Took a newbie to the range

[natedog]

Last month, I took my long time friend to the range. It was his first time shooting rifles and shotguns. We all had a great time, and he was able to hit the 200 yard gong with my M-1 3/8 offhand the first time he touched the rifle! Here are some pics:


Workin' out the M-1


Lean into it, bro!


Nice glasses....

 

[Henry Bowman]

Cool! and good on 'ya!

BTW, those "brass bonnets" look like a PITA.

 

[entropy]

Great! Well Done. That's how to do it, one new shooter at a time! Gotta like the grin on his face!

 

[Duke of Lawnchair]

Nate's the one grinnin'.

Unless you count the blank stare of the other lad as a grin.

j/k Nate!

By the way, job well done.

-Jim

 

[TCW]

What's that large square thing hovering in the first picture? Kinda creepy...

 

[Ivy Mike]

I remember my first time shooting skeet...I got whacked with a round clay disc.

I really do enjoy it now though.

 

[Dmack_901]

What's that large square thing hovering in the first picture? Kinda creepy...

It is the government's Firearms-Monitoring-Device. It records, and IDs anyone with a gun, and cannot be seen with the human eye. A camera however can detect it presence.

 

[oneshooter]

It's a MUTANT ZOMBIE detector. ONLY Mutant Zombies can see it!



Well?


Oneshooter
Zombied in Texas

 

[entropy]

Good ones!

It looks to me to be a brass (and en bloc clip) deflector, held up by a single post directly behind Natedog's head. Sorry. I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

BTW, I'm watching Patton on Bravo, lots of M1 Garands. ANd M48 Patton tanks that are supposed to be PzKw III's or IV's.

 

[Taurus 66]

TCW originally wrote: "What's that large square thing hovering in the first picture? Kinda creepy..."

It's an oversized square clay pigeon heading straight for him. Being a newbie and all, even he couldn't miss something that big, but it's looking pretty close at this point and his aim's still too low. Ooowooh! That's not good.

"BOOM!!! ... THWAP!!!"

 

[natedog]

Nope, you're all wrong- I'm balancing that on my head while taken aim to show how steady I am