In the past, Rod and his boys have enjoyed shooting. The boys all have their own 22 rifles.
We went the shooting range in Layton a few times after we first got married. We have also been to the Ben Avery shooting range, just north of Phoenix. Yesterday, we took Becca and got her a bolt action 22 rifle. She was quite excited. She got one that has a clip that will hold ten bullets, so she doesn't have to stop and reload for every shot. She just has to pull back the bolt and the new bullet will pop up into position. We went out to the hills around Lake Pleasant (yes, that is where we went on the hike from hell) and found a hill for some target practice. Here is Becca taking her first shot.
Aim carefully! BANG!!! She did great. Rod said if she had been shooting at a coyote, she would have brought it down with any of the hits on the target. She only missed with one shot. She hit home on all the rest. Good job, Becca!
For the past several months, Rod has been saving for a muzzle loader, which is like the muskets used during the civil war. They are also called black powder guns. He finally got his gun, and wanted to shoot it. When we got to the appointed place, he set up the target and got Becca shooting her new rifle. He then loaded up and tried out his new muzzle loader.
Click - nothing. He put on a new charge - click - nothing. Very disappointing! He couldn't get the thing to fire. He decided he may have soaked the patches in too much oil, and that the oil soaked into the powder. The ball is stuck in the barrel and he has been working on getting the ball out for HOURS! He is grinding it down with a little fitting on the end of the ram-rod. I hope he can get it out and get the glop of powder out of there. I'm sure that next Saturday afternoon, we will head out to the hills to try out that new gun again. He decided he will just try the dry shots using the bigger ball - no oil soaked wads to screw things up!
SIDE NOTE: Becca let me try her gun for a few rounds. I really enjoy some target practice. There were some other folks there that had some metal targets that spin around when you hit the marks. They invited is to use their targets. I couldn't resist. I hit it on the first try. :0) I hit it a few more times. One of the other guys was shooting a repeating rifle. BAM, BAM, BAM, and he just wasn't hitting the target. Dust was flying all around it, but no spinning. I teased him, and said he surely couldn't be out done by a girl. That got them to laugh! Then I said, especially by a 50-YEAR-OLD. Then he got serious. It was kinda funny. I didn't hit it every time, though. I certainly am not a perfect shot, but I do enjoy shooting the guns, and I'm not too bad - for a girl!
Aim carefully! BANG!!! She did great. Rod said if she had been shooting at a coyote, she would have brought it down with any of the hits on the target. She only missed with one shot. She hit home on all the rest. Good job, Becca!
For the past several months, Rod has been saving for a muzzle loader, which is like the muskets used during the civil war. They are also called black powder guns. He finally got his gun, and wanted to shoot it. When we got to the appointed place, he set up the target and got Becca shooting her new rifle. He then loaded up and tried out his new muzzle loader. 
Click - nothing. He put on a new charge - click - nothing. Very disappointing! He couldn't get the thing to fire. He decided he may have soaked the patches in too much oil, and that the oil soaked into the powder. The ball is stuck in the barrel and he has been working on getting the ball out for HOURS! He is grinding it down with a little fitting on the end of the ram-rod. I hope he can get it out and get the glop of powder out of there. I'm sure that next Saturday afternoon, we will head out to the hills to try out that new gun again. He decided he will just try the dry shots using the bigger ball - no oil soaked wads to screw things up!
SIDE NOTE: Becca let me try her gun for a few rounds. I really enjoy some target practice. There were some other folks there that had some metal targets that spin around when you hit the marks. They invited is to use their targets. I couldn't resist. I hit it on the first try. :0) I hit it a few more times. One of the other guys was shooting a repeating rifle. BAM, BAM, BAM, and he just wasn't hitting the target. Dust was flying all around it, but no spinning. I teased him, and said he surely couldn't be out done by a girl. That got them to laugh! Then I said, especially by a 50-YEAR-OLD. Then he got serious. It was kinda funny. I didn't hit it every time, though. I certainly am not a perfect shot, but I do enjoy shooting the guns, and I'm not too bad - for a girl!
1 comment:
You won't believe this. We have the EXACT same problem. My question is how did they get your old tub out? Our tub is cast iron. Please send your handyman here!
Pam B.
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