that time of year again....

Hi, folks!

Just wanted to say that I hope everyone had a fine, happy and safe Christmas with a Ross Rifle under every tree and a stocking filled with DI Mark VIIz Ball.
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As I write this, the New Year has just come on several calendars but still is to come on a few others. The Winter Festival of Mithras, I am told, was a bunch of bull, but the dinner at the end of it was filling. :pSaturnalia still has a bit to run, given that you aren't completely tuckered out, then you can have a rest. After all those cute slave girls, you'll need it!:madsmile:

Where I am, at 50 North latitude, the days are perceptibly longer than just a few days ago. It is -25C right now, which is about 15 below on the Fahrenheit scale and, of course, it is blowing. It always blows here. :yikes::yikes:The really nice thing, though, is the longer day. We can see it.

And you all know what that means: RANGE TIME COMING UP........ in just another 2 or 3 months. In the meantime, cleaning up Sniders and rebuilding a Pattern 1853 Enfield, loading some ammo for the Martinis..... and Carcanos.... and the Mannlicher Berthiers..... and the Mannlicher straight-pulls...... and the .50 Remington..... and my brother's Norski 12.11x44R..... and :bow:a monstrous pile of .303.

I do hope that your New Year will be as good as mine is promising to be!
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