… it’ll cure what ails you.
Took an impromptu shooting trip yesterday with the Husband In Law, who wanted to get some practice in before weapons qualification with his employer next week. He was itching to fling some lead from his new Springfield XDM, and me, well…
… I had a handful of guns what wanted shooting.
So, I drug out the Mosin and the Bushmaster, zeroed the scope on KatyBeth’s pink Cricket .22, and brought along the yin and yang of sidearms; my Glock 17 and the High Standard Crusader 1911, because like Donny and Marie, I am simultaneously a little bit country and a little bit rock ‘n roll.
They say even a bad day shooting is better than a good at work, and by that measure, yesterday was a very good day:
One of my ten yard targets. I was grouping like that all day long. Still a little high, though. Gonna have to work on that.
At 25 yards, I was able to keep just about every round on the paper. Most of my groups could be covered by my hand, fingers held together. That won’t win any contests, but it’s definitely minute-of-bad-guy, and I’ll get better with more practice.
Even got a few good photos of the day:
Me burping my Tupperware.
The Husband In Law With his XDM. That blur you see just behind his head is the ejected brass.
Me with the Crusader, brass in the air at the top of the photo.
Husband In Law putting the Bushmaster through its paces. Afterwards, his grin met in the back. He stopped just short of offering me the Ex Wife back in exchange for it, but only because I suspect he’s hoping she’ll buy him one just like it for Christmas.
Nex trip, I think I’m taking KatyBeth out to try out her Crickett.
Remember, minute-ofbad guy is way better than minute-of-berm ANY day!
< /snark >
Or minute of airport, but that’s a different story.
On a different note, am I the only one that thinks that there’s more than a bit of resemblance between you and Husband in Law?
The word verification is tuoumpot, which I think is a Cajun dish made with rice.
“On a different note, am I the only one that thinks that there’s more than a bit of resemblance between you and Husband in Law?”
Dude! I am <>much<> better looking!
I think the tummy might be the difference in the look-alike contest. No?
When you figure out what you’re doing “wrong”, let me know where I can try it. I seem to be hitting everything low and to the right these days.
Good shooting! Figure out your natural POA, and figure out which weapon gives you that- THAT is your carry piece. And yeah, minute of bad guy works!
Keep the gun, AD!!
I’ve gone with double-actions for carry purposes so I’ve been shooting wickedly low (tend to pull down). My partner and the other guy I shoot with either cringe or laugh…. “Aim for the heart and shoot ‘em in the ‘nads”.
I still don’t do badly at 50′ though–most are on paper with my sig 9mm and I rock it with the .22 target pistol.
Been reading since you did a guest post a Crystal’s, but haven’t ever commented. Just had to find out if you’d tell me where you found a pink Cricket .22? I have a 2 year old girl that’s going to need one of those in the near future. (Never mind the fact that I bought her a pretty nice Ruger 10/22 when she was…uh…4 months gestation? Yeah. It was totally for HER.)
hydrogeek,
I got my darlin’ daughter’s pink Cricket at the local Gander Mountain. I also see them regularly at the local Evil Loophole Gunshows.
Good luck and keep up the search. The smile on her face when she opens up the box will be worth any effort.
“On a different note, am I the only one that thinks that there’s more than a bit of resemblance between you and Husband in Law?”
No. No you aren’t
Nice … very nice. I want one!
Randy – Thanks! I have to stay out of Gander Mountain as much as possible. My wallet just seems to FLY out of my purse in that place. Good to know where I can get one, though!