Strange day at the range
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Tenring
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At the range I belong to there always and I mean always this Asian guy that makes YouTube videos with three cameras set up shooting semi auto pistols and making just a hell of a lot of noise and that’s about it, and he has been told he can’t go tying up the range with this kinda BS because other people want to shoot. There is always somthing when you just want to have a relaxing session at the range.
I just smile and say hi to the unfriendly guys, most of the time this melts their ice-cold exterior but then again, some people have the personality of a clod of dirt and can't be reached.
NO ONE is going to cause me to pack up and leave, I just pretend they don't exist and go about my business, after I all, I drove 50 miles to get there.
NO ONE is going to cause me to pack up and leave, I just pretend they don't exist and go about my business, after I all, I drove 50 miles to get there.
I try to adhere to the philosophy that only I can ruin my day. It usually works. Then there are the other days!
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I keep threatening to make a check list to back up my memory but admitting the obvious need is hard to except after assuming it not being useful for so long. Truth be known a check list was/is always a good idea no matter how good ones memory at any stage of life.
I've made lists for the grocery store, and walked off without my list. (More than once). Some days all my cylinders are firing, some days not.
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Durn Skippy!
Bill Bryan
40 Cal.
This is why I joined a NMLRA Club to shoot. It's cheap and everyone makes a lot of smoke. Most of us own modern guns also but prefer black powder muzzleloaders. Bill
I have a good time at the range. I do usually tell the RSO that I’m shooting black powder, and request an end slot downwind of other shooters. There are sometimes guys there who talk to me, because they also have muzzleloaders. The worst part is that they had a guy somehow blow up his muzzleloader a year, or so ago, so sometimes an RSO who doesn’t know me will give me a lecture on muzzleloader safety.
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I saw at the range yesterday, guy pulling a ball of .32 cal.! They had a tool specifically for ball pulling, as the rifle was loaded & you couldn't have a person in front of the muzzle! They were prepared; all muzzleloaders will eventually double-load, forget the "black stuff" you pour down the barrel, etc. The were shooting at match sticks, feathers, marshmallows, clothespins, etc. One guy had a .45 long rifle that he got off Gun Broker; it had a 'ring' in the barrel, he called the seller up, and seller said, more of less, 'so what?'; did not disclose it beforehand. But he was and is shooting it, so I guess he's OK with it. I won't buy anything like that sight un-seen if not a new product. I saw one fellow have a flash-in-the pan and INSTANTLY move the muzzle in a bad direction; he should have waited a few seconds or MORE, because it could have gone off hang-fire!
Crown_Pointer
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Ahhh god ol' Murphy. You never know what rock he's hiding behind, but he's always out there....somewhere! Probably grinning from ear to ear too. ;-)
I love a good list! Having everything I need written down saves me a lot of time by letting me lose the list and forget everything at once instead of having to forget them all piecemeal!
Jay
My wife and I have reached the age when if it's not on the list it doesn't happen.
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I’ve been thinking about getting a receiver hitch mounted vise.I always envied those pick-up drivers that have a Vice affixed to the bumper of their truck!
bldtrailer
Pilgrim
There are 3 kind of shooters those who have dry balled ,those who will and those who LYE about it 
if you use a jag one cal smaller than your rifle you will get less stuck half way down , it rides over any fouling on the way in (45 for 50) a same cal plus patch can be tight (good for cleaning not so much for loading)
some muzzleloader clubs/ ranges have a notch cut into the roof timbers to fit a range rod to help pull out stuck rods/ dry balls facing up a safe dirrection
if you use a jag one cal smaller than your rifle you will get less stuck half way down , it rides over any fouling on the way in (45 for 50) a same cal plus patch can be tight (good for cleaning not so much for loading)
some muzzleloader clubs/ ranges have a notch cut into the roof timbers to fit a range rod to help pull out stuck rods/ dry balls facing up a safe dirrection
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Friend and I were squirrel hunting. He had missed a squirrel that was still hanging around. He was so excited/flustered he loaded two PRBs on top of each other...no powder. He uses really tight loads. I carry a CO2 discharger (only to help because I would never dryball
) but the double dryball wouldn't come out. He had a ball puller, but the top one wouldn't budge...even putting a T-handle on the ram rod and tying it to a tree, then heaving on the gun! He uses Hoppes and I think both balls were frozen in since it was around zero F that day.Net...de-breech required when he got home. Hunt over.
