Less Than A Week!

Man, the Third Annual Northeast Bloggershoot is coming up fast - less than week away! It's getting close enough for me to start panicking planning some more, so I figured I'd make my list of errands to run beforehand.

I figure I'm gonna need to hit Wally World at some point:

1. Clays (whether for skeet/trap or just as a target)
2. Bug repellent (I cannot recommend this strongly enough!)
3. Name tags (yes, if you're comin' you're gonna wear one. We've got a lot of folks coming!)
4. .45 ACP/9mm/.223 Remington/.22LR

I've got to hit at least one gun shop:

1. 12 gauge 00 buckshot & slugs (the Mossberg's gettin' a workout)
2. 7.62X39mm (Weerd's bringing his new WASR and I want to try her out!)
3. .357 Magnum
4. .44 Magnum (yeah, I think it's time to bust the cannon out)
5. Caliber to be named later not normally found in a box store (heh, figure it out yerself!)

There's targets to be filled (I have over three dozen 2L soda bottles waiting to be filled with water for reactive targets); there's ammo cans to be loaded (I'm bringing a .30 cal can filled with Federal copper-jacketed .22LR for general consumption - and I hear there's gonna be a full-auto .22LR present, so we might make a dent in it this year!); and *lots* of magazines to be loaded.

One other thing I need to do is to take a paint marker to all my magazines. For folks who live in America, losing a magazine isn't a huge deal; for those of us trapped behind the Red curtain in states that have some version of "Assault Weapons" ban, losing a pre-ban magazine hurts a lot more (side note: If anyone coming from a free state has any pre-ban magazines they'd like to exchange for brand new ones, I've got cash...) :)

I'd like to get all the prep done ahead of time (for once) this year. Saturday I'm going to hit a few gun shops in my quest for ammo, then I'm heading out to help set up the sooper seekrit range so our very generous host doesn't wind up doing all the work himself (again). It also gives me a chance to get my little corner staked out ahead of time (hey, being the organizer has its privileges!) so I have more time to greet people and chat and not worry about setting up.

Looking forward to seeing y'all again (and meeting some of you for the first time!) on Sunday!

That is all.