How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
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How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
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Since it was > Gun Appreciation Day < ( according to NPR no less )
44MagHunter and I shot 22LR, 9mm, & 223 at our backyard range.
We somewhat rationed ammo, so only shot around 50 rounds each of 22LR, 9mm, & 223, but when you are more focused you probably learn more anyway.
My take home lesson was that the sling on my AR is NOT set up right...!
Since it was > Gun Appreciation Day < ( according to NPR no less )
44MagHunter and I shot 22LR, 9mm, & 223 at our backyard range.
We somewhat rationed ammo, so only shot around 50 rounds each of 22LR, 9mm, & 223, but when you are more focused you probably learn more anyway.
My take home lesson was that the sling on my AR is NOT set up right...!
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
I started loading more .30-30 ammo.
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
I pulled the bullets on a dozen 44 Russian ammo from around 1910 and put new primers in and put the original charge of 4.6 grains of Bullseye back in....gonna test & chrono em tomorrow out of a single action Colt.......I tried the old primers afterwards in a 44 Spl and they all fired but are mercuric.
I never knew about such a day.
I never knew about such a day.
Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
Yesterday and today shot 200 .22 from Winchester mod 290 and Remington model 34. Shot eggs, swinging bowling pins, plow gongs, sticks in the tank. At 2 o'clock today the first N wind hit the farm as I was loading up to leave. My son on a 2 hr walk saw a nice bodied 8 or 10 pt. Did not get around to shooting the pre model 27 due to spending to much time clearing roads. Next time. Glad I was shooting on Gun Day
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
Slow day for me, didnt shoot or load a thing but when i went to town I carried two of my pets with me
A 642 & the tiny LCP oh had a mini in the pickup
Brad
A 642 & the tiny LCP oh had a mini in the pickup
Brad
Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
Beautiful setup there AJ.
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
Put some new handles on my .327 SP101. Much, much better.
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
Does a nail gun count? Was too busy to go shoot.
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
I thought everyday was gun appreciation day.....I only fired one shot out of my SxS .410 and sent a fat rat to meet it's maker.
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
I just appreciate mine everyday, so nothing special yesterday.
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
I guess a number of us old fellers were "appreciating" without knowing it was official -- we had a "work party" at our local range and did a bunch of maintenance stuff. After raking up debris around the meeting room building I put new velcro on the long-range buffalo for holding the "hit-detect " lights (you might be surprised how hard it is to hear a hit on steel a thousand yards away when the wind is blowing wrong). Stopped on the way home and popped some tin cans with the 45. Dang, every now and then I forget what a pia it is too look for brass in the dirt and have to use the auto instead of my more usual revolvers to remind myself why I love my wheel guns. Little popper shoots good but does fling brass in several different directions.
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
earlmck, THAT is why I call semi-autos spitzenbrass! Cause they spit brass EVERYWHERE!
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
I celebrated early by going to a "Wild Bunch" match on Sunday! I shot one of my 1911s (Phillipines), 1897 (Chinese), Lightning (Italian) and capped it off with my M-1 & 1903A3 (both US), making it an international event! Nothing broke, and everything except the M-1 cycled properly, (and I'm blaming my ammo for that\)!
Six... I'm guessin' we didn't know about it because we don't listen to NPR!
Six... I'm guessin' we didn't know about it because we don't listen to NPR!
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Re: How did you celebrate Gun Appreciation Day...?
It is in my house!