05-22-2014, 06:42 AM
Good morning all, I don't know much more about the fires up north, but from what they said yesterday, all of the air tankers and helicopters have been grounded because of the high winds. Not a good scene. There are still some 3000 people on alert for possible evacuation, most are in an area right off of I-17.
Down here, it'll be a nice day, below average temps and a great day to go out in the desert for some target shooting. Notice I never say, "target practice", because the way we shoot, practicing won't help us a bit.
Well, we're there for the fun of it anyway, no matter how bad we are. 
There are those that are fanatical about their shooting, they have scopes and lasers to improve their accuracy and they have devices that they can use to calculate the velocity of the bullet leaving the gun so they can adjust the amount of powder by a grain or two when they reload their ammo. I guess it's nice to be able to say that, "I missed my target because there weren't enough grains of powder in my ammo." I once knew a guy that would count the number of BB's in his shotshells that he loaded for trap shooting. "Yeah, I didn't hit the bird because I only had 146 BB's in my shot." 
For us, all this takes all the fun out of the sport.... For me, I missed my target because I was too shaky or just didn't aim right... :o 
Down here, it'll be a nice day, below average temps and a great day to go out in the desert for some target shooting. Notice I never say, "target practice", because the way we shoot, practicing won't help us a bit.
Well, we're there for the fun of it anyway, no matter how bad we are. There are those that are fanatical about their shooting, they have scopes and lasers to improve their accuracy and they have devices that they can use to calculate the velocity of the bullet leaving the gun so they can adjust the amount of powder by a grain or two when they reload their ammo. I guess it's nice to be able to say that, "I missed my target because there weren't enough grains of powder in my ammo." I once knew a guy that would count the number of BB's in his shotshells that he loaded for trap shooting. "Yeah, I didn't hit the bird because I only had 146 BB's in my shot." For us, all this takes all the fun out of the sport.... For me, I missed my target because I was too shaky or just didn't aim right... :o
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD