Friday, January 02, 2009

A Day at the Range

Today was just about a perfect day to hit the range. A clear sky, a very slight breeze, and the temperature reached the mid 70's. USCitizen (from Traction Control) and I arrived first and I found a table to spread my tools of the day.


USCitizen had his own table, and I am sure he will post images of all the fun stuff he brought to the show. Other than firearms, USCitizen brought a couple of younger shooters to keep us old guys in check.


Then stringer corespondent for A Keyboard and a .45, Tony 3 Dogs, arrived with his new Remington R-15 and a few other goodies to round out the firing line.

What the heck is he shooting at?


That yellow object high in the splash is a tennis ball. Bouncing tennis balls out of the water is quite a blast, especially when you get them several stories up in the air. Sinking the tennis ball is a no no, so you want to miss by just the right amount to throw the ball high in the air.

I do believe that a good time was had by one and all.

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10 comments:

  1. Mr. Fixit7:04 PM

    That range looks familiar. Is it the location of the FAL river shoot?

    Mr Fixit

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  2. Mulligan7:19 PM

    It was a beautiful day, I wish I'd had time to go along.

    I was there in spirit while working on the car though.

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  3. John R9:23 PM

    Mr. Fixit;

    I've never been to the FAL River Shoot, this range is on Beltline off 45.

    Mulligan;

    It really was a beautiful day, there will be more.

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  4. Mr. Fixit9:25 PM

    That sounds like the one. Went there as a guest of James. That's the one Micky is on right? Bridge just to the left of where you shoot, and a 400 yd gong (old cylinder) in the bend of the river to the right.

    Mr Fixit

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  5. John R9:34 PM

    That's it. More cylinders out there now. A fun place to shoot if you just want to shoot.

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  6. John R9:44 PM

    I still have one hella lot of gun cleaning ahead of me. The Mosin Nagant took a lot longer to clean than I expected. I thought I would never pull a clean patch through that bore.

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  7. Secure11:30 AM

    That place looks like a blast. Nice blog too. Heard about it from Tony.

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  8. Frances Clements3:18 PM

    My husband and I really wanted to come to this, but we had to go pick up our kids at my mom's. It sounds like you all had a great time.

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  9. Anonymous12:47 AM

    Sorry I missed it, I had to do some tire work to my truck to get it inspected.
    GB

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  10. John R9:36 AM

    For those of you who missed it, there will be a next time.

    Secure, thanks for stopping by, let me know when you are open for business.

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