Unchained Preppers
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Currahee on April 19, 2018, 09:06:04 PM
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“Wrap a dry rag around the flint,” he said hoarsely. “There’s moisture in the night air.
“Yes sir,” I whispered. “I thought to do so.”
He was alongside me, but I couldn’t face him or look at him. “Is it loaded?”
“No sir.”
“Load it up, I want to watch you.”
I nodded and took out my powder bottle and and measured out the cap measure for the muzzle.
“It’s not enough,” father said harshly.
“It’s the hunting measure.”
“You’re not hunting.”
My mouth was dry. “How much?” I asked.
“Three times.”
“It will kick like a mule.”
“You can live with a bruised shoulder.”
I added two more measures.
“How many pellets?”
“Twenty.”
“Do you count them?” He asked scornfully.
“Yes sir- I count them.”
“You’ll stop to count pellets tomorrow? Is that it?”
“No sir, I wasn’t thinking.”
“Then think!” He shouted. “Think! Use your head! Put your hand in the pouch and pull out a handful. Feel it in your hand.”
I did so.
“Now count them.”
There were twenty-seven pellets. I managed to say that it was a large load, that it could break the breach.
“Your breach isn’t rusty and it won’t break. Load them. Just remember what it feels like to count.”
“Yes sir,” I said.
The gun was loaded. There were two loaves of bread on the table, each cut in to three pieces. There were two water bottles. I stuffed the bread into my pockets and slung a water bottle, a shot pouch and a powder bottle over my neck. Father did the same. Mother and Granny sat there and never said a word.
“We muster on the common,” father said.
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Good Stuff! :thumbsUp:
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:thumbsUp:
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Well Said Gents.
Nemo
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Currahee, were is that father/son dialog from? I know it from somewhere.
Thanks!
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I'll bet a dollar and a donut that 80% of the people who hang out here cannot get a Rifleman patch on their first Appleseed class.
Nemo
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Currahee, were is that father/son dialog from? I know it from somewhere.
Thanks!
It is from April Morning by Howard Fast
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Yupper Currahee. Thx for that! :cheers:
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Having shot International Three Position and NRA Four Position for seventeen years I guess I'd be in the twenty percent.
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With that level of confidence I would make it $2 and a dozen you don't get it.
Nemo
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:lmfao: :thumbsUp: Ya got me good.
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With that level of confidence I would make it $2 and a dozen you don't get it.
Nemo
Do you need my address?
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Nope, bet is going forward, not already earned. Where and when did you earn it? What were you using?
Nemo
oh, and
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Nope, bet is going forward, not already earned. Where and when did you earn it? What were you using?
Nemo
Everything kind of blends, based on the color of my beard I think it was about 8-9 years ago. In Mississippi. I started off with a 22 AR conversion, it was not reliable enough so I ended up with a 10/22 and tech sights.
I'd like to do it again now that my son is old enough, but they won't let me use my 15-22