So I went to order a Henry

 I went to three different merchants of death.

The Henry site has three dealers in the Seguin area, two of them are closed for good.
Of the two that weren't affiliates- both said Henry's are hard to lay hands on, no matter what model and caliber.

I went to the other affiliate halfway to New Braunfels and asked. They had me fill out a request form and told me it could be as long as a year before I saw mine.

So I went to gunbroker and bid on this one with the same MSRP as one on their site.
Of course I'll probably have to spend close to another $100 for shipping and transfer fees.

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle

Ready to ride.

The big one below the fold as always.

So I have an old Win '94 30-30

 I went looking for ammo a while ago so I could finish sighting it in.

I bought it cheap-ish with a ghost ring site and started sighting it in, then something came up and it sat in the corner of the mud room for about three years.

After I decided to finally get it sighted in, I went looking for cheap (okay- less expensive) ammo.

JEZUS KEERIST!

Okay, we'll look at plan B- see what I can get for it ......
$200- $250......
I was bitching about it on a local FB page and started getting offers on it, but I had to start my 4- 14 hr shift the next day.

FB pulled it about three days in for selling fire arms. At least I didn't go to the restricted barracks this time.

SO......
I guess I could sell for $200 and use that to defray the cost of a Henry steel Big Boy in .357- which I have plenty of because of the two revolvers in that caliber plus the wife and her .38+P.

The only thing I don't like about Henry's (and it's probably a million to one chance I'd ever encounter this problem) is that after it gets pulled from the mag- it's free floating until it's shoved into the chamber.

If it ever comes to that, I'll be using the one the .GOV doesn't know I have.

Chambered in a completely different round.

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle

 Did the gun bunny trip?
That looks like real dirt.

 

 The big one below the fold as usual.

Russia, Russia, russia

This guy Artur Rehl, is/was an Estonian soldier still in Estonia telling how he sees what the Russians are going to do next and how they've acted so far. 

Who's the Goth chick

 From Trace Adkins "Ladies love country boys" video?

Ca-CHING!

 Another Biden making money off his position....

This time his little sister who's writing a best seller that nobody will read.

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle

 Rock on!

 

The big one below the fold.

Words of wisdom

Found on a crapper door in a Walberg, TX truck stop.

Your Rule 5 Monday puzzle

 Steam punk Plainsman pistol

 

Because the early ones didn't get a big puzzle added to them

Big one below the fold.

Is this a hate crime?

 

So there I was making deliveries up in Killeen.

It was on the warm side, so I had my sleeves rolled up.

Out of McDonalds came this kid and his battle bud.

 

He saw my Seabee tat on my forearm and said Navy?!?

 

I said yes and his battle pinned my elbows behind my back.

This guy took off my cover and poured Rip-IT over my head, threw a handful of Motrin at me and yelled...

"This is Army country!"

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle

 You will sit down.
You will explain your actions.

As usual, the big one below the fold.

This is another reason why

 I don't believe anything coming out of Ukraine.
From either side, or even the propaganda pushers that speak English here.

Because those National Guard troops are safe in America.

Your Monday Rule 5 puzzle

A day late......
 

And the big one below the jump-

The humble Jerry can

And some of it's ingenious features.
Commander Zero is a big fan of the ones built right.  

Includes an ad right in the middle.... So.

Prices and parts availability

 It works for firearms too.

If anyone's been looking for 30-30 ammo, you'll know it's like gold- not profuse and expensive.
I bought three boxes for something like $1.50/RD plus tax and shipping.
Which the prices on gunbroker reflect.

The .357 Mag ammo I have in abundance (plus the .38spl +p) are a lot less for the ammo, but the prices for the rifles show the ammo is available and affordable.

So then I found out about two weeks after I bought those 30-30 boxes- that Seguin is having a gun show tomorrow.

So I guess I'll see what the have in .357 lever action flavor or Mini-14 which is about equal to what they want for a lever action.
And what I can get for a 30-30 Win and about four boxes of hunting ammo....

Prices for .223 are much more reasonable especially if you want to wear out your cartridge extractor a lot faster. 

What's in the stable now

 If I would have pulled the trigger two months ago, that Dakota would have been a 3/4 ton diesel.

Your Rule 5 Monday puzzle

 Someone's missing her weapon.

As usual, the big one below the break.

From over the transom

 Oh look!  

We have our pillows strapped to our left side.

News you can trust

 From trustworthy Ukrainian sources.

Biden Bingo

 Call in sick to work now and avoid the rush.

Take a shot every time he hits a square.

Thank Gawd #theadultsarebackincharge

 Because Kamala Harris (who's veep theme is here) explains what's going on in Ukraine.....

-Read this in the voice of a slow seven year old explaining to a five year old-
“So, Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So basically, that’s wrong.”

From here with the actual soundbite.

Your Rule 5 Monday puzzle

Rehashing some puzzles because when I first started these, I only did the one size.
So now you have a chance to do the big one also. 

>>Bottom puzzle fixed. Thanks Bar Lee.<<

As usual, the big one below the fold

You're going to read this in Tom Petty's voice.

 Because you can't help it.

SRSLY.

 

AOC showing her support

 

Poland understands what's happening in Ukraine

 They know what happens when countries guarantee to help defend them from invasions- but bag on that promise because it's inconvenient.............. Looking at you France and UK.

It's the same thing they're watching now when the US and UK don't step up and uphold their 1994 agreement to help defend Ukraine when they gave up their nukes.

Now  they're having a go at Germany for being so conforming to Russia and running interference on supplies to Ukraine.

I just voted in the Texas primary.

 

The list of wannabe Governors was as long as my arm.

The reason I remembered to vote was another attack ad from Don Huffines that sounds just like a Democrat attack ad.
The scary sounding announcers voice blaming Abbot for things he has no control over like instate tuition for illegals...right Rick Perry?(who also want to be Governor again)

Abbot lost me when his tough talk didn't match the (non) action, so I went with Col. West, and I'll vote for whoever's on the Republican ticket- probably.

Your Rule 5 Monday puzzle on Tuesday

 Because Kurt went to Houston to look at a Dakota he decided not to buy, then on Monday went to get an alignment on the Silverado and ended up sitting for two hours because it needed lower ball joints.....

Anyway- we all know she didn't pull that ring with her teeth.

As usual, the big one below the fold.

Some of you have been there.

 And survived.

How about those Canadians?

 They went from Hoser to fascist faster than the Hanson brothers could sucker punch an opposing player.

Now they're threatening truckers pets.....

But... scratch a Liberal, find a dictatorial asshole.