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Good Ol' Boy

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Theres been a lot of threads lately about folks stuck at home so I thought I'd start one for those of us that are still working.

I work at a lumber mill and although I dont personally agree with it with we are deemed "essential" so I have been working this whole time like nothing is going on. I am quite thankful to be in this position even though I dont consider my company an essential one.

Anyhow there ARE truly essential services out there that are still operating and I think they deserve some gratitude, you certainly have it from me.

To keep this gun related what are the folks that are working through this ordeal doing in regards to your firearms? Cleaning? Plinking? Reloading? Dry fire practice? Not caring? Etc?

I myself am not doing much but waiting for some reasonably priced ammo to become available. My IDPA matches have disappeared so that's off the table for the foreseeable future. Dry practice is about all I have right now.


Anyhow hats off to those that are truly essential and out there face to face with this thing.
 
My work is essential but things have slowed down enough for me to take some time off. So I’m in the middle, still working but have time to reload.
 
My work is considered essential but what we normally do has changed (now securing food supplies to give to needy families). We are going to the range in early April to qualify - I just hope we are able to get ammo for the next qualification time.
 
As farmers, we are also considered essential. All our suppliers are as well. It has been business as usual for us. Repairs and maintenance on tractors and equipment.
Hats off and thanks to our grocers, gas stations, restaurants, Hdwe, etc, etc.
Most especially the truckers, keeping us all going.

In keeping with being gun related. Mrs and I have been making evening jeep runs to some nearby fishing holes. I always carry at least my lcp while jeeping.
I found this shed antler 20200325_190309.jpg near the pond.

And this: 20200326_185151.jpg ...in the pond!
 
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No range time, between closings and my night shift, and the inability to restock. I'm making sure things are cleaned and preserved, and passively keeping an eye out for a source for better sights for my AK and a side-rail mount that's neither junk nor card-snapping expensive.
I've shifted to my other hobbies for now; refurbishing my first guitar, music, writing, and games.
Kudos to the store clerks still working, healthcare workers, and first responders.
Me, I'm mortuary transport. So... wish me luck.
 
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I work for a company that manufactures materials to make pharmaceuticals, and am considered essential. I’ve had the boys out shooting in the early evenings to help them with their cabin fever, but haven’t been home days.

Poor weather forecast for tomorrow, so maybe some time at the reloading bench, or cleaning rifles.

Thank you to all of you doing your part, whether it is at your work, or remaining in-place.
 
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Ironic in a time like this that because there was plenty of .38 Special ammo on the shelves I was able to buy 7 boxes of it for plinking but am then paranoid with the "what if I shoot it up and need it for the apocalypse!!!??? question.
 
I'm still working, but I'm fortunate that I can do my job remotely for the most part. Thank god for home office scanner/printer combos and teleconference capability through a program called Zoom.

I have been out to the woods more, because we're trying to adhere to CDC guidelines as much as possible on social distancing.
So I've gotten to put some rounds downrange, and have loaded up some ammo as well. Loaded some .44 magnum just this past weekend.
 
I am not working so I have been reloading and shooting some. Also working on the honey do lists around the house (Which seems to be growing). No heavy range trips but some light ones as to not exhaust my ammo stash to far before this craziness subsides.
 
I'm "essential" but a) it's bs and b) can do the job from home. So I have my essential letter in case Barney Fife gets uppity but mostly I'm home.

I've got several rifle reloading and setup projects. Trying to get the 416 Rigby running.
 
Retired, so I guess I'm non-essential. My social distancing currently involves rediscovering handguns unseen in some cases years and insuring their cleanliness continues. No sense in reloading because there is no ranges open...I always thought they were essential to my well-being.
 
Armored farmer said:
As farmers, we are also considered essential. All our suppliers are as well. It has been business as usual for us. Repairs and maintenance on tractors and equipment.
Hats off and thanks to our grocers, gas stations, restaurants, Hdwe, etc, etc.


Most especially the truckers, keeping us all going.

