Range Report: daily plinking

[Vaquero]

Well, it's made it's way up to 2° from the -3 it was when I woke.
I just came back in from the deck, had the ole Marlin 89c out there spinning one target and and slapped a couple of the smaller gongs. Only missed once out of the seven I sent across the yard.

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[Hatchdog]

Well, it's made it's way up to 2° from the -3 it was when I woke.
I just came back in from the deck, had the ole Marlin 89c out there spinning one target and and slapped a couple of the smaller gongs. Only missed once out of the seven I sent across the yard.

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RP

Not only are you embracing Sir Henry’s daily plinking you also are embracing his temperatures. Holy cow!

[Vaquero]

Well, it's made it's way up to 2° from the -3 it was when I woke.
I just came back in from the deck, had the ole Marlin 89c out there spinning one target and and slapped a couple of the smaller gongs. Only missed once out of the seven I sent across the yard.

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RP

Not only are you embracing Sir Henry’s daily plinking you also are embracing his temperatures. Holy cow!

He can have his weather back, I'm ready for the free trial to be Over.

RP

[Sir Henry]

Well, it's made it's way up to 2° from the -3 it was when I woke.
I just came back in from the deck, had the ole Marlin 89c out there spinning one target and and slapped a couple of the smaller gongs. Only missed once out of the seven I sent across the yard.

20240117_072043.jpg


RP

Not only are you embracing Sir Henry’s daily plinking you also are embracing his temperatures. Holy cow!

He can have his weather back, I'm ready for the free trial to be Over.

RP

Surprisingly this -10 degrees is warmer than last year. The coldest I’ve seen it here was my first winter here when it was -29F with high wind. It was cold enough even the long time residents didn’t venture out.

Keep plinking!

[North Country Gal]

Vaquero, that Marlin 89 is a great old semi-auto 22 not often seen, these days. We have a Remington 550-1 which my husband inherited. It's another one of those all steel and walnut post war semi-autos. Fine old gun.

[Vaquero]

Vaquero, that Marlin 89 is a great old semi-auto 22 not often seen, these days. We have a Remington 550-1 which my husband inherited. It's another one of those all steel and walnut post war semi-autos. Fine old gun.

Thank you NCG, I found this is one a few years ago while working in a small town about an hour north of us.
I like stopping in the gun and pawn shops whenever I can, especially when out of town. On the way back to the job from lunch, I mentioned to my buddy that I work with, pull in and let's have a look.
I'm a sucker for inexpensive 22's after chatting with the owner a bit. He says I have something in the back you may be interested in, says he was thinking about taking it home himself. After looking it over, I see both front and rear sights are missing also the mag. But it does have this nice semi-period correct Weaver Marksman 4× scope. I asked how much? He says $100, I said sold. That afternoon on the way home I found a 7 rd. Magazine for $50. It is quite a shooter also. Research shows they were made from 1953-61, then the ole M60 emerged.

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[North Country Gal]

Love those old school walnut and steel 22s. Does the Marling shoot only 22 LR? Our 550-1 shoots S, L and LRs. Back during one of the ammo shortages when it was getting tough to find 22 LR, we pulled out the old 550-1 and shot up some of the 22 Shorts we had in stock. Kind of fun shooting 22 Shorts in a semi-auto.

[Sir Henry]

Love those old school walnut and steel 22s. Does the Marling shoot only 22 LR? Our 550-1 shoots S, L and LRs. Back during one of the ammo shortages when it was getting tough to find 22 LR, we pulled out the old 550-1 and shot up some of the 22 Shorts we had in stock. Kind of fun shooting 22 Shorts in a semi-auto.

During the shortage of 08 no one wanted shorts and I bought two cases of them. I still have around 3,500 of them. They were my main round until I rediscovered standard velocity.

[North Country Gal]

22 Shorts can be very accurate in the right gun, usually guns that are chambered specifically for 22 Shorts. Some of my 22 LR chambered guns like them, too.

[Vaquero]

NCG, the 89 is a long rifle ammo only. I do have an old Marlin Ranger bolt action that'll shot all three.
Also, I'm thinking I tried some shorts in the old trainer, but I'm not sure.
I do have a few hundred still around here, I'm going to try it and see.
Shooting shorts out of the long barreled Ranger is fairly quiet, I've louder air rifles.

Edit; no the shorts will not work in the trainer.

RP