Me and my friend Matt drove for about an hour to a free outdoor shooting range. (Dept. of Wildlife and Inland Fisheries? rifles only, no handguns)
My first impression is that I can't believe how loud that place is. The way it works is that you have wooden seats in front of concrete pipes. You pick a pipe, and you fire thru the pipe. The sound goes into the pipe and come backs out into you. I jumped everytime, and the silencio hearing protection plugs doesn't do jack, I guess you'll go deaf without it.
I was very very nervous as I've never actually use a rifle before.. my hands was shaking when I pulled the trigger after sitting there for maybe a minute. It's more powerful than I expected, and the smell of gun powder, I will never forget that (as it attached to me for the rest of the day).
At 100 yards w/ total of 20 rounds, I hit all my targets even without my glasses. But at 200 yards, I think I only hit it twice with total of 10 rounds.
I love it! I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to shoot a deer. But target practicing is fun. I heard Mosin's recoil is worst. I guess I'll find out next time. My right shoulder is sore too....
My first impression is that I can't believe how loud that place is. The way it works is that you have wooden seats in front of concrete pipes. You pick a pipe, and you fire thru the pipe. The sound goes into the pipe and come backs out into you. I jumped everytime, and the silencio hearing protection plugs doesn't do jack, I guess you'll go deaf without it.
I was very very nervous as I've never actually use a rifle before.. my hands was shaking when I pulled the trigger after sitting there for maybe a minute. It's more powerful than I expected, and the smell of gun powder, I will never forget that (as it attached to me for the rest of the day).
At 100 yards w/ total of 20 rounds, I hit all my targets even without my glasses. But at 200 yards, I think I only hit it twice with total of 10 rounds.
I love it! I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to shoot a deer. But target practicing is fun. I heard Mosin's recoil is worst. I guess I'll find out next time. My right shoulder is sore too....
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