Blowing away fruit and cans with .223/7.62 ammo is kind of an oxymoron with "cheap" these days. Blowing up cans with water in them, or still pressurized, was something we did a lot of just to see the explosion, but you go through them really fast. Soup cans last the longest against plinking ammo. Depending on how good/bad a shot you are you could go back and forth shooting at a can at 50 yards standing up without a rest. Little competition to see who can hit it first. Im fucking terrible at free hand shooting rifles.
Which model did you get? I have a 9mm Taurus that I use as my CCW, it's proved to be a pretty nice gun.
Good fucking times. Spoiler Sadly it's not my gun, but we were shooting clay pigeons at 300 yards and then busting up whatever pieces were left and then further fragments if possible. It's a .308 so with the muzzle brake, it's a puppy to shoot. The AK was a blast. Couldn't hit shit with it, but I can work with the stock and make it more controllable. I also beat my friend and his AR (turns out he pieced it together himself) at an offhand clay shooting challenge with my 10/22. We'll see how he does after some more practice with it.
The .40 cal is a PT 24/7 Pro DS (I think that's the model number?) Bought one of these for the rail underneath, and I don't regret it for a single second. Expensive as hell? Yeah, it hurt ($150). Works? You better fucking believe it. For all practical purposes, the light is going to be used to -- literally -- light up varmints at night. But the .40 is also a home defense weapon, and the sales guy said the light could "blind intruders." Like a less-than-lethal weapon. Me being idiot me, of course I had to test it out on myself first.... it worked. Suffice to say. It causes a noticeable amount of discomfort (your eyes actually hurt), and you can't see "normal" for at least a minute or two.
I kind of thought that's what you probably went with. I have a 9mm Taurus PT 24/7 Pro Sub compact. It's a pretty good gun, and I used to carry it all the time. (Can't now that I'm in WI.) Enjoy it man. 40cal is a good round. I have a Baby Eagle .40 and it's the best shooting pistol I own.
Yeah I put about 50 rounds through it today. Really feels nice. A lot less recoil than I thought, which in turn makes it more accurate than I thought. Just the mechanics of shooting it, though, are really different because I was raised with rifles and shotguns. I'm used to working on my breathing and sighting a far-off or moving target, vs. focusing on pulling the trigger through the shot and making sure I have a solid stance... I know that'll come with time, though
Not to be mean, but if you relate recoil to accuracy in hand gun... you need to do some more ball and dummy drills. First thought going through your head when shooting a pistol should be "front sight, front sight, front sight." That's probably the biggest difference between rifle and pistol shooting; where you focus your eyes. After that is not reacting to the shot, ala ball and dummy drills.
I'll be going to my 5th shooting class since my first one last year late June. Scheduled for the 11th-13th of March. Pretty razzed about it.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=217459779#PIC" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... 459779#PIC</a> Don't care if it's not practical or tactical. It's shiny, silver, has a triangular hand guard, and I fuckin' want it right now. I know there's AR enthusiasts out there that must be shitting bricks over these kinds of gaudy modifications, but I just really like chromed and nickel plated things. Also, nickel is pretty resistant to corrosion. This thing might actually make sense on a marine craft. What do you think?
What sort of class is it? How many total rounds do you need? I started working on something last night and continued tonight that I haven't heard of before, but it surprises me because it's a simple solution to someone who needs to make a stock as light as possible. Most, if not all, trigger guards are made out of aluminum or steel... so here's one out of carbon fiber. The one I made last night is crude and ugly, but I could stick it to a stock right now and it would work. I drew up an improved version tonight and took the time to make the exact mold. The best part- everything I'm using is scrap material, so it's not really costing me anything but time. Spoiler This is what I made last night. This is the profile of version 2.0 minus mold construction notes. This is how it ended up. Scribbles around the drawing are possible inlets or flanges. The mold. Have I mentioned this isn't rocket science? Wood dowels and scrap blocks bonded with super glue and gaps filled with Bondo. I formed the bottom with Bondo and shaped the curve with a thin plastic ruler like a screed with two 1/4" blocks on both sides as a mold. Now it's time to wait. The water A. compresses the carbon fiber into the mold and B. keeps everything hot, which maximizes the strength of the epoxy.
