Alt. title: Sometimes I'm so smart I amaze even myself...
Okay, so gunnie newz got me down. Gunnie newz gets me right back up. Started thinking of ways to get out of the funk when it hit me like a thunderclap: Plan the first range trip to the new gun club!
New gun club has three ranges: A rifle range with 50 and 100 yard stations; a pistol range with 21', 50', and 25 yard stations; and an indoor pistol-only range that goes out to 50'. The pistol range is limited to lead bullets only, as the backstop is a large, angled steel plate, meaning that I'm more or less limited to .22LR and .38 special (no Magnums, unfortunately).
Given that I don't care for cleaning too many guns at once, I'd like to keep it to 4 or less. So with that in mind...
Rifle range: Easy. I have a new variable power scope (3-9X) on the Remington 511 that I have yet to sight in. Figure I can spend a pleasant half-hour or so getting it set up for 50 yards right there. If I get really motivated, I could sight in the VEPR at 50 yards, too; although I think the Russian scope that came with it should be replaced anyways...
Pistol range: Sig 226 and Colt 1991A1. Too easy. Neither got shot at the Bloggershoot, and they're still even in the case.
Indoor range: Here's a toughie. Limiting me to .38 special (because I'm a cheap bastard and don't want to drop big $$$ on .44 Special wadcutters) doesn't cut down on my choices all that much, since I have close to a dozen guns chambered in .38 special or .357 Magnum... I'm thinking it might be nice to use this as a defensive/carry gun exercise, so the Model 38 or the Snubbie From Hell™. Then again, seeing Mike's new wheelgun makes me hanker to take the Model 19 out of the safe, too... The Security Six got some good trigger time at the Bloggershoot, standing in as Lissa's first centerfire pistol (and first Magnum!), so I'm all set there. I've only had a chance to shoot the Colt Lawman once, and that should be rectified post-haste as well...
Decisions, decisions...
That is all.
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I vote for the Snubby From Hell. Just 'cause.
I *am* leaning more towards a defensive arm for the indoor range, so that really narrows it down to the SfH or the 38. And I shot the 38 more recently...
Jay, off-topic (apropos your comment at Tam's) you crack me up.
"I am Shiva, destroyer of Teletubbies!"
And back on-topic, the problem with the Snubbie from Hell is that any gun with a space-age picture of an atom on it should have a set-it-to-stun select somewhere. Just sayin'.
ted - I think the atomic thingy is pretty cool, actually. Plus I totally want to read a range report that says, "OMG, OUCH." Because that'd be funny.
Access to 50 and 100yd rifle range now, eh? You oughta check out the Gun Blog Rifle League.
http://gunblogrifles.wordpress.com/
Breda oughta to, now that she's had a hint of 10/22 goodness.
Ted,
Keep up the wisecracks and I'll make you shoot the Snubbie from Hell™... ;)
Breda,
No danger of that. I am well-aware of the OUCHIE factor of that particular arm... With .38 special loads, though, it's nowhere near as formidable...
BillH,
I need to get a suitable longarm first. Might be time to get off my ass and get an AR-15...
Or an M1A...
It must be nice to have enough guns that you've got to make difficult decisions on which ones to bring to the range.
I'm jealous.
uhhh...
Let's just leave it that, using my "four guns" criteria, I'd be set for quite some time...
Like, well into 2009 going once a week...
Hey, the "snubbie from Hell" ain't too bad with 38 specials, Now with 357 mags you'll be lucky if the barrel isn't pointing at you by the time you finish the wheel. Phew !
P.S. just got my New Hampshire carry card yesterday. It was approved on June 6, 08. Buracracy reigns supreme. Well at least I was legal.
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