Well it's Christmas Eve here in Maryborough Qld Australia , about 9.15PM , just heading off to bed and wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Haven't gotten as much done this year as I wanted to , my knee is fully recovered from the replacement, the other knee is still crap but I can get around ok mostly,
Haven't been kayaking for around three years now , finally got the okay to do it a while back but had a problem with a cough that I can't shake , can be controlled with massive doses of steroids, so my weight has ballooned up a bit , coughing fits were so bad that I'd passed out several times with it and it bought on seizures several times as well , wasn't able to drive for around 4 months or so , basically restricted to the house
Couldn't go in the workshop as the sawdust could make the cough worse , after all the tests they just put it down to allergy and asthma, no virus or bacteria present
Missed the winter in the workshop , had a lot of bowl blanks lined up for turning and about 1000 shotgun shells to reload , not going to do it during the summer , will wait for winter again ,
The year went very fast any way , did get a trip away to visit a good mate and did some shooting , always a plus , finally realised that I now have some physical limitations and have been busy changing some of my firearms , sold off my Howa heavy barrel in 223 , it really was a brilliant rifle capable of amazing accuracy, 1/2" groups at 200 metres with Sierra bulk pack 55 gn soft points is pretty good in my book , but I sold it off and bought a Howa Mini action ultra light, down side is that it only groups about 1 1/2" at 100 metres but it does have a detachable 10 shot mag that I like , better if I get onto a mob of pigs or goats ,
Bought a CVA .45 cal Kentucky rifle in very good condition, lot of fun , sold my last black powder rifle 11 years ago but missed having one ,
Bought a Gamo air rifle for cheap practice and pest destruction, don't like the colour scheme much , it's a Bear Grylls limited edition , otherwise known as a Gamo Shadow DX , loved the heavy pellets , 177 but does best with 15 gn pellets , one hole at 10 metres and great penetration
Haven't gotten as much done this year as I wanted to , my knee is fully recovered from the replacement, the other knee is still crap but I can get around ok mostly,
Haven't been kayaking for around three years now , finally got the okay to do it a while back but had a problem with a cough that I can't shake , can be controlled with massive doses of steroids, so my weight has ballooned up a bit , coughing fits were so bad that I'd passed out several times with it and it bought on seizures several times as well , wasn't able to drive for around 4 months or so , basically restricted to the house
Couldn't go in the workshop as the sawdust could make the cough worse , after all the tests they just put it down to allergy and asthma, no virus or bacteria present
Missed the winter in the workshop , had a lot of bowl blanks lined up for turning and about 1000 shotgun shells to reload , not going to do it during the summer , will wait for winter again ,
The year went very fast any way , did get a trip away to visit a good mate and did some shooting , always a plus , finally realised that I now have some physical limitations and have been busy changing some of my firearms , sold off my Howa heavy barrel in 223 , it really was a brilliant rifle capable of amazing accuracy, 1/2" groups at 200 metres with Sierra bulk pack 55 gn soft points is pretty good in my book , but I sold it off and bought a Howa Mini action ultra light, down side is that it only groups about 1 1/2" at 100 metres but it does have a detachable 10 shot mag that I like , better if I get onto a mob of pigs or goats ,
Bought a CVA .45 cal Kentucky rifle in very good condition, lot of fun , sold my last black powder rifle 11 years ago but missed having one ,
Bought a Gamo air rifle for cheap practice and pest destruction, don't like the colour scheme much , it's a Bear Grylls limited edition , otherwise known as a Gamo Shadow DX , loved the heavy pellets , 177 but does best with 15 gn pellets , one hole at 10 metres and great penetration
