And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
They're actually making a small comeback. The one area where they'd make sense- waterfowling- is the area they struggle the most (due to swelling/moisture intrusion). But I have a friend who only shoots paper out of his old guns- it's a fun affectation.
There was a time when local hardware stores would open a box and sell individual shells. Grandpa supplemented the family income as a kid hunting for bounty and meat and couldn't ever afford a whole box of shells. I still have a few of his paper shells in my collection. I think about that a lot when a whole group of us goes down to the trap range and blows through a case of 12 gauge in one day. Those old paper shells are a reminder that previous generations moved us up in the world.
I still remember the smell of those paper hulls from when I was a kid out pheasant hunting with my dad.....
ReplyDeleteThey're actually making a small comeback. The one area where they'd make sense- waterfowling- is the area they struggle the most (due to swelling/moisture intrusion). But I have a friend who only shoots paper out of his old guns- it's a fun affectation.
ReplyDeleteThere was a time when local hardware stores would open a box and sell individual shells. Grandpa supplemented the family income as a kid hunting for bounty and meat and couldn't ever afford a whole box of shells. I still have a few of his paper shells in my collection. I think about that a lot when a whole group of us goes down to the trap range and blows through a case of 12 gauge in one day. Those old paper shells are a reminder that previous generations moved us up in the world.
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