The eldest grandson got a shotgun for Christmas and PawPaw went to Academy Sports today to get some supplies for when he starts pestering me about shooting it.
I picked up a case of clays and a case of shotgun shells. They had plenty of shotgun shells and the price was okay on them. I picked up some 20 gauge Remington heavy dove loads for less than $6.00 a box. They're 7 1/2 shot, but they'll do for teaching a young'un to lead a moving target.
When I'm at Academy, I generally pick up a box or two of .223 to augment my meager supplies. They had none. None of any flavor. Very little other rifle cartridges. Come to think of it, I didn't see any .308 either. They were stocked on sporting arms, but the ammo shelves were practically empty.
At any rate, a case of shotgun ammo came home with me. It's been years since I fired a shotgun except for LEO qualification, and a decade or so since I've fired at a moving target. Hopefully, it'll come back to me.
**Update** His mother brought him over for a visit this afternoon and he noticed the case of shotgun shells laying on the bench. The pestering has commenced.
2 comments:
Go forth and teach! and have some fun too! :-)
Up in New Hampshire the local Wally World has also run out of the "popular" loads. The sporting goods manager said he started getting bought out when Obama was elected.
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