Let there not be any questions--I am a firm believer in the Second Amendment that gives me the right to own guns. My husband has several, two of which are handguns, and we have been wanting to get out and do some target practice. You would think in a rural state like Maine, it would be easy to find a safe place to shoot, because there sure aren't many practice ranges. It took us most of a whole day to find a nice safe gravel pit out in the middle of nowhere. Of course, we were also scouting for grouse covers since we were three days away from opening day.
A few months ago, Jim bought himself a really nice camera with all the lenses and gadgets that could fit in the bag, and I love to take pictures with it. My camera is a digital point-and-shoot, so whenever I can get my mitts on his camera, I do. We took the camera with us that day, hoping to see some wildlife, which didn't pan out well. It was fun shooting stuff with it though.
It was quite late in the afternoon by the time we found the gravel pit and set up the target. It was a short sleeve kind of fall day and very pleasant. Having just getting hearing aids, I was super careful with ear protection;I took the aids out, put in styrofoam earplugs and over-the-ear protection as well. I also had some shooting safety glasses. I was not messing around with my safety or that of my beloved Jim.
First we tried out the 9mm. It is going to take a lot of practice getting used to the trigger pressure on that bad boy. You almost think it's not going to shoot, then it does. Jim found that it hurt his arthritic thumb. We were shooting from about 30 feet and did quite well hitting the target. Then we took turns with the .22 revolver. So much easier to shoot and be accurate! We moved up to 20 feet and then 10 feet. We were doing a good job of hitting the middle area of the target.
One of my goals was to shoot a red cup with the 9mm, and I succeeded! I was in the area of 20 feet, so I felt pretty good about it. We were hot, tired and thirsty so we called it a day and headed for home.
I am so grateful to live in a country where I can just go shoot up stuff. I don't mean people by any means; I value everyone's life. My camera shoots people; if an intruder came into my home and threatened me or my family I wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger.
Unfortunately, our government is doing their best to take that right away. That's when the shit will hit the fan.
A few months ago, Jim bought himself a really nice camera with all the lenses and gadgets that could fit in the bag, and I love to take pictures with it. My camera is a digital point-and-shoot, so whenever I can get my mitts on his camera, I do. We took the camera with us that day, hoping to see some wildlife, which didn't pan out well. It was fun shooting stuff with it though.
It was quite late in the afternoon by the time we found the gravel pit and set up the target. It was a short sleeve kind of fall day and very pleasant. Having just getting hearing aids, I was super careful with ear protection;I took the aids out, put in styrofoam earplugs and over-the-ear protection as well. I also had some shooting safety glasses. I was not messing around with my safety or that of my beloved Jim.
First we tried out the 9mm. It is going to take a lot of practice getting used to the trigger pressure on that bad boy. You almost think it's not going to shoot, then it does. Jim found that it hurt his arthritic thumb. We were shooting from about 30 feet and did quite well hitting the target. Then we took turns with the .22 revolver. So much easier to shoot and be accurate! We moved up to 20 feet and then 10 feet. We were doing a good job of hitting the middle area of the target.
One of my goals was to shoot a red cup with the 9mm, and I succeeded! I was in the area of 20 feet, so I felt pretty good about it. We were hot, tired and thirsty so we called it a day and headed for home.
I am so grateful to live in a country where I can just go shoot up stuff. I don't mean people by any means; I value everyone's life. My camera shoots people; if an intruder came into my home and threatened me or my family I wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger.
Unfortunately, our government is doing their best to take that right away. That's when the shit will hit the fan.
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