Woohoo! I can shoot good! I've not talked about my new love of shooting. I grew up around guns - Dad always had a .22 and a shotgun of some type around - but I never shot them. I was "scared" of them...maybe was just trying to be too girly? I don't know. Anyway - didn't shoot anything until I dated James. Once I found out he was a shooter I asked WonderBrother to let me shoot his "big" gun. What fun! To be able to tell a new bf that you'd shot an AR and he hadn't ever had the opportunity! Wow! James took me trap shooting and I fell in love with it. He loaned me a 12 gauge shotgun and I averaged about 14-17 each 25...very cool!
WonderBrother owed me some money so I told him if he bought me a handgun, we'd be even. Excellente! Gun #1 - a .40 Springfield XDM - rock on! Looooove it! I suck at target shooting but I'm getting better. WB is a great teacher - I couldn't shoot until I could take it apart, clean it, and put it back together again. Too bad .40 ammo is so daggum expensive nowadays! Can't even buy my $29.96 100 round white box from Walmart anymore -they're out!
BodyBrother also owed me some cashola, so same deal for him - buy me a gun and we're even. This time I asked for a 12 gauge. Got it! A Mossberg 835 - a little long for me so the stock'll have to be cut down but it's friggin awesome. I just have to get my shooting shoulder in gear and I'll be a trap shootin' fool!
Gun #3 is my Ruger 10-22. Perfect little plinker gun for me. We're going to put peep sights on it cuz we discovered this weekend that the open sights aren't so cool and look into an adjustable stock as well.
So - this past weekend, WB and I spent Saturday and Sunday at the Winona Sportsmens Club. We were a part of Appleseed. What a great way to learn about our history as well as to gain invaluable skills with rifles! I can't say enough about how much this program has taught me and encouraged me as a self proclaimed gun nut. Right now WB and I are trying to find a place to have an Appleseed shoot closer to us as the nearest is still Elk River.
WonderBrother owed me some money so I told him if he bought me a handgun, we'd be even. Excellente! Gun #1 - a .40 Springfield XDM - rock on! Looooove it! I suck at target shooting but I'm getting better. WB is a great teacher - I couldn't shoot until I could take it apart, clean it, and put it back together again. Too bad .40 ammo is so daggum expensive nowadays! Can't even buy my $29.96 100 round white box from Walmart anymore -they're out!
BodyBrother also owed me some cashola, so same deal for him - buy me a gun and we're even. This time I asked for a 12 gauge. Got it! A Mossberg 835 - a little long for me so the stock'll have to be cut down but it's friggin awesome. I just have to get my shooting shoulder in gear and I'll be a trap shootin' fool!
Gun #3 is my Ruger 10-22. Perfect little plinker gun for me. We're going to put peep sights on it cuz we discovered this weekend that the open sights aren't so cool and look into an adjustable stock as well.
So - this past weekend, WB and I spent Saturday and Sunday at the Winona Sportsmens Club. We were a part of Appleseed. What a great way to learn about our history as well as to gain invaluable skills with rifles! I can't say enough about how much this program has taught me and encouraged me as a self proclaimed gun nut. Right now WB and I are trying to find a place to have an Appleseed shoot closer to us as the nearest is still Elk River.
The whole crew on Saturday evening - we had a beautiful day - hit 85 degrees at one point during the day - ALL of us were sunburned by the time this photo was taken!
Prone shooting - our Shoot Boss, Thor, is in the green hat, and our IITs (Instructors in Training) are in the orange hats - analyzing our form and offering assistance as needed.
Jesse, Jody and Mandy counting, hoping to hit that magic number, 210, that'll make them officially, a Rifleman! 
Sunday afternoon action, the REALLY dedicated were shooting by 4.45 on Sunday afternoon! (Yes, I admit, I ducked out of ONE AQT - but only one!)
RIFLEMAN! Way to go WonderBrother!!!What an awesome weekend!
For the record - I never scored my AQTs...but I checked them over last night here at home. I didn't break 100...my goal is that by next Appleseed I'll be consistently hitting 150-180. I'd love to make Rifleman by then, but I'll shoot for the 180s first!
