PPC Dinner - 10 Dec 2016

What an awesome night on Saturday (10 Dec)

A mere group of approximately 42 people descended on the Petone Working Mens Club to enjoy a Christmas Buffet meal.
It was so nice to have a group that was comprised not only of some of the shooters, but also made up of partners and kids.  It was such a nice relaxing evening.
PPC even put on a few bottles of wine.   Maybe next time Warren will just make the decision instead of roping me into the discussion at the bar..... I drink Bourbon brother... not wine   LOL
The food was great.... nothing overly fantastic, just nice simple hot and cold selections, along with desserts.

To top off the evening, we had the opportunity to recognise one of our Committee.
Over the past few weeks, we had done a serious level of covert discussions amongst a number of the committee.
With Mrs Brown being the lead instigator (ie: nominating Alan for the award), I then secured approval from each of the committee members, drew up the cert, had Mar & Warren co-sign along with myself, and we presented Alan with his Lifetime Membership Certificate.

It was a real honour to be able to present this to Alan, and I was extremely humbled.

To add to the mix, Mrs B then shared a number of photo's around the tables as well as provided us with a narrative or few about Alan and his time shooting etc.
For the years I've been a member of the club, this has got to be the only time that I have truly seen Alan lost for words.

After dinner, a number of people left, while a few of us headed downstairs to the bar for a couple of drops and further chinwagging.

All in all it was a bloody great night to have spent with people from the PPC.
Look forward to next years one.

So many toys..... explains why there is.... so little money

Well... somewhere along the line of the past few weeks I seem to have invested a few dollars into the sport.

I have now taken possession of a new Dillion B Square press.
Just need to finish my reloading bench, new table top so that I can set the press up.
I've gone and tumbled somewhere in the vicinity of 7-8000 9mm cases, and they look all lovely & shiny
Got a few thousand primers & projectiles, along with a bunch of powder waiting to now be formulated up into a small bunch of test loads for different powder weights, so that I can then move forward and create a whole bunch of little bang bang cartridges for the apocalypse

I have also taken possession of my new (2nd hand) CZ75 Shadow that will become my new primary shooter.
It is now just waiting for the test rounds from the above press and a range where I can do some Chrono's

My new mags (extra's) for the Shadow have arrived.
Some for me, some for the Mrs

My new shooting belt, mag pouches and holster have arrived and been setup.... all ready for a range visit.
Wife's new belt & mag pouches are also setup, just need to shift her holster to the new belt & get it all ready for her.

Then the Tanfoglio and its gear can be given a bit of a rest and just used as a backup more than anything.

Somewhere in amongst all of this, I need to talk the new shotgun out and run a few hundy through her as well to break in the barrel.

And then there's the wife's AR..... that could do with a bit of loving as well..... LOL

Oh what a fun problem to have.....    :)