Saturday I was all excited to go out target shooting. When the alarm went off at 6 a.m. I rolled out and got on the way. I had loaded the Jeep the night before with all my stuff, all I needed was a stop at the Quick Mart for some coffee and I was set. Ten minutes later I turned onto the main dirt road to the shooting area. We have had a bunch of rain here lately and I wasn't sure what the roads would be like. Well they were pretty beat up. Wash board all the way and I was glad I had the Jeep. A half hour later I got to the hollow where I shoot and found it full of cattle. I wasn't interested in steaks at the time or the pissed off rancher that would show up either so after another fifteen minutes of woopty do road I arrived at the second choice shooting area. Not a cow in sight. Got my stuff together laid out the accessories of the day, blew a cap, wiped and loaded. First shot just were I wanted it to be. Started at fifty yards. Second loading I noticed that the flask was pouring funny, felt light. You guessed it the thing was almost empty and my supply was at least 45 minutes away. Well I shot my second and last shot of the day with the GPR. Next time I will really make sure that all my stuff is truly in the Jeep before I leave the house. Fortunately I did pack my Takarev T33 to do some hand gun time so the day wasn't a total waste but I would have really preferred to shoot the GPR.
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longcruise
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Would it make you feel better to tell you that I once set of with everything I could think of for a range session (40 miles one way) and once there realized I hadn't brought any firearms? :redface: :redface:
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Dang Brother! Don't know if I'd a told that on myself.
Don't worry, Dun the same.
Headhunter
Don't worry, Dun the same.
Headhunter
I had a problem like that durring hunting season for deer. woke up at the hunt camp at 5:30 amthe first day and realized I had forgoten my trigger lock kees :youcrazy: . So there I was with a hack saw blade sawing off a good trigger lock.I shot a ten point that morrning biggest deer I've gotten so far.First day of hunting season the next year and gess what, :shake: thats right I forgot my trigger lock kees again 5:30 am sees me again with a hack saw blade, that morrning saw me get a nice big 6 pointer a half hour later than I got the ten pointer the year before.
Sometimes it seems unluck is lucky. :surrender: F.K.
Sometimes it seems unluck is lucky. :surrender: F.K.
I've done something similar a few years ago...half awake loading the truck at 6:00am one morning...grabbed a box of Hornady .490s off the shelf...drove 30 miles to the range...then laid the box of .490s on the shooting bench alongside of the .45cal Flinter I had planned to shoot.
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Ever since then, every Friday night when I get home from work I back in, open the garage door and before even going into the house, load everything for the Saturday morning trip to the range...then I go inside the house straight to my rifles and set the correct one in the corner by the door going back out to the garage.
So far, so good... :hmm:
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Ever since then, every Friday night when I get home from work I back in, open the garage door and before even going into the house, load everything for the Saturday morning trip to the range...then I go inside the house straight to my rifles and set the correct one in the corner by the door going back out to the garage.
So far, so good... :hmm:
Desert Ratxx
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fisher king said:
I'm thinking you might have a pretty good system there, why mess with what works. :rotf:
What kind of blade do you have in your saw or does it matter. :hmm:
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Don't I know that trick! Once flew out to a high lake for a two week adventure. Setting up camp after the plane left, I discovered I had packed everything but my sleeping bag. Fortunately the pilot (a friend) stopped by later to eat his lunch and socialize, and I cadged a sleeping bag out of his emergency supplies.
My range gear includes a small duffel of emergency supplies- a pound of powder, bag of bullets, a sealed can of caps, patch material and lubricant. All "spares" to what is in my regular shooting kit. It's the first thing I load into my truck on any hunt or trip to the range, and it's saved the day a little too often for my comfort.
My range gear includes a small duffel of emergency supplies- a pound of powder, bag of bullets, a sealed can of caps, patch material and lubricant. All "spares" to what is in my regular shooting kit. It's the first thing I load into my truck on any hunt or trip to the range, and it's saved the day a little too often for my comfort.
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You ain't forgot nothin' til you forgot a firearm - at the rifle range and did not know it until you got home and went to clean it. Now where could that thing gotten to ... ? DANG !!! :redface:
That sounds like going to the range and getting everything ready. The phone rings and the wife is on the other end wanting to know if I need the long thin stick with the brass ends that look like their threaded that was laying by the front door. :rotf: Time to start looking for a long thin tree limb or go home with out shooting. Only did that once. :rotf:
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Don't feel bad! This is a great shooting regimen for more frequent cleaning practice :grin:
Recently I went to the only range withing a 40 mile radius. This range is highly controlled with range officers everywhere. Well I got my targets set up, loaded and just before I could shoot the lightning warning buzzer went off :cursing: Shooting was canceled for the rest of the day!
This range will not even allow targets with animals on them :youcrazy:
Recently I went to the only range withing a 40 mile radius. This range is highly controlled with range officers everywhere. Well I got my targets set up, loaded and just before I could shoot the lightning warning buzzer went off :cursing: Shooting was canceled for the rest of the day!
This range will not even allow targets with animals on them :youcrazy:
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i've been all set up on the bench, ready to shoot, and found out i left the ramrod for my chunk gun at home. short starter just won't do the trick! :nono:
Don't sweat it.
Went on a 18 day hunting trip and when I got to camp I found that I forgot my underwear and socks. The only one I had was the one I was wearing and you can only flip em around so many times. :shocked2: Ended up driving about 50 miles to a Wallyworld and stocked up.
Went on a 18 day hunting trip and when I got to camp I found that I forgot my underwear and socks. The only one I had was the one I was wearing and you can only flip em around so many times. :shocked2: Ended up driving about 50 miles to a Wallyworld and stocked up.
50cal.cliff
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Hey bro don't feel bad! So far been good with the range! But I drove an hour before daylight to get to spot I had been seeing big buck. Got there a little early that morning, so enjoyed a cup of coffee from thermos. Got out to get my climber stand. It wasn't there had started to rain day before and had sit it in the garage to avoid the wet butt. Learned after that to pull tarp over it in truck that way it was there! :redface: :shake:
Many years ago, got up at 3:30, drove for over an hour, pulled into parking site, all set except -- no boots. About 8 inches of snow, too much for loafers!Did NOT get a deer that day. Murphy NEVER calls in sick, good smoke, ron in FL
