Whee

For some mysterious reason, Trail Glades keeps changing its hours and failing to post the information on the web. So last week I was pretty surprised when my shockingly late arrival at the range turned out to be uber-punctual. They open at 1:00 on Thursdays. But wait…those are the winter hours. According to a sign at the range, during the rest of the year, they open at…1:00.

I’ll be making a visit today. I fixed the Romak III so it would cock itself properly, and I received a new ring for the scope on the K31, and I want to shoot a few .40 rounds, too.

I couldn’t find rings that would fit the Accumount anywhere, so I emailed the guy who made it, and he sold me a new ring for five bucks, shipped. Not bad.

I’ll be taking the new Tactical Trolley with me. This is the Stanley toolbox I got for the range. Very exciting. Don’t you wish you were me? I just bet you do.

My Speer manual is on the way. I can’t believe it’s impossible to walk into a store and buy it, but there it is. On the way to the range, I’m picking up a drill guide, and I’ll get a two-by-six for the bench, too.

I guess I’m a gun nut now. Although I’m not positive I qualify, since in addition to owning a lot of paraphernalia, I also put bullets inside the black on occasion. And I’m still holding off on a full-body camo tattoo.

I’m glad I wised up about going to the range on weekends. Weekdays are much better, although the likelihood of being embarrassed by better shooters is dramatically higher. I think weekdays are safer. Last time I went on a weekend, a bus full of kids unloaded, and for a while, it was like March of 2003 in Baghdad. The rangemaster probably lost his voice by the time the range closed.

Wish me a totally tactical afternoon.