Like poison ivy and insect bites?
Went out yesterday since the weather looked like it would cooperate. I decided to make it a bit of a combo day. Set up two steel targets, one at 25 yards and one at 3o, and just blasted away.
I realized I hadn’t shot any 10mm for awhile so I broke out my SAO P220 Elite. I really love this gun. It’s such a nice shooter and it doesn’t beat you up.
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If you look closely you can see my little targets out there. I really need to get some fresh paint on them.
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I was shooting some home rolled 180 grain ammo. I think they were Extreme brand plated bullets over 13.2 grains of AA#9. They cook along out of that barrel at about 1250 FPS. Not nuclear loads, but certainly enough that you know you aren’t shooting a 40 S&W.
After I’d put 150 rounds through that gun I broke out my CZ A01-LD. This one was loaded with 124 gr truncated cone bullets from RMR over 7.2 gr if AA#7. That load is very accurate from all my 9mm guns.
Then the thunder started. I looked behind me and saw heavy rain coming so I quickly cleaned up my guns, ammo, and targets, and managed to recover a lot of brass before the rain got really heavy. So I waited it out and decided to go for a wander afterwards.
Came across a few mule deer and saw a red headed wood pecker. The wild roses are blooming along with lupines. Note the small spider on the rose. The antler I left out there. It was chewed up and I have an office full of deer and elk antlers.
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Of course once I was about 2.5 miles from my truck another rain cloud wandered my way. Had to shelter under a tree nearby and just use it to block the rain. Not the most safe thing to do but it became a driving rain.
I just gave my 10mm a quick wipe down and carried that for my walk.
This area is right on the edge of a massive wildfire that took place 20 years ago. All in all it was a good day.
The buzzards were hopeful I’d drop over.
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