3/31/14

Ok, I was debating whether or not I was going to tell this story because I didn’t want to be chastised by John for being frivolous with my money… but I guess I'm going to have to after all.  First off, I used $500.00 of the money from the sale of the Mini to get all of my 5.56x45/.223 ammo out of “hock” with Larry.  He and I went to Bloodbath & Beyond after work one evening last week where I controlled myself very well.  I did not buy the .50 AE Dessert Eagle XIX they had… mainly because I was $400.00 short and I'd told Larry to keep me from doing anything THAT stupid.  I also did not buy the $400.00 7.62x39 AK pistol which I grokked for quite some time.  Larry convinced me it would be much like the .45 Colt “Mare’s Leg” pistol I used to own which was very cool, but virtually useless as a shooter.  Oh, it shot fine, but there was no way to aim the thing.  It was strictly “Spray and Pray.”  The AK pistol would be the same way.  So I walked away from that… well, and everything else at BB&B that night.  We ate at Taco Casa then went to his house to pick up the ammo.  When I got home, I realized I was not as stocked-up on 5.56x45/.223 as I thought.  I decided I'd go buy another 180 rounds Saturday.  See, BB&B was having a “Tax Free Sale” where everything was basically 8.25% off… what the price tag said was what you paid, sort of thing.  Saturday morning I met John at the shop where we looked at stuff and waited for Cody to arrive.  Cody was going to look at buying John's most recent 510 wagon… or something, I wasn’t really listening.  After he left, John and I went to the swap meet at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie.  We didn’t really find anything we needed.  After napping for a bit, I decided I'd go back to BB&B for that ammo… and to grok the 7.62x39 AK pistol again.  Yeah, I'm dumb.  Move on.  Fortunately, BB&B was already closed for the evening when I arrived sparing me from doing something dumb.  I went to Academy instead and bought the ammo for which I was looking.  Sunday I did make it back to BB&B… dumb, remember?  Fortunately, they had sold the 7.62x39 AK pistol!  Whew!  I had a look at the .223 caliber AK pistol but decided I really did NOT need to drop $800.00 on that… $400.00 I could have done, not twice that.  Anyhoo, next I decided to take a look at a Mosin Nagant.  I'm not sure if I ever mentioned it but there is a company out there who makes a Bullpup stock for the 91/30 Mosin Nagant rifle… and I want one so bad.  I asked if they, BB&B, had a Mosin Nagant with a shitty stock, which they did.  It has a wicked gouge on one side and some scratches on the other… one of the “Dog Collar” trim rings is missing as well.  They are currently selling for twice what they used to, which was a whopping $80.00, so I did have to shell out $160.00 for it.  Oh yeah, I bought the thing.  Then I went home and cleaned about a gallon of Cosmoline out of it.  My fingers still stink.  Ok, they don’t really, I washed with soap and water several times after handling the gun.  Wait, I did not go straight home after all.  BB&B didn’t have any 7.62x54r ammo so I trekked up to Cabela’s.  There I bought 100 rounds and a plastic ammo storage case thingy… then I went home and cleaned half of Russia’s Cosmoline supply out of the weapon.  After I had grokked the gun for a while, I decided to see if it would actually fit in the gun cabinet.  It does… just.  Then I went on line and bought a Timney trigger for it and sent an e-mail to the Bullpup stock guy.  I received an e-mail back from him saying he’s waiting on a few parts to come back from the powder coater and will invoice me as soon as he has a stock to ship my way.  I'm giddy.  Oh, speaking of Timney triggers, I also bought one for the Tavor last week… another frivolity I was loath to mention for fear of chastisement from John.  Meh, whaddayagonnado?  I still have enough Mini money left over to buy the other thing which some might consider frivolous: an Hardbody truck with a blowed-up VG-30 which John knows about somewhere.  I'll tell that story when I have more details… or the truck, whichever comes first.  So, that’s about all I have for y'all today.  Toodles.