Things to Do Firearms Related While Self Quarantined At Home

I'm just now finishing a batch of 12k 9mm rounds.

After that, I need to assemble an AR pistol lower that has been languishing in the safe.

I just finished changing the slings on my training AR and tactical shotgun.

I need to do some more practice on my home pistol plate rack. With pistols and my Scorpion Evo SBR.

Finally, I have probably 15k range pickup .223/5.56 cases that need to be sorted, cleaned, and processed. And neighbors have at least 10k more. The 1050 will get a workout in coming days!

I inventoried my ammo supply. Am still cleaning all the guns I haven't gotten around to cleaning since their last field trips. Watching gun TV shows on the outdoor networks on DirectTV. Actually picked up a couple gun rags at the store to read. Maybe gonna buy another safe shortly.

Have indoor and outdoor ranges here and utilize them right much. But, I dryfire practice a LOT! My favorite "target" is this white,little bigger than a softball,rock out in the field as seen from the loading room window. It ranges 150yds.

I keep an 80's R700V with a 6-18 Redfield,and a 2# trigger ready to dryfire practice with. Have "shot" that dang rock a thousand times,haha.

...calculating how many Christmas babies there are going to be...

Reload, clean and inventory. I’ve got a couple of rifles I want to bed. We’ve got a farm, so there’s plenty I can do without leaving the property. I’m one of the lucky ones in that aspect.

I can’t think of any more “self distancing” activities than shooting, reloading, and writing about it on some Internet forum with people I have never been in direct contact with.

DoubleMag said:

...calculating how many Christmas babies there are going to be...

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These days with so many parents only being used to seeing their kids at night for dinner or on the weekends, assuming they don’t work Sat or Sun, I think having them around 24/7 and not being used to that, might increase contraceptive use.

I thought while I was off work it would be a good time to melt some lead and start casting.

Fired up my pot, a few minutes later the breaker tripped. Pot shorted to ground. Darn it. Gonna tear it apart today to see if I can fix it.

Speedo - I am envisioning "the Thinker" as we speak.

(No - Not off topic ; that is what I am doing while self quarantined .. thinking of Thinker while on THR)

according to the spreadsheet, I have 9 guns that are overdue for their last shot +365 cleaning.

I got a bunch of gun cleaning to do, and I've been lazy. I'm working remotely and as a result my hours have been screwy, as I'm now responding to issues at all hours, it seems. This weekend I hope to be able to hit the outdoor range (still open) and take a hike or two (unless they tell us to shelter in place). Maybe I'll pick one firearm per day and take my time with it, detail strip and do a very thorough job.

I am bringing home a fair size load of large rocks tomorrow. I am thinking about making a campfire ring with them. There is nothing like sitting outdoors making smores and bouncing red and green laser beams on our guns off of trees.

Condor said:

I’ve taken the boys target shooting (we have a range in the back field, so we’re still following the stay at home request).

They are keeping journals of their at home learning...i’m having them count this towards their sports / PE time.

I’m going to try to work windage and bullet drop into a physics lesson...

A session at the reloading bench would be a good chance to develop written procedures...technical writing...

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Smart dad

BSA1 said:

I am bringing home a fair size load of large rocks tomorrow. I am thinking about making a campfire ring with them. There is nothing like sitting outdoors making smores and bouncing red and green laser beams on our guns off of trees.

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The beams look cool in the smoke too.

I'm sitting here on a planned vacation day and its been raining outside for hours. I spent last night dry firing (w/ snap caps) a few revolvers while watching an old movie called Border Incident. Specifically my H&R 999, Ruger GP100, and Ruger Bearcat Shopkeeper.

My to do list for the remainder of today is:
- Prep a gun for possible trade in fodder
- Check and lube two guns that don't sit in a climate controlled environment
- Shoot my Crosman 2260 and 1377 air guns in my garage at newspaper packed targets
- Resist the urge to take the aforementioned trade in fodder gun with me to local gun shops

I am fortunate to live in a rural area with my own range. I ran a couple mags through my carry gun yesterday then spent some time running a bunch of old reloads through my 1911 .45 200gr LSWC
Did some cleaning and sorting. Even threw out some old BLC powder that was smelling past its prime. I have no shortage of components or loaded ammo.
I might pick through my scrap metal and weld up some interesting targets just for something else to do.
And I want to finish dialing in a load for my .308 bolt rifle and get the scope turrets laser etched for it. I'll have one load 125gr for varmints and another for a 165gr hunting load for deer/elk and an elevation turret set up for each. Something I've wanted to do for about 5 years and never seemed to get around to it.

I've got a large amount of once fired .308 to resize, trim and polish. Whilst i self isolate i don't have to stay indoors as my nearest neighbor is a mile and a half away and i live out in the forest. As the weather is set to be fine for the next week I'll be out with the chainsaw and brush cutter. I'll fit in a bit of practice with the .22 plus there are wild boar to hunt. I don't think I'll be bored in the near future.

I have to provide transportation for family members so still getting out. Did spend a rainy Wednesday making some 9mm ammo on the old 550B. Sorted,organized and straightened up the supply/storage area too. Found I have 500 LWC 38 bullets that I'd forgotten about.

Like many of you, I'm doing an inventory of some components. Found a thousand percussion caps I forgot I had bought last year. Then there's prepping brass and some reloading. Also, I'll be doing some re-reading of firearms related material: Elmer Keith's "Sixguns" (never gets old), Mark A. Baker's "A Pilgrim's Journey", and back issues of Muzzleloader magazine.

Jeff

Still working - ours is the only library in the lower Rio Grande Valley that's still open - but that probably won't last.
I've lined up several re-stocking jobs, some bedding work, picked up about three hundred pounds of lead for casting and a bunch of sorting and maintenance.

I've been doing a lot of reloading and made a lot of progress on my long-stagnant super Blackhawk grip project which is now about finished.

-Also, re-reading John Ringo's "The Last Centurion", which is about a military unit fighting its way back to the U.S. from the Middle East during a Chinese virus pandemic and the beginning of an ice age... .

I've been doing tons of reloading lately. And if I'm being honest, I think I actually like reloading a wee bit more than shooting anyhow. So I'm happy as a clam.