You go to the range to relax and have fun and you actually do both! When I used to go shooting I would always load up my bags with as many guns as I could fit and usually drag along a rifle or shotgun and just see how many rounds I could go through in my alloted time on the range. Well today I decided to go shoot my Colt WWII repro since I just got it back from Colt last week.
I worked my usual 60+ hours this week and then sodded (sp?) my yard Friday night and all day Saturday (I didn't have to work Saturday so I could do lawn work instead...what a trade off lol). So today I really wanted to relax and have fun. Instead of loading up my bags I took just my WWII repro and 100 rounds of blazer brass. Wouldn't you know I had the most fun I think I have EVER had shooting.
I only loaded 3 rounds at a time and I took my time and I really enjoyed myself. At 25 feet I eliminated the bullseye so I just started cutting out pieces of the Blazer ammo box and made "mini" targets on the corners of the target. I really impressed myself since I can't see anything with the stock sights especially in the poorly lit indoor range! I even took the time to observe the people next to me who couldn't hit the broadside of a barn if they were hugging it. They just blamed the Glock 17 saying it wasn't any kind of accurate past 20 feet. Funny, my CCW Glock 32 has no trouble finding the bullseye at that distance! I could have tried to help them out but the three of them had that know-it-all attitude so I figured let them be happy with their worse-than-the-worst-pattern-of-birdshot-at-100-yards-you-have-ever-seen accuracy. I'm not kidding, they hit every corner of the NRA 50 yard pistol slow fire target...yea, that HUGE one.
But I really did have fun, I really did relax and it turned my boring day into something. Isn't that what the sport is all about?
I worked my usual 60+ hours this week and then sodded (sp?) my yard Friday night and all day Saturday (I didn't have to work Saturday so I could do lawn work instead...what a trade off lol). So today I really wanted to relax and have fun. Instead of loading up my bags I took just my WWII repro and 100 rounds of blazer brass. Wouldn't you know I had the most fun I think I have EVER had shooting.
I only loaded 3 rounds at a time and I took my time and I really enjoyed myself. At 25 feet I eliminated the bullseye so I just started cutting out pieces of the Blazer ammo box and made "mini" targets on the corners of the target. I really impressed myself since I can't see anything with the stock sights especially in the poorly lit indoor range! I even took the time to observe the people next to me who couldn't hit the broadside of a barn if they were hugging it. They just blamed the Glock 17 saying it wasn't any kind of accurate past 20 feet. Funny, my CCW Glock 32 has no trouble finding the bullseye at that distance! I could have tried to help them out but the three of them had that know-it-all attitude so I figured let them be happy with their worse-than-the-worst-pattern-of-birdshot-at-100-yards-you-have-ever-seen accuracy. I'm not kidding, they hit every corner of the NRA 50 yard pistol slow fire target...yea, that HUGE one.
But I really did have fun, I really did relax and it turned my boring day into something. Isn't that what the sport is all about?
