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Saturday at the shooting range was not what we expected
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| 04/29/2013
| Brimmer Sherman
Posted on 04/29/2013 10:37:33 AM PDT by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh
I'm a little torn. I'm glad that they went and had a good time. That's a start; education is the best way to get people over irrational fears.
But, the article reads like a 30-year-old metrosexual wrote it, giggling like a 12-year-old girl the entire time.
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posted on
04/29/2013 11:03:40 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: Capt_Hank
“I still havent reloaded the brass. I have another 350 rounds, ready to rock and roll.”
Let me know what time you are going to be there so I take a prozac before I arrive. :-)
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posted on
04/29/2013 11:05:13 AM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Georgia Girl 2
I do like your tag line. I see that you are very serious. My kind of woman.....!!!!
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posted on
04/29/2013 11:06:51 AM PDT
by
Capt_Hank
(btu's...kcal's...to kJ's, but my activation energy is still high.)
To: saganite
Let’s all sing!
“Homo On The Range”
To: aimhigh
Someone who is not familiar with firearms should NOT go shooting by themselves.
Someone competent needs to be there to teach them and for basic safety.
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posted on
04/29/2013 11:08:32 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do ithat when I have a fire.)
To: Joe 6-pack
I have a .454 Casul.
Once had the local police instructor scream “Holy S$%T!” when I blew up a milk jug at 50 yards.
One of these days, I will shot .45 LC in it. Just to see how it feels!
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posted on
04/29/2013 11:09:15 AM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: Thane_Banquo
“.22 special? Never heard of it. Must be the love child of a .38 Special and a .17 HMR.”
It was similar to the .22WMR. My father had a Winchester octagon barrel pump action in .22 Special. It was hard to find ammo for it 50 years ago. He mostly used it to shoot the steer at butchering time, but he could drive tacks with it (in spite of a bulge in the barrel) on those occasions he would take it target shooting. Unfortunately, he sold it without telling me.....
To: aimhigh
“Brimmer”? Really? (Thank God for the “B”)
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posted on
04/29/2013 11:14:28 AM PDT
by
clintonh8r
("Europe was created by history. America was created by a philosophy." Baroness Thatcher)
To: aimhigh
... (Our)team consisted of Stephanie - my wife, our friend Linda - still not her real name, and me - the thirteen year old boy.Someone please 'splain this to me. Do they marry that young there?
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posted on
04/29/2013 11:15:19 AM PDT
by
TangoLimaSierra
(To the left the truth looks like Right-Wing extremism.)
To: aimhigh
“The girls each took turns firing the 9mm until we ran out of ammunition. All they could say was bigger is better and they wanted more.”
A 9mm doesn’t really “kick.” It can be best described as “jumping.” I would have liked to see them try a 357 magnum revolver. Now that kicks. I wouldn’t even let them go near a 44 mag.
Of course, there is much bigger stuff these days. Back when I first shot a handgun in the 70s....a 44 Mag was the top end and Dirty Harry was king!
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posted on
04/29/2013 11:31:40 AM PDT
by
Sola Veritas
(Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
To: Thane_Banquo
We had a .22 special rifle when I was young.
To: aimhigh
I put in error about 80 grains of black powder into a .54 caliber horse pistol once. There was a little bit of concussion to my brain upon discharge and was a little problematic holding it. All's well I suppose, I carefully measured the subsequent shots. The noise made was a very loud Boom. Others at the range were not amused though.
To: Thane_Banquo
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:02:20 PM PDT
by
hockea
(1z2z)
To: aimhigh
Interesting. He starts out by sounding like a metrosexual antigun weenie, but by the end, he sounds like a rock-ribbed NRA gun-nut.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:05:24 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
To: redgolum
A box of Hornady 300 gr @ 1500 fps in .454 Casull will rattle your neurons by the 20th round. I prefer a 200 gr at 2000 fps. Lots of muzzle flash and enough energy to send a bowling pin flying. Not nearly as unpleasant on the nerves.
If you're launching from the S&W 460 mag with muzzle comp, make sure the bullets are fully jacketed and spec'ed for the 460. A lightly guilded/plated bullet will spin the copper out the comp vents and all over your face.
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posted on
04/29/2013 12:56:25 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: aimhigh
What caught my eye was the sentence describing the gun store with "the aisles were stacked waist high with cartons of ammunition."
IMAGINE THAT!!!
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:27:24 PM PDT
by
Only1choice____Freedom
(As long as America's tolerence of failure is not overwhelmed by a desire to succeed, we will fail.)
To: Myrddin
I load with 250 grain XTP Mag's. I honestly don't do a “full house” load, as it becomes hard to control.
The 300’s make me hate myself by the end of the day.
Never shot a .460. Figured the Casul was crazy enough.
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:39:41 PM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: wbill
But, the article reads like a 30-year-old metrosexual wrote it, giggling like a 12-year-old girl the entire time. You mean, like Mark Morford?
To: Disambiguator
Miss Morford? He's a pretty low-wattage bulb.
I'd be worried if I ever saw him at a range. Would need explain which end was the dangerous one, and which way was downrange. And that's just for starters.
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posted on
04/29/2013 1:56:30 PM PDT
by
wbill
To: redgolum
The 300s make me hate myself by the end of the day.The 440 gr hardcast at 2500 ft-lbs ME in the S&W 500 Mag is really a handful. A 168 gr .308 from a T/C Encore pistol will get your attention too. Hold firmly if you won't want to lose teeth. My wife is happy to shoot a 300 gr .454 Casull in a Ruger Super Redhawk. The .308 in the T/C Encore is off her list.
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posted on
04/29/2013 2:27:35 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
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