Mad as can be.

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I am going shooting tomorrow before deciding on what to do next. Of the 150 cases I put through the tumbler less than 20 are useful. The rest have medium to severe cuts on the side, enough to make me question the integrity of the case. I am 99% sure my pistol does not do that. The only way I can know is to go out and put a box of new brass through my pistol and pick up the rounds. Even before cleaning them, I will know. I know his pistol has lots of problems. He has tinkered with it until it bites the end of a third of the cases his gun ejects, and I am now guessing it bites lower down on most of the rest. These aren't little dings, these are horizontal cuts that go a fifth the way through the case and are often dented a similar depth and several milometers surrounding the cut in a circular pattern.

If I find that my pistol doesn't ding the cases, I will end my friendship. Sure, 1,000 cases at $23 per hundred minimally is some serious cash, especially now, for me at least (though there is a lot more brass than that missing, but for argument sake...). But that is not the issue, or the main issue. If I cannot trust a man I shoot with not to change the case collection bags, what else can't I trust him regarding? I have been his wheels, I have given him Christmas gifts, I have paid for his dinners from time to time, and I have asked for nothing in return. Simply, I knew he didn't have as much cash to spend. Seriously, I hope $230 to $500 in once-used cases was worth it.

It could be that my pistol is nicking the round when ejecting. I doubt it. The only way to know, however, is to get out and find out. If my pistol doesn't, the next thing I will have to do is change the locks and add some locks in a few places. He has a checkered past, one which I thought he was through with. If not, then he is someone not to be trusted to a reactive level. He knows what I have, and if he is stealing, ending our friendship will make him angry. As with most liberals who think it's everyone else's fault that they get in trouble for doing bad things, he will hold a grudge. If it is my pistol, the next thing will be to get it to a shop. It's would have to be in bad shape.

If it turns out that he was stealing, I will call him and tell him he isn't going to Ogden with me, and I won't be visiting anymore. I will suggest he not call or wave on the street. If he starts rumors I will put out why we are no longer friends and ask him who he thinks people will believe. I almost hope my pistol puts a ding on the cases. But I don't think it will. Yeah, I'm hot.

I have another load going through the tumbler, a group that looks better. Sometimes the way I put my cases into the vehicle, he couldn't reach over and exchange them or didn't get the opportunity. Hmm, I might have to consider installing cameras with a local and remote record hookup. Really, if he is still what he was, he needs to be checked, or in jail.

Good night.