Got a chance to kinda sorta decompress, and strangely got asked if I was bored! Trust me, I’ll TAKE boredom anyday…
Met up with LawDog, Phlegmmy, Michael and Jennifer, AEPilot Jim, and Johnny and Holly for some range time and FOOD!!! Oh man was there food…
Blew the hell outta the diet…
As you may have read, had a less than pleasant experience with Academy, but that was really the only bad part of the downtime.
We did get to the range, and there was quite the selection of .22s to play with!
Three Ruger 22/45s and a S&W Model 617. All four hold 10 shots,and the 617 is ‘almost’ cheating… There is NO recoil due to the weight. And yes, the 22/45 on the right has a flash hider on it 🙂
This was just one of the targets, and no we’re not really that bad a shot. We didn’t want to change targets so we started picking other points after we wore the center out; head, bottom, and then the ‘little’ target in the upper left. Not too bad for well over 100 rounds… at 10 yards…
And Jim had his Garand there and we were dinging steel at 325 yards, although none of us knocked the water bottle off the top of the frame (not for lack of trying). 20+ kts of wind and open sights DO make it a bit of a challenge…
And there was FOOD… Brisket, Calamari, beans, Mac and Cheese, munchies, etc…
NICE – always good to spend time with ‘the tribe’ … and I must have missed the story about your problems with the Academy – link?
Nothing better that time with friends!! Add in range time and good food . . . . is there anything that could be bette????
Glad you got some down time! Range time is always good too.
Once I read where regular church goers tended to weigh more than non-church goers because so much socializing over food was done. I’m beginning to think that that might apply to shooters as well.
Good you got a little time to at least be able to figure out where in the world you were. It often sounds like you live a “If it’s Tuesday this must be Belgium” life.
Hell, anybody can be on a diet. But when there is a chance to plow through some good eats, go for it.
Julie- Check LawDog’s blog, last week.
eia- Nope!!!
Keads- Amen!!!
PH- Sad but true… dammit
CP- Yep! And I did!!! 🙂
Was wonderful to see you. Too rare a pleasure. Thankfully, we don’t eat like that all the time.
Ah okay I did see that story – but hadn’t focused on the ‘Academy’ bit. Now I’ve associated the two!
You lucky bastard.
Did you get lumpia?
Did you ever get that rifle?