How was your gun weekend?

[cleardiddion]

Got myself a new range toy:
Marlin 60 with a tapoco 3x9 scope for $100.
Sold my mossberg 500 at the orlando show for the price I wanted.
Got a ton of ammo (mostly .22 and some 8mm).
Good weekend

 

[Mr White]

Good and bad.
The good: I practiced offhand shooting with my AR and shot a few decent strings. I think I'm starting out better this year than last.

The Bad: My Taurus pistol broke. I started getting FTFs with WWB ammo, which is odd for that gun.. Noticed light primer strikes on the FTF rounds. Took it apart and found that the firing pin was binding somehow. My guess is a broken pin or spring. In the course of messing around with it, I broke the ejector finger.

 

[serrano]

I went out to the range a drizzly Sunday morning with a good buddy from college to put 200 rounds of Serbian ammo through my recently purchased SU-16 - defying all reports to the contrary, my rifle performed flawlessly. I was putting up 6 inch groups at 125 yards from the bench with the stock iron sights... that rear sight is terrible by the way, more of a ghost ring than anything else... unfortunately the only weaver peep sight I can find that sits low enough is an $80 NECG piece... I may break down and buy it and see what kind of accuracy I can get with only iron sights - I have no interest in putting optics on this handy and light rifle.

I also tried to give some basic instruction to my buddy on pistols - I brought out my P6 and a couple hundred rounds of 9mm... it was a great day.

 

[Magic_Man]

Went to the range w/my gf on Friday night and put 200 rounds through my M&P. Then was bored on Sunday afternoon so I went for a solo trip to the range & anotehr 200 rounds went through her.

I am using the large grip. I think this is the problem w/my shooting being so inconsistent so I will try the medium next.

 

[geim druth]

Saturday I went down to the range at the Fort Dix Rod & Gun Club for an hour's shooting. Beautiful day, a little windy. Most of the stations were filled, but I didn't need to wait at all. My usual shooting partner, my 17 year-old son, was off with my wife.

I put 60 rounds through the Remington 7600 that I bought 2 weeks ago. Accuracy was pretty good, very good for me. I did better shooting off hand than from the bench, and better standing (3 in the bull's eye at 100 yards!) than seated.
In the end, the wind turned my 100 yards target sideways, I hit it 2 out 5 shooting at it edge on.

I wanted to stop at the Army-Navy store in Robbinsville, but had to go back to work. All in all, a good day, and am very happy with the rifle. Wish I could shoot every weekend, heck I wish I could shoot every day!

 

[evilelvis]

Fixed my XD 45 and it fired off all the rounds that it had a soft impact in the primer a couple of weeks ago. But then I had 3 rounds misfeed, but the magazine seems pretty soft to me so that may have been a magazine issue.

It's still not going back under my bed yet until I am 100% confident again.

Range was packed so I left after about 45 mins because people were waiting (it was closed for Easter)

Picked up a flyer for ladies only NRA basic pistol course that my girlfriend is going to take.

Daydreamed about winning the lottery and what my gun safe would look like.

 

[f4t9r]

mine started with surgery and ended in depression. I will be back shooting in about 4 months.

 

[SSN Vet]

read and see....

http://thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=352238

 

[SSN Vet]

The Bad: My Taurus pistol broke. I started getting FTFs with WWB ammo, which is odd for that gun.. Noticed light primer strikes on the FTF rounds. Took it apart and found that the firing pin was binding somehow. My guess is a broken pin or spring. In the course of messing around with it, I broke the ejector finger.

I had a similar problem with my DAO PT-111....

doesn't seem to like WWB...

I dowsed a lot of solvent down the firing pin hole and it seemed to solve the problem, though I've since switched over to Rem. UMC.

 

[The Lone Haranguer]

Saturday: Went to an outdoor expo. Several gun makers had tables set up and were letting people shoot, but it was too crowded. I did get a look at one of those new Ruger LCPs - nice looking gun. There was also a Jeep demo, with various Jeep models going around an obstacle course with steep inclines, rocks, logs and a simulated stream to ford. The newly designed Liberty was a nice-looking ride. After that it was to the range with my Glock 19 and two Smiths - a M&P pistol and an "old-school" DAO 6946.

