After action report -- Northern Virginia shoot!

[Mike Irwin]

Those of you who weren't there missed a FUN TIME!

We started off by meeting at Bull Run around noon. Nine total, I believe, with one member showing up later after negotiating one of Northern Virginia's all-too-common traffic jams...

A lot of you have seen the crowing I've done about how well I can shoot wobble trap... I regularly run 22/23 out of 25 in that event.

Well, wobble was jammed today, so we shot 5-stand, which is a sporting clays type game done in a limited space venue, but with really challenging shots.

I got a SEVERE spanking! 8 of 25 the first round and... er... 4 of 25 the second round!

Well, after that we adjourned for a late lunch and then hit the NRA Range for some rifle and handgunning.

Some neat guns, but I think MaxKnight's father Chris wins the neatest gun of the day award! A limited-edition Pedersoli copy of a Remington Rolling Block in .45-70, done up Creedmore style with the heavy wood and Creedmore tangent sight. I would LOVE to get that thing out to a range and work it through its paces from 100 to 1000 yards!

Penguin also brought a very sweet stainless Beretta 96 in .40 that's been worked over. The first time I shot one of those, and it was well worth the experience. EXCELLENT trigger, nice sights, recoil wasn't bad, and as an added exta, Crimson Tide laser grips.

To those of you who didn't make it...

 

[MagKnightX]

MagKnightX, not MaxKnight, actually, but close enough.

And given that it was my first time on a shotgun, and that I had never even heard of five-stand before, I did fairly well. 7/25 on the first round, and 9/25 on the second. My father got 5/25 first and 1/25 second, and my brother got 7/25 and 6/25.

The NRA range was possibly even better. Penguin's Beretta was, as stated, VERY fun, and I was able to fire 2 1911s one a SA Mil-Spec (Mike's) and one a SA Loaded, I believe (I forget who had that, a SIG in .45, two .357 mag revolvers, one a Ruger Blackhawk and one a S&W 19, both owned by the same person with the Loaded. Also tryed a Walther PP in .32 and somebody's .44 Mag, which seemed to kick less than the 1911s, and finally, an M1 Carbine. Everybody got a turn on my P99, and some people got to use the 10/22. A fun day for all!

 

[David Park]

After coming home, I cleaned my handguns while watching the commentary track on the Legally Blonde DVD. Is that allowed, or will I have to turn in my NRA range card?

MagKnightX, the SA Loaded and the revolvers belonged to Mr. James, but the SIG .45 was mine. We were just sharing the same lane.

 

[XLMiguel]

I need a green-eyed jealous smilie.

I had to suffer through Patuxent River Appreciation Days in Solomons MD, with fried oysters, clams, crab soup, pit BBQ, cold Bud, and other goodies. Bought a few chances on a canoe, fishing rod/reel in support of local service clubs. NOt too bad, but was more in teh mood to make some joyous noise with a little torque and recoil. I'll get by . . .

 

[chaim]

After coming home, I cleaned my handguns while watching the commentary track on the Legally Blonde DVD. Is that allowed, or will I have to turn in my NRA range card?

Hmm, I think you can be an NRA member and gun owner and watch "Legally Blonde". However, I must ask, how long 'till the sex change operation?

Unless of course, you were watching it at the insistance of a member of the "fair" sex.

 

[David Park]

chaim, I'd already seen the movie 3 times on cable, but I'd just bought the DVD that day so I wanted to check out the special features. I watched the movie again yesterday with my mom.

I did try to balance it out by buying the We Were Soldiers DVD.

 

[sm]

Mike,
It's not your fault, but you have answered a question that has been bugging me.
Where in heck did some those shells go I reloaded without shot? Darn things show up in the darndest places. And NO I don't want them back...darn things still show up for me...even found some in factory loads...go figure.

 

[chaim]

I watched the movie again yesterday with my mom.

Hmm, I guess that is ok (almost).

Now if you watch it because you like to watch the star that might be ok too- I've watched my share of "chick flicks" for that reason before. I've seen some pretty bad movies because they have Sandra Bullock or Minnie Driver in them (though I certainly haven't seen all their movies).

I did try to balance it out by buying the We Were Soldiers DVD.

In that case you are still a member of the brotherhood. You gave me a scare though.

Anyway, I'll get off this now since it is way off topic.

 

[David Park]

I think I scored 7/25 both times on 5-stand. However, I think I managed to get both clays on a rabbit-high house simul, which was my best shot of the day. 5-stand was fun, and seemed easier than sporting clays even if my score was no higher.