I had a very pleasant outing at our local National Forest range yesterday.
I took my Kel-Tec Sub-2000, my M1, my Glock 19 and my Kel-Tec P-32.
When I got there I was sharing the range with a man with two young boys (8-10 age) and another gentleman with some really neat looking AR-15's.
The two kids are shooting .22's, but one approaches me as I'm unfolding the Kel-Tec carbine and asks about it. I tell him what it is and he asks about the other guns I brought. He gets real excited about the Glock, so I offer to let him shoot it if it's OK with adult he's with (probably not his dad, b/c of obvious race difference).
Kid shoots Glock, big grin results. I blast away with the Kel-Tec rifle, getting a few jams, but still having fun.
I do some shooting with the M1, and notice that one of the AR's that AR-guy has is creating WAY more noise than any .223 AR I've ever fired.
My curiousity is piqued and I wander over during the next cease fire and ask what AR-guy is shooting. He answers in an English accent that it's a .50 Beowulf. (see www.alexanderarms.com). We talk for a while and it turns out that he is an employee (maybe owner?) of this company and is checking out these rifles for malfunctions as part of warranty work on them. We talk about AR's in general and what his company has in the works, then HE OFFERS TO LET ME SHOOT THE .50, just so he knows that the gun will function with a different shooter.
Some surprisingly mild punches to the shoulder and one big grin later, I pack up and leave. I now need to figure out a reason to get a .50 Beowulf AR.
I took my Kel-Tec Sub-2000, my M1, my Glock 19 and my Kel-Tec P-32.
When I got there I was sharing the range with a man with two young boys (8-10 age) and another gentleman with some really neat looking AR-15's.
The two kids are shooting .22's, but one approaches me as I'm unfolding the Kel-Tec carbine and asks about it. I tell him what it is and he asks about the other guns I brought. He gets real excited about the Glock, so I offer to let him shoot it if it's OK with adult he's with (probably not his dad, b/c of obvious race difference).
Kid shoots Glock, big grin results. I blast away with the Kel-Tec rifle, getting a few jams, but still having fun.
I do some shooting with the M1, and notice that one of the AR's that AR-guy has is creating WAY more noise than any .223 AR I've ever fired.
My curiousity is piqued and I wander over during the next cease fire and ask what AR-guy is shooting. He answers in an English accent that it's a .50 Beowulf. (see www.alexanderarms.com). We talk for a while and it turns out that he is an employee (maybe owner?) of this company and is checking out these rifles for malfunctions as part of warranty work on them. We talk about AR's in general and what his company has in the works, then HE OFFERS TO LET ME SHOOT THE .50, just so he knows that the gun will function with a different shooter.
Some surprisingly mild punches to the shoulder and one big grin later, I pack up and leave. I now need to figure out a reason to get a .50 Beowulf AR.
