Well, my wife and I had to go to my daughter's 5 acres in the country to do some tractor mowing, so I decided to mix work with play. Since there is a great place to shoot there (into a steep bank on the far side of the pond) I planned on taking my Inland, a "J" 30 rounder, and an old box of WCC "USAicon" white box FMJs. (I have 200 rounds set aside for plinking, only using the R-P FMJ for target/practice and the R-P SPs for serious work). I was like a kid waiting for Christmas last night, knowing I get to shoot.

Well, let me tell you... brush and grass sure grow fast in northern Mississippi! It has only been 5 or 6 weeks since we pulled the horses out of there and moved them in closer to town. Instead of a pasture of short grass with bare spots and a bare pond bank, I found a jungle of knee to waist high brush and a pond so overflowed it made the lower pasture a swamp. There was not a bare spot to be seen.

From the open barn door, I did a function fire to check feed with the 30 rounder, firing 7 or 8 rounds from a full mag off-hand at a knot in a big tree about 60 yards away. It was hitting where I aimed it, so I was happy. I decided to save the ammo for another time and put it away.

It was like going to a baseball game and being rained out in the top of the first inning!
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