SharpsDressedMan
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Ever go to the range, take out a gun, fire one shot, and quit shooting? I have done it a couple of times. The first I can remember was a S&W Model 19 2.5" back in the early 70's. A beautiful gun, just out of the box, loaded up with magnums (as I recall), took aim at a bullseye target at 20 yards, and punched out the "X". I had a friend there to witness, and I just figured it as never going to ge better than that, so I put it away, with a big smile on my face. Went on to shoot other guns that day. It pretty much happened again yesterday. Drove out to the outdoor range I belong to, and the 25 yard pistol range had three cars and about 6 people there, so I backed up to the 50 yard range....all to myself. I posted my targets (so cheap, I just taped up a leftover silhouette target so I could shoot on it), and brought out the Colt Super 38. I fired 9 rounds at center mass on the silhouette, and then picked up my M1 Carbine, and challenged myself to a head shot on the same target. After surveying the target, I had 9 good hits in the chest, and a nice, single carbine hit in the forehead, dead center. I put the carbine away, and opted to fire the Super a few more times, and then later try my Colt .32 1903 and S&W 1006 for a magazine. The 10mm was still sighted right on, and the .32 was keeping all the shots on the silhouette (which I patched as I shot, keeping it clean to score). I just let myself shoot for fun, although I was really concentrating to hit with them at 50 yards. Any time I slacked, the target showed it. Has anyone else just quit shooting a particular gun when you got that "pinwheel" or record shot, right out of the gate?