RE: Competition time
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OK. I'm going to start at the start. That picture of Faith is just bad ass. Beautiful woman, beautifully dressed, with a business looking rifle in hand. And she's not holding it like Trump held the bible, her right index finger is straight out, she knows what she's doing. Amazing photo, really.
I like that you get a chance to play a little. That ought to be fun. I like the set up of your gang, too. It's one of the things I always liked about Trap Shooting. Guys are always ready to volunteer to make sure the event runs smoothly. I've even climbed in a house or two to set birds manually if needed. A task that is usually reserved for smaller, younger people :)
My experience with .22 LR is that manufacturing has everything to do with how things work. Magazine issues and stovepiping on a semi auto generally are 'mass production' issues, I think. I owned a Colt Woodsman for better than 30 years and put over 10,000 rounds through it. I had one stovepipe and I figured it was a bullet problem. I also owned a Ruger Mark 1 for quite a few years. It was built for competitive shooting and it was just buttery with mag changes.
I'm going to have to get my trap gun out and take a few pictures and write a post. Just for no other reason than to get your reactions. It has a couple of surprises....
Thanks mate...Faith hates me taking photos of her...Always has. I get away with it sometimes though and yeah, I think these came out well. She knows her way around a gun and trigger discipline has been drummed into her by yours truly and so hand her a gun and she'll know how to hold it, and probably shoot it too! I'll pass on your kind words.
We have a pretty good crew, the core group of these events. There's 7 of us and we rope in helpers along the way as it's really a heap of work. I usually don't shoot as its all about the competitors but this time...The location is spectacular and the stages will be pretty good so...I'm in.
The last time I shot at this location was June 2019 when I shot a three gun event there which was cool so it'll be good to go back, shoot, sit around the fire at night and talk shit.
On the .22LR issues...You're correct of course, although I see so many people blow stages in this comp due to mag-feed issues. If I have a smooth run with this 515 I'm top 5 straight away, and even accounts for the fact I'll drop points on the longer range stages due to having no magnification on the red dot.
Anyway, should be a good weekend and I'll need a break by then you know? From all the stuff going on.
Do a post in The Pew on your trap gun!
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