Range Day April 28, 2011

My Bride's youngest brother is in town this week. He wanted to go do a little shooting while he was here. I took him out this morning.

It was a beautiful day and the shooting was exceptional.

We started out with the Hi-Point Carbine. We were shooting it at 50 yards. As usual it was a hell of a lot of fun to shoot. The Brother-In-Law enjoyed it a lot.

My target on the top, Brother-in-Law's on the bottom.

Brother-in-Law posing for the camera.

After 100 rounds of 9mm, we moved over to the 100 yard range to enjoy the Olympic Arms AR-15. We fired 60 or so rounds.

Brother-in-Law firing the AR-15

We moved on the the Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine next. I think we fired about 25 rounds through it. That is enough to get used to the recoil but not enough to kick your ass.

Brother-in-Law firing the Russian Cannon.

Brother-in-Law posing with our targets. We used the same targets for the AR-15 and the Mosin Nagant. Mine is the lower, his is the upper.

After this, we moved over to the shotgun range for a little light trap shooting. Big Mullet and his son joined us. We were having such a good time I forgot to take any pictures. We were shooting my Mossberg 500, my Mossberg 590A1 and Big Mullet's Mossberg 590A1. My Brother-in-Law turned out to be pretty handy with a shotgun.

As an added treat, there were several law enforcement folks at their range, which is next to the shotgun range. They were firing full auto M4 Carbines and a few other goodies like an MP5. But as we were getting ready to leave, they asked us if we would like to come watch the sniper guy fire his Barrett .50. What do you think we said to that? Umm, we said Hell Yes! It was an awesome sight. The concussion of the first shot set off the alarm in one of the police vehicles. It was sweet...

Range Day - April 2, 2011

Me and my Youngest went out to the range today. We shot the Mossberg Plinkster .22, the Olympic Arms AR-15 and the Hi-Point Carbine.

She had a great time and did a fine job with all of the weapons. I was proud of my little girlie.

Here are her targets with the Mossberg Plinkster .22. We were playing around with the sights a little so we were kind of all over the place. But she was able to put some nice groups together.

Here she is with the Olympic Arms AR-15. Notice she is sporting that Redneck Brand Company hoodie. Pay those folks a visit some time. They sell some good stuff.

Here she is firing the AR-15. Notice that range safety she has going on. Her finger isn't on the trigger because she wasn't ready to shoot. That's my girl!

Shooting the Hi-Point Carbine. She was amazed at the difference in the hole size between the tiny little 5.56 and the 9mm. She enjoys the heck out of the Carbine.

Range Day 03-20-2011

It was too awesome this morning not to head out to the range. The sun was shining, about 50 degrees and not a bit of wind. I got out there a little after 9:00. I figured Big Mullet would be there, he wasn't but by the time I had my first targets set up he came pulling in the gate. He was out to help out with some maintenance stuff on the 500 yard range.

I started out shooting pistols. I fired the Smith & Wesson M&P .40 Compact and the Hi-Point C9 9mm. I haven't fired the Hi-Point C9 in a long time so I started with it. My first magazine was way left. A few adjustments later it was better but still not great. I didn't take enough 9mm ammo to get it sighted in perfect, but it will do for now.

I'm trying out some new stuff on the pistol shooting. A different grip and stance. I'm getting used to it, somewhat, and I can see the benefits, it's just going to take more practice.

Here is my target from the pistol shooting. Left side is Smith & Wesson, right side is Hi-Point...

After leaving the pistol range, I caught up with Big Mullet and we went to the 50 and 100 yard range to fire my Olympic Arms AR-15. I set up a couple of targets at 100 yards.

I'm not a big scope guy, but I'm kicking around getting one anyway. I've gotten to the point where I need glasses to see up close but can still see far away. If I wear the glasses shooting I can see the front sight post but I can't see the target. If I don't wear the glasses I can see the target but no the front sight post. What a mess. It makes for some interesting targets. I can get all my rounds on the paper, but my ability to make good groups isn't the same as it used to be. This is my first set of targets.

Here is my sweet spotting scope that My Bride got me for Christmas. I'm liking the heck out of it. It's as good as standing right in front of the target at 100 yards.

Here is the Olympic Arms AR-15, Barska Spotting Scope and Magpul PMag. Gotta pimp everybody that makes going to the range so much fun. Almost forgot, can't see them in this picture, but it wouldn't be the same without Birchwood Casey Shoot N C targets.

Here is the view from the shooting station. 50 yard and 100 yard targets.

Here are the four targets we shot at 100 yards. The top two and the bottom right are mine. Bottom left is what Big Mullet was shooting at.

This is a close up of Big Mullet's target. He was able to put together a couple of nice groups. This picture shows an outline of his last three rounds, all within an inch. Not bad at all...

The fourth round is the one at the bottom right corner of the black square and the fifth on of the lower two. He kind of pulled that last one.

All in all it was a good day of shooting. I think my membership at the range is going to be a good investment.

Range Day 3-11-2011

We knew yesterday that the weather was supposed to be awesome today, so we planned a trip to the range. This time of year we live for opportunities to get out and shoot for a bit.

We started out sighting in Joe Texan's new Savage .308. We tried last time we were out but the store gave him the wrong scope mounts when he bought the rifle, so he had to get a new set. With the old mounts the scope was looking at the sky while the barrel was pointed at the target. Not good. It's a good looking gun, it shoots nice too. It will make a nice hog hunting rifle.

Here is Joe Texan putting a few rounds down range after we got it dialed in.

I got to fire some rounds out of my Olympic Arms AR-15. It is really a nice shooter. I only fired from 100 yards but all the rounds were in the black and a few of them were in the red. Open sights from 100 yards for a guy with eyes as old as mine, all in the black is a good thing.

Here I am, Billybob, taking a shot.

Big Mullet brought out his new AR-15, if you can call it that. Sure, it shoots a 5.56 round, but this thing is so far beyond an AR-15 that there really is no comparison. This is the first one he built himself. He did one hell of a fine job on it. He doesn't mess around with 100 yards anymore, he heads straight for the 300 yard targets. He can usually put 10 rounds in a two inch circle at that distance. With the 35 mph winds today and a 69 gr. bullet, he was lucky to put them on the target at all. He still managed a 3 inch group with 10 shots.

Here is Big Mullet sending a round down range.

We moved over to the 50 yard range after all that fun. Joe Texan wanted to try out the scope on his Ruger 10/22. He was also itching to fire my Hi-Point Carbine. He has seen it before, but never had an opportunity to fire it.

The 10/22 sighted in fairly easy. Joe Texan and Big Mullet got it on target quick and we were shooting some nice groups in no time.

Joe Texan enjoyed the hell out of my Hi-Point. I have a feeling he will wind up with one sooner rather than later.

The picture below is a target Joe Texan and I were sharing. The A circle is his group with the Hi-Point Carbine and the B circle is my group with his 10/22.

He was shooting a little right and I was shooting a little left, but the groups are incredible. His is a ten round group and mine was 12 rounds  I think.

The next picture is my target with the Hi-Point Carbine. I was shooting quick. This is two magazines, 20 rounds, and they are pretty tight for the most part. I had one or two fliers. If you notice, behind my target is a silhouette target. All of my rounds would have been head shots if I were using that target.

It was a beautiful day, it was a little windy, but no way I am going to complain. It wasn't that long ago that we got an 18" snow. I will take a 68 degree, windy day any time over that snow crap. It was good to get out and do a little shooting. A day at the range is the best therapy you could ever ask for. Doctors should prescribe it...