A little fire power for the build
Well, I just made a large purchase meant to be as a 1 year late graduation gift, better late than never. However, it's not exactly for the Jeep but something that can be useful on whatever future trips I take in it.
My dad has made it a tradition to buy his sons a gun (within a certain price range) of their choice after graduation, a shotgun and revolver from my brothers before me, and I ultimately decided on a Winchester Model 1894 Trails End Takedown. Originally, I was searching for this particular gun in 30-30 due to the ease of ammo availability, price, and reputability but it turns out that this rifle is extremely desirable and near impossible to find, let alone in any of its available calibers (30-30, 38-55, and 450 Marlin). However, finally I managed to locate a Takedown in Oregon but not in 30-30, instead 38-55. After numerous calls to Winchester, I found out that the next shipments of Takedowns won't be till January of next year and back orders are exceeding projected production numbers across all 3 calibers and realized if I was going to come remotely close to getting my hands on a Takedown anytime soon this was it. That's not to mention a potential increase in prices due to the gun law craziness going on right now. Officially bought the rifle as of 45 minutes ago, should be shipped from its warehouse somewhere on the East coast to the Oregon gun shop, and then to a local gun shop here in Texas to be picked up, process should take around 2 weeks. All I can say is that I'm very excited:wings::jumping: