Range Day - July 4th, 2011

Me, my Bride and both Girls went shooting Monday morning. I thought it was quite fitting celebrating the 4th of July by firing a few rounds.

We shot two rounds of trap each. None of us did worth a damn on the first set. This was only the second time my Bride had fired shotguns, so she gets a pass. But neither of the Girls did worth a damn either. The Little One, who is normally a very fine shot only hit about 5 clay pigeons.

On the second round, my Oldest hit about 10 in a row, but not much else. The Little One hit a few more than the first round but not much more. My Bride hit 4 or 5 in a row. I, though, shot probably the best round I have in a long time. I got 22 out of 25. It was nice to be shooting my Mossberg 500 again!

Since my Bride doesn't normally go out with the Girls and I, she hasn't seen the way they handle themselves at the range. She was amazed at how comfortable my Little One is with her Remington 870. It's a very cool thing to see.

Even though we didn't shoot great, we had a lot of good, clean, family fun. People that don't shoot are really missing out...

Range Day - July 2nd 2011

Me, Big Mullet, his Daughter and Son-in-Law headed out to the shotgun range today.

I was experimenting with my Mossberg 590A1 and trap shooting. I learned a valuable lesson. The Mossberg 590A1 is a fine combat shotgun, it's also about the best you can get for protecting your home, but it isn't worth a damn for trap shooting. I know, I know, that's not what it's designed for, but I had to give it a try. My last round I hit 13 out of 25, which, if you think about it, isn't that bad for a close range gun.

Big Mullet, as usual kicked ass. His last round he hit 21 out of 25. Not bad at all. He hit 19 out of 25 on the next to last round.

Big Mullet's Daughter didn't shoot. She is a crack shot with an AR-15 though.

Her husband is an NRA pistol instructor and also teaches Concealed Carry classes. Today, though, was his first time shooting trap. He did a pretty good job though. He was firing my Mossberg 500 for two out of the three rounds we shot. I think his final round he hit 15 out of 25. Pretty respectable for his first time out.

It's funny, there is a group of guys that are always at the shotgun range on Saturday morning. They are all awesome human beings. They are quick to give a tip to improve your ability. They are eager to loan a gun to a guy in need. Just a great bunch of guys. Every trip out there is an enjoyable experience.

Today was the first time Big Mullet has been to this range. I think he will be back...

Range Day, June 25th 2011...

Me and my Little one went out to the shotgun range yesterday.

She is really getting good at shooting trap. She hit like 19 out of her first 25. I hit 20.

The second round neither of us did that great for some reason. I think she hit a couple more than I did that round.

All the old timers out there think she is awesome. Other than my girls, I have never seen a female there. The old guys all think she should sign up for the trap team at school, I have to agree. She is very competetive, so she will need to practice a lot before getting involved. She isn't always a gracious loser. We are working on that. But to keep from losing, you have to practice every chance you get.

I might start looking for a reasonably priced Remington 1100. I have a hankering to shoot some skeet. I've never done it before, but it looks like fun. And an automatic gun is the way to go. I can usually shoot two clay pigeons at a time with my Mossberg 500, but they are both moving in the same direction. Shooting two going in opposite directions would be about impossible with my current equipment...

Range Day June 17th, 2011

Me, Big Mullet, Joe Texan and our Doctor all went our to the range yesterday. It was raining when we got there so we did some pistol shooting since we could fire from under cover.

I didn't write down all the different pistols we shot, but we had a good time. I do know there were 3 .38s and a .45. The Doc brought out a couple of the .38's and the other belongs to Joe Texan. And the .45 is Big Mullet's.

After the rain stopped we moved over to a 50 yard range to shoot some good old .22. I brought out the Mossberg Plinkster. I haven't fired it since I got the scope installed. Big Mullet brought out a badass CZ .22 rifle that also has a .17 HMR barrel. We only shot .22 out of it though. Joe Texan had his Ruger 10/22 and the Doc had some really cool old .22 rifle that none of us had ever seen.

We were playing around with different ammo on Big Mullet's CZ. It's funny, I never thought much about .22 ammo. It's not like you are shooting 300 yards. But at 50 yards there was a big difference between the cheap ammo from Walmart that runs $12 bucks for a box of 500 and the more expensive Remington and CCI. With some of the costlier ammo, I put 5 rounds in a spot you could cover with a dime. It was an interesting experiment.

I got the Mossberg Plinkster sighted in. And Joe Texan broke out his .308 and got it sighted in too.

I took a few pictures, I'll try to post them up soon.

As always, we had an excellent time. Any day at the range is a good day...

A trip to the range yesterday...

Yesterday morning, Joe Texan, my Little One and I went out to the shotgun range for a while. We shot a couple of rounds of trap.

Joe Texan had never shot any flying stuff before so that was interesting. He did pretty good for his first time out. I don't think he cared much for my Mossberg 500. The first round we shot, the guy that owns the range let Joe Texan borrow his Remington 1100, but on the second round, the range guy suggested that he use my gun and I use the 1100. The reason behind this was that I shoot the pigeons much closer than Joe Texan and my Mossberg 500 will reach out a little further, because of choke differences.

I think Joe Texan is probably sporting a nice bruise today... :)

My Little One did awesome. She probably hit 17 out of her first 25 and about the same on the second round. She loves shooting the little Remington 870 Youth 20 ga.

One of the regulars at the range commented that in a year all the old guys will have to watch out for her. I was proud as I could be.

I did ok, I think I hit about 20 out of the first 25. I might have hit a couple less on the second round, and I'm not throwing the Remington 1100 under the bus, but I wasn't as familiar with it as with my Mossberg 500. There was a bit of a learning curve.

I didn't get any pictures yesterday, at the trap range things move a little too fast for much camera action.

I'm going to try to get the whole gang (me, my Bride and both girls) together with Big Mullet tomorrow for some more trap and maybe some rifle. it may be tough though, everybody has stuff going on. It might just be me and Big Mullet, that's ok too though. Any day shooting is a good day...

Range Day - May 7 2011...

Big Mullet got a new Chicken Chucker (clay pigeon thrower for you non-rednecks). This thing is freakin awesome. You can adjust it to throw all kinds of directions and elevations. You can even set it up to be able to fire what ever direction you want.

See that square tube sticking out behind the seat? It fits into a receiver hitch. So I guess you could sit in the seat and launch clay pigeons while you are driving down the road. We may have to try that. Hmmm, sounds like something Young BillyBob would have tried in about 2 seconds.

All we shot today was shotguns. Other than my M&P .40, I didn't even bring anything else. Here is our gear.

That is my Mossberg 500 on the left, Big Mullet's Mossberg 590A1 in the middle and my Little One's Remington 870 Youth 20ga on the right. We shot my 500 more than anything else. Neither of us had much luck with the 590A1 today for some reason. My Little One is sick and couldn't make it out with us, but we fired a few rounds through her gun just to make sure it was working ok, it was.

With the new Chicken Chucker we are able to send two pigeons up at a time if we want. Shooting two is a lot of fun with a pump gun. We did pretty good, but we could use a little more practice.

I have to tell you, my Mossberg 500 is a damn fine gun. Everyone that shoots it instantly falls in love with it. It is easy on the shoulder and very accurate. What more could you ask?

Here is me.

Here is Big Mullet.

Here is Big Mullet with his competition Service Rifle. We didn't fire it, but we had to check out the pull on the new trigger he installed.

We had a blast. We shot up more than a hundred rounds, probably close to 130. And went through a box of 132 clay pigeons. Any day shooting is a great day...

Range Day April 28, 2011

My Bride's youngest brother is in town this week. He wanted to go do a little shooting while he was here. I took him out this morning.

It was a beautiful day and the shooting was exceptional.

We started out with the Hi-Point Carbine. We were shooting it at 50 yards. As usual it was a hell of a lot of fun to shoot. The Brother-In-Law enjoyed it a lot.

My target on the top, Brother-in-Law's on the bottom.

Brother-in-Law posing for the camera.

After 100 rounds of 9mm, we moved over to the 100 yard range to enjoy the Olympic Arms AR-15. We fired 60 or so rounds.

Brother-in-Law firing the AR-15

We moved on the the Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine next. I think we fired about 25 rounds through it. That is enough to get used to the recoil but not enough to kick your ass.

Brother-in-Law firing the Russian Cannon.

Brother-in-Law posing with our targets. We used the same targets for the AR-15 and the Mosin Nagant. Mine is the lower, his is the upper.

After this, we moved over to the shotgun range for a little light trap shooting. Big Mullet and his son joined us. We were having such a good time I forgot to take any pictures. We were shooting my Mossberg 500, my Mossberg 590A1 and Big Mullet's Mossberg 590A1. My Brother-in-Law turned out to be pretty handy with a shotgun.

As an added treat, there were several law enforcement folks at their range, which is next to the shotgun range. They were firing full auto M4 Carbines and a few other goodies like an MP5. But as we were getting ready to leave, they asked us if we would like to come watch the sniper guy fire his Barrett .50. What do you think we said to that? Umm, we said Hell Yes! It was an awesome sight. The concussion of the first shot set off the alarm in one of the police vehicles. It was sweet...

Redneck Brand Company...

Don't forget, the folks over at Redneck Brand Company have all their stuff marked down to make way for new products.

My little Redneck loves her RBC hoodie...

Yesterday at the range...

I talked a yesterday about our family trip to the range. I got a chance to mess around with the pictures a little this evening so I thought I would post up a few.

My Bride working the Remington 20 gauge...

My Oldest getting ready to blast another pigeon.

My Little One after knocking down another pigeon.

My Bride drawing a bead on one. See the little orange dot?

Good, clean family fun at the range. I like to think they all learning skills that will help them later in life. But the way we are headed in this Country, they may need those skills to eat before long.

Range Day - April 17, 2011

My Bride, my Daughters and myself all headed out to the range today. I didn't take anything except my Mossberg 500 12 ga., the new Remington 870 Youth Model 20 ga., the Smith & Wesson M&P .40 Compact and a Taurus .380 that was on loan to my Bride from a friend.

We spent most of our time shooting shotguns. I borrowed Big Mullets clay pigeon slinger.

It took my Little One a few shots to catch on, but once she did there was no stopping her. The Older One did a good job too. And my Bride, as usual, was awesome. Everyone loved the new Remington. My Bride was only willing to shoot 3 rounds through the Mossberg. That's ok, they all did a fine job with the 20 ga.

I took some pictures, I'll try to post them tomorrow.

The pistol shooting was pretty quick We met an older gentleman and he let us shoot his Kimber .45. My Bride fell in love with it. It was the first time she had fired a 1911 framed weapon.