If it isn't a piano or electric guitar, then it would have to be the tit-fer!The piano would be a better fit. There would be an easier transition when you take up the harp up above! I, a trombonist, on the other hand, will have to learn from scratch!
My retirement plan is pretty simple.
1. Retire
2. Keep breathing
3. Do whatever I want [I think this part only works if you're not married, otherwise - at least for me - it is do whatever I want once I make sufficient progress on what the wife wants done]
We were at that place for the past couple of years. Then, we decided to move closer to our daughters and upgrade to a house with a basement. I like the above idea of setting up an airgun range in the basement.I retired at age 56, never regretted it, i have my hobbies some are expensive, my wife is retired too and she has her hobbies that we both enjoy. I say if you can get out early do it and enjoy, the biggest thing is ave some money and have everything paid off before you do. If we had a mortgage or car payments i might not have gotten to get out early!!!!!!
The piano would be a better fit. There would be an easier transition when you take up the harp up above! I, a trombonist, on the other hand, will have to learn from scratch!
I pay $20/month to shoot as longAll hobbies/ recreational pursuits are expensive. I wouldn't like to be limited to 1/2 hour of range time. I go weekly to an indoor range and average over an hour on the lane. I have a retired shooting buddy and we lounge around and drink a coke in the lobby for quite a while after that talking about guns/ ammo and general BS.
I pay an annual fee to be a member of my indoor range (American Shooters) and that entitles me to have unlimited access to the premium lanes where there is an abundance of programs available and where I can put in a custom course of fire program to keep it interesting.I pay $20/month to shoot as long
&
as often as I want Monday through Friday at Range USA.
I never went on the weekend anyway so it works out fine.
That's a lot of rounds downrange! Good on you! I paled at approximately 3500-4000 rounds.Year end ammo usage report including all calibers, but mostly .22LR:
2022 = 11,605 rds/967 mo. avg.
2021 = 13,615 rds/12 months (1135 mo. avg.)
2020 = 27,220 rds/9 months (3070 mo. avg)
Number of rounds above that were air gun pellets:
2022 = 1500 pellets
2021 = 800 pellets (in 3 months) If I would have had air guns all 12 months, estimate 3200 pellet usage.
2022 = 000
Air gun usage fell off last half of 2022 b/c I started shooting .22LR again.
When prices started coming down & I wasn't afraid to use my stockpile.
I haven't bought any larger caliber ammo since Covid & Democrats since I'm hoarding what I've got & bought only a handful of .22LR.
Looking back, I needn't panicked & bought 6 air guns & 20,000 pellets in order to shoot for a fraction of the price.
Perhaps half that, haha!
But, I'm glad I did b/c I enjoy shooting them as much as the other guns.
Since I bought only spring loaded, a range session can be a workout at this stage of life & I have shorter range sessions, haha!
You'll be the first to know if I start down that slippery slope.So if I’m reading between the lines I need to liquify some assets to be ready for the great 22lr purge that may happen!
at least your mind is still sharpYear end ammo usage report including all calibers, but mostly .22LR:
2022 = 11,605 rds/967 mo. avg.
2021 = 13,615 rds/12 months (1135 mo. avg.)
2020 = 27,220 rds/9 months (3070 mo. avg)
Number of rounds above that were air gun pellets:
2022 = 1500 pellets
2021 = 800 pellets (in 3 months) If I would have had air guns all 12 months, estimate 3200 pellet usage.
2022 = 000
Air gun usage fell off last half of 2022 b/c I started shooting .22LR again.
When prices started coming down & I wasn't afraid to use my stockpile.
I haven't bought any larger caliber ammo since Covid & Democrats since I'm hoarding what I've got & bought only a handful of .22LR.
Looking back, I needn't panicked & bought 6 air guns & 20,000 pellets in order to shoot for a fraction of the price.
Perhaps half that, haha!
But, I'm glad I did b/c I enjoy shooting them as much as the other guns.
Since I bought only spring loaded, a range session can be a workout at this stage of life & I have shorter range sessions, haha!
Don't forget me!You'll be the first to know if I start down that slippery slope.
I have only a handful I'd sell, but not today, haha!