Alpine pasture

Chapter 9 Gun Shops and Guns
When he came out of the car shop, the boss saw Ju An alone and suggested that he go to the gun shop to buy a gun for self-defense.

The owner explained: "The main thing is not to guard against people, but there are beasts such as bears and wolves on the mountain. You will get used to it after living for a long time."

"I want to find someone to help me. I don't have any horses, cows or sheep in my pasture. I can find people there" Ju An asked.

"If you're looking for someone, there's a bar across the two streets, the Shepherd's Bar. The old Billy in it should know that the good cowboys here are the most familiar to him." The owner thought for a while and said.

"Thank you, I think I may have to trouble you with the problem of the car in the future." Ju An extended his hand to the shopkeeper.

"Ann, you're welcome, it's a tradition here for cowboys to help each other. I have a hunch that we'll meet again in a few days." The owner smiled mysteriously.

After saying goodbye to the shopkeeper, after a few minutes of driving the pickup, I arrived at the door of the gun shop that the shopkeeper said.

Looking at the store carefully, the blue exterior wall paint, a big signboard in front of the door, and the signboard said Outdoor Goods Store, Ju An scratched his head suspiciously, wondering if he was going wrong.

There is no imaginary security guard at the door of the store, and there is no barbed wire on the window.From the outside, it looks like an ordinary store, no different from domestic convenience stores.

Parked the car at the door and walked towards the store suspiciously.

As soon as he entered the store, Ju An felt that his eyes were immediately opened. There were all kinds of long guns hanging on the walls of the entire store, and there was even a machine gun on a counter.

There are all kinds of pistols in the glass counter, which are dazzling.The most surprising thing is that as soon as you enter the door, there are two groups of small grids that are fully open to the counter, and each small grid is filled with bullets of yellow and orange, which gives Ju An a bit like the kind of counter that sells raisins in a domestic supermarket. .

There are several customers in the store talking to the clerk, one of the clerks is telling the customer something, and while giving a demonstration, the gun juggling in his hand is generally divided into several parts, and the technique is very sophisticated.

"Sir, is there anything I can help you with?" At this moment, a young man wearing a blue vest from the clerk said to Ju An.

"I want to take a look." Ju An smiled at the young man with a friendly smile.

"Call me if you need to," the young man said with a smile, and then continued to chat with the other shop assistants.

Ju An looked at it for a while and felt dizzy. There were too many guns, and it looked good. It was like the hardware building in the county that Ju An remembered when he was a child.

Ju An accidentally overheard it, and several shop clerks chatting quietly discussed whether they came to travel.

He waved to the young man just now: "I want to buy a pistol and a shotgun, do you have any recommendations?".

The young man smiled and said to Ju An, "What kind of gun have you used before?"

"Basically I haven't used any guns, I have used ak-47 a few times."

"Oh, then I recommend the ups45 pistol to you, the police pistol," the young man said, and took out a pistol from a counter.

Then the young man began to explain to Ju An, what manufacturer Hankle Cooch, and what shooting accuracy, and then demonstrated how to disassemble the gun and reload the bullets himself.

After the explanation, the young man handed the gun to Ju An, who took the gun and held it in his hand. Since the handle of the gun is made of plastic, there is no metal coldness as imagined, and a feeling of excitement naturally arises in his heart. , indescribable.

Open the insurance and pull the sleeve several times: "Is there a Desert Eagle here?"

"Yes, wait a moment." The clerk took a few steps to open a cabinet door and took out a shiny pistol, which was the Desert Eagle that Ju An saw in the picture.

Putting down the ups45 in your hand and picking up the Desert Eagle, you can see from the picture that it is domineering enough, but the one in your hand is like Schwarzenegger in the movie.

The clerk next to him introduced again, what is divided into two models, Mark VII and Mark X IX, two series.There are also different barrel lengths and different bullets. Finally, the clerk suggested that if it is used as a self-defense pistol, the shortcomings of the Desert Eagle are that the recoil is large, and the magazine is too small, only seven rounds.

Then Ju An asked the shotgun clerk what he recommended. The clerk recommended the Remington 700 rifle, with a dark gray plastic stock and a beautiful shiny metal barrel.

"If you are satisfied, you can go to the shooting range at the back and try it out. You can shoot 66 bullets for $[-]," the young man enthusiastically recommended.

