He requested a trip to the range. Hey good idea... I'll take the afternoon off and we'll enjoy a quiet day at the range. What do you want to shoot? "The Garand!" (apparently that was a dumb question)
We also shot a couple ePostal entries. Dang this was a tough target! I had a near miss on a bomber but the thin white line rules against the hit. All my targets scored nil, but you'll see them in the results anyway. The SCSon had a couple hits.
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PPS. The green strap across the SCSon's back in the above pic is a bandoleer of 10x 8 round Garand clips. For the sake of authenticity, natch.
If you ever get the chance take the M-1 to a rifle silhouette match - it's a real education in long range shooting.
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Eight Bangs and a PING!
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Merle -
ReplyDeleteYou shoot AT specific targets? At 11Yds I'm shooting to MISS the base! ;-)
Good on 'ya!
I should'a brought the .44. Hindsight is 20-20 :-(
-d
Yes, I did try for individual targets, which were the B-52s (I think) with but one exception. I ran out of ammo before hitting all the bombers, so I'm not sure my strategy was valid.
ReplyDeleteWell, like the old saying "aim small, miss small" but sadly it's not a sure thing!
I expected that the 44 would increase my wobble zone, as there have been a lot of times where a 44 would have made a hit, but the 38 just barely missed. So much for trying to game the system..... :(
Merle
Sounds like a great day all around!
ReplyDeleteGood day! Any day shooting a Garand is a good day though... :-)
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