Steuben Jerry

Exactly, they've got plants in Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, North Carolina, and New York. NY sticks out like a sore thumb in that list from a cost to do business standpoint. They filed Chapter 11 to restructure their debt. I'm sure once they figure out their way, it will include closing the NY plant.

Had fun getting the Creedmoor half dialed in the other day, that I felt compelled to break out the rimfires on a sunny, but cold day yesterday. This is a Savage .22 mag that I bought a year ago and topped of with a cheap Simmons 3-9x .22 mag scope. Got it dialed in last year and this is the first time I just plinked with it for fun. Gave it a couple more clicks up and left for the final adjustments at 100 yds. Was a sweet deal, picked it up at a local gun shop for about $80 off new price. It was traded in or sold from a guy who won it at a gun raffle, but didn't want it. Was never fired. It's well fired now!

That's a shooter - sweet rifle! What glass did you put on it?

Nice truck!

Only shot one box at 100 yds to get it close. The last 3 without adjustments are the closest to the bullseye on the right hand target. Still have to come left and up obviously but I only had two boxes of ammo and didn't want to shoot it all yet. I'll get some more ammo and finish dialing it in at 200 when the snow goes so I can get out back and stretch it to 400. This was a spot behind the house that I can get 100 through the woods. Trying to break it in gently too. 6 shots, swabbed it, 6 more shots, swabbed it, and 8 shots. I didn't mention that it's a 6.5 Creedmoor. Been reading and hearing about this caliber and "needed" it all of a sudden, lol. It's a heavy sucker though, and a little front heavy with the heavy barrel. I was kind of thinking about a Boyd's stock, but I'm not sure I want to add any more weight. Although that might help the balance. I like the Vortex scope a lot. Easy and quick to get a full sight picture, even at 16X. Very crisp and bright. Looking forward to seeing it under low light conditions. I've got to read the manual for the details on the features like the parallax, second focal plane, and reticle hashmark stuff. I love Savages. This is my fifth and I get great accuracy with all of them. I think this one is another shooter!

That's a beauty! Lots of power for food plotting!

RPG's?

Was just cleaning it up a bit and I'm coming around to liking the look.

Got it mounted and bore sighted. I was surprised to see it came with a sunshade when I opened the box. No mention of that in the product description. I can't tell if it looks obnoxious or if it's kind of fitting with the long heavy barrel. Kind of leaning toward obnoxious. Is it too early to start sending groups of three downrange out back?

Looks awesome!

Congratulations on reaching that milestone - enjoy!

There's something to be said about the Remington 700. Love my .270 Buckmasters edition. ETA: just saw it was mentioned earlier. Damn wine!

That's part of it. Bad gun laws are a symptom of a disease. The places that have super restrictive gun laws are usually left leaning areas that have less other personal freedoms, high taxes, high general cost of living, rising crime, etc. I like hunting, enjoy a day at the range, etc. Guns are a hobby. It would suck that when I finally have enough free time to enjoy my hobby, the local laws would prevent it or severely restrict it. Especially if I packed up and just moved there. TN, NC, even southern VA look pretty appealing. WV is intriguing, good hunting, mountains, low cost of living, but wow, that's a severely depressed state.

HAHAHAHAHA!!! That's the best one yet!!!

Any of you ever use those joke gift boxes? Funny exterior art, and put your real gift inside. I bought a half dozen different ones last Christmas and used a few. My oldest daughter like to do crafts with our granddaughters, so while they were unwrapping them, I explained how I picked out this candle kit that they could work on together. The look on their faces was priceless. My youngest daughter made a fire pit in their back yard that they enjoy and had their first child last Fall. So baby's first fire pit was a good thoughtful Christmas gift from us. Again, priceless looks! I've got a few more stashed for future gift giving occasions.

Good thread!! Family is coming in for Easter Sunday which obviously is April 1st this year. Daughters, sons-in-law, and 4 grandchildren all with a great sense of humor. I'll be mining this thread for potential pranks. There will probably be an outdoor Easter egg hunt at a minimum, so I could use a couple of pranks around that! Deer poop all over the back yard, so I'm already planning in the "taste the poop" joke with some sleight of hand with raisinets.

That's true. I buy from Amazon, and politically speaking I'm the polar opposite of Jeff Bezos. Edit to add. I'm also his polar opposite financially speaking...

Lunch time score at Wally world - last one on the shelf. Not exactly the same ones, but close enough. Just saw your post WNY, thanks for the offer! There, I'm still shunning Dick's and field and stream. No jokes about shunning dicks please, I've always shunned those things!

Arrgh! This is starting to cramp my style! I read Papist's post on the Citibank thing yesterday, and I have a Citicard. So I would have probably have normally stopped at Dicks, swiped my Citibank card and been on my way in 10 mins. Stupid moral obligations!!

Yes, and there's a big Walmart directly across the road from work. I planned on giving it a look at lunch time. I'm not super picky on the rings, but I like the Grand Slams, and need the high ones.

I hear you, but I drive 80 miles (one way) form work to get home at 7:00 pm. Asleep at 9:30 to get up at 4:30. Convenience matters. Trying to find a mom and pop shop near my travel to see if I can avoid Dicks, but it certainly is convenient. 10 minutes in and out.

I agree. And he seems to move to an extreme to position himself before negotiating. Hopefully it's that. Trade deals need to be renegotiated, but a trade war could be bad for us.

Dammit, went to mount the rings, and no #%*$@ clamps or clamp screws in the &%#&@ package. Not so good QC in the packaging department at Weaver. Really wanted to shoot it this weekend too. So now I need some help from you guys; I can get my return or refund from Cabelas, but if I want to try it this weekend, the rings are most likely on the shelf at Dicks or Field and Stream. I drive right by there on the way home from work. So after the moral outrage in the Dicks thread after Parkland (and I think I added my 2 or 3 cents), do I make a quick stop and get them before the weekend or do I shun the crap out of them?

The Dow sure didn't like it today.

The perfect answer!