Being Friday the 13th, I was expecting to have a bad day....But I got out of work and headed up to Daves on 125 in Plaistow. Its about 2 minutes from my house. I was making my first pistol purchase. I used to shoot 3pos smallbore but have recently moved to the free state here in NH and my trigger finger has been itchy ever since.
I went with a .22 semi pistol. I had thought about a glock or such, but after a lot of thought, I wanted to just run some lead through a gun and get as much trigger time as possible. I like the idea of going through a 500 rounds of ammo and not even sweating the cost.
I went with a Ruger MkIII "Hunter". Its all stainless with a fluted barrel, adjustable fiber optic sights. It had a nice feel to it in the shop, pointed nicely, I liked how it looked for a target gun, so i went with it! It comes with 2 mags, 6 different fiber optic inserts for the front sightand a weaver stlye rail that i was pleased to see.
On my way home from the shop, i stopped by the police station and my pistol permit had also come in! Killed two birds with one stone!
I gathered up my stuff and headed up to manchester firing line. I am now a member at Plaistow fish and game but I am qualifying for indoor pistol on wednesday and cant use the pistol range solo until I can prove that I can hit the paper
Side note: MUST get my MA nonresident LTC....i had to pick my way through NH all the way to manchester befcause all the main roads pass through MA and I dont want to risk the hassle/problems that would come from being pulled over with it in the car in MA.
I went through 500 rounds of varying .22 ammo. I had a mix of old .22 and a few different boxes of new stuff. The gun didnt suffer a single misfire or mechanical burp the entire time. It was crisp and smooth from the first round to the last.
I hadnt shot a pistol in maybe 7 years so I had a great fast heartbeat session as I loaded up the first ten rounds. After that, all the muscle memory began to set in from smallbore and I was havin a blast!
Well without further ado...Heres a pic of the gun and one of my 50ft targets..i think theres 40 rounds in it...not too shabby for a first outing with a new pistol and 7 years off trigger time! I should be able to squeeze my group in considerably with some practice.
I went with a .22 semi pistol. I had thought about a glock or such, but after a lot of thought, I wanted to just run some lead through a gun and get as much trigger time as possible. I like the idea of going through a 500 rounds of ammo and not even sweating the cost.
I went with a Ruger MkIII "Hunter". Its all stainless with a fluted barrel, adjustable fiber optic sights. It had a nice feel to it in the shop, pointed nicely, I liked how it looked for a target gun, so i went with it! It comes with 2 mags, 6 different fiber optic inserts for the front sightand a weaver stlye rail that i was pleased to see.
On my way home from the shop, i stopped by the police station and my pistol permit had also come in! Killed two birds with one stone!
I gathered up my stuff and headed up to manchester firing line. I am now a member at Plaistow fish and game but I am qualifying for indoor pistol on wednesday and cant use the pistol range solo until I can prove that I can hit the paper
Side note: MUST get my MA nonresident LTC....i had to pick my way through NH all the way to manchester befcause all the main roads pass through MA and I dont want to risk the hassle/problems that would come from being pulled over with it in the car in MA.
I went through 500 rounds of varying .22 ammo. I had a mix of old .22 and a few different boxes of new stuff. The gun didnt suffer a single misfire or mechanical burp the entire time. It was crisp and smooth from the first round to the last.
I hadnt shot a pistol in maybe 7 years so I had a great fast heartbeat session as I loaded up the first ten rounds. After that, all the muscle memory began to set in from smallbore and I was havin a blast!
Well without further ado...Heres a pic of the gun and one of my 50ft targets..i think theres 40 rounds in it...not too shabby for a first outing with a new pistol and 7 years off trigger time! I should be able to squeeze my group in considerably with some practice.