Range Report: daily plinking

[Vaquero]

Neat one there Gene, when is the next surgery?

RP

[Sir Henry]

Neat one there Gene, when is the next surgery?

RP

I go in for a surgery follow up on my right eye on the 25th and have surgery on the left on the 30th. So far the right eye is 20/20 with a field of focus from infinity to about two feet. Closer than that and it starts to get a little fuzzy although not as bad as with distance glasses with no-line bifocals. I’m very pleased with the results.

I just stepped outside and fired another 10 rounds at 35 yards. I only hit it five times. I think I’m just getting tired

[North Country Gal]

Very nice International. What year? I've been looking for a walnut version.

[Sir Henry]

Very nice International. What year? I've been looking for a walnut version.

It’s an 822 prefix which would date it to 2013. I had an opportunity to buy a pre-warning and didn’t. I regret not buying it.

[North Country Gal]

I would regret it, too. That would be a very scarce 10/22.

[Sir Henry]

I would regret it, too. That would be a very scarce 10/22.

I was visiting a friend in Montana at the time and was leaving the next day. If it was delayed it would be a 400 mile return trip.

Todays plinker is this fingergroove sporter from 1970. It took me five rounds to get on target but the next fifteen where hits.

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[North Country Gal]

That is a very minty finger groove. Now that I have a finger groove, I really appreciate the stock. Turns the 10/22 into a very different handling rifle.

[Hatchdog]

That International is awesome, something I have always wanted. Some day maybe.

Happy to hear how well your eye surgery is coming along.

[Sir Henry]

That is a very minty finger groove. Now that I have a finger groove, I really appreciate the stock. Turns the 10/22 into a very different handling rifle.

The previous owner had it scoped and the receiver top is marred. It’s a shame because it’s otherwise unblemished. I bought two of these at the same time and the other was altered. I’ll shoot and post about the other one tomorrow.

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[North Country Gal]

That is an all too easy way to blemish a 10/22, unfortunately. Most owners just slap on a scope base without knowing how easily the finish gets scratched. Our '85 SD was that way when we found it.