Sunday: Went to a gun show in Tucson, but it was pretty much a dud. I spent some time exploring the nearby countryside.

 

[3fgburner]

Saturday, out to the Jefferson Forest range behind Blacksburg, with some buddies from a science-fiction convention. Yesterday, stopped and shot trap on the way home. Note to self: Shooting a couple rounds of trap after driving 250 miles on 3 hours of sleep, makes for crappy scores.

 

[doc540]

I was on the freeway and 30 miles away from home yesterday with my two Smith's all boxed up and ready to horse trade at the Pasadena gun show.

Then I had a "moment".

Took an exit off the freeway, turned around and called me wife from my cell.

I told her to get dressed, and that I was taking her to shop for clothes I knew she needed.

An hour later my guns were back in their holsters, and I pal'ed around the rest of the evening with my wonderful wife, a once-in-a-lifetime partner and hottie.

Spent $115 where it really needed to be spent.

Guns and shows are a dime a dozen. She ain't.

 

[graybeard321]

myself and 2 coworkers (one for first time) went shooting clays. Would have been great day if the Browing A5 12 light I had just picked up had worked. Shot nice just didn't eject and load next shell.

 

[WayneConrad]

doc540, dang. Made me all teary eyed.

You ain't dime a dozen, that's fer sure. Nicely done.

 

[SsevenN]

Quote:
Fun. I took out the new CW9 and ran 200 rounds through it. While doing this a gentleman and his two kids, about 30 yards away were shooting at compressed Oxygen Tanks with a AR-15... Lemme just say you KNOW whem you hit one of those!

Only 30 yards?

Here, hold my beer and watch this....

Let me re-phrase, 30 yards away adjacent to me....whew!

 

[Deer Hunter]

Went to my first IDPA contest and got to borrow a nice fella's custom AR-15 for a rifle shoot.

Now I'm going to be putting money toward guns AND stuff for IDPA.

So I guess it was bittersweet?

 

[skinewmexico]

The Bad - spent the weekend reloading 6.5x47L ammo, and trying to figure out why I was shooting 6' high with a 20 MOA base.

The really Bad - put on a 0 MOA base, and finally figured out I had my scope adjustment turned all the way up, instead of down.

The Good - took my 14 year old son to our 500m F-Class shoot, and he tied me shooting Black Hills out of my 223. Probably would have beat me with the 6.5.

 

[poopile]

We had a bag of dead orphans from last weekend, so we tossed some in the pond to shoot with the pistols. (If you ever come shoot with us, don't swim in the pond bare-footed) Then I fired a few rounds to check the zero on my Remy model 7, just in case we decided to go coyote hunting Sunday morning. Ended the day with some rounds through the ol' Romy AK. Then polished off a few brews. All in all, had a pretty good weekend.

 

[siglite]

I had a similar problem with my DAO PT-111....

doesn't seem to like WWB...

I dowsed a lot of solvent down the firing pin hole and it seemed to solve the problem, though I've since switched over to Rem. UMC.

Hey, I had the same problem with a PT111 mil-pro. Frustrated, and my confidence in the pistol shaken, I sold it to a buddy for $150.

About a week later I got a call. "Dude, that was the best handgun purchase I've ever made."

"Whyzzat?"

"The firing pin channel was all gummed up with some gooey crud. I ran a bunch of solvent through it, and this black goop poured out. That thing runs like a top now."

I suspect Taurus is leaving some kind of shipping/storage goop in those things that's causing the firing pin channels to gum up.

Now to my weekend:

Had a great day saturday. Spent it with my 11y/o ringing a 10"x10" steel plate at the 100yd line with an SKS and a .22. The little **** outshot me with the SKS too. I had more misses than he did. Though, I was more accurate with the .22.

Really though, I'm kind of proud of him. He was drawing a crowd ringing that plate from the offhand and no sling with a rifle that's nearly as big as he is. They were kind of smirking and laughing at the recoil driving him back. That is, until they heard "plonk!" shot after shot when he rang that plate that most of 'em said they couldn't even see.

 

[Rokyudai]

I had a good gun weekend too, Colin. I was at the Live Oak Show as well. They certainly did have a good price on those ammo cans. My parents came to visit from NY this past week and my father was itching to get to a show that was larger than the ones he has been familiar with attending. We have been planning it for a few months trying to coincide a visit with a local gunshow circuit. Unfortunately Rodeo took up the Freeman last month. Having his eyes wide and head on a swivel made me feel happy. It renewed my optimism for sure.

