Range Report: daily plinking

[Vaquero]

Sounds lije a good morning there Gene.
I got out for a few minutes here a little bit ago.
Been sprinkling and drizzling rain off and on today.
Left eye was a little blurry, but I still managed a decent group.

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Just had one sandbag sitting on the arm of a chair. The loner on the RH target was the first shot.
A couple guys and I were talking about shooting ambidextrous, and I haven't done any in a while so I pulled out the ole M60 and gave it a go.

RP

[North Country Gal]

Those old 67s and 68s are about as good as it gets in a single shot bolt 22. Great work, Gene.

[Hatchdog]

Sounds lije a good morning there Gene.
I got out for a few minutes here a little bit ago.
Been sprinkling and drizzling rain off and on today.
Left eye was a little blurry, but I still managed a decent group.


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Just had one sandbag sitting on the arm of a chair. The loner on the RH target was the first shot.
A couple guys and I were talking about shooting ambidextrous, and I haven't done any in a while so I pulled out the ole M60 and gave it a go.

RP

Interesting, I’ve never tried left hand shooting other than with a handgun in drills. My son is left handed and when I see him shoot it’s just wrong.

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[Sir Henry]

I can shoot left and right handed equally bad. I’m left eye dominant but have floaters in my left eye. I can shoot faster right-handed because I don’t have to wait for the floaters to clear.

[North Country Gal]

I am cross eyed dominant, meaning I am right handed and my left eye is dominant. I've always managed to shoot rifles and handguns right handed, though. Just a matter of adapting as needed. In fact, when shooting handguns, I can switch between my right eye and left eye in a single shooting session.

[Sir Henry]

I am cross eyed dominant, meaning I am right handed and my left eye is dominant. I've always managed to shoot rifles and handguns right handed, though. Just a matter of adapting as needed. In fact, when shooting handguns, I can switch between my right eye and left eye in a single shooting session.

I’m naturally left-handed and left-eyed. Shooting rifle right handed and eyed is actually quite easy. Pistol is a whole different ballgame. I can shoot pistol okay as a righty it’s the magazine changes that kills me.

I’ve shot revolvers two at a time before and it was easy going back and forth as I alternated shooting.

[CT_Shooter]

I am cross eyed dominant, meaning I am right handed and my left eye is dominant. I've always managed to shoot rifles and handguns right handed, though. Just a matter of adapting as needed. In fact, when shooting handguns, I can switch between my right eye and left eye in a single shooting session.

Me, too. Right handed, left eye dominant.

I can't quite bring myself to shoot left handed (rifle or revolver) and I don't shoot nearly as well as you do, but I do shoot well enough to be satisfied by my results most of the time. I'm my only competition, so I'm just happy with the sport, regardless.

[North Country Gal]

Same for me. I really am my only competition, but I do push myself pretty hard.

[Vaquero]

I'm in no competition with anyone and never have been.
But, I have been in situations where being able to shoot left-handed was much easier than trying to turn all the way around to get a shot right-handed.
I've killed several deer shooting LH.

RP

[Sir Henry]

I'm in no competition with anyone and never have been.
But, I have been in situations where being able to shoot left-handed was much easier than trying to turn all the way around to get a shot right-handed.
I've killed several deer shooting LH.

RP

I like shooting left and right handed at the same time as in Ma Deuce.

[Vaquero]

[Sir Henry]

I can’t believe I haven’t plinked in two weeks. Sometimes I get so busy working on the place. This morning I thought I would honor our fallen by exercising a right many of them fought for.

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The yellow rocket is filling in nicely to prevent erosion.

[fortyshooter]

Let the lead fly!

[fortyshooter]

M-1 Carbine plinking fun in Honor of Memorial Day. https://youtu.be/4hya3VVvsUU?si=lykuPUM6jK-9niWS

[North Country Gal]

Good way to spend Memorial Day. I'm overdue to step out on the deck for some plinking.

[Sir Henry]

M-1 Carbine plinking fun in Honor of Memorial Day. https://youtu.be/4hya3VVvsUU?si=lykuPUM6jK-9niWS

Great sound when you hit steel. Looks like you put in some fresh gravel.

[Sir Henry]

Good way to spend Memorial Day. I'm overdue to step out on the deck for some plinking.

You have had several range reports since my last one.

[fortyshooter]

M-1 Carbine plinking fun in Honor of Memorial Day. https://youtu.be/4hya3VVvsUU?si=lykuPUM6jK-9niWS

Great sound when you hit steel. Looks like you put in some fresh gravel.

That was back in 2018 and the early days of my range setup and that was 40 tons of large and small gravel to keep me out the mud. Rainy today so no range time

[Sir Henry]

It’s been way too long again. My garage project is time consuming but now that the pad is complete and the concrete poured I have a few weeks till the building gets started.

This is the first time I’ve shot at traps on the new berm. It’s beside the new garage and a better summer range. This is from 50 yards.

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A slight telephoto from 50.

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The traps are just dug into the slope.

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This is a telephoto view from 100 yards. I need to either place more traps higher and to the left or put up a deer stand. I plan on making one big enough that four people can shoot from. It won’t be used for hunting, just target shooting.

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[North Country Gal]

That's quite the operation you have going there, Gene. So, you have two berms, now?