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MikeH

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Spent Wednesday at the Tuskeegee National Forest shooting range. Had two new handguns to shoot for the first time and to sight in, a Walther .22 auto and a Ruger 44 Special revolver.

There were several Auburn University students in a group at the range. I had my target frame up, with four Shoot-n-See targets attached, and had filled each with my usual mediocre groups (patterns?).

I always have an additional handgun that I keep fully loaded at all times when I am at this isolated range. This day it was my SIG GSR .45. I had earlier commented to one of the students that I was more capable with the .45 semi-auto than I was with revolvers. I had retrieved my target frame and prepared to leave when I decided that I needed to shoot at least one magazine through the .45. I commented that I should shoot my .45 before I departed. My target frame being already in the truck, I needed an aiming point. On the twenty-five yard berm there was a red 12 gauge hull standing on end. Using a standing, Weaver stance I fired the first round and smacked the hull dead-center!

Now, I knew something that the students did not - that I could probably shoot all afternoon and not repeat that shot.
So I put the .45 back in the Safe-packer holster and bid them good-day.

Somewhere there is a group of young people that think that a certain gray-headed old fart can shoot a lot better than he really can!
 
Awesome! I love it when the stars align for such an occasion. Great story, thanks for sharing :thumbup:
 
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Always quit when you're ahead. Nice job.
 
Cool story, Mike! :D

That's like a perfect day fishing. You've gotta catch one on the first cast, then have enough willpower to walk away. :thumbup:
 
Excellent Mike! Very nice and I know how every now and then amazing things can happen.

I was at my range once when a group of guys came in from the old Federal Firearms business. They had some sweet rifles including a 1903 Springfield US marked from the factory sniper. Very nice and given my lot of mil surplus in not so good condition it was a bit intimidating.

So I took my rather warn Yugo sks (with grenade launcher) loaded up a blank and attached my tennis ball (us mil carrier that fits) and prepared to shoot. They (having sold these themselves) were watching - somewhat humorously. I was not really aiming but went through the motions and shoulder her up and focused on my target on the 50 yd line. Given the blank some arching would be needed I added a bit of height and pulled the trigger. Bang - smack - nailed the target dead center. My jaw dropped as much as theirs did....

All of a sudden I had a crowd of these guys checking out my rifle saying that they now needed to get one of these :))

And they then did let me shoot a few rounds out of the 1903 - a very sweet rifle


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