Ju An nodded, and followed the guy into the shooting range at the back. As soon as he entered the shooting range, he heard the sound of gunshots coming from inside. At first glance, there were quite a few people inside.

The young man took Ju An to a seat, then put a few boxes of bullets on the deck, taught Ju An how to load the bullets, and then the two of them put on ear protectors.

Da, da, da crisp sounds sounded one after another on the shooting range.The heaviness of the hand when the gun was fired, the sound of the gunshot made the whole blood boil.

After trying two pistols one after another, Ju An decided to give up the Desert Eagle, and the recoil was really great.Still very satisfied with ups45.

Then I tried the Remington rifle again, and it felt okay.Just put down the rifle and keep playing the ups45 pistol.The entire hundred rounds of bullets took more than half an hour to finally be settled and consumed.Among them, there is also a young clerk who corrects his gun holding and shooting posture, how to aim, and it can almost be said that he is accompanied by the whole process.

After coming out of the shooting range, Ju An asked, "I want to buy these two guns, let's see what I need to provide."

The clerk said with a smile: "Identification, you have to fill out some forms."

Ju An handed him his driver's license, and then he took the driver's license and made a phone call for about ten minutes.He came back and told Ju An that there was no problem.

Ju An asked, "Is it enough to make a phone call?".

The clerk smiled and said: "Well, usually I call the FBI to confirm that there is no criminal record, no history of mental illness, and confirm that the age and gun are there. The pistol is only 21 years old. The completed form will be handed over to the FBI to create a file." .

Then Ju An filled out the usual series of forms under the guidance of the young man.

Then the young man started to sell the bullets to Ju An. What is the discount for [-] rounds and how much is the discount for [-] rounds, depending on the situation, Ju An prepared [-] rounds of ammunition for each of the two guns.

When he saw the young man take out the bullet, Ju An was a little dumbfounded. There were two small plastic boxes.

When the list was printed out, I saw that the pistol was $490, the rifle was $[-] with a scope, and the two thousand rounds of ammunition was $[-]. The total cost was $[-]. After paying by card, the young man enthusiastically helped Juan moved the guys to the car, and there was still a box for the pistol and rifle, and the gun lock was attached.

Pulling things, to the Shepherd's bar.

As soon as I pushed the door and went in, I saw a few people sparsely.Chatting in groups of threes and fives, the entire bar is completely wood-colored, and the surrounding walls are covered with old photos.

Several of them glanced at Ju An at the door and continued chatting.

Walking to the bar, I found a bar stool and sat down.

"Please bring me a beer," Ju An said to the gray-haired bartender.

The old bartender turned on the faucet at the back, poured Ju An a glass of beer and handed it over, "This is my first time here, come on a tour, my name is Billy."

"I'm not a tourist. I bought a ranch and wanted to find a few skilled cowboys. The owner of the car shop introduced them." Ju An said with a smile.

"Oh, where did you buy the ranch, why haven't you heard of it?" Billy said, grabbing a towel and wiping the bar.

"The original straw hat flower ranch is now called Xishuihe ranch. I just bought it yesterday." Ju An took a sip of beer.

"That's a big guy. The ranch is not easy to manage now, and the price of pasture has almost doubled." Billy thought for a while, and then smiled, "Are you going to raise cattle or sheep on that ranch? If you raise 1 cattle Long bulls are no problem."

"I'm going to raise cattle to see what I'm talking about. Don't raise so many, let's raise more than 1000 head first." Ju An said: "I want to ask a cowboy who knows ranch to help me, and I want to ask you what's good Can someone tell me what the monthly salary is about?"

"Many ranches now have switched to tourism, and there are fewer and fewer traditional ranches. Many skilled cowboys now rely on part-time jobs. Insurance and other things are not included. You can hire experience for 1000 dollars a month. Rich and good cowboys, if you are looking for grazing cowboys, 50 or two hundred dollars a month is enough.” Then he pointed to a few old men in their [-]s who were sitting and said, “They are all good cowboys, that’s Thomas, who has been working on the ranch, has two sons who are also good cowboys, and one of them seems to be still at home.

Following the direction of old Billy's finger, Ju An saw a thin old cowboy with a white cowboy hat on his head and a thick white beard.

(End of this chapter)