Same here, worked 3 hours monday, Wednesday and thursday- off Tuesday and today and no appointments Monday so I'm in Tuesday morning. Can't hit the range - all closed around here and if I don't go to work I stay home with my littles (ones almost 1, the other almost 3) . My wife works at the hospital and has been busy. But I'm loading in the evenings so I'll have a good pile saved up when the world reopens...guess people don't need car repairs so much when there's nowhere to go).
with my littles (ones almost 1, the other almost 3) .
Same here, worked 3 hours monday, Wednesday and thursday- off Tuesday and today and no appointments Monday so I'm in Tuesday morning.
I work for a small shop too, only the owner and myself. We do some race cars, some vintage resto (mechanical) stuff and commuter cars (the bread and butter) but I finished all my winter projects and there was still snow here a couple days ago so the oldies are still in storage. We are at a stand still.So far we haven't dropped off completely, but we're not buried like we normally are this time of year. I work in a small shop, and basically do all the stuff that isn't brakes/suspension/tires...so I do have plenty of stuff lined up, just not an abundance.
We are at a stand still
I'm a salary guy, I'll get paid either way. The shop is in an industrial park and overhead is low, we'll make it through. I am loading a couple nights a week so I figure if I load all the brass I've got I should be sitting on 3000 357s, 800 454 casull , 1000 45 colt, 1000+ 45-70s, 1000+/- 30-30 . plus whatever's already loaded. I have the powder, brass and bullets but I may run out of primers. Hopefully we can get back to normal before that happens.then finding time for the range will be the hard part...I do hate hearing that. I know some of the other local shops were struggling already with the after Christmas-before tax season lull. They've been hit pretty hard now. Hopefully you've got something in place to help out in the lean times. I'm a flat rate guy, so if there's no work, there's no money. We did get 3 Sheriff's Dept cruisers towed in between last night and when I left today and I've got a couple of engines to do. If it gets really bad, I'll work on mowers, tractors, boats...whatever.
Hopefully you get some loading done and get some trigger time soon though.
Sorry to hear you're not working. My youngest is a plumber on new construction in central Florida - still working 6 days/weeks, no time to shoot his ARAs a carpenter, this forced day off is uncomfortable, unnerving, and as a poor broke dad, unwelcome.
None the less, as remedy to boredom, there is shooting!
As a responsible citizen it is my duty to comply with “respectful requests” to avoid crowds and get out and enjoy the out doors!
I’m helping!
So, to further help my friends that are lurch, I present a small range report and meager pictures to curb their cabin fever and entice them to the make the trip to the woods, if they are able.
Or maybe just rub it in a bit!
So live vicariously, my friends, but live!
I headed out at ten, to be courteous to any afflicted neighbors.
I’ve been practicing point shooting after reading some of @LiveLife’s posts. Both eyes open while walking around in front of the rack.
Not good at it, super fun anyway.
Found a few cartridges like this one.
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And I found five like this one. I didn’t try it four or five times spinning it to a new spot, like the others.View attachment 901738
Dang bulk...
Anyway, it’s only thirty degrees down in the swamp, so a half box was all I could do before my hands got cold. No gloves for me, they keep getting stuck in the magazines.
Im going back out this afternoon when it gets a bit warmer. Then I can set still and get some paper targets from my AR.
To post for your viewing enjoyment!
Anyone else not going to be stuck inside?
Let’s hear what your shooting. Where did you go? Any new spots of seclusion?
And it’s probably above 40 degrees outside, too.
Rub it in!
I went the other way and made an 8.5X11 sized blow up of a Corona virus specimen on the printer.