In keeping with being gun related. Mrs and I have been making evening jeep runs to some nearby fishing holes. I always carry at least my lcp while jeeping.
I found this shed antler View attachment 903070 near the pond.

And this:View attachment 903069...in the pond!
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Fishing is clearly essential!
 
I'm a Juvenile Detention Officer. Honestly, life has been pretty normal for me. I regularly made small shopping trips around my work schedule, they've just become larger trips so my family doesn't have to go out. Biggest changes are running with minimum staff at work (not that far from normal) and my wife (a school speech pathologist) and 2 year old being home. Not seeing her parents or my parents has been rough, especially on our little guy. We video chat but it's just not the same.

As far as gun stuff goes, I've done an ammo inventory (not alot by THR standards but enough for me for awhile) and started working on cataloging my firearms and their values in case of an untimely demise, coronavirus or otherwise.
 
Essential industry here. Can't work from home. So no change to my schedule. Work 12hr shifts 6pm to 6am, every weekend. It's awful. Very difficult to get time to reload or go to the range.

Girlfriend has been in quarantine for two weeks due to caring for her high-risk parents, so haven't enjoyed her company for that length of time.
 
This event has been a little odd. In the past as part of management i have worked remote off/on and travel to offices around the state. Now we have set up nearly all our employees to work from home while I am in the main building every day.

Not super worried about needing ammo or new guns at the moment, but got a tad frustrated shooting at rats in our hay barn. It's air gun time as I don't want any holes in the new building! After shooting at and missing 3 of the buggers from 50 feet decided the irons are not cut out for fine shooting in the shadows so put a relatively cheap scope I had already on the gun. Sighted ok but wanted something nicer. Looking at scopes I ended up instead with new gun. Suffice to say magnum springers are more powerful than I thought and I'm back to the old underlever and cheapie scope. If it says 22 lead at 950, believe it. The darned thing is louder than standard speed 22lr and easily put pellets through pallet boards and sheet metal.
 
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I'm self employed in a business that's considered essential; bulk construction materials transportation.

My work has always been hit and miss, so my schedule is erratic at best. Planning is always a problem, I never know from one day to the next if I'll be working or not. Sometimes I'll plan a day here at the ranchero, then have to drop what I'm doing and go generate some revenue.

I can shoot here on the property, thanks to prior planning over 25 years ago. I really stretched out to purchase property on which I could shoot, now it's paid for, and I can shoot anytime within reason that I get the hankerin'.
 
Good Ol' Boy said:
what are the folks that are working through this ordeal doing in regards to your firearms?
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As an aside I would like to hear if any employers who previously restricted licensed private pistol carry on their property have now relaxed a bit. Maybe even same straight out said so.
 
I'm considered essential, being in automotive repair. Plenty of times I thought "man, I shoulda picked a different career", but I'm thankful that I'm able to work and hopeful that doing so in some way helps in the big picture with the times we're in. We haven't been as busy, so I did get out to do some shooting the other day. Going to try to get some loading done this weekend as the weather forecast isn't the best, and hopefully get to try out some new rounds.
 
I’ve been a stay at home parent ever since my daughter was diagnosed with autism in 2018, so my life hasn’t changed much excluding no longer taking her to all of her therapies each week until this is all over. I have a son with a condition that causes him to be very susceptible to anything lung related so we have cut off all outside contact for the most part. Luckily, we live in the middle of nowhere so that was pretty easy to do. My wife is also home full time right now but luckily still getting paid since she works in mental health through the school system and at the moment that is considered essential even though the schools are closed. Having my wife home has left me plenty of opportunity to hit the woods looking for dry land fish/morels and test out an M&P that I recently bought.
 
I'm a go-getter. My wife works all day ...and then I go get her.

I've been shooting three days this week. Sunday I help a buddy clean and organize a large outbuilding on his property that had belonged to his father ...we think he might have stored some reloading equipment inside, the place is so crammed with stuff we can't get more than five feet beyond the double doors.
 
Sand and gravel. Considered "essential" for infrastructure since we provide for paving and construction. Nothing has changed. Still working overtime.
 
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