BassCliff
Professional
Greetings patriots!
Today was a special Monday. Because she had the day off, my youngest daughter and I got to go out to the range one last time before her Mom and I leave town. We had a blast! Here we are on the Bravo line at Lytle Creek Firing Line. I had set up one stand with a silhouette and a couple of stands with B-8 targets.
Yes, my youngest has got some sass. She shot well today once warmed up. It's been a while for her.
Daughter started shooting at the silhouette with the .22 cowboy gun. She likes that one. But she also shot the XD9 and the P22.
The line goes cold periodically, a cease-fire is called so folks can pick up brass, go down range, hang new targets, check their groups, etc. If I time it just right, either at the very beginning or the very end of the "hot" sessions, I can run a 10-10-10 drill and not get noise interference from other shooters on my timer.
As soon as the range went hot, I was ready to go. Starting from low ready, this was my first (cold) 10-10-10 of the day.
I had to wait until a cease-fire was called and the range went cold to check this target. Not too bad, I guess.
Daughter enjoyed getting reacquainted with her cowboy gun. She put a lot on center mass. She missed the silhouette only once the entire session. I know, the next time (if) we get together we will really work on her stance.
There were only six or eight other shooters at the other end of the Bravo line. They were all shooting rifles of various calibers. On the Alpha line today was a long distance rifle class. Once I get a rifle I'll take some of that training too, but not here.
Daughter took this picture of the old noob. She was impressed that she was able to get so much smoke. I'm shooting another 10-10-10 right after the range went hot.
OK, this one is not too bad either.
But I had some B-8 stinkers too. I didn't time these because everyone else was making bang too. But I was trying to push a shot every half second or so.
In addition to the B-8, we both spent a good amount of time shooting at the steel targets on our end of the line, twenty and thirty yards distance. That hog is fifty yards away. I could hit it about half the time, if I took my time.
Daughter shot a few magazines at the steel and the B-8 targets. Her face sure would light up when the steel would ring. Here she is on the P22.
She put a few magazines on these B-8 targets. But she finds the bullseye targets a bit boring.
Then she shot a few magazines from my XD9 at a couple of reactive targets. She thinks those are fun.
I had shot the top reactive, those are 8" circles. Daughter shot the bottom two. She did pretty well putting six or seven on each target.
I guess I wasn't that impressive on the reactive target. As usual, I had one go low and left. Drat. The other holes you see are .22 shots daughter put on the USPSA targets. Daughter thought those were more fun than the B-8, but not as much fun as the shoot-n-see targets.
I managed to squeeze in one more 10-10-10 drill. The time looks good.
I thought the target looked good too, until I saw my low-n-left miss off the paper. Drat.
I suppose I was past my peak performance. We'd been there three hours. The range closes early during the week (12:30-ish) so we packed up, loaded the truck, and went to lunch.
It was a great day, a special treat. I got to see daughter two days in a row because she and her fiancee had gone to church with us on Easter Sunday the day before. Her fiancee is also a shooter and she asked if we all could hit the local indoor range one more time before Mrs. BassCliff and I leave. Why not? Any excuse to get to the range, right? We're going to be busy but we'll try to make that happen. It's hard to say "no" to your daughter.
Hey, thanks for coming along. If you had half as much fun as I did, then I had twice as much fun as you.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
Today was a special Monday. Because she had the day off, my youngest daughter and I got to go out to the range one last time before her Mom and I leave town. We had a blast! Here we are on the Bravo line at Lytle Creek Firing Line. I had set up one stand with a silhouette and a couple of stands with B-8 targets.
Yes, my youngest has got some sass. She shot well today once warmed up. It's been a while for her.
Daughter started shooting at the silhouette with the .22 cowboy gun. She likes that one. But she also shot the XD9 and the P22.
The line goes cold periodically, a cease-fire is called so folks can pick up brass, go down range, hang new targets, check their groups, etc. If I time it just right, either at the very beginning or the very end of the "hot" sessions, I can run a 10-10-10 drill and not get noise interference from other shooters on my timer.
As soon as the range went hot, I was ready to go. Starting from low ready, this was my first (cold) 10-10-10 of the day.
I had to wait until a cease-fire was called and the range went cold to check this target. Not too bad, I guess.
Daughter enjoyed getting reacquainted with her cowboy gun. She put a lot on center mass. She missed the silhouette only once the entire session. I know, the next time (if) we get together we will really work on her stance.
There were only six or eight other shooters at the other end of the Bravo line. They were all shooting rifles of various calibers. On the Alpha line today was a long distance rifle class. Once I get a rifle I'll take some of that training too, but not here.
Daughter took this picture of the old noob. She was impressed that she was able to get so much smoke. I'm shooting another 10-10-10 right after the range went hot.
OK, this one is not too bad either.
But I had some B-8 stinkers too. I didn't time these because everyone else was making bang too. But I was trying to push a shot every half second or so.
In addition to the B-8, we both spent a good amount of time shooting at the steel targets on our end of the line, twenty and thirty yards distance. That hog is fifty yards away. I could hit it about half the time, if I took my time.
Daughter shot a few magazines at the steel and the B-8 targets. Her face sure would light up when the steel would ring. Here she is on the P22.
She put a few magazines on these B-8 targets. But she finds the bullseye targets a bit boring.
Then she shot a few magazines from my XD9 at a couple of reactive targets. She thinks those are fun.
I had shot the top reactive, those are 8" circles. Daughter shot the bottom two. She did pretty well putting six or seven on each target.
I guess I wasn't that impressive on the reactive target. As usual, I had one go low and left. Drat. The other holes you see are .22 shots daughter put on the USPSA targets. Daughter thought those were more fun than the B-8, but not as much fun as the shoot-n-see targets.
I managed to squeeze in one more 10-10-10 drill. The time looks good.
I thought the target looked good too, until I saw my low-n-left miss off the paper. Drat.
I suppose I was past my peak performance. We'd been there three hours. The range closes early during the week (12:30-ish) so we packed up, loaded the truck, and went to lunch.
It was a great day, a special treat. I got to see daughter two days in a row because she and her fiancee had gone to church with us on Easter Sunday the day before. Her fiancee is also a shooter and she asked if we all could hit the local indoor range one more time before Mrs. BassCliff and I leave. Why not? Any excuse to get to the range, right? We're going to be busy but we'll try to make that happen. It's hard to say "no" to your daughter.
Hey, thanks for coming along. If you had half as much fun as I did, then I had twice as much fun as you.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
