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A Day At The Range/Gun of the day
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So back on topic! Went to a friends house for a visit and ended up at a USFS range for some play time. Zeroed in his 1952 .30-06 Winchester and his Ruger American .308. I took the little Taurus and put it through its paces at 30 yards. Not great but I accounted for 49/50 on an IDPA target. It's a shooter! I am not... Still pushing the gun 
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So back on topic! Went to a friends house for a visit and ended up at a USFS range for some play time. Zeroed in his 1952 .30-06 Winchester and his Ruger American .308. I took the little Taurus and put it through its paces at 30 yards. Not great but I accounted for 49/50 on an IDPA target. It's a shooter! I am not... Still pushing the gun
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Ummm...what are those little dot things outside of the red square in the center of the target?
It was about 20 degrees with a few inches of snow. Half a dozen of us still got together for a few rounds of skeet.
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You sir are my new hero!
And I'm not above stealing firearms from my heroes! That's a beautiful picture of a BEAUTIFUL gun my friend.
Yeah, I don't believe I've ever seen anything like that on any target I've ever shot!Ummm...what are those little dot things outside of the red square in the center of the target?
Of course, I rarely even damage a target! But my son shot my buddy's rifle last month. First time he'd held a gun in three years and hit the bull first shot. Then repeated it. Dang kids got better eyes than Ted Williams!
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I dont know if being too dumb to get in outta the cold is heroic....lol.
Thanks for the compliment on the Browning. I really enjoy that gun. I probably shoot 700 to 1k shells out of if a month. Here it is a few months ago when I tore it down for a service. It was time for a lower firing pin. I really like the engraving. The other side is a different scene. It's kinda ornate on all the metal work.
I'm a simple man, but that to me is ART. Remember when those guns were what everyone wanted their guns to look like? Character.
I agree. I consider it art. I like them with engraving and a nice wood.
I had an Astra A100 in .45 ACP. In my hands it was a tack driver. I shot better with it than my HK USP in the same caliber.So on another board a member was talking about introducing a young couple to some different handguns and the young couple really liked several but were disappointed to learn that none of the models were still being made. One such example was the Astra 75 which was a great smaller 9mm SA. That reminded me of what is perhaps my favorite 9mm, my Star UltraStar. It's another very short lived model that never really sold well, an early Polymer framed single stack compact.
The model used stiffing ribs in the polymer frame as well as steel inserts for slide/frame interface and feels much like an all steel frame in stiffness. It has an extremely low bore axis compared to some other similar sized guns I owned like my Sig P225 and the predecessor of the SA XD series the HS2000.
Star & Sig P225:
Star & HS2000:
Star and SigPro:
Star and my S&W 469 (the original factory compact WonderNine):
Just for fun I searched IMDB (Internet Movie Data Base) to see if one had ever been used in films and sure enough one was used in the 2006 Casino Royale; BUT, the image they included is of my UltraStar.
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Neat!
Another weekly RO match today, shot my 1911 .45 ACP. Stiff competition today, but I was the highest scoring with iron sights, even beat a few shooters with optics.
In full disclosure, I came in 5th out of 17 shooters, some of whom are serious regular USPSA competitors, something I haven't done in a long, long time. I was shooting a stock gun against Open class "race guns", so I feel pretty good with my performance. Perhaps when I retire and no longer have to work weekends I'll be able to compete again.
Ruger 10/22 from the bench, 50 Ft. smallbore target shot at 50 Yds. Best 10 out of 12 unofficially scored 92/100. Needs work, but not too shabby. This is potentially for our Range Officers Quarterly "postal" match. Shoot on your own, honor system. I have until the end of the month to submit a better target.
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Above target officially scored a "93". I'm in the lead but my competitors are nipping at my heels! I'd better shoot a few more targets just in case.
Today was snowy and rainy. Seemed like a perfect time to do some plinking. I took a 1960's Marlin 39A to the range to bang some gongs and swing some swingers.
Nice looking rifle.
I remember those Marlins. Yours is a beauty.
Ran the Wizard today cold. Pushed the first shot way right in the headbox chasing a sub second draw (ended up being 1.14). Ran the rest with not drama, every other stage under 2.2 sec. Only shot 15 rounds of 38 special today considering its unobtainium right now. Got the sub one second I was chasing after getting warmed up (.98).
Also worked on some emergency reloads and slug changeovers with the Beretta.
Also worked on some emergency reloads and slug changeovers with the Beretta.
Todays RSO revolver match. Starting position is 18 yds from the center target. On the beep, engage the center target with two rounds, then advance to the fault line and engage the other two targets from between the two blank target stands, one strong hand only, then switch to weak hand only for the third target. A fast time was about 10 seconds. I came in 2nd. We're a sedate group, most of whom are retired. I'm trying to move the group to more dynamic shooting!
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Got my Beretta with the new barrel fitted back from Beretta Dallas. It's blued instead of chromed and I like the look.
AND the barrel has rifling. The original barrel was as smooth bore as a shotgun while the new barrel may even make the gun more accurate. Since it was never meant for other than BBD shooting the old smooth bore was still functional but I feel better with the new one.
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AND the barrel has rifling. The original barrel was as smooth bore as a shotgun while the new barrel may even make the gun more accurate. Since it was never meant for other than BBD shooting the old smooth bore was still functional but I feel better with the new one.
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