Cabin fever (goshdarnit, I want to shoot something)

ruger22 · Post by **ruger22** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:39 pm

I know I'm not the only one. This was the first nice outdoor weekend here since Christmas, and I didn't go to my Forest Service range. I just knew it would be packed with every Tom, Dick, and Bubba from 50 miles around.

I haven't been shooting since an odd not-so freezing Sunday in January. Maybe I'll trust there to be no stampede NEXT weekend.............

Hakaman · Post by **Hakaman** » Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:03 pm

Are they open during the week?

Curmudgeon · Post by **Curmudgeon** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:14 am

I'm going to Boggy Head Forest range out of Berthea, SC today. I wait until 10:00 AM or so to let the brass grabbers get out of the range and then show up.

There is going to be some dead targets out there today.

greener · Post by **greener** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:51 pm

Sunny and relatively warm this weekend. I showed great weakness and went to a gun show Saturday. However, I showed great restraint and character and went to a plumbing supply house and Lowe's, then went home and started gutting the master bath.

Sunday, I finished removing the tub/shower and made a run to the dump. Not once did I think about shooting. Ended the day watching a bit of basketball.

Targets never did nothing to me, so I make every effort not to harm them. This weekend I didn't even take them out.

I'll feel morally superior until the nurse brings my meds.

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:56 pm

greener wrote:Sunny and relatively warm this weekend. I showed great weakness and went to a gun show Saturday. However, I showed great restraint and character and went to a plumbing supply house and Lowe's, then went home and started gutting the master batch.

Sunday, I finished removing the tub/shower and made a run to the dump. Not once did I think about shooting. Ended the day watching a bit of basketball.

Targets never did nothing to me, so I make every effort not to harm them. This weekend I didn't even take them out.

I'll feel morally superior until the nurse brings my meds.

Try a little Jim Beam or Jack Daniels and a tall water and call me in the morning for further meds.

bigfatdave · Post by **bigfatdave** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:57 pm

Dude, you coulda shot that tub!

Imagine the noise if you were able to suspend it ... "BANG!bo o o o n n n ng"

I am lucky to have a conservation club nearby with an indoor range, I'd invite you poor folks over for some shooting, but I don't think anyone is very nearby.

If it is any consolation, I intend to do some target-punching tomorrow, and I might even take some water jugs out on the outdoor range and see how this new .45 does on stuff more interesting than paper!

greener · Post by **greener** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:00 pm

Shoot a few rounds for me, Dave. I'll be having fun pushing paper and working in the bathroom.

ruger22 · Post by **ruger22** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:10 am

Hakaman wrote:Are they open during the week?

They are, but I'm at work, split shift. I'm between halves right now. The one weekday I took off to go, it was actually busier than most weekends.

My area really needs more shooting locations. Ther is a small, beat-up, Bubba-run $10 an hour indoor joint, and a $300 per year shooting club that is just as long a drive as the USFS range. Otherwisw, you gotta have property out in the "sticks", or know someone who does.

bigfatdave · Post by **bigfatdave** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:54 am

Well, I nerped the derp and forgot to print targets for the postal match ... but I did manage to make some holes in a favorite reactive target!
Some interesting captures, one WWB HP caught on the rivets (I'm rather proud of that, I was trying to take off that handle from 15 yards) and the rest were on the ground under the pot)

ruger22 · Post by **ruger22** » Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:31 pm

The remains would make an interesting hat..........