iPad Air at 1lb or iPad mini with retina display was announced today. These would be great to attach to your spotting scope. I'm not sure but if it does have the slo-mo recording at 120fps that would be great to watch later.

So, I went to Kona this past Friday-Sunday.  My friend told me she "...only had $200 to spend on ammo," and i figured, "Holy crap, that's a lot of ammo!"  Ammo was purchased on Friday before my 6:30pm arrival, as the shops would be closed on the weekend.  Turns out that in Kona, $200 worth of ammo comes out to 50 rounds of steel cased .45ACP, 50 rounds of .38Spl,  60 rounds of steel cased .223, 50 rounds of steel cased 9x19, and a 325 round box of Federal Automatch .22lr ( the one 325 round box of .22lr cost $44, and I believe the box of 9x19 was $24).  Dear God, I never thought I'd ever feel bad about bringing guns for friends to shoot, but I felt terrible for having them spend so much for ammo!

I was able to bring 60 rounds of Lake City M855, two bricks of American Eagle .22lr, and a box of some 9x19 so we were able to shoot a little more.  I ended up leaving all the leftovers behind (just 30 M855 and a brick and box of .22lr) since I have more access on Oahu and still have a press at home.

I've maybe bought 4 boxes total of various calibers since before the scare, so I'm not used to seeing inflated prices, but geez...The neighbor island guys have it rough!

Yeah Kona side is really expensive. Hilo is a little cheaper but kinda dry on popular calibers.

Would it be cheaper to buy ammo in bulk on Oahu and then ship it back? Is it illegal to bring over ammo from Oahu? Could I bring 1000lbs of ammo in my enclosed trailer and go by boat?

For bolt action such as my Remington 700, am I supposed to store the rifle with the bolt open? What about rifles where if I left it open it would be under spring pressure?

For bolt action such as my Remington 700, am I supposed to store the rifle with the bolt open? What about rifles where if I left it open it would be under spring pressure?

Why leave the bolt open?  Just curious. I always close mine. Should it be open?

For bolt action such as my Remington 700, am I supposed to store the rifle with the bolt open? What about rifles where if I left it open it would be under spring pressure?

I always store my guns with bolts closed and action uncocked...

I store mine with the bolt closed and uncocked.  This can be done by pulling the trigger as you allow the bolt to close.  Thus, the firing pin doesn't slam forward.

With my Ruger auto pistols with enclosed hammers, I hold the bolt open about a half inch, pull the trigger and allow the hammer to fall on the back of the bolt rather than the firing pin.  Same with rimfire rifles. This also works well with my 10/22 and with my AR and with Garand-style actions. (M1, M1 Carbine.)

When I lived in an "aggressive" area, I used to keep rifle bolts separate from the rifles.  Some rifle bolts can be uncocked while out of the rifle, but some are a pain in the patootie to re-cock them out of the rifle so you can put them back in the gun.  Without going and getting one and trying it, I seem to recall that with Mannlicher-style bolts (Mosin-Nagant, Carcano), this was nearly impossible.  Also with some Remington .22 bolt rifles.

I recall seeing an authoritative source which said that merely keeping a spring compressed did not harm it, but that constant compression and decompression (as with magazines) was what wore them out.  That's one of those things you remember, but don't remember where you got it from.