Range Day - May 7 2011...

Big Mullet got a new Chicken Chucker (clay pigeon thrower for you non-rednecks). This thing is freakin awesome. You can adjust it to throw all kinds of directions and elevations. You can even set it up to be able to fire what ever direction you want.

See that square tube sticking out behind the seat? It fits into a receiver hitch. So I guess you could sit in the seat and launch clay pigeons while you are driving down the road. We may have to try that. Hmmm, sounds like something Young BillyBob would have tried in about 2 seconds.

All we shot today was shotguns. Other than my M&P .40, I didn't even bring anything else. Here is our gear.

That is my Mossberg 500 on the left, Big Mullet's Mossberg 590A1 in the middle and my Little One's Remington 870 Youth 20ga on the right. We shot my 500 more than anything else. Neither of us had much luck with the 590A1 today for some reason. My Little One is sick and couldn't make it out with us, but we fired a few rounds through her gun just to make sure it was working ok, it was.

With the new Chicken Chucker we are able to send two pigeons up at a time if we want. Shooting two is a lot of fun with a pump gun. We did pretty good, but we could use a little more practice.

I have to tell you, my Mossberg 500 is a damn fine gun. Everyone that shoots it instantly falls in love with it. It is easy on the shoulder and very accurate. What more could you ask?

Here is me.

Here is Big Mullet.

Here is Big Mullet with his competition Service Rifle. We didn't fire it, but we had to check out the pull on the new trigger he installed.

We had a blast. We shot up more than a hundred rounds, probably close to 130. And went through a box of 132 clay pigeons. Any day shooting is a great day...

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 17, 2011

My Bride, my Daughters and myself all headed out to the range today. I didn't take anything except my Mossberg 500 12 ga., the new Remington 870 Youth Model 20 ga., the Smith & Wesson M&P .40 Compact and a Taurus .380 that was on loan to my Bride from a friend.

We spent most of our time shooting shotguns. I borrowed Big Mullets clay pigeon slinger.

It took my Little One a few shots to catch on, but once she did there was no stopping her. The Older One did a good job too. And my Bride, as usual, was awesome. Everyone loved the new Remington. My Bride was only willing to shoot 3 rounds through the Mossberg. That's ok, they all did a fine job with the 20 ga.

I took some pictures, I'll try to post them tomorrow.

The pistol shooting was pretty quick We met an older gentleman and he let us shoot his Kimber .45. My Bride fell in love with it. It was the first time she had fired a 1911 framed weapon.

A new toy today...

I told you yesterday that I went to the shotgun range and shot some trap. I took my youngest with me. She was immediately interested. I didn't think it was a good idea to let her shoot my Mossberg 500 12 ga. since she only weighs about 80 pounds. One of the other guys at the range had a really nice, older auto loader 12ga. and offered to let her try it out. She fired a couple of rounds out of it and did a great job.

I did a little checking last night on youth 20 ga. shotguns. I fell in love with the Mossberg Bantam so we took a little trip to Cabelas today to take a look at them. The guy there was a big help. He noticed that the Bantam was actually too small for her. He suggested the Remington 870 youth 20 ga. She tried it out a couple of times, back and forth with the Mossberg. He threw a Benelli into the comparison. As it turns out, the Remington was just about perfect. The Mossberg was a bit too small and the Benelli was too expensive.

She is itching to try it out. I think we will head to the range next Saturday if the weather is decent.

I'll post a few pictures in a day or two...

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.