waksupi
09-25-2005, 02:25 PM
Yesterday, I went to help a friend put a roof on his cabin, before the snow flies. There were about a dozen of us showed up to help. It's a large log cabin he has built from timber cut on his land. The neighbor cut the planking on his mill that we were using for the roof deck. We ran short, and he went home and milled some more with his boys. Then we ran out of tar paper, and another guy went to his place to pick some up. We were 35 miles from town, so it was a good thing there was some close by. Any way, after about ten hours work, we had things pretty well buttoned up. He still had some screws left to put in the metal roofing today, but the majority of the work was covered. I also noticed he had taken all the targets down on his range to 500 yards, so we wouldn't be tempted to get sidetracked from the project.
Finally to the point. As we were having a good feed of buffalo, rice and beans, the host told us that his son had got a couple certificates in the mail. They have been shooting sillywet BPCR matches this summer, using rifles they had built, and cast bullets. The certificates were for a new youth course record, and a 900 yard record that Tanner had shot. Neither of them suspected he had done so well, but he came through.
I guess it helps to have a Marine for a daddy, and a shooting range in the front yard!
Finally to the point. As we were having a good feed of buffalo, rice and beans, the host told us that his son had got a couple certificates in the mail. They have been shooting sillywet BPCR matches this summer, using rifles they had built, and cast bullets. The certificates were for a new youth course record, and a 900 yard record that Tanner had shot. Neither of them suspected he had done so well, but he came through.
I guess it helps to have a Marine for a daddy, and a shooting range in the front yard!