea where it will shoot. Next shot, off the target to the right. Cranked in a correction and cleaned the rest. But too late for a decent score. Already down 4 targets. Hit 9/10 at 100 yds and 9/10 at 150 yds and then the conditions got me good at 200. Wind flags were contradicting each other. Steve was reading one and I could see another thru my scope. I did not hold off based upon his call since I could see the other thru my scope and I missed. Did that twice. Then I think we strong verticals at that big berm because 1 went high and the other low. So, another 6/10 for a total of 30/40. Steve bore down and shot a 37, three 9's and a 10 at 200. I know there was one 39 and two more 37's.
I did redeem myself a little by hitting one of the 12" buffalos offhand at 300yds. That gets you a nice pewter pin that got nailed into my shooting box.
Those of use that came up with the idea to use 3 minute targets all say the same thing. If you could shoot a perfect score at every match, it would not be fun anymore. We have had a few gripe about how small they are. But those guys like to win. We all like to win. But there are no prizes and everybody forgets a few minutes after they get the match results.
Did catch the Prez making up rules as he shot. He was next to me and I hear him say to his partner, "I'm going back to shooting sighters.". What??? I called him on it and he fessed up like he'd done nothing wrong. He said something had changed with his rifle so he decided to shoot more sighters in the middle of shooting for score. WHAT!!!! That's the beauty of Wilton. If we have an opportunity to bust someone's balls, everyone just piles on and tortures the guy. For the rest of the match, every time he missed I'd yell over "Why don't you just take a few more sighters?".
I think I'm going to make up a special scoresheet for him with more boxes for both sighters and scoring shots. Yup, that's what I'm gonna do and email it to everyone at the match.
oscarflytyer
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The new to me Winchester 94 AE in 7-30 Waters. Wood is gorgeous, love the old Leupold Vari-X II. HATE the trigger! Dang thing is 7 lbs! If anyone has trigger secrets to improve a 94 AE trigger, I am all ears (not done any research yet...).