Smoking Gunpowder – April 10, 2010
April 10 was Smoking Gunpowder Day out on the 30 acres, where the only other sounds to be heard were birds chirping and the wind rustling through the leaves. The original plan was for a few more guys to be out with us, but due to family and other obligations, only five of us were able to attend. There was pleasant weather, great company, and fun all around.
I should have known that one table would not have been enough to hold all the guns everyone brought out for the day. A few rifles were left in the truck, and several (upwards of a dozen) handguns are not pictured. I hate to think how full the gun table would have been had everyone been able to make it out.
A real treat of the day was the opportunity to fire my Bersa Thunder .380, because with the ammunition shortages over the last year I really have not shot that gun much at all. I didn’t want to use up too much of my supply of .380ACP since it, along with .45ACp, is still hard to find. But I did manage to put seven shots, rapid fire in Zombie Osama’s head. At 10 – 15 yards, all seven shots were in the space of a playing card.
All in all, Smoking Gunpowder Day was really fun, and went by too quickly. Not everything worked out as we intended, and we came away with some great ideas on setting up the range area out at the 30 acres for next time.
Now I’m all jealous, I need 30 acres to shoot some guns.
I saw your comment at DPUD’s late so I figured I’d reply here.
Pistol caliber carbines are nice, almost no recoil. I’m a big fan of rifle/pistol combos so every pistol has a rifle to go with it.
I even got a .30 carbine Ruger New Model Blackhawk for my M-1 Carbine.
Shooting a .357 Mag Winchester is nice. You can just about drive nails with it out to 100 yards.
Oh my how I wish I have all those guns so I can shoot them all in my backyard.