Grind Monday To A Pulp

Back To The Old Grind!

Photo Credit: Gary Bahre; Thanks, Gary!

Not My Victrola: Hello....Hello....

I'm visiting Mom for a few days, so.....

Weekend Steam: Up Close To An Avery

Undermounted Averys are viewer/photographer friendly! All those parts are right there in front of you where you can watch them. This fine specimen was running at Midwest Old Settlers and Threshers, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 2013.

Finishing Forty

I got home from work just in time to see our renter finish out the corn....

More Shopping Karma

We spent Saturday hitting neighborhood rummage sales in St. Louis with Susan's sister, and scored a few nice buys.  Our Weber grill bit the dust last year, so we were thinking about buying a new one.  Susan found this one, priced for $10, and got it for $8 along with a bag of charcoal and the chimney charcoal lighter.  It's already cooked a meal for us.  I stumbled onto a record collector with a stash of records from the 1920's and before.  I picked up 21 new-to-my-collection records for $10, so Brat will have a job for a few more months at least.

Ruger's Auction To Benefit Homes For Wounded Heroes

Ruger's auction this week is following the recent trend of going well over suggested retail for a similar new product; but it's for a worthy cause.  All of the proceeds from this lightly used and factory restored 10/22 Sporter will go to benefit Homes 4 Wounded Heroes.  CLICK HERE or on the photo to go to Ruger's GunBroker Page for this fine vintage rifle.

Tuesday Turbo Boost

Been down that road a few times.

October's Mr. Completely e-Postal Contest: Every Night Is Pizza Night!

Mrs. True Blue Sam is the gracious host for the October contest, and she has prepared a homemade pizza for everyone's enjoyment.  Click Here, or on the Pizza to go to the pdf file.  The rules are simple; 25 feet, or as close to that as you can set up at your range; shoot ten times per target.  Anchovies are worth 5 points, Olives are worth 3 points, the Crust is worth 3 points, and Pepperonis are worth 1 point.   Multiple hits on toppings or the crust are OK.  Hits that touch the center of an Olive count double, for 6 points.  You might touch a pepperoni and the crust with one shot; that will count for three on the crust.

Use the name you want published on this blog and on Mrs. True Blue Sam.  Enter your Firearm, Sights, and Caliber, and we will sort them out into classes.  We kept the number of shots at ten so you can shoot multiple times for your best score, and enter as many guns as you like.  Send scans or photos of your targets to truebluetravelinman (at) gmail (dot) com by Sunday night, November 3, 2013.  We will publish the scores soon after that date.

The September contest runs through Sunday night, October 6, so you can shoot both of these contests during one range trip.

Stand Tall On Monday

Back To The Old Grind!

Photo Credit: Gary Bahre; Thanks, Gary!

Not My Victrola: A Tough Neighborhood!

 They "Chain Up The Children...To Keep Them From Bitin' The Dogs"!!! It sounds as though the Winegar Woiks is on the bad side of the tracks. Thanks to CDBPDX for sharing this great novelty song.

You can learn all of the lyrics over at this site.