Chapter 134: 134
“Yeah, I’ll get to that too in the future. I just want to show Rin the complete process of reloading. I’ll get to casting later when we’re low on the projectiles. I still have a lot of 55 grain projectiles that I’ve cast before for the 5.56. We also have a lot of the store brought projectiles so I decided to use it on some of them.” I explained.
“What? I wish I could see how it’s done.” Rin chimed.
“I’ve got a couple videos stored in the drives; I could let you watch those instead. We have a lot more to go through so casting bullets now might be a bad idea.” I replied.
“Oh! Let me watch them after this then. I’d also like to watch what we did now so I could refresh my memory every now and then.” Rin said.
“Sure. Like making stuff huh?” I smiled.
“Now that I think about it, I also do. Just never had the chance to do it. Maybe it’s the way it’s designed that you could make them as perfect as possible if you follow the instructions carefully.” she nodded pensively.
“Hey, Is the store brought better or the self-casted ones better?” Kaley asked while I got back on the press.
“Good question it’s…” I trailed.
*press*
*crimp*
“…” Kaley, Rin and Oscar.
“SKY! YOU’RE ZONING IN AGAIN!” Kaley exclaimed.
“Hah! I thought you were pausing for effect again.” Oscar was shaking his head in amus.e.m.e.nt.
“Oh crap. I hate it when that happens. Let me let go of the equipment first so I don’t do that. It actually depends. I get more accuracy with my self-casts but there are more variants available for the store-bought ones like the FMJ, Hollow Points, and et cetera. Not all of them are perfect but what I made is. Well, to my standards at least.” I explained.
“Some people from before actually wanted to buy the self-made round that this kid was making even up to the same market price. However, this kid refused saying that it would take a lot of his time.” Oscar said.
“Well doing this thing takes a lot of time actually. Also, time expended doing this is one of the reasons that some people never get into reloading and casting. You could just buy ammo back then if you have the money. I just learned this thing because this is a valuable skill in this scenario. Well too bad for them you can’t buy ammo now.” I said.
“That is true. Well, we’ll leave you here now since we’ll be going back there. Don’t forget my slugs!” Oscar said.
“Sure old man, take care guys.” I said to them.
I then continued on doing my work with Rin. It took me a bit of time to finish all the 5.56 ammo. I then grabbed an ammunition box and placed all of them inside neatly. I looked at Rin’s progress on sorting them and I helped her.
Time passed quickly.
We only took a bit of time on the 5.56 since I’ve been teaching her the basics and on the 9mm since those are what we used mostly. The other rounds have been eventually reloaded and I even let Rin crimp some of them from another press and she did it perfectly. I even went to the progressive press when I thought we were not about to finish in time and I worked faster.
“Good job.” I said to Rin.
“Thanks! Doing this was surprisingly ther.a.p.eutic. I might need to learn how to use guns properly now.” she replied.
“Just go to the classes. We teach those are willing.” I replied.
We finished everything just a bit before the broadcast and we all gathered at the same place to check it out after we tidied up in the workshop. We had a few casings that are unusable but we still reloaded a lot of them in working and perfect condition. Kaley and the rest also came back much earlier than us and Matthew even went to our workshop to watch what we’re doing silently.
The broadcast was a few updates on their end and it was followed by the usual videos after it.
“Kid. When are we gonna start on securing the 1st and the 2nd road after we finish on the 3rd road?” Oscar asked.
“Hmm, we focus on securing more supplies first. The 1st and 2nd road are connected at the end not like the 3rd road and it has another exit that leads close to a few blocks after the DDR camps. We’d need more manpower to secure those places.” I replied.
“We could build a starting fence on the other exit first and then to the road we always take first, right?” Oscar said.
“We could but there’s also the other side we need to worry about. The 1st to the 3rd road are all going to the right side from our direction and there’s the left side from also though they are all residential houses.” I replied.
“What’s the problem with that? They’re just houses, right?” Matthew chimed.
“Yeah but it’s no longer protected by our natural barrier of water. There are also other subdivisions from the other side and I’m thinking of reinforcing the other walls that separates us from them first to avoid other people from climbing that small gap. They are already high per say but there’s also a few that are only a few feet high. We grab a lot of hollow blocks tomorrow from the construction company so we could make some of them much higher and we add barbwire and other safety measures to be sure first. It’s gonna consume a lot of materials and it’s best we focus on one task for now.” I said.
“Oh, right. That’s too much. Maybe in a few more days. We have to do a lot more projects after the 3rd road.” Oscar nodded.
“Anyway, to those who’re going for the H2H Class come up to the gym. Class starts in a few.” I said.
A few moments later, the people I usually teach are there and there’s always a small crowd watching from the sides. I decided to do the same drills as before but mixing it up in some ways for it to not get too boring from repetition.
“Okay, next we’re gonna do is all of you attending will be sparring with me. This will not be simple mitt hitting and I hope you get serious. I won’t hold back.” I replied with menacing eyes and a devilish grin.
“Wait, why?” Bing asked.
“Because I said so.” I replied.
“…” everyone else.
“Hahaha! I see that some of you are training in the gym while we’re away and I just want to see the progress that you’ve made. I’ll be telling you some pointers while we’re doing it so you’ll have to improve on it while I’m gone. I can’t always teach you stuff in your head but remembering something from your body will be useful.” I explained.
Chris immediately stood up and wore headgear. Tatiana started the timer and we started. I watched his movements and he’s focused but when I started to disrupt his rhythm with well-timed jabs, he started to go back to his crude form. However, despite all that he finally found his weakness on his own. The timer beeped and he took a breather.
“Okay. Good job learning about your weakness. There’s actually in-fighters who plant their feet on the ground like you before and starts on trading blows with their opponent but what you’re doing before is different from what they’re doing. You’re starting to fix it slowly but when you start to get hit, you go back to your usual form. What I could tell you is don’t be afraid to take a step back and watch the situation first. You’d be catching punches nonstop if you always plant your feet. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” I said with a smile.
“Thanks! I’ll work on it!” he replied.
“Anytime. When you start to go outside you need to keep that in mind. We won’t be going toe to toe with them. We need to hit them without getting hit.” I said.
He made a small bow and Charlotte helped him remove his gloves.
Bing followed and he never changed. The only thing different from him is that he starts to hold out longer.
“Bing… don’t forget our lessons here. The punches you threw are always telegraphed. I can always predict what punch you’re gonna throw next and they are always wild swings. You need to try to remove the excess movements that you do and make each punch quick. It won’t matter how much power you place on them if it won’t hit the target.” I explained a few things.
I finished with him and I started on going through each one of them. I explained the things that they need to work on though I praised them on their progress. A few of them decided to spar with one another and I only agreed only on the condition of them wearing protective gear. When I was about to finish the lesson, Kaley approached me.
“Let’s spar too. Not just boxing but with what Tatiana taught me. I’d like to see my skill level. Hold back a bit okay?” Kaley said.
The people around us immediately stopped what they were doing and gave us room.
“Sure.” I said with a smile.