The stuff memories are made of. I had a week in the mountains with only me and the dog. The wife was vacationing in Florida with her sister and two brothers. I spent a lot of time just walking in the deep woods. Tried out the new Hennessey Hammock, but didn't spend the night in the woods. Saw lots of squirrels and a few turkey. Didn't shoot any, though. Spent almost two full days target shooting, mostly with the Ruger 10/22, but also shot the CZ-452 Varmint, 17 HMR and the CZ-527 Varmint, 223 Rem. Tested 7 different 22LR ammo types (Wolf Match Target, Wolf Match Extra, Laupa Center X, Eley Target, CCI Std Velocity, CCI Green Tag, Aguila Match Rifle), shooting 2 x 5-shot groups at 50 yards and also 10-shot strings over the Chrony. And the winner was -- Wolf Match Target with Laupa Center X and CCI Std Velocity coming in close seconds. The Wolf MT gave consistent 5-shot groups of less than half an inch. The best 5-shot group was .270 in, CTC at 50 yards. Woo Hoo! If anyone is interested, I can post the groups and the Chrony numbers. I also cleaned out the garage, put up pegboard and hooks, and set up my reloading bench. Got the dies set for both full-lenght re-sizing and neck/shoulder sizing. I can now reload .223 Rem. Need a case trimmer to get some of the brass back to proper lenght. Next trip, I am going to spend a lot of time on some different .223 loads and different seating depths to work out which .223 recipe shoots best in the CZ-527. It was one of the best vacations I have had in some time.
