Range time/Mini-Meet…

Met up with Murph and Proud Hillbilly yesterday for a mini-meet/shoot it was originally going to be more than us, however work/reality/storms caused a few to drop out.


It was in the low 90’s so sweating into EVERYTHING was an issue, especially behind the shooting glasses and into the eyes.  This was a day where ‘smooth’ grips on anything was a definite disadvantage too!!!


Put a few rounds down range with various pistols, and starting with the ‘small’ dueling tree sure does make those falling plates look BIG! Ran them clean twice even… LOL


Sadly, the Model 39A did not want to feed, so it goes back to the gunsmith for repairs.


Over on the rifle range, I drug out the Garand and the M40.  Murph pointed out that the Garand was shooting low left, which reminded me I hadn’t re-adjusted the sights.  I ‘knew’ there was some reason I brought it…


He liked it so much I had to make sure it didn’t go home with him afterward…LOL



Once we got it more or less “on”, I at least got six in the black… BUT lack of trigger time, the heat, bad posture (trying to shoot off a picnic table), all contributed to LOUSY grouping.

This is the ‘head’ of the target, the two at least ‘near’ the left eye are my pretty lame attempts with the Garand.  The two on the right eye show just how badly I was shooting with the M40A1, those ‘should’ have been dead center in the eye, and should have stacked.  But again lack of time, breathing, posture etc caused me to be just “that” far off… Sigh…



And the steel at 100 yards.  I managed to put two ‘through’ the eye hole on the right, and this is the back side where I was flipping it back. Again NOT my best work, one an inch left of center, one two inches left (called that one) and finally one in the center.


At that point we decided liquid refreshment was the order of the day, and away we went.  Since it was just us three, the door prizes went to PM and Murph, with PM taking the chocolates (no surprise) and Murph taking the Kona coffee (again no surprise)…


A good day, and again a learning experience re the heat and grips.  And I really want to get that Model 39 shooting well.


Please take a moment to remember those who are STILL without power and probably will be for most of the week… You’d think the Capital Region would have better service… sigh…

Comments

Range time/Mini-Meet… — 10 Comments

  1. Sounds like a great day. No reason to let a little heat and humidity (okay, a lot of heat and humidity) stand in the way of shooting with friends. A cold adult beverage at the end helps too!

    Cheers.

  2. Just underscores what I’ve said for some time:

    The Left do NOT want more infrastructure and NO MORE electrical generation stations.

    This is what we’re getting from that result. An ancient system that the Left are doing their best to criminalize and stop.

    Obaka gets re-elected, just wait until you get some of that great ol’ CAP-N-TAX crap.

    Then you can say buh-bye to ANY rebuilding of ANY energy infrastructure that isn’t corrupted by DC.

    BTW, I’m sure you’re loving that our “new” “green” Navy is paying $26 per gallon for bio-fuel.

    Yep.

    TWENTY-SIX DOLLARS per GALLON.

    Let’s see, how many gallons does an average Navy ship carry — ? Close to 15,000 gallons? And that would theoretically be:

    15,000 X 26 = $390,000

    For ONE fill-up: almost HALF A MILLION dollars.

    Wow. Now that’s some kinda frugal spending. For bio-fuel. Which is basically crap.

    BZ

  3. Keads- Hot, but fun! 🙂

    David- Concur!

    PH- 🙂

    Anon- Thanks…LOL

    Rev- Sorry to hear that!

    WSF- Yep 🙂

    BZ- Working on that post now…

    Andy- Yep, sorry you and MSgt got called in…