Mostly Harmless
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The NE Pink Pistols and friends blew through a few hundred rounds and a good sized chunk of change at The Firing Line range in Manchester NH.
High point of the afternoon was when a female former USMC Firearms Instructor took on a male Army National Guard Armorer and wiped the floor with him. 103 to 45 points. (unmodified Taurus .357 at 25 and 15 yards).
We had an absolute brand new to guns friend join us and he's got the bug bad. Started off with a .38 and from the get go was scoring in the 9 ring and only got better. Demanded the date of the next shoot before he went home.
My 14 yo son took on Mr. National Guard and Ms. USMC with a .22 bolt action rifle and came in a respectable 2nd. Unlike Mr National Guard, my son doesn't mind being beaten by a girl when she shoots that well!
When we'd run out of ammo and money and had inhaled enough cordite for the day we repaired to a local eatery and (after washing our hands properly) had a damned fine meal with plenty of good conversation.
So, apart from Mr National Guard, who's going to be nursing a greatly bruised ego after getting his posterior kicked by a girl and a 14-yo boy, a great time was had by all.
And me? Well I mostly worked on getting accustomed to my .38 Taurus. It's a short-barrelled hammerless revolver, a great carry piece, but it's taken me some time to get accustomed to it. However at 10 - 15 yards I'm in the 9 ring or better all the time. Not perfect, but good enough to stop a threat if I aim center mass. So to reward myself I rented a full-auto suppressed MP5 and went nuts for a while. And yes, I was good. I shared!
High point of the afternoon was when a female former USMC Firearms Instructor took on a male Army National Guard Armorer and wiped the floor with him. 103 to 45 points. (unmodified Taurus .357 at 25 and 15 yards).
We had an absolute brand new to guns friend join us and he's got the bug bad. Started off with a .38 and from the get go was scoring in the 9 ring and only got better. Demanded the date of the next shoot before he went home.
My 14 yo son took on Mr. National Guard and Ms. USMC with a .22 bolt action rifle and came in a respectable 2nd. Unlike Mr National Guard, my son doesn't mind being beaten by a girl when she shoots that well!
When we'd run out of ammo and money and had inhaled enough cordite for the day we repaired to a local eatery and (after washing our hands properly) had a damned fine meal with plenty of good conversation.
So, apart from Mr National Guard, who's going to be nursing a greatly bruised ego after getting his posterior kicked by a girl and a 14-yo boy, a great time was had by all.
And me? Well I mostly worked on getting accustomed to my .38 Taurus. It's a short-barrelled hammerless revolver, a great carry piece, but it's taken me some time to get accustomed to it. However at 10 - 15 yards I'm in the 9 ring or better all the time. Not perfect, but good enough to stop a threat if I aim center mass. So to reward myself I rented a full-auto suppressed MP5 and went nuts for a while. And yes, I was good. I shared!