I am a collector of weapons. I have many and in particular those used in our wars as they have great historical significance. I very much enjoy possessing them and shooting them. I shoot any weapon I own with the exception of one that is so old I suspect it would blow up if used. It is a very valuable weapon and it would pain me to see it destroyed.
I hunted in the past with great enthusiasm and skill, but the joy of killing has left me as I grew old. I allow two friends to hunt on my land and we share the venison and turkey. A “store bought” turkey is pretty good to eat. A wild turkey stew puts it to shame.
Once or twice a week I eat a noon meal with my friend that has taken the venison. Ground Sirloin makes a pretty damn good hamburger. The venison burgers are far above them in taste.
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Did a little shooting today on my range in the back yard, I live on a few acres out in the countryside. 100 yards, 223 Remington 700 bull barrel, using hand loaded 50 grain V Max.
A nickle covered my three shot groups. I must give credit to my friend that hand loads for me. It was his most excellent ammo that allowed such a group.
We started hand loading a few years ago and our standard was Hornady that is one of the absolute best. Once we meet their standards of accuracy the next game was to beat them. It has been great fun.
If you use commercial ammo buy Hornady. They are excellent. If you wish to hand load and exceed Hornady in accuracy it can be done but will take a lot of time and effort and failure. However, it is fun.
I have a small fortune invested in reloading equipment actually. I was shooting pennies with my AR10 at 100 yards a while back. Unfortunately, my entire firearm collection was lost in a freak boating accident a while back.