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'Tis done.

By The Armorer on June 30, 2007 | | Comments (19)

We've got the keys to the Castle.

Champagne on the deck.

And the ranges are open.

Artillery...

Pistol...

Rifle...

There's splashes of lead, bits of copper, GSR, and casings all over the place now. I've marked my territory.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. I can knock *that* off the list of things to do before I die. Have a house where I can shoot from the deck... legally, safely, and without annoying my neighbors.

And SWWBO can knock an item off of her list: owning a farm.


A big thank you to Mike, our agent, Karen, the listing agent, our new neighbors, Cheryl and Allan, Dewayne for the work he did, and Karen the mortgage lender for making this all easy.

But most importantly, thanks to Floyd & Doris Camp, for making this place what it is - and Mom and Dad, for making our assumption of the feoffe-in-trust possible.

June has been a damn good month for this place. Dusty got his new rating, Bill got his new job, and we got a new Castle. Woot!

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By Flea on June 30, 2007 8:19 AM
Stunning! Congratulations.
 
By USCitizen on June 30, 2007 8:24 AM
Congrats on the move ... looks great!
 
By Pogue on June 30, 2007 8:44 AM
Congratulations! I'm looking forward to seeing pictures of the new arms museum as build it!
 
By FbL on June 30, 2007 9:13 AM
Big smiles from this corner. :D
 
By Trias on June 30, 2007 9:21 AM
Ahh it's all cut and dried now, congrats.
 
By Cassandra on June 30, 2007 9:21 AM
...and you've been tagged! Bwa ha ha ha !!!!
 
By ry on June 30, 2007 9:36 AM
Uh-oh. Cassie's snickering. Damage control parties need to be formed.
 
By Damian on June 30, 2007 12:11 PM
Dusty got his new rating, Bill got his new job, and we got a new Castle. Now if only I could get a new winning lottery ticket, we'd all be happy...
 
By BloodSpite on June 30, 2007 2:45 PM
Congrats to both of you!
 
By Cricket on June 30, 2007 4:33 PM
did that rifle have a bayonet 'fixed?' Or am I getting old?
 
By John of Argghhh! on June 30, 2007 6:27 PM
It does, indeed. It's a Yugo SKS, and they were factory-sighted (as were all Combloc weapons) with the assumption that the bayonet would be extended. If you own a combloc weapon and can't hit your target like you think you should - extend/put on your bayonet. If that fixes the problem, and you don't like (or, as some pissy ranges require) having your bayonet on, you'll need to re-zero the weapon sans bayonet.
 
By Maggie on June 30, 2007 10:00 PM
Congratulations
 
By Harvey on June 30, 2007 11:02 PM
I am deeply, deeply jealous :-)
 
By Justthisguy on July 1, 2007 2:12 AM
What Harvey said. I also have happy feelings for you. Hey, I can entertain more than one thought or emotion, can't I?
 
By Justthisguy on July 1, 2007 2:15 AM
Umm, that should have been, "may entertain." Whatever.
 
By jim b on July 1, 2007 1:15 PM
A really neat place Congratulations you Donovans.
 
By suek on July 1, 2007 3:31 PM
That appears to be a Japanese Beetle trap just off the porch to the right. There's got to be a reason for it - if you don't know about it, do some research! We had them in Va when I was a kid...they'd defoliate a shrub in a couple of days. On the other hand, if you grabbed and shook a branch of a bush/vine infested with them, millions would fly out and land in everybody's hair, freaking them out. You of course, shook and ran like heck. Looks like a nice place...is the barn yours?
 
By NevadaDailySteve on July 1, 2007 5:33 PM
Congratulations. I thought about looking for a place out of town. It would be nice to have a place of my own to shoot on instead of having to see if it's ok to drop by someone else's place. I used to belong to a gun club and we had a nice shooting range but it fell apart because no one could agree on -- well just about anything.
 
By John of Argghhh! on July 1, 2007 6:13 PM
NDS - that sounds like most gun clubs I know. Sue - that is not our barn in the distance. Ours is just like that one (a Morton Building) but is right next door. If by Japanese Beetle Trap you are referring (I think) to the flute of celebratory champagne sitting on the railing... if not, just what is it you are looking at?
 
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