He picked up a nice CRKT folder and I picked up some ArrowHead Jerky....lady was out of bucksticks ! We looked at quite a few guns new and old as we sipped our gunshow coffee (I believe it is 1 part coffee 8 parts water but anyway).

He does not often speak of his former service in the Army but being at these shows is really therapeutic. Something as simple as a canteen or a pack makes him start reminiscing about patrols or how he came home late from a impromptu party (which was in a burned out vietcong hut) only to meet two paled soldiers on the same road with weapons leveled at them. After a brief err...introduction and identification, they found that the other company heard the noise from the hut, thinking it was reoccupied, were planning to mortar it!

My jaw picks up and he simply says, "yep, it wasn't the smartest moments of my life, but someone was watching my rear!"

No guns for me, but a great story and quality time with the old man can go a long way.

 

[Big Duke Six]

I had to work Sunday, but when I got home, my wife said "let's go to the range". Now, mind you, she's never shot a gun before.
I took out my Ruger single six and Mark II, my M-1 carbine, and my newly aquired Swede M-38.
I started her out on the six- shooter, and she loved it! Loaded up the target pistol and she took a turn on that. She put 6 out of 10 on the target-pretty good for a first time shooter.
Oh yeah.... the carbine and the Swede were a lot of fun too!

 

[joshk-k]

Today is my only weekend day, and so far it's been great! I was going to Lowe's for some flashing and chicken wire, and noticed that a large outdoors store next door was having an anniversary sale. I went over, got a new pair of Carhartts, and then went looking at ammo.

A 250 round bulk pack of Remington .40S&W normally costs $80 there. Today, it was on sale for $75 (which breaks down to $15/box, not bad). But the have a competitor next door, who I promptly called up, asked for the hunting dept., and asked if they could beat $15/box. They said that they could do $14. I went to the counter in the first store and told them that their neighbor could do $14/box, and that if they could bring the price down to that, I'd buy it here along with the pants and some 20 gauge buckshot. The clerk wrote a note for me to take up to the counter that said "Take $10 off this box. Price match with Store B."

So I go to get rung up. The box rings up at the sale price, and then gets $10 off (so now we're at $65). The general sale at the store, though, is $25 off any purchase over $100, although it does not apply to ammo, firearms, and some other stuff. But, when all is said and done, my total was over $100, and she took off $25.

The final tally: I just picked up 250 rounds of Remington .40S&W for $40. Now I've just got to make it last!

Josh

 

[Moonclip]

Saturday went to a gun show, bought a box of .45acp ammo and found a Pachmayr grip for a Colt New Service for $20 which is very hard to find. Original grip was missing and all I had was a huge target thumbrest grip.

Show otherwise sucked. Went to a few other gunshops, nothing interesting. Also picked up a Norinco .45acp 1911a1 I had got 11 days before, I live in a waiting period state. Sunday I just stayed home, nothing too gun related except for reading Combat Handguns magazine and showing my neighbor the Norinco.

 

[briansp82593]

I went to the "range" Saturday with my wife. We did a lot of rifle work and the highlight of the day for me was picking off a 2 liter water bottle at 105-110 yds on the first shot with a SLR-95 while standing/no support. My dad couldn't believe it. He wants one of his own now.

Which range did you go to?
I pulled a similar shot, Ruger mark two, 110 yards, mt dew can, standing up unsupported, cheap federal bulk pack, 2 shots put it down.. Those are some nice rifles though

 

[bnkrazy]

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I went to the "range" Saturday with my wife. We did a lot of rifle work and the highlight of the day for me was picking off a 2 liter water bottle at 105-110 yds on the first shot with a SLR-95 while standing/no support. My dad couldn't believe it. He wants one of his own now.

Which range did you go to?
I pulled a similar shot, Ruger mark two, 110 yards, mt dew can, standing up unsupported, cheap federal bulk pack, 2 shots put it down.. Those are some nice rifles though

It was family land...out near Montpelier if you're familiar with the area. Do you shoot somewhere near? Sometimes I go to Dominion, but I hate indoors so that's rare.