memorial day afternoon

shot a few clips on Monday:

the players: Desert Eagle Baby Eagle .40 S&W, FN Herstal Five Seven 5.7mmx28


groupings were not impressive...i can tell i've cut back shooting...a lot




the range. nice shady spot back in the creek on the family land


bonus round(sss) just got this in the mail today. CMMG 10 rd. mag extender...i now have 30 at my disposal


of course...i had to get in a little "mini" wheeling


got it crossed up pretty good in this section



had a good ol time! impressions of the new FN were favorable...though my shooting really sucked. have not been practicing due to pricing/lack of availability of ammo. that is going to have to change. i didn't expect to do very well with the FN until i get aquainted with it, but should have been at least all inside the square with the Desert Eagle i suppose it could be the result of a very late/early sunday night, monday morining...lol. but i'll chalk it up to lack of practicing.

i really like the FN. the light weight and uber-low recoil make it a joy to shoot. my Baby Eagle feels like a howitzer when comparing wieght. currently shopping for a holster for the five seven. with a quality holster, i could probably almost forget i'm carrying it...even fully loaded as opposed to the DE, which requires tightening of the belt to hold up.

just thought i would share how i celebrated Memorial day.

 

whats a clip?

 

lol! guilty as charged ...Magazines. we ain't too fancy here in the upper appalacias.

clip (v.)

1.squeeze tightly between the fingers"He pinched her behind" "She squeezed the bottle"
2.terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent"My speech was cut short" "Personal freedom is curtailed in many countries"
3.cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of"dress the plants in the garden"
4.attach with a clip"clip the papers together"
5.sever or remove by pinching or snipping"nip off the flowers"
6.run at a moderately swift pace

clip (n.)

1.the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)"he gave the door a shove"
2.a sharp slanting blow"he gave me a clip on the ear"
3.the act of clipping or snipping
4.a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
5.any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
6.an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
7.an instance or single occasion for some event"this time he succeeded" "he called four times" "he could do ten at a clip"

any more grammatical errors i should address?

 

LOL...just messin' witcha. Looks like a fun day.

 

it was,but it doesn't happen nearly often enough these days though. i hadn't realized that i've not shot any of my handguns in over 6 months prior to this outing. two years ago, i woulda buried all the .40's in about a 3" group from that range. ran into a buddy a few weeks ago at a Friends of the NRA meeting that i hadn't seen for a while and found out he now has a Dillon Progressive setup and he obliged to do some reloading for me in the near future. i gotta get more trigger time...skills are going to sh*t.

 

Yeah i hear ya. Last time i was at the range was around May of '07. Last time i messed with the RockChucker was so long ago i cant remember. Sux

BTW, how much is 5.7x28mm running these days. Im almost scared to ask.

 

there are still some deals out there. the best i can find at the moment is 2000rds for $720 shipped. that is for SS197 with the Hornady bullet. the SS192 (if you can find it) is going for around $30/box of 50. i have only bought a few boxes so far as i have depleted my stash paying for the gun. i got a buddy who bought a five seven as well (his brother in law also just ordered one), and we're giong to split a 2000rd case as soon as i can come up with the fundage. i'm hoping this round continues to get more popular in the future. i would really like to have a bolt action chambered for it...it would make an excellent groundhog/coyote gun. maybe one day, if they aren't illegal, i can get my hands on a PS90 also...kinda goofy looking, but i bet it's fun to shoot. it'd be nice to have three different platforms shooting the same cartridge.

 

Sorry, this is one of my pet peeves, too.

 

if you want to get "Kalifornia" about it, those are actually "Detachable Magazines".

 

True, but like I said, just a pet peeve of mine. Always out to educate wherever possible.

 

i'm edumacated....but being that i'm not in law enforcement or military, i sometimes use slang when i am conveying a thought, or experience pertaining to firearms. bullets=cartridges, mag or clip=magazine, pipe=barrel, the hole=breech, scope=optics...you get the idea. if i say "magazine" around here...people think Playboy or munitions dump. sometimes i even refer to a rifle as a gun.