Neanderpundit

I took the Carbine to the range today, and Mike and I and Ed shot it. It was extra sweet with pie, and I was glad we had something with a little bit of recoil so Ed could experience something a bit more than the 22 he brought.

I was shooting the steel Herters ammo, the stuff Cabelas is selling for $140/500. it runs fine in the carbine.

I replaced the original, stamped steel trigger group with a “real” one from Dirtcrashr early this year, it was a great deal and the new pieces run awesomely. The trigger is smooth as silk, and the lower really fits the magazines more tightly. About the only other thing I might do is to put a flattop bolt in it, because the round top is rubbed shiny on the receiver-I can now see why they made the bolt flattopped.

Shot the MKii for a while, and Ed seemed to like it enough he wants one of his own. He could do worse.

In the meanwhile, go visit Iowahawk and read the newest Text Only Game written for only one person.

Hat tip Rachel Lucas who, by the way, finished her degree and is blogging again.

Spent a bit of time this afternoon with partner and Ed Hering. We hit the Crown Point gun show, then came back and went to the range. Ed brought to shoot a positively pristine Mossy 44, which makes me insanely jealous, and he can shoot it pretty well; offhand at 50 yards he was keeping them all in the 7 ring or below, having hardly ever shot a firearm in his life. He even did OK with his little Astra. He will need a lot more remedial range time, but i think he’ll do fine. He sure did the “beginner’s luck” thing all too painfully well, I wish when I started I could shoot as well as he did out of the gate.

Of course he has eyes several years younger than mine, so I’m sure that didn’t hurt either. All in all, a nice day. partner and I assailed him at times with our wicked wierd sense of humor, but he didn’t jump out of the car screaming, so I guess it must not have been too bad. It’s always nice to have a new shooter, and Ed is a natural born gun nut. We take Partner’s girlfriend next weekend, we hope, and we’ll see how things go there.