A rare day full of serendipity. There was a small gun show this weekend here at the fairgrounds. Ok, figured I’ll go with friends. While there I came across a grail gun that a friend of mine had been wanting. I had planned on getting it for them for Christmas, but it was here, now, new in box and with no paperwork trail. So….happy early Christmas buddy! For those who are curious, it was a stainless Ruger 10/22 takedown with fibre optic sights, threaded barrel, and a Magpul Backpacker stock….ah, its easier to just show you. Out the door at $400. (Oh..and I threw in ten Butler Creek mags from that purchase years and years ago.)

And, while I was there, I just happen to run into a friend of mine who is 6’4″ and has spent the last twenty some-odd years swinging freight at a trucking terminal for a living. Why is this fortuitous? Because last weekend, friend of 10/22 takedown fame found me a piece of furniture at a used furniture place here in town and it was delivered to my front porch this morning. To my front porch. See, I can’t just let two strangers into my house. Bad PerSec. But I’m also running out of friends with high levels of upper body strength. And this friend also had a Ruger 77 in .30-06 that he was selling that I snagged from him for $300. I didn’t need an ’06 but I’ll never turn down a quality paperless firearm at a good price…and by the way, can I borrow you for fifteen minutes to help me move a piece of furniture? And…he could.

So I took the .30-06 to its new home and managed to get this monstrous mission-style dresser moved into my hallway just outside the bedroom. From there, I can manage it into the bedroom once I rearrange the furniture.

So, all in all, got a lot accomplished today. I am fully expecting the pendulum to swing in the other direction in the next few days to balance out the good….so Im dreading what the recalibration looks like. But, for now, new rifle and a piece of real grown-up furniture.