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Nothing like a precision air rifle/pistol to tell you the truth.
Pa,
My 10-meter hallway quickly converts into my in-door .177 off-hand range. No ordinances governing in-home pellet discharge, also no excuses.
I'm not (yet) worthy of an Anschutz 2013:
A contributing member of USA Shooting - for the US Olympic Shooting Team.
June wound up being my second trip to NoDak/SoDak. In May, I started in NoDak around the east side of TRNP and worked down to Wall, SD before heading home. Winds were blowing a steady 20-30MPH with gusts to 40MPH and 50MPH, so ethics held shots down to under 250 yards (holding 4 minutes into the wind at 100 yards with .223). It also became clear that the poodles aren't really up that early in the year. But scouting was done, zeroes were confirmed, new loads were checked, beer was drunk, rare grass fed beef was consumed, etc.
The 110 .357RemMag load (chronoing 2025FPS muzzle out of 12" T/C Contender with iron sights) took poodles out to (lazed) 136 yards and laid them out as if they had been dressed. Very impressive. Also fun.
Our problems with our "hosts" in SoDak developed as they insisted on putting us repeatedly on the same small and shot-out towns. In May, we shot only two days. In June, we shot one day and then left after the guy was rude to Mike when Mike stopped by to tell him one of his bulls had a banged up leg. By then, my development of places we could shoot without paying had taken us out of our "host's" clutches.
Last day shooting in SoDak was on BLM land north of Sturgis. We got put on a town and my section had targets out past 800 yards. Plenty of chance to try out the new .243AI and compare it to the .22-250; it adds about 200 effective yards and shoots as well as the old boy can hold. Some vary satisfying DRT thumps out past 700 yards. Good to have both rifles, however, as both rifles heat up quickly. The .223Rem still remains, IMHO, the best general purpose poodle rifles and you can do a lot worse in .223Rem than a Tikka G3, Rem 700, or accurate heavy barrel AR.
My 10-meter hallway quickly converts into my in-door .177 off-hand range. No ordinances governing in-home pellet discharge, also no excuses.
My ten meter fault line is off the arm to the loveseat (especially when there are spaniels on it ) in the corner of my office with trap in the reloading room through the "quartermaster's room". I have an RWS Diana Model 75 (left handed) and a RWS 6M to keep me humble and honest. They do.
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Doing my duty . . . . the way I see it.
"The trouble with most people is not what they don't know, but what they know for certain that isn't true."
Mark Twain
It remains very unsettling that five highly educated, intelligent jurists sitting on our highest court, and having given their oath to uphold the Constitution, "find" that the Second Amendment does not provide an individual right and offer a "balancing" test unlike anything used for any other Constitutional right or protection to sidestep the majority's decision in the first gun rights case to reach the Court in 70 years. We did not win this one by much and 5-4 is way too close for an primary individual liberty and protection the Founders put second only to freedom of religion and speech. More like we just dodged a bullet.
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Doing my duty . . . . the way I see it.
"The trouble with most people is not what they don't know, but what they know for certain that isn't true."
Mark Twain
I've started looking at guns lately, as my roomy is HEAVILY into guns. He has a PLETHORA of handguns, and the one that interests me most is his COP Pepperbox:
It's the one he usually carries around (has a concealed weapon permit) and is pretty sharp looking. The difference between his and the one pictured is his has better looking wood for his grip.
__________________ Nate
Music -> Amp -> Headphones
"I want a nightclub on my head." :basshead:
mr_baseball: I guess times have changed and Head-fiers are getting laid like champs now. (Except I seriously doubt that's the case given all the anime and computer related threads around here..)
The fact that he uses that as a carry piece should worry you. Jeez, anything smaller than .380 ACP is not an acceptable defensive round.
And Old Pa is right, except it's no mystery why five highly educated and intelligent jurists sitting on our highest court questions the Second Amendment. They're merely trying to further the power the government has over its citizens. Removing the fail-safe of the Second Amendment would be the first major step toward an authoritarian state.
Right, not supposed to get political here! Oops. Anyone who wants to continue this line of discussion can feel free to PM or IM me.
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The fact that he uses that as a carry piece should worry you. Jeez, anything smaller than .380 ACP is not an acceptable defensive round.
And Old Pa is right, except it's no mystery why five highly educated and intelligent jurists sitting on our highest court questions the Second Amendment. They're merely trying to further the power the government has over its citizens. Removing the fail-safe of the Second Amendment would be the first major step toward an authoritarian state.
Right, not supposed to get political here! Oops. Anyone who wants to continue this line of discussion can feel free to PM or IM me.
Well, he has literally over 100 handguns. Most mainly vintage and collectible. But honestly, you carry a gun to protect yourself. And for a concealed weapon, it does just that. It's small, well concealed, and to the typical idiot on the street, it's pretty intimidating having FOUR barrels pointed at you. You don't carry it to absolutely demolish whatever it is you shoot. It's designed for immobilization and self protection, not murdering somebody on a whim. And a couple shots with that (heck, one or any gun really), I think will bring most anybody to the ground. Maybe in not in as brutal a fashion, but immobilize you none the less.
And that, is about all I know about guns, lol. Well, I can take apart and clean and fire a 9mm pretty damn well because of military service, but I don't know anything else.
__________________ Nate
Music -> Amp -> Headphones
"I want a nightclub on my head." :basshead:
mr_baseball: I guess times have changed and Head-fiers are getting laid like champs now. (Except I seriously doubt that's the case given all the anime and computer related threads around here..)
) in the corner of my office with trap in the reloading room through the "quartermaster's room". I have an RWS Diana Model 75 (left handed) and a RWS 6M to keep me humble and honest. They do.
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