- Went shooting today -

[DOGolden]

I hadn't been shooting in quite some time and just needed to get out of the house, if you know what I mean? :dontknow: Anyway, the wife needed to go see her people in Charlotte {beginning to wonder if I should've gone and hit the gunshow downtown, I hear that Polish 7.62x54R was on sale} and I just had to go do my thing.

I called up Ol' Fella (Stan in SC) and told him I'd be at his house no later than 12:30. I had a few errands to run and I had to stop by Kinko's and get some targets printed {it's kinda on the way}.

Sometime around 1:30 I show up at his door :confused: . Usually I am very punctual but I like giving Stan a hard time {old people gotta have something to bitch about}. We pile in the Galant and peel out. Look out, Philson's Crossing here we come.

We get there around 2:15. Standing room only as usual {especially on weekends}. Stan introduces me to his pal Sid. Sid is shooting his m1 Garand and getting ready for the upcoming MSA shoot next Saturday. Practice, practice, practice I guess. As for me, I brought my AX1940 k98 that I will shoot this coming Saturday in the MSA Battle for Stalingrad shoot. For this event, I am shooting Turkish milsurp {yuck - but it's cheap!}. While we are waiting we are burning one :cool-smiley-1: and waiting our turn in line. Out of nowhere this BOZO shows up and sets up his m16/mp5/whatever off to the side and just starts shooting full auto as fast as he can. What a jerk. It's people like this that give shooting a bad reputation. This jerk is even shooting other people's targets on the berm. :eek:

Eventually we get our turn. I set up. Stan sets up. I brought my k98, Turkish carbine, and SAKO m39 { <-- for some unknown reason this is my favorite milsurp, ever}. We walk down range and I hang my targets {Swiss A5 target}. It's my turn to shoot and we're off and running! But before I can do my thing Sid insist's that I shoot his Garand since I've never shot one before. Go on, try it, you'll like it he says. Four out of five bullets hit a clay pigeon at 100 yards. Okay, I'm hooked. Is there a Betty Ford clinic nearby?

[DOGolden]

I start off with my k98. I'm shooting high and to the left. Eventually I am getting frustrated even with the Ol' Fella spotting for me {if you can ever get him to stay focused this is the best spotter you can ever have}. Stan {shameless plug here} breaks out his LT2 sight adjustment tool, takes off my front sight post, and puts a new higher front sight post on for me in about two minutes. Unbelievable, where was I? :grinning-thumbsup:

Stan is still spotting for me. I switch guns and start shooting the Turkish carbine which I have not shot in about five or six years. This particular Turk was the very first milsurp I ever bought. My son and I refinished her and she looks, sharp! VOOOF!! And then I switch to the m39, GGRRrrrr. Man I love that rifle. Just love her!! I was shooting the last twenty round box of that light laquered Czech surplus ammo {thank God it's gone}. Polish milsurp here I come!

Back to the k98? Okay, it probably ended up taking almost an hour or so to get most of the bullets to land in the black. I know, work, work, work, right? But with the Ol' Fella's help, his LT2 tool, and the grace of the Mauser God's we made it happen.

Ol' Fella? He and his ugly old 98/22 are just deadly. Every few minutes he would say something like: "Hey DOG, czech this out. Y'see that golf ball way down on the berm? Watch!" K-Boom! And the golf ball goes flying. :sleepy4: He does this to me all the time. His call sign used to be "Dr. Nagant" because he always did this with his beater m44's he used to have!





Here's a picture of the Ol' Fella doing what he does best, enjoy. Hmm, file is too big? CRAP! Okay, let's try this one? I'll set the picture up. I'm shooting my k98 and then the Turkish stuff does what it's famous for from time to time. You guessed it, klick. And then nothing. I rechamber the round and pull the trigger, klick again. So I pull the round out and notice something unusual about it.



What do you see? Not my lucky day. "File too big." :BangHead: What you should see is a picture of a Turkish 8mm bullet made in 1917!

[DOGolden]

How would one go about posting pix from my hotmail account to be viewed on this forum? Nevermind... :eek:

Viola? I hope this works too. I don't understand why the pictures got stored in my hotmail account under cocuments and why they're showing up at all. Usually they get stored in pictures, or so I thought. Here is the promised 1917 bullet, I hope.

[DOGolden]

I have a sneaky suspicion that none of you can see the pictures. Is this correct?

[WmRoy]

all I see is the red x:confused: :D

[DOGolden]

There's more than one way to skin a cat!!!

http://p102.ezboard.com/fparallaxscurioandrelicfirearmsforumsfrm13.showMes sage?topicID=5518.topic

Hate to do it, but what the hell? :cool-smiley-1:


I'll post the other pix when & if I can figure it out!

[Rockman]

DOG, Can't see it buddy. Something about restricted users???? Sorry about the bad news here.

[Ash]

Same here.

Try maybe opening up a Photobucket account? Then uploading your pictures and posting links/photos here? (might be a hastle though if you have alot of pictures) :dontknow:

[Stan in SC]

We had a great day!Of course DOG and I always enjoy the range.I only took one rifle and that was my 98/22 which is probably the most accurate milsurp rifle I own.And yes,it will do golf balls at 100 yards.
Speaking of which,Old DOG was in rare form with his much loved Mosin M39.He hit a golf ball twice in a row.
Despite the ass hole with the fully automatic weapons splattering everyone's target it was a good day.Did you ever have a bad day at the range as opposed to working?

[DOGolden]

That was kinda wierd wasn't it Ol' Fella? I mean, me hitting the golf ball twice in a row. Gotta run. She who must be obeyed is snapping her fingers and saying something about being hungry? :eek:

[SAC22PPC]

what a guy was hitting everyone elses targets?
now if thats not bad form i dont know what is...but it would be fun to knock the x-ring out of a buds target just to show him whos got the better gun!


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