Here's a blast from 2010:
I met my new friend Jennifer
at the Wet Bunny Range for a few hours of sending bullets, large and
small, downrange. It was nice to have a shooting buddy for a change, and
she's delightful company.
I
had spent the summer working on my rifle skills, at the expense of
pistol practice, and it showed. The ammo I purchased last week seemed to
be reloads, and they were definitely hotter than your UMC hardball ...
and a bit smoky, too.
Since
I hadn't practiced for awhile, my first several magazines' worth was a
bit of spray & pray. My initial groups were about 5" (at 10
yards). Like I said, it wasn't good at all. The quality of the
handloads was uneven, and some produced quite a bit more recoil than
others. Nevertheless, I had the groups down to 3" after a bit of
concentration. Okay, some were 3.5". When I muttered about not being
any good today, Jennifer was kind enough to say, "But he's still dead."
Have I mentioned I like her? She's very polite, you see.
Afterward,
we stopped at Borders* for coffee and had a nice chat about all
matters great and trivial, and then wound up at Sportsman's
Warehouse, looking over black powder supplies. She expressed interest
in the possibility of building a long-rifle (flintlock, of course) from a
kit. Since that's something I've done, she also made me promise to help
with hers. Sounds like fun.
So it was a good day, with
good company. We decided it was the first monthly meeting of the
Alaska-Bloggers-Who-Sometimes-Write-About-Guns-and-Who-Have-Friends-and-Acquaintances-in-the-South-and-Midwest.
Or something like that.**
*While
taking this picture outside of Borders, a guy walked up and asked
if I am "one of those Google guys." He thought the panoramic views of
the Chugach Mountains would make a great feature. He was right.
**Okay, the name needed a lot of work. We were new at this, 'kay? Besides, Jenny's long since moved far away, and
2 comments:
Aww... I miss that. That was a good day.
Thanks for the memories! :)
(Am I the only one that saw the box of .22 in the photo and thought... "oh... those were the days?" )
Hi, Jenny - Iwas hoping you'd see it. Now we're only 20 miles from the Birchwood Range, so trips are becoming more regular, but I miss the after-shoot coffee.
Believe it or not, .22 is starting to trickle back onto the local shelves. Federal, Armscor, Remington, and a couple of other brands. And the prices are not too bad, either. Need to come back to AK to re-stock? :)
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