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I just returned from the range after only shooting for 15 minutes. I zeroed the rifle at the first berm at about ten yards by shooting at bits of clay. It only took three shots to get close enough to shoot at paper at 25 yards. It could have used another adjustment but I never goat that far.

My glasses broke and even though my shooting eye lens was still in tact I felt naked with no eye protection.

When I shoot I pull the rifle into my shoulder with the hand holding the forearm. The problem was when I shot that backward pull cycled the action. It kept surprising me. Then I dropped a full box of ammo and had to pick them up and wipe them off.

It just wasn’t my day and I didn’t get a single round in the 10 circle which on these 50 yard targets would have been the kill zone for a squirrel. I was using 50 yard targets at 25 yards so my shooting was even worse than it appears. The good news is the firearm performed perfectly with no jams or ejection problems.

In the end the score was Gene 0 and squirrels 10.

On days like that you just need to reset and start over tomorrow.

Small piece of Gorilla tape for those glasses and then keep on keepin' on!

days like that are all tooooo well understood .... sometimes its most certainly best to pack up and go elsewhere

Must of been the hens in a basket and bacon order that had you off guard

Sounds like a good day for coffee.

RetiredSeabee wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:25 pm

Sounds like a good day for coffee.

Coffee makes everything better.

Hmmm Im not sure I could do coffee after 3 now whiskey thats another story

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:49 pm

Hmmm Im not sure I could do coffee after 3 now whiskey thats another story

I'll second this.

Paul

BigAl52 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:49 pm

Hmmm Im not sure I could do coffee after 3 now whiskey thats another story

How about a coffee nudge?

We've all had such days. Hey, try spilling a new tin of 500 pellets in the dirt and try not to cuss as you pick them up.

North Country Gal wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:40 pm

We've all had such days. Hey, try spilling a new tin of 500 pellets in the dirt and try not to cuss as you pick them up.

Pretty sure that’s impossible.

zara_puppy wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:47 pm

North Country Gal wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:40 pm

We've all had such days. Hey, try spilling a new tin of 500 pellets in the dirt and try not to cuss as you pick them up.

Pretty sure that’s impossible.

Try doing it with broken glasses!

One of my lenses popped out. It’s funny because my planned day of shooting was with a 1 power scope and keeping both eyes open. The lens that fell out was the eye that would have been open. So the only way for me to really see was through the scope. It threw my balance off and poof went the ammo. Then I had to dig around in the dirt with one eye corrected and one not.

Yes I was speaking French.

Gene, we need to start a club. Seems like our luck runs about the same some days. But, the squirrels will live to crack another nut.