Did you ever have one of those days...?

[ezypikns]

I just got back from what should have been an enjoyable trip to the range. I should have saved some money on cartridges and just thrown the weapons at the target.
The only excuse I can dream up right now is that I was shooting 2 pistols I don't normally shoot. Yeah. That must be It.

[nemesis]

I should have saved some money on cartridges and just thrown the weapons at the target.

I have journeyed down that path many times and the answer is trigger control.

[stans]

Oh, yeah, had plenty of those days. Days were I couldn't hit the broadside of a barn, days when I would get brain fade after a few rounds hit exactly where I wanted, then there was the day I had packed everything except the magazines.:rolleyes:

[Ex-MA Hole]

A bit ago I posted about going to the range and bring the wrong ammo.

[fastbolt]

Yep, I've had my share of those days ... and will probably continue to do so in the future ... dammit.;)

Since it's obvious that those kind of days are an unavoidable cosmic natural law ... if I could change something lese, it would be to be able to foresee them. If I could do that , and if i could get them to be arranged so they could occur together ... then I'd arrange to take a vacation somewhere far, far from the range ... or anywhere I might actually need to to shoot ... and do something productive with my time.

Since that isn't going to happen ... I generally bite the bullet (or one of them anyway, so it'll be useful for something ;) ) and devote my range time on those days to whatever other disagreeable task or practice I wouldn't ordinarily feel like performing. Might as well get it all out of the way at the same time ... :) :uhoh:

[Standing Wolf]

I shoot two evenings a week, plus occasional week ends. I have "those days" more often than not. My standards of shooting well have evolved a bit over the years, but the simple fact of the matter is that I'm not a natural shot, and am contending with aging eyes and arthritis.

As I practice it, shooting is about trying more than succeeding.

[Darkmind]

Every day at the range is a good day no matter how you walk away from it.:D

[fastbolt]

As I practice it, shooting is about trying more than succeeding.

So, you're saying it's a lot like "Fishing"? ;)

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[ACP230]

I went out to shoot subguns a couple of weeks ago.
At the sandpit I discovered we'd forgotten the magazines for two of the three guns I'd brought.

Some fun was had with one. :mad:

[bytor94]

Some days it would have better if I just threw the bullets down-range. At least I would'nt have to clean the gun then. :D

Then some days I can put 30 shots through a fist sized hole.

I did notice that my shooting got better this year after I got my first ever pair of glasses though, bi-focals even. Must be better lighting at the range. ;)

[foghornl]

Had those days, too.....when I couldn't hit the ground with my hat...and other days when everything dropped inside the 9-ring.

Although the days when I miss the ground with my hat far outnumber the "inside the 9-ring" days :banghead:

[Black Snowman]

I think those days come more often than any of us would like to admit.

[CZ52GUY]

...make the good ones that much sweeter :D.

Safe shooting,

CZ52'

[ChopperKen]

My boss has a range just outside of the shop I work at.
I shoot every night...My guns or his...
Some days you can't hit the swinging pickel at 35 yard and some you
make lots of relish...
Ken

[dleong]

I have empirically ascertained that the amount of quality time I enjoy at the range is inversely proportional to my caffeine consumption in the preceding 12-hour period.

If I am planning a trip to the range after work, I'll usually skip coffee that morning. I might nod off and slam my face into the keyboard several times at work that day, but at least I'll have a productive range session.

DL

[1858remington]

You think you got it bad, I worked as a range officer, and had 15 lanes for 8 hrs a day, 5 days a week. Those lanes were filled with shooters having one of those days. You can imagine my days.