Yesterday a friend who's been checking up on me after my surgery,,,
Dropped by to say hello and show me what he bought his son for Christmas.
It was a very nice Crossman .177 pellet rifle that he bought at Academy Sports,,,
It's a break-barrel style with polymer stock and a 4X scope.
We took it out in my back yard to give it a little bit of a workout,,,
I mean, we had to test the functionality of the rifle,,,
And check to see if the scope was zeroed,,,
Didn't we?
I had a piece of cardboard with some green army men hot glued to it,,,
We paced off 25 yards and sat in lawn chairs,,,
Passing the rifle back and forth.
The scope wasn't even close to zero so it's a good thing we tested it,,,
But after about 15-20 pellets we had it spot on,,,
Popping those little green men every shot.
We playe,,, eerrr, tested the rifle for about an hour,,,
Shooting up about half a tin of pellets,,,
And had an absolute blast.
All for about three bucks,,,
That included the bag of soldiers.
So now I'm thinking I need to build a large pellet backstop for my yard,,,
And buy myself a decent rifle for myself to use come spring.
I seriously don't think I'll give up on shooting rimfire guns,,,
I have a membership to a nice outdoor range,,,
And over 70,000 rounds of ammo.
But that range is 45 minutes away from me,,,
And I would definitely enjoy being able to shoot in my yard.
Perhaps I should buy two rifles,,,
So I can host some shoot-outs at my place.
Several years ago a neighbor got a bit freaked out,,,
I have two Daisy Spittin' Image BB rifles,,,
They look exactly like Winchesters.
The neighbor called the County Sheriff on me,,,
Thinking I was shooting a real rifle.
When the Deputy got here he was pissed off,,,
Apparently he didn't like his time wasted.
It got a bit tense for a moment there,,,
But I wasn't breaking any laws,,,
So he had to go away mad.
But after having so much fun with that Crossman,,,
I'm seriously thinking I should just do it,,,
Build that large pellet trap/target,,,
And buy a pair of rifles.
He paid $79.95 for the Crossman he got for his son,,,
I did a bit of searching on the web for different high quality air rifles,,,
And came to the conclusion that I don't need to spend any more than he did.
That little Crossman was nailing army guys at 25 yards,,,
Which is just about the limit if my yard.
Just a whimsical thought for some fun times,,,
I'm nicely retired and have nothing better to do than play.
Aarond
.
Dropped by to say hello and show me what he bought his son for Christmas.
It was a very nice Crossman .177 pellet rifle that he bought at Academy Sports,,,
It's a break-barrel style with polymer stock and a 4X scope.
We took it out in my back yard to give it a little bit of a workout,,,
I mean, we had to test the functionality of the rifle,,,
And check to see if the scope was zeroed,,,
Didn't we?
I had a piece of cardboard with some green army men hot glued to it,,,
We paced off 25 yards and sat in lawn chairs,,,
Passing the rifle back and forth.
The scope wasn't even close to zero so it's a good thing we tested it,,,
But after about 15-20 pellets we had it spot on,,,
Popping those little green men every shot.
We playe,,, eerrr, tested the rifle for about an hour,,,
Shooting up about half a tin of pellets,,,
And had an absolute blast.
All for about three bucks,,,
That included the bag of soldiers.
So now I'm thinking I need to build a large pellet backstop for my yard,,,
And buy myself a decent rifle for myself to use come spring.
I seriously don't think I'll give up on shooting rimfire guns,,,
I have a membership to a nice outdoor range,,,
And over 70,000 rounds of ammo.
But that range is 45 minutes away from me,,,
And I would definitely enjoy being able to shoot in my yard.
Perhaps I should buy two rifles,,,
So I can host some shoot-outs at my place.
Several years ago a neighbor got a bit freaked out,,,
I have two Daisy Spittin' Image BB rifles,,,
They look exactly like Winchesters.
The neighbor called the County Sheriff on me,,,
Thinking I was shooting a real rifle.
When the Deputy got here he was pissed off,,,
Apparently he didn't like his time wasted.
It got a bit tense for a moment there,,,
But I wasn't breaking any laws,,,
So he had to go away mad.
But after having so much fun with that Crossman,,,
I'm seriously thinking I should just do it,,,
Build that large pellet trap/target,,,
And buy a pair of rifles.
He paid $79.95 for the Crossman he got for his son,,,
I did a bit of searching on the web for different high quality air rifles,,,
And came to the conclusion that I don't need to spend any more than he did.
That little Crossman was nailing army guys at 25 yards,,,
Which is just about the limit if my yard.
Just a whimsical thought for some fun times,,,
I'm nicely retired and have nothing better to do than play.
Aarond
.