Patriot
NES Member
Wow! What a beautiful afternoon to spend at the range. Cool, no bugs,
a few people. I decided to make this a Boom and Bang afternoon followed
some .22 cal fun.
First thing I decided to do was to break out the ol' '06 and give her a little
loving. Shot her a little during the NES shoot but she had her feelings hurt
by all the BIG IRON at the shoot and was sulking in the corner of the safe.
So I took her along with her little brother, the SBHH .44 Mag, so she wouldn't
feel alone.
I had some left over M2 Ball from the NES shoot (6 rounds) so I decided to rid
the ammo case of this and loaded up three rounds. I touched off the first round
and the magazine release popped open and the other two rounds came
tumbling out of the magazine. I also got some blowback in the face which has
never happened to me before with any gun. I didn't think too much of it at
the time so I closed the magazine and inserted the remaining two rounds
and shot them. After I touched off the two rounds I looked at the cases
and this was what I encountered with the first case:
I checked the rifle out and all looked OK. The remainder of the rounds were
OK as well.
The rest of the afternoon went a lot better. There's something about
shooting Ruger 22 rifles and pistols occasionally that's a lot of fun.
a few people. I decided to make this a Boom and Bang afternoon followed
some .22 cal fun.
First thing I decided to do was to break out the ol' '06 and give her a little
loving. Shot her a little during the NES shoot but she had her feelings hurt
by all the BIG IRON at the shoot and was sulking in the corner of the safe.
So I took her along with her little brother, the SBHH .44 Mag, so she wouldn't
feel alone.
I had some left over M2 Ball from the NES shoot (6 rounds) so I decided to rid
the ammo case of this and loaded up three rounds. I touched off the first round
and the magazine release popped open and the other two rounds came
tumbling out of the magazine. I also got some blowback in the face which has
never happened to me before with any gun. I didn't think too much of it at
the time so I closed the magazine and inserted the remaining two rounds
and shot them. After I touched off the two rounds I looked at the cases
and this was what I encountered with the first case:
I checked the rifle out and all looked OK. The remainder of the rounds were
OK as well.
The rest of the afternoon went a lot better. There's something about
shooting Ruger 22 rifles and pistols occasionally that's a lot of fun.
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