Finally Got To The Range Today

[John Rogers]

For the past two weeks I have been fixing things and I finally got caught up I think? Started with the battery replacement on my wife's iPhone, Fry's had an iFixit repair kit in stock for hers, killed a day. Next day my wife fell and hit her head so off to the ER which killed a day and half the night as she had to get a CT scan and there were several very bad accidents and a stabbing locally so we had to get in line so to speak. Noticed at the ER that MY iPhone's battery died in about 4 1/2 hours when it used to last about 4 days. Another iFixit and they are great with the right tools and even an old battery puller so another day killed. My wife then decided she needed some pans from out large hanging and moveable pots and pan rack but it would not come down? Seems the cable/rope connector was caught and it took most of the day to get into the hidden area and get things loose and I redid the connector. Works very well now.

On Saturday we got the regs renewal for her Caddy and it needs smog. Then she says oh yeah the little engine light is on so on Sunday I plugged in the code reader...P0335 stored and P0385 intermittent which are the upper and lower crank sensors. I checked and the oil pressure switch has a slight weep sooooo off to the local NAPA on Monday and the parts didn't come in until Tuesday. The job required pulling the oil filter, oil filter adapter and wait for oil to stop dripping (an hour or so). Then you can get to both sensors and fortunately I kept my pneumatic ratchets so thing came off and back on fairly quickly. That killed a day. The next day I noticed the oil reminder in my Chevy was close to 10% so I got the filter and a jug of Mobile One and another day was used up. Finally on Friday I ran my wife to a follow up apt. with our family doctor and then on the week end did nothing but sleep off and on to let my joints quit hurting from the Caddy work!

Today.......200 yard work with my 45 caliber under hammer muzzle loader and it shot great! Ahhhh

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You forgot to mention the day you killed writing this Op on this Thread.

[rattlsnak]

A day each to replace an iPhone battery? That takes 15 - 20 minutes.. at best.. !

[John Rogers]

I had to track them down and then drive about 35 miles each way to get them. The drive was across San Diego and the messy traffic starts about 2:00PM or so! I am soooo glad I have retired. The iPhone 5s was pretty easy, but the 6Plus had bunches of small connectors on one side of the phone. I did not want to mess them up as they were both FREE when I switched to Sprint several years ago.

Same thing with the sensors on the Caddy engine as it is pretty hard for me to work under a car with my arthritis and muscle issues as I have now. It took 3 Hydrocodone and 2 Soma to make the soreness go away! I'll tell you, getting old sort of sucks!

[Jeff Higgins]

What kind of underhammer, John? Round ball shooter or conical shooter? Loads? Inquiring minds want to know.

[John Rogers]

The under hammer "Rosie" is one I assembled from a Green Mtn. barrel I found in WI, an Allen breech/trigger mechanism, unusual dark striped maple stock and a tang sight set I have had for years. It shoots 540 grain grease groove bullets that are bore dia., .060 fiber wads, 80 grains of Goex FFG and fired off with a 209 shotgun primer. The other day I wanted to make sure that the sight is repeatable so I shot a few at 100 yards, then out to 200 yards and finally at 300 yards. I use a home made 8.5 x 11 bright paper backer made into home made "shoot-n-see" with a 4 inch bull in the center. at 100 and 200 most all shots go into the bull and at 300 all go into the overall target. I was shooting off cross sticks. Here's a picture.

[rattlsnak]

Thats cool.. The gun club I belong to has a complete section for those types of guns.. They also have a new 'old western' section now where people who shoot there also have to dress in authentic vintage cowboy outfits.