Thank you, Bob!

Mac, I do wear hearing protection, required on our range. For the most part, I'm using those foamy things. However, using .22 standard velocity and sub sonic velocity ammo is surprisingly quiet. Most of the shooting I'm doing is after work, and there are only one or two other people on the range, if any at all. The weekends are a bit different, since you get everything from .22 all the way up to .30 cal or larger on the rifle range, and up to .44 mag on the pistol ranges, and those are loud. I have the muff style protectors also, and will wear them when someone next to me is firing a large caliber rifle, but they interfere with my cheek weld, so I prefer not to use them.

My new favorite toy is a government surplus Kimber 82G single shot competition .22LR. For $400 plus $23 shipping from the Civilian Marksmanship Program, it is the most accurate rifle I've ever shot.

I've just gotten Matt Finley's friends CD, Tomas Martin Lopez. If you haven't heard this CD, check it out on CD Baby. Matt wrote 8 of the songs on it, and he's working on a Music Minus One idea that I'm helping him with. I need to find a song that I'm comfortable with to work on, but the album is just great if you like Latin music. Highly recommended, and Matt did a great job on the songs on the album.

Gary

I'm blessed watching God do what He does best. I've had a few rough years, and I'm still not back to where I want to be, but I'm on the way and things are looking far better now than what they were!