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<blockquote data-quote="Sgt Dog" data-source="post: 4324540" data-attributes="member: 15840">Interesting to read other’s accounts.Advanced Glaucoma changed a lot for me.But shooting was always about friends.&nbsp; &nbsp; Good ones.&nbsp;&nbsp; Never did a lot of shooting alone (outside of load-development) where I wasn’t enlisted or enlisting a good friend.&nbsp;&nbsp; And at 70, a lot of those friends are gone or don’t get out so much.Availability of a location too.&nbsp;&nbsp; Can’t shoot off my front porch like I once did - not on a cul-de-sac.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cost isn’t quite the issue when you cast your own but primers have caused a scramble before and you can’t say powder and primers don’t crimp your style at all.&nbsp;&nbsp; When you are in to old-guns, doesn’t seem like there is any end to the lure unless you can just stay off the web.&nbsp;&nbsp; But may be I’m just making excuses for what I’ve done the last two months.Hear’s a funny story.&nbsp;&nbsp; The last two times my wife went out of town for the night, by coincidence I bought a gun both times!&nbsp;&nbsp; I told her as she left for the airport this next trip (for four days) &quot;you know this means I&#039;ll be buying four guns, right&quot;?&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Had no idea a package deal for four vintage pieces would get dropped into my lap about 6 hours later.&nbsp; &nbsp; I got to admit it though, we change.&nbsp;&nbsp; At 60, I was a skeptic.&nbsp;&nbsp; Thought “not me”!&nbsp; &nbsp; But I found a-lot happens in the decade after 60.&nbsp;&nbsp; And some of it pretty dang good!&nbsp;&nbsp; Somebody already mentioned grandkids.&nbsp; &nbsp; I filmed about 120 of my grandson’s wrestling matches last year.&nbsp;&nbsp; Which means almost as many as ‘rounds fired’.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sgt Dog, post: 4324540, member: 15840"] Interesting to read other’s accounts. Advanced Glaucoma changed a lot for me. But shooting was always about friends. Good ones. Never did a lot of shooting alone (outside of load-development) where I wasn’t enlisted or enlisting a good friend. And at 70, a lot of those friends are gone or don’t get out so much. Availability of a location too. Can’t shoot off my front porch like I once did - not on a cul-de-sac. Cost isn’t quite the issue when you cast your own but primers have caused a scramble before and you can’t say powder and primers don’t crimp your style at all. When you are in to old-guns, doesn’t seem like there is any end to the lure unless you can just stay off the web. But may be I’m just making excuses for what I’ve done the last two months. Hear’s a funny story. The last two times my wife went out of town for the night, by coincidence I bought a gun both times! I told her as she left for the airport this next trip (for four days) "you know this means I'll be buying four guns, right"? Had no idea a package deal for four vintage pieces would get dropped into my lap about 6 hours later. I got to admit it though, we change. At 60, I was a skeptic. Thought “not me”! But I found a-lot happens in the decade after 60. And some of it pretty dang good! Somebody already mentioned grandkids. I filmed about 120 of my grandson’s wrestling matches last year. Which means almost as many as ‘rounds fired’. [/QUOTE]

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