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Cabin fever (goshdarnit, I want to shoot something)
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:39 pm
by ruger22
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.............
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:03 pm
by Hakaman
Are they open during the week?
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:14 am
by Curmudgeon
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:51 pm
by greener
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:56 pm
by bearandoldman
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.
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:57 pm
by bigfatdave
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!
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:00 pm
by greener
Shoot a few rounds for me, Dave. I'll be having fun pushing paper and working in the bathroom.
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:10 am
by ruger22
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.
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:54 am
by bigfatdave
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:31 pm
by ruger22
The remains would make an interesting hat..........
