Been a While

So... Spatial analysis is slowing my life down... this is one course I just can't 'wing it' in! Life has been way too busy, and I'm down to re-cleaning and re-inspecting firearms instead of shooting them. I need to be reloading and casting bullets; first skirmish for N-SSA in my region, Carolina, is coming up soon, and I'm just a bit short on rounds for the Enfield and the Smith Carbine. The Enfield rounds, at 485 grains each, take up a lot of my precious lead, and take a while to cast... I haven't found a really quick method of turning out quality bullets at high speed. Allowing for cooling, it simply takes about one minute per bullet to cast them. Compared to taking only about 25 seconds to load and fire, it just doesn't seem like a fair trade-off! The Smith rounds are a little better, as only weighing in at 340 grains they cast and cool much faster, but I have the added time of actually loading cartridges for them, with that annoying little bit of flashpaper in the flash hole at the bottem. Plus, they go a lot faster; I can get about 5 aimed rounds a minute off with the Smith. Oh, the troubles of shooting sports! Spring is nearly here, though, and that means classes end soon, and I'll be safely back up in the mountains and have some time to devote to casting, loading, and shooting. Oh, yeah, and just wondering around in the woods far away from anybody... I need some alone time about now!

LG