Range time :-)

Posted on by March 6, 2013


I took ME from Lagniappe’s Lair up on a range day today, so was out the door early for a little road trip. We’d talked about pistols, so I took a selection of .45s and ME brought some of his favorites after mulitple trips into the safe and decisions… 🙂

We went to his local range, and as we pulled up I note the temp at 34 degrees… Now y’all KNOW I don’t like cold weather, but a range day is a range day, so…
This is from 25 yards with the Clark bullseye .45 (and no, this is not offhand, I cheated and shot it off a bag)… The first round is lower right, I changed POA, and the next 6 grouped nicely just to the right of the bull (these were the only 7 match rounds I had), I adjusted the sights for both vertical and horizontal. The remaining rounds were WWB, and honestly not real accurate, but I did call the flyer in the 7 ring and the lower flyer in the 8 ring. Just proves there IS a significant difference between true match ammo and WWB… Just sayin…
This target below is offhand at 10 yards, with two magazines through the Clark in the upper target (all 9 or better). The rest were first fires through the FN Tac-45, and it was like going from a Mercedes to a… um… Fiat… yeah, yeah, that’s it 🙂
And I was freezing my ass off…
It actually does shoot pretty well, but I need a LOT of trigger time to learn to shoot it well! On the bottom the 10 ring were with the C&S Agent .45, then more rounds with the FN. Bottom line, I was pretty much minute of torso with all of them, and considering how much I HATE shooting in the cold, I’ll take it. ME also shot all the pistols, and I think he liked them 🙂 I KNOW he liked the Clark and the C&S.
I don’t have any pics of ME’s target, but he did shoot about a 2 inch group with his old S&W Model 19 with a reload in the middle… But ya gotta ask him about bending over with a .45 stuck in his back pocket 🙂

And I was STILL freezing my ass and my hands off, so we decided to move over to the rifle range, and pop a few with our respective EBRs…

We set targets at 100x, and I told ME to have at it with the M4gery; he shot a nice group, but at 10 o’clock, and was bitching about it. I took the rifle, and proceeded to do the same thing; so I cranked adjustments in to bring the ACOG back in. I did, then promptly realized the reason we were shooting 10 o’clock high was that I’d previously sighted it for match ammo, so now I’ve screwed THAT sight in up… I blame it on my brain being frozen, what can I say… sigh…

ME unlimbered his AR, and promptly shot a three inch group dead center on the target, and finished off with a bunch of head shots just to get his confidence back…

I was STILL freezing my ass off, so at this point I begged off, and we picked up cleaned up and went and found some Mexican food for lunch! 🙂

We talked guns, tactics, flying, etc. and a good time was had by all two of us… 🙂

And I’ve finally thawed out enough to actually type this post!

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Range time :-) — 16 Comments

  1. We talked about range time today but it was darned cold and we begged off. I might break out the coveralls and try it tomorrow if the wind dies down a bit.

  3. Buncha wusses…
    Bad guys come out in the cold, too. Train for your environment, not the environment you wish you lived in.

  5. Good shooting considering your discomfort! I actually prefer to go to the range when it’s chilly like that. Fewer people brave an outdoor range when they have to wear a coat. No better reminder on breathing control than fogging up your scope at the wrong time.

  6. Good for you, old friend. Like most of us, I take my range time when I can get it, but I prefer mild weather if I have the choice.

    Glad to see that the Clark is doing what it was designed to do.

    One school of thought on the weather is that “if it ain’t rainin’ we ain’t trainin’.” Another school of thought holds that you don’t have to practice to be miserable. You get that right the first time.

  8. Mupe- Heard that 🙂 and it DOES make a difference-

    drjim- Yeah, but I still sucked 🙁 I need to get out in the cold and shoot more.

    Me- I know, I know… 🙂

    Julie- As usual, the guns shot MUCH better than I did 🙁

    DB- True, we pretty much had the range to ourselves.

    Paw- Agree with all, and it’s interesting to see how critical the ammo was with the Clark.

    Snigs- Thanks 🙂

  9. Oh forget the guns, I’m singing..ahem..Happy birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthdayyyyyy to Old NFO, Happy birthday toooo youuuuuu !! (I sang that with a great big smile for ya! ) If I was there I’d share a cupcake with ya and a shot or two of Don Julio just for fun!! Have a great day!!
    Gia

  12. Yeah, I need to get some range time at my local indoor rifle range, as soon as I get a red dot on top of the AR. Yes, I am a wussie, and proud of it. If I don’t have to be in the cold,then not going to be.

    By the way,nice shooting there.

  14. Well if it wasn’t for the fact that you all got guns in your hands, I’d have recommended a few hits of Dr. Fleischmans feel good medicine!

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