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My first time shooting a rifle in a super long time. 41 years I think.
My gimpy butt bought a few rifles last year because all these medical staff people say I need to do something, because I will only get worse and hurt more doing nothing. And I know I can't be on a bass boat fishing in my shape. Maybe a pontoon, but I don't know a local that gets out in a pontoon. Maybe one day I will get myself up to the Hernando chain on Tsala Apoka chain in Inverness where I have retired family with a pontoon, though I have a hard time setting still to long. And when I feel I can cast a spinning reel. No way I could cast a bait caster right now.
But, to the subject. I got my gimpy butt to the range today. Out there struggling, gimping around. The first range boss taped me up a target at the pistol range. It was nice of him, but he used lots of my tape and didn't do well with it. The next time the range went cold I taped it back up myself, using a lot less of my tape. I won't show anything on the pistol shooting, I ain't trying to give anyone a good laugh here.:embarassed:
But I will show my first rifle shooting in what seems like forever. New Bear Creek .223 Wylde and new scope. I did after mounting the scope play with adjustments in the house, and locked everything down. Just figured I would be close.
Today was my first time out with 2. But because my slow gimpy butt takes so long, I only had time to shoot the one. I left the Colt M4 5.56x45 in the truck the whole time. Because it got to late. So I haven't shot it yet. But in photos is my first 30 rounds down range at 75 yards. Not great. But I got my gimpy butt out and tried. I adjusted the scope up, thinking it would actually get my shots hitting lower. Wrong.:doh: Up is up.:laugh:
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I know the photos ain't that good, but my gimpy butt wasn't about to walk out there. And all I had was my phone. And I am not tech savvy. So I am not going to mess with my settings in my camera, I would probably really mess things up. But I got lots in the big red bulls eye. A number a little high. And I believe 3 just over the the right of the red. I am happy with it for my first time. I am resting my hurting self, with numbness and tingling off and on pretty frequently in my left hip, leg, and foot. It's thickly a bit. My right foot has the burning pain *****ly feeling that my left even gets at times. With hurt in my back, not mentioning other parts. But I will hopefully get my truck unloaded at some point. And I have to adjust the scope. I am hoping to get myself good at distance shooting over time. I want to try my 6.5 Creedmoor next I think. I don't know when that will be?
Thanks for checking out my thread, and I hope everyone is doing well.:thumb up2:
It was nice of the 3rd and last range boss to carry my stuff to the truck when I got done.
