JWH321
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Today I spent a bit of time at the range. I sometimes feel like I'm lucky to hit the broad side of a barn. Other times, things go well.
Today, I had a pretty good day. I shot bullets that I hand-loaded. I shot them from an AR type rifle that I assembled from a bunch of parts. One of those parts was a lower that I machined myself using milling cutters that belonged to my Grandfather. He was a machinist -- I used to watch him put these little cutters away after he used them. This lower was the first thing that I had ever sent through a milling machine. I'm nearly 70. I spent my time being an administrative type. My grandfather was a machinist in the early 1920s. He made elevator parts. I was always in awe of him. He made me a "monkey" wrench from some left over metal. It is one of my prize possessions. I tightened the flash hider on my AR with it -- just because.
My little AR shot holes in a target that measured about three inches across between the furthest holes. I don't think I've ever gotten that close together before with anything.
Not really momentous news, but I had to tell someone. Its a kinda neat day for me.
Today, I had a pretty good day. I shot bullets that I hand-loaded. I shot them from an AR type rifle that I assembled from a bunch of parts. One of those parts was a lower that I machined myself using milling cutters that belonged to my Grandfather. He was a machinist -- I used to watch him put these little cutters away after he used them. This lower was the first thing that I had ever sent through a milling machine. I'm nearly 70. I spent my time being an administrative type. My grandfather was a machinist in the early 1920s. He made elevator parts. I was always in awe of him. He made me a "monkey" wrench from some left over metal. It is one of my prize possessions. I tightened the flash hider on my AR with it -- just because.
My little AR shot holes in a target that measured about three inches across between the furthest holes. I don't think I've ever gotten that close together before with anything.
Not really momentous news, but I had to tell someone. Its a kinda neat day for me.
