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Any chance of space for two more? We don't need camping space, if that helps. Tickets are sold out on the EventBrite page.
Wife is out for Sunday due to last minute fall from work.
I'm 100% in for Saturday. Showing up with the ruger American bolt.
Going to Walmart tonight to buy some more essentials.
Will be a good time. I wanna learn that's the biggest thing for me.
If I shoot 5 rounds or 500 I don't care. I wanna learn. Get a lot of info that I can practice later.
I plan on being there around 815-830. I already have an "outfit" picked out lol
Any chance you may wanna reply to my PMs?Awesome! We look forward to the weekend! Really appreciate you accomodating us!
Look for a yoga mat; they're perfectly serviceable as shooting mats. (and they're good for lying on when you're working under your car, too. )
I found an extra wide yoga mat on Amazon, about six inches wider than what you normally find. The extra width definitely helps with comfort over the course of a day.
How much?
i got a camping mat from Walmart for $14.97 (yoga mat was same price but this looked much better quality). It felt very good getting on and off of it on a bed of gravel.
Any new riflemen today?
I must say a massive thank you to Matt and Mike for running a great class both days.
Of course to the Hopkinton club that allowed us to go there.
I had a blast, learned a lot. Shot over 1200 rounds during the weekend (bolt action).
Showed up Saturday, great weather, light wind and sun. Met everyone. Set up.
Being a dummy I brought few different types of ammo instead a ton of ONE.
I was also the only dummy to show up with a bolt action.
Step up by step I kept learning and shooting better n better.
Towards the end of the afternoon I shot a 208 but I was rushing since I had a bolt action. I ended up with an extra 30 seconds. Knowing I had time I was ready to go at it again.
I shot 206 and 205 back to back but then the day ended.
Went home, talked to the wife and go the ok to return for Sunday as I really wanted that patch and title.
Went in today, with a clean gun. Shot the practice redcoats everything was spot on. Then we took the squares out. I was expecting that I'd be all over the place since people told me the gun will shoot weird but this happened View attachment 182530
pretty good group. We were done with practice/warm up and the qualifying targets came out.
First two I shot were completely crap. I started thinking that my breathing is wrong or that my shoulder had too much.
The issue with the bolt action wasn't the reloading. It was that I had to take a hand off and as a result
100% of the weight and balance was on my left shoulder... Yes the one I broke and dislocated in August. Needless to say this class is NOT for broken bones lones. After resting, taking advil, eating I kept shooting like crap.
Instructors noticed and the mentioned that my scope may have came loose and moved. I didn't even that could have happened. Little I knew, went to check and my scope could freely move and it had moved backwards a full inch.
I was pretty frustrated and ready to go home.
But Matt was kind enough to let me borrow his 10/22 to shoot for the rest of the day. It was a lot of fun to shoot. On my way back I stopped at dicks and ordered a 10/22 lol
unfortunately my shoulder had enough and I just couldn't shoot above 205 again.
But I met some great people, shot more in a wekeend than ever before, learned how to properly shoot, had tons of fun and learned some American history.
Agains thanks guys for a great experience.
Been there, done that. Blue Loctite is your friend.Instructors noticed and the mentioned that my scope may have came loose and moved. I didn't even that could have happened. Little I knew, went to check and my scope could freely move and it had moved backwards a full inch.
I was pretty frustrated and ready to go home.
But Matt was kind enough to let me borrow his 10/22 to shoot for the rest of the day. It was a lot of fun to shoot. On my way back I stopped at dicks and ordered a 10/22 lol
unfortunately my shoulder had enough and I just couldn't shoot above 205 again.
But I met some great people, shot more in a wekeend than ever before, learned how to properly shoot, had tons of fun and learned some American history.
A weekend of Appleseed is definitely good for loosening screws. By the end of my first one the screws holding my rear Tech Sight had backed out and the whole mount was wobbling all over the place.
The second weekend taught me that my eyes can't always focus on the narrow front post of the Tech Sights anymore and I need to either buy a fatter post or suck it up and mount a scope.
as they say, a rifleman persists.
I saw a lot of scoped rifles on this past weekend. I myself used a 3x magnifier for much of the 2 day course. I'm curious to know what magnification everyone else was shooting at?
I saw a lot of scoped rifles on this past weekend. I myself used a 3x magnifier for much of the 2 day course. I'm curious to know what magnification everyone else was shooting at?