Just had a blast shooting today...

baddarryl · August 25, 2013, 06:17 PM

After getting rid of the kids and finding a morning to myself I managed to hit the range this morning. I had some work to do. Shoot some clays to prep for dove season with a new gun. Sight in 3 rifles for Appleseed and maybe my deer rifle. Well I got there and the rifle range was closed for maintenance so I hit the skeet range and didn't shoot that well for some reason. Left for lunch as the 'it'll be open in 30 minutes' turned into over an hour. Came back and put Tech Sights on a new Marlin 795 and sighted it in. Found I didn't like the trigger much, but was still impressed with one ragged hole. Then I sighted in my Marlin 981T bolt action as a back up to use with CCI standard velocity if I have to. Those Tech Sights had me as accurate at 25 yards as the scoped 981T. Impressive. Then a guy let me shoot his 1941 M1 Garand which was way cool. Then finished off by running a few rounds through the AR......... all under a cool for August Carolina sky. No time for the deer rifle.

This is what shooting is all about for me. Getting away for a few hours and having that buzzed feeling from doing some cool stuff, and accomplishing a few things. Just wanted to share.

shortwave · August 25, 2013, 07:17 PM

Sounds like you had a great day. Much envy.

I spent the day cutting/splitting wood.

Bout seven more chord and yours truly will be set for winter.

Gster · August 25, 2013, 07:41 PM

Sounds like you did have a good time. I got out to my range today and fired a few hundred rnds. through my 1911 and SR9c. It was a beautiful day for shooting for sure.

August 25, 2013, 06:17 PM	#1
baddarryl Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2011 Location: Cape Fear! Posts: 1,683	Just had a blast shooting today... After getting rid of the kids and finding a morning to myself I managed to hit the range this morning. I had some work to do. Shoot some clays to prep for dove season with a new gun. Sight in 3 rifles for Appleseed and maybe my deer rifle. Well I got there and the rifle range was closed for maintenance so I hit the skeet range and didn't shoot that well for some reason. Left for lunch as the 'it'll be open in 30 minutes' turned into over an hour. Came back and put Tech Sights on a new Marlin 795 and sighted it in. Found I didn't like the trigger much, but was still impressed with one ragged hole. Then I sighted in my Marlin 981T bolt action as a back up to use with CCI standard velocity if I have to. Those Tech Sights had me as accurate at 25 yards as the scoped 981T. Impressive. Then a guy let me shoot his 1941 M1 Garand which was way cool. Then finished off by running a few rounds through the AR......... all under a cool for August Carolina sky. No time for the deer rifle. This is what shooting is all about for me. Getting away for a few hours and having that buzzed feeling from doing some cool stuff, and accomplishing a few things. Just wanted to share. Last edited by baddarryl; August 25, 2013 at 06:24 PM.

August 25, 2013, 07:41 PM	#3
Gster Senior Member Join Date: September 2, 2012 Location: N.central Pa. Posts: 302	Sounds like you did have a good time. I got out to my range today and fired a few hundred rnds. through my 1911 and SR9c. It was a beautiful day for shooting for sure. __________________ Gun control means: Being able to hit what you are shooting at.

August 25, 2013, 07:17 PM	#2
shortwave Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2007 Location: SOUTHEAST, OHIO Posts: 5,970	Sounds like you had a great day. Much envy. I spent the day cutting/splitting wood. Bout seven more chord and yours truly will be set for winter.