Subj : Good week
To   : Weatherman
From : Moondog
Date : Fri Jul 17 2020 03:56 pm

  Re: Good week
  By: Weatherman to All on Fri Jul 17 2020 01:21 am

 > So, a pretty good firearms themed week and a half.  Two Saturdays ago I mana
 > to spy a Mini Thirty at a yard sale, the guy wanted six hundred for it.  Did
 > even try hard to talk him down, so my Mini-14 has a big brother.  7.62x39mm
 > ammo is a little scarce around here, especially brass-cased, so haven't shot
 > yet but can't wait.
 > 
 > Then last weekend we took a trip to Cody, WY where we toured the Buffalo Bil
 > Center of the West along with the firearms museum.  Saw my first real-life
 > Dardick 1500 and Gyrojet guns.  While we were up there, also paid a visit to
 > the Cody Firearms Experience, where I got my yearly session with the Thompso
 > M1927 in full-auto mode and also got some rounds in with the Big Horn Armory
 > Model 89 "Spike Driver" chambered in .500 S&W Magnum.  Had a real BLAST with
 > that one, that's for sure!
 > 
 > Got back home and then me, my step son and my brother in law thought it'd be
 > good day to shoot some clays.  Now, being a lefty who shoots long guns from 
 > right shoulder and who is left eye dominant I've never been much of a
 > shotgunner and so was prepared to fail miserably.  Well, I only missed two o
 > of about 15 clays which I don't think is too bad for my first time shooting 
 > the damned things.
 > 
 > Oh...  almost forgot.  On the way to Cody, we stopped at Rocky Mountain
 > Discount Sports in Casper where I spied a Ruger Precision Rimfire rifle in
 > patriotic stars and strips paint for $470.  Well...   that baby followed me
 > home and is safe and secure in a gun cabinet downstairs.
 > 
 > So yeah...  a great time had and can't wait to do it again!
 > 
 >                                                 -==*>Weatherman<*==-
 > 
Now that the Cody museum has been remodeled, I would like to take a trip out
there.  Ashley and Danny did a great job from the pictures I've seen.

Many years ago there was a dealer who would frequent the local gun shows, and 
he had a 12mm Gyrojet pistol in the fancy case they sold with, minus one
round.  It was priced for a collector and understandibly so, however I've
never been much of a collector of wall hangers.  From my understaning the '68
GCA limited calibers to below .50 cal, and the models of Gyrojet that really
performed well were 13mm and above.

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