Shooting in the Desert

snubbyfan · March 2, 2017, 08:11 PM

Did some plinking today in the desert surrounding Las Vegas. Temp around 70 degrees with no wind...perfect. Set up targets at 25, 50 and 75 yards, using a Browning Buckmark ,22lr.

Ramey · March 2, 2017, 10:10 PM

You guys out in the BLM states sure are lucky

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snubbyfan · March 3, 2017, 01:00 AM

Yeah, but sometimes you need to make your own luck. I left the East coast 30 yrs ago and headed West, fed up with the congestion and lousy weather.
Make it happen!

ThomasT · March 3, 2017, 11:46 AM

Thats fantastic. I wish I could have been there with you.

JWT · March 3, 2017, 11:51 AM

Great places to plink. Just wish everyone would pick up their brass and not leave a mess. Most do, but a few don't and that gets the enviros and anti gunners stirred up.

FITASC · March 3, 2017, 01:15 PM

Vegas is nice....now. Get out of there about June, though - even Northern NV can get a tad warm in the summer.......and it doesn't matter if it's a "dry heat" - 115 is still hot!

mete · March 3, 2017, 02:01 PM

Sand is very abrasive !! Clean guns very thoroughly. Empty cases will pick up sand and that will quickly wear out even carbide dies !!! Wash them before they get near dies !

March 2, 2017, 08:11 PM	#1
snubbyfan Member Join Date: September 1, 2016 Posts: 65	Shooting in the Desert Did some plinking today in the desert surrounding Las Vegas. Temp around 70 degrees with no wind...perfect. Set up targets at 25, 50 and 75 yards, using a Browning Buckmark ,22lr. Last edited by snubbyfan; March 2, 2017 at 08:22 PM.

March 3, 2017, 01:15 PM	#6
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	Vegas is nice....now. Get out of there about June, though - even Northern NV can get a tad warm in the summer.......and it doesn't matter if it's a "dry heat" - 115 is still hot! __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 3, 2017, 02:01 PM	#7
mete Senior Member Join Date: June 14, 2004 Location: NY State Posts: 6,575	Sand is very abrasive !! Clean guns very thoroughly. Empty cases will pick up sand and that will quickly wear out even carbide dies !!! Wash them before they get near dies ! __________________ And Watson , bring your revolver !

March 2, 2017, 10:10 PM	#2
Ramey Member Join Date: December 1, 2016 Posts: 60	You guys out in the BLM states sure are lucky Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

March 3, 2017, 01:00 AM	#3
snubbyfan Member Join Date: September 1, 2016 Posts: 65	Yeah, but sometimes you need to make your own luck. I left the East coast 30 yrs ago and headed West, fed up with the congestion and lousy weather. Make it happen!

March 3, 2017, 11:46 AM	#4
ThomasT Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,753	Thats fantastic. I wish I could have been there with you.

March 3, 2017, 11:51 AM	#5
JWT Senior Member Join Date: March 16, 2007 Location: Southern Arizona Posts: 3,888	Great places to plink. Just wish everyone would pick up their brass and not leave a mess. Most do, but a few don't and that gets the enviros and anti gunners stirred up.