Ever have a bad range day!

[Doc8404]

Ask. if that doesn't work for you, let me know.
Might be a bit of a wait though.
If you see Rick there, he is a Marine (old school) and does a lot of work for them.

 

[MilesTeg]

Ya I've dealt with Scott a few times he' good. I've seen rick but never talked to him.

 

[pseudonymity]

I had a less than perfect day just a few weeks ago. I was shooting a rimfire bench comp and I just have not spent much time on the rifle lately. Before the event I setup a level in a room at home and checked my rifle when I re-attached the bipod to make sure my scope was still mounted level (sometimes the bipod shifts and changes the level). The scope is some no-name 4-12x I picked up used in a LGS bin at some point.

I didn't get a chance to sight in before the match and since I use this rifle at both 50 and 200 regularly I was not sure where the scope was. Luckily it was close at 50 so did some minor adjustments to zero.

When I started my first target I kept thinking "man, these targets look dark and small, can't really even see the holes". Then it hit - the scope was setup at 4x instead of 12x. I had turned the mag down to check the level and never turned it back. So I crank the magnification up and of course my cheap scope completely loses zero - like 12MOA off. I am adjusting my scope as I am shooting now, just abusing myself in my head.

1st target (5 rds, 4x mag) - 49-3x (not bad for 4x I guess)
2nd target (12x lost zero) - something like 31 (only 4 rounds on paper)
3rd - maybe 40 or so - last shot was in 10 ring
4th - 50-5x

Next time I will probably haul the rifle out to 200 and wonder why I am not even hitting the backer. Dean Wormer was right - fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life.

 

[FCG LLC]

Cut my ring finger pretty bad on manipulating a charging handle on an AR. Needed to go to the hospital cause the thing swolled up real bad. Apparently the docs think I get tetanus or some weird stuff.

What I did get apparently was some strain of MRSA while in the hospital. NO ONE wanted to partner with me for the next time I went back to that facility.

Another time I drove 238 miles to teach a class and had shipped all the materials there. Materials got there Monday, I saw a delivery confirmation. Some industrious beaver who was out the loop mailed them back on Thursday, class and range exercises were on Friday.


Not range stuff, but pre-9/11 I was supposed to fly to Corpus Christie, my flight was gate 32, went on a flight at gate 22 ended up in Costa Rica. Didn't have my passport. Oh boy.

 

[Justincase]

Not range stuff, but pre-9/11 I was supposed to fly to Corpus Christie, my flight was gate 32, went on a flight at gate 22 ended up in Costa Rica. Didn't have my passport. Oh boy.

I couldn't imagine. This made me laugh... a lot.

 

[Justincase]

I've tried paying for range time with my good looks. Didn't work so well. Frigging hate when I forget cash.