barnfrog
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Went to the range today since it was raining and thus I was fairly sure I would have the place to myself. Set up the 4" gong at 100 yards and warmed up by running a couple magazines through the Ruger American .22 WMR (really like that gun).
Then I put three rounds of my reloads in the magazine of my Winchester XPR .243, and sat down in the chair I use in my blind and set up my shooting sticks. Settled my cheek on the stock, took up the almost non-existent slack (really like that trigger) and.......click. Hmm. Sat for a couple minutes, then raised the bolt handle and put it back down to see if a second strike would do the trick. Negative.
Looked at the 50-round ammo box, which had 34 unfired reloads, 11 pieces of empty brass, and the one FTF from last week that I hadn't pulled apart yet. I pulled the FTF out to look at the primer and confirm it was an FTF and not a round that hadn't chambered due to insufficient shoulder bump. Seeing the primer indent, I put it back in the box and as I did so noticed the loaded magazine, which I had failed to put into the rifle, sitting on the bench silently mocking me. I actually laughed out loud. Silly goose.
Then I put three rounds of my reloads in the magazine of my Winchester XPR .243, and sat down in the chair I use in my blind and set up my shooting sticks. Settled my cheek on the stock, took up the almost non-existent slack (really like that trigger) and.......click. Hmm. Sat for a couple minutes, then raised the bolt handle and put it back down to see if a second strike would do the trick. Negative.
Looked at the 50-round ammo box, which had 34 unfired reloads, 11 pieces of empty brass, and the one FTF from last week that I hadn't pulled apart yet. I pulled the FTF out to look at the primer and confirm it was an FTF and not a round that hadn't chambered due to insufficient shoulder bump. Seeing the primer indent, I put it back in the box and as I did so noticed the loaded magazine, which I had failed to put into the rifle, sitting on the bench silently mocking me. I actually laughed out loud. Silly goose.