When we went to the range today, we found all the lanes to be occupied. We were an hour later than our usual time of arrival and the later crowd had already showed up. We were both annoyed when we had to wait. Later, after thinking about it, it occurred to me that there were a lot of people interested in guns and shooting, which is probably not a bad thing. The more people who become avid shooters, the better it will be for all of us as the incoming White House Administration seems like it will try to limit our Second Amendment rights.
Image: The Smiths and the Glocks – click for bigger.
Shooting was pretty much the usual thing. Damsel and I put the usual number of rounds through the guns. She brought her Warthog (.45), S&W 686 (.357) and S&W 908s (9mm). I brought my Glock 30 (.45) and Glock 26 (9mm). We also brought the Remington 870 Security Shotgun (12ga.).
Weird things that happened today:
- For the first time in over two years of ownership, the S&W 908s actually had a misfeed. Damsel popped the magazine out, cleared the round from the chamber, put the unfired round back in the magazine, loaded it and it fired fine. I suspect, since it was the last round in the 8-round magazine, that the springs may need replacing. We’ll watch it for a while.
- The Estate 12 gauge rounds we bought for the shotgun were sometimes difficult to cycle and eject. Damsel had to lay the shotgun on the counter at one point and let me clear it out. It’s as though the cartridges are expanding in the chamber after discharge and getting wedged in there a bit. A little extra force pulling back the fore end cleared it every time.
STS-126 is on the way to the ISS. Damsel snapped these from the TV before and after engine ignition.
