Guns. That's what's happening.

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 13 Dec 2024, 08:15

Played dress-up with a 43x this week. I'll know more after it gets a work-out, but I'm pleased with the aesthetics.

I should have wiped the oil smudges off, first. Sorry for any offense to your eyes.

Hugo Drax · Post by **Hugo Drax** » 13 Dec 2024, 09:30

I've got a cheapo new rifle from my wife for early Christmas. Too bad I never even saw a buck this season within 1000 yes.

Phooey.

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 29 Dec 2024, 16:52

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 06 Jan 2025, 06:25

Got some range time in yesterday. My brother, nephew, grandson, and I went to a new indoor range to check it out. Nice place, but pretty pricy. We all shared and had had a great time. The highlight for me was shooting my mom’s old S&W .38. Mom was a better shot with it, btw. I took a lot of pride in that realization.

My grandson brought his .500 S&W mag. What a ridiculous (in a badass way) hunk of steel. My nephew’s eyes got as big as pie plates when my grandson offered him a few rounds with it. This is a kid that never shot anything but .38 and 9mm. I wish I had a photo of his face when that first shockwave rocked him back on his feet. A truly great moment.

From a technical perspective, my day was less than stellar. The 43x project I posted a few entries back was a tremendous disappointment. The upgraded barrel would not feed. At all. Everything worked fine with the factory barrel. There’s a lesson there. The red dot was fun and I’ll keep tinkering with it. Two other builds tested okay, but not well enough to carry. They’ll be good after some more tweaking.

The pure shooting joy of the day was shooting an FN 502 Tactical .22lr. Fun, reliable, and consistent. I put a cheap red dot on it out of curiosity and it turned out to be a real joy to shoot. It’s a keeper.

I’m still not sure how I feel about red dots on handguns. I don’t have a whole lot of experience, yet, but so far, I do not see any major improvement in target acquisition time (maybe even a little slower), but my accuracy does improve modestly at longer ranges.

Fun day.

Bloodhound · Post by **Bloodhound** » 06 Jan 2025, 08:01

Jim sounds like a fun trip to the range. Sorry your Glock build didn't work out. The good news is that you still have the factory Glock parts and it will likely shoot well with them.

JimVH · Post by **JimVH** » 06 Jan 2025, 08:17

Bloodhound wrote: 06 Jan 2025, 08:01 Jim sounds like a fun trip to the range. Sorry your Glock build didn't work out. The good news is that you still have the factory Glock parts and it will likely shoot well with them.

Indeed. I already shifted one back to factory (a G17 I didn't mention), less an upgraded trigger. I'm not giving up on the other.

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 14 Jan 2025, 18:49