Went out to the country this weekend, .17 Mach 2 rocks!
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:20 pm
As I live in town I don't get to do much country shooting. My job usually keeps me home all weekend as well. When I go to the range, I bring my pistols to practice with and that's it. One of my friends parents moved out to East Texas a couple of years ago. When I think of E. Texas, I think of meth labs and bombed out trailers. I will say that other than the meth lab recently busted down the street 
, this area around Canton was extremely nice. Every house I saw was well kept and there were obviously a lot of rich people out there, due to the mansions. I'm just wondering if I can justify the drive to DFW six days a week. Better get a diesel, I guess.
Anyway, it gave me a chance to shoot some of the guns I've bought and never shot. AR-15: I'm a noob to this rifle. One of the reasons I bought an Olympic... Anyway, it was a good shooter, but the AK seemed to be easier to shoot accurately (for me at least). I'll have to get used to it. The recoil kept sending it upwards and to the right. I can't imagine the full auto version. Maybe it's because the AK is heavier that I had better luck with it. That adjustable stock kept grabbing my facial hair too! I guess I'd better shave or put some tape over the top hole next time.
Finally shot my Stoeger coach gun. That thing packs a wollop! Double barrel .12 gauge. I found it easier to shoot from the hip, but jammed my finger when the trigger guard hit it from pulling the front trigger! Had to learn to keep my middle finger from behind the guard when shooting. My buddie had a bruise on his shoulder the next day!
10/22 with bullpup kit and 50 round drum was a lot of fun. I couldn't keep from pulling the trigger as fast as possible. Good thing rounds are cheap. I did feel some burns though from the rounds exiting from the back. The fun canceled out the burning sensation, however.
Last year I bought a .17 Hornady mach 2 single shot made by New England Arms or H&R. I think they're the same company. It was cheap, about $130 and has a heavy bull barrel and scope mount. I decided this was a good weekend to site it in. We did as good as possible without a bench, but steadied it on the Kawasaki Mule. We got it down pretty close from 50 yards or so. Besides that, we had a blast shooting it! I think that might be the most fun gun I own (well, close call between that and the bullpup). There was no recoil, and it was pretty quiet compared with our other guns. The loudest part was when it hit the backstop. Once I get it sited in correctly, there is no varmint safe! The rounds also did some wicked fragmentation when they hit the backstop. After a couple of rounds, there were little pieces of shrapnel through the paper target. It looked like we hit it with a shotgun.
Man, I need to move out to the country. I'm sure that my gasoline bill and ammo bill would go through the roof though.
, this area around Canton was extremely nice. Every house I saw was well kept and there were obviously a lot of rich people out there, due to the mansions. I'm just wondering if I can justify the drive to DFW six days a week. Better get a diesel, I guess.Anyway, it gave me a chance to shoot some of the guns I've bought and never shot. AR-15: I'm a noob to this rifle. One of the reasons I bought an Olympic... Anyway, it was a good shooter, but the AK seemed to be easier to shoot accurately (for me at least). I'll have to get used to it. The recoil kept sending it upwards and to the right. I can't imagine the full auto version. Maybe it's because the AK is heavier that I had better luck with it. That adjustable stock kept grabbing my facial hair too! I guess I'd better shave or put some tape over the top hole next time.
Finally shot my Stoeger coach gun. That thing packs a wollop! Double barrel .12 gauge. I found it easier to shoot from the hip, but jammed my finger when the trigger guard hit it from pulling the front trigger! Had to learn to keep my middle finger from behind the guard when shooting. My buddie had a bruise on his shoulder the next day!
10/22 with bullpup kit and 50 round drum was a lot of fun. I couldn't keep from pulling the trigger as fast as possible. Good thing rounds are cheap. I did feel some burns though from the rounds exiting from the back. The fun canceled out the burning sensation, however.
Last year I bought a .17 Hornady mach 2 single shot made by New England Arms or H&R. I think they're the same company. It was cheap, about $130 and has a heavy bull barrel and scope mount. I decided this was a good weekend to site it in. We did as good as possible without a bench, but steadied it on the Kawasaki Mule. We got it down pretty close from 50 yards or so. Besides that, we had a blast shooting it! I think that might be the most fun gun I own (well, close call between that and the bullpup). There was no recoil, and it was pretty quiet compared with our other guns. The loudest part was when it hit the backstop. Once I get it sited in correctly, there is no varmint safe! The rounds also did some wicked fragmentation when they hit the backstop. After a couple of rounds, there were little pieces of shrapnel through the paper target. It looked like we hit it with a shotgun.
Man, I need to move out to the country. I'm sure that my gasoline bill and ammo bill would go through the roof though.
