Range day tomorrow....

Well, I finally caught up on "honey-doos" and scheduled an afternoon at the local range. One of the main weapons I am going to shoot is the 5.56 1/7" twist GUU-5/P carbine build, I battle-sighted it out in the boonies, and bounced some pine cones at varying distances, but this will be the first range fire of it. I will see how my lousy 61 year old eyes do at 100 yards with iron sights! Also shooting my as it left the factory in 1944 transitional Winchester M1 Carbine, my newly acquired AR-7 .22 LR survival rifle, and my Taurus Millennium 9mm every day carry weapon.

I'll post some pictures.

Have fun!

Well, Heck!
The range where I was going was Nevada County Sportsman's. It is a private club that has the range open to the public Sundays, 12-5. I got there at 12:05. There was not a single parking spot, and throngs of people were lined up 4 deep at each position waiting for their turn to shoot! It was like a Fourth of July picnic with kids, bikes and a general zoo like atmosphere. I decided that waiting untold hours to get a 20 minute turn was not my idea of a good time.

Members can shoot anytime. trouble is, memberships are limited (to about 150 families, if I remember correctly), and cost about $5,000 when one comes open. Usually just passed down to future generations, and seldom outsiders get a chance to buy in.

I Decided to wait until midweek 20 and to go minutes farther up Hwy 20 into the Sierra and find a USFS road to drive up and find a place to shoot. Weekends in the Sierra, it is wall to wall flat-landers getting their nature fix.

Your lucky I have to travel to Barstow to even think about plinking. The place used to be desolate but have built up in the last 20yrs . My secret spot isn't secret anymore but at least there are a lot of Gun owners now .