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Today has been the first time in about six months that I made a trip to the range. I had some new pistols I wanted to try and my M1 Garand was finally coming out of it's case to shoot for the first time since I got it at about this time last year. I also had to get a red dot mounted on my AR-15 (the boresighting will be next week see below) and start planning to get my act together to get back to shooting there more often.
The range was busy for a Sunday. I arrived just after opening and there already waits for lanes. Turns out someone scheduled two License to Carry Shooting Qualifier classes at the same time. Then there were groups of people there using a Groupon that the range had set up.
I could drag this out into some long spheal about my time at the range, but that would be boring. Instead, let me nutshell it for you.
I have a Springfield XD 45 that I was going to use as my carry gun, but after its poor showing I'm going to give it one more box of 50 and then decide to either ditch it or keep it. Part of it's poor showing may have been the fact that I was tired after about four hours of sleep and had forgotten all about the basic stance, grip and things of that nature when shooting handguns after six months. I may need to take a basic handgun class again at the range just to get back to normal.
I determined that I'm either going to need to get some work done on the front sight of my CZ 52. That front sight post is very narrow and my almost 42 year old eyes are not able to see it that well. I still like the 7.62 x 25 cartridge and don't see it becoming a safe queen any time soon. Can't dry fire practice with it though because the firing pin is too fragile.
I also finally got off my ass and took my Garand to the range. It was a thing of beauty once I figured out that you needed to take the safe off when you load the clip (not magazine, clip) I only brought five of them and it worked well. I've also got to practice loading those clips though because I had the bolt stick halfway closed, and that was square on me and my not checking to make sure all the ammo was seated properly. The upside was no Garand Thumb. Plus I have a new catch phrase when I shoot it. At the last shot I call out "Here comes the ping." I think I may make that my catch phrase in general.
The range was busy for a Sunday. I arrived just after opening and there already waits for lanes. Turns out someone scheduled two License to Carry Shooting Qualifier classes at the same time. Then there were groups of people there using a Groupon that the range had set up.
I could drag this out into some long spheal about my time at the range, but that would be boring. Instead, let me nutshell it for you.
I have a Springfield XD 45 that I was going to use as my carry gun, but after its poor showing I'm going to give it one more box of 50 and then decide to either ditch it or keep it. Part of it's poor showing may have been the fact that I was tired after about four hours of sleep and had forgotten all about the basic stance, grip and things of that nature when shooting handguns after six months. I may need to take a basic handgun class again at the range just to get back to normal.
I determined that I'm either going to need to get some work done on the front sight of my CZ 52. That front sight post is very narrow and my almost 42 year old eyes are not able to see it that well. I still like the 7.62 x 25 cartridge and don't see it becoming a safe queen any time soon. Can't dry fire practice with it though because the firing pin is too fragile.
I also finally got off my ass and took my Garand to the range. It was a thing of beauty once I figured out that you needed to take the safe off when you load the clip (not magazine, clip) I only brought five of them and it worked well. I've also got to practice loading those clips though because I had the bolt stick halfway closed, and that was square on me and my not checking to make sure all the ammo was seated properly. The upside was no Garand Thumb. Plus I have a new catch phrase when I shoot it. At the last shot I call out "Here comes the ping." I think I may make that my catch phrase in general.