Today is National Pack Rat Day! Here are some helpful tips to help you make the most of this, the most sedentary of holidays…
- Go to your local shooting range and pick up all the brass you see, especially if you don’t reload.
- Find a gun show. Buy three of each flavor of beef (or elk) jerky, the latest garage-designed holster, and a broad assortment of $3 knives.
- Keep all cans and milk jugs. Who knows, you might use them as targets one day.
- Order some other gun cleaners and lubricants. You can never have too many of those.
Most importantly, make it a point to not clean, organize, or consolidate.
Instead, do something productive like sitting on the couch and checking out a fun gun blog. Since it’s Pack Rat day, how about perusing The Packing Rat?
So here’s a shootout, I mean shoutout to Derek – CEO, Founder, Editor, and Chief Content Poster. He’s a super nice guy and offers an eclectic mix of enjoyable content ranging from guns, shooting, second amendment politics, photography, and food. Take a look!
And enjoy National Pack Rat Day. And cling to some useless item or object – just for us.









Tom McHale was born a helpless, shooting-deprived infant. He later discovered the joys of collecting and shooting guns, reloading ammunition and writing about his adventures with a healthy dose of fun. Tom's career has been diverse, bordering on dysfunctional, with most of it spent leading marketing teams for a variety of technology companies including Microsoft and more than a couple of high-tech startups. He's finally seen the light and given up the corporate life to pursue his passion of creating slightly crazy, but educational, content related to guns, shooting, concealed carry and self defense. 