Oh I like that. Especially because the finish is somewhat matte, not as bright and blingy as I expected. Looks similar to Ruger's Target Grey finish. Come to think of it... you could just apply a special finish to any AR-15 receiver or parts or have it water-transfer-printed to get the same effect. Or you could just do it yourself. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/electroless.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/electroless.htm</a> Worth $1900? Performance and value is more important to me than a low s/n or early model, unless it's ancient. I'd build up a rifle and have it finished up however you want, or have it done to any of your own guns.
This'll be my 3rd carbine class, the 2nd of which for me will have transitions to secondary. Here's a link to the class and the requirements. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.eagtactical.com/coursedetails.asp?ListID=5" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.eagtactical.com/coursedetails.asp?ListID=5</a> Here's a link to the other outfits I've had great classes with. <a class="postlink" href="http://jedburgh-usa.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://jedburgh-usa.com/</a> - Pistol Gunfighting 1 and Carbine Gunfighting. JD knows his shit and is fluid in a way I can only hope to achieve. The Carbine gunfighting class I had with these guys this past January had an unexpected bonus of us being able to do a shoot house. I was able to do it twice, once with the carbine and once with the handgun, both times with an instructor trailing you. Total mindfuck in that by the time you're done, you're breathing hard and hyped up on adrenaline - brings to home that every hallway, doorway, and window is a place to die and that bad guys can be in the most unexpected places and that clearing a structure by yourself sucks in so many ways. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.combathard.com/default.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.combathard.com/default.asp</a> - The Federal Air marshal who was our head instructor was a hard shooting dude who gave me a different perspective on pistol gunfighting, especially when applied to the environment he's expected to work in - very close quarters and from seated positions engaging multiple threats. I expect that I'll be training again with Jedburgh sometime this year, definitely again with EAG since Pat's got a class scheduled for December out in Columbia, SC, and whoever else I can afford to go to.
More gun porn. Spoiler There's a very good chance these hunks of wood will arrive at my door in the near future to be split and laminated and turned into fancy target rifles.
More gun porn, because all the cool kids are up late working in their shop. I'm installing the checkered steel buttplate mostly by hand. Rasps, chisels, and a Dremel with a sanding drum at the edges. In the end the wood and metal will have a perfect flush fit. <a class="postlink" href="http://northernriflestocks.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/installing-a-checkered-steel-buttplate/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://northernriflestocks.wordpress.co ... buttplate/</a>
At this point I keep the butt on the stock while sanding so the seam stays perfectly flat and tight. Spoiler
Finally took the plunge and bought a stag AR from a buddy. He paid 1000 and put 200 worth of stuff on it but i got it all for 800. Cant wait for warmer weather to go out and lay some waste with this bad boy!
I got the ball rolling on that custom AK-47. <a class="postlink" href="http://northernriflestocks.com/2011/03/10/laminated-black-walnut-ak-47-stock-set/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://northernriflestocks.com/2011/03/ ... stock-set/</a> Am ready to inlet a pair of laminated curly maple and cherry 10/22 stocks for benchrest shooting. <a class="postlink" href="http://northernriflestocks.com/2011/03/10/laminated-maple-and-carbon-fiber-benchrest-stocks-ready-to-inlet/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://northernriflestocks.com/2011/03/ ... -to-inlet/</a> Aaaand am piecing together a pair of ultra-light cedar and carbon fiber stocks for my Suhl 150 to help it make a weight class. <a class="postlink" href="http://northernriflestocks.com/2011/03/10/cedar-and-carbon-fiber-10-5-class-suhl-150-stocks/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://northernriflestocks.com/2011/03/ ... 50-stocks/</a>
The lightweight carbon fiber and cedar Suhl stocks are getting a strip of another kind of cedar laminated to the underside of the fore-end to make it deep enough to accommodate for the Suhl 150's big trigger assembly. Since the stock is comprised of two parts (one main beam and a keel to form the butt), the maroon (Eastern Red Cedar, actually) will run the entire length of the stock. Fuck yeah maroon and gold.