S&W Model 41

Before

The Plan

• 6:00AM Up: One cup of regular coffee while surfing the net and reading the newspaper (online).
• 6:30AM Breakfast: oatmeal with a pat of butter, one hard-boiled egg with pepper, a small can of low sodium V-8 juice.
• 7:00AM Shower and dress for cool weather, lined bluejeans same as yesterday, fresh but similar thick cotton shirt, sweater with jacket on top.
• 7:20AM Pack gun box with primary (S&W Model 41) and backup (Ruger Mk III) 22 pistols with their respective ammunitions (CCI Standard Velocity in the plastic box and Federal Gold Medal Match 711B) in sufficient quantity for the 900 and the follow-up team competitions plus enough for alibi strings (120 + 30 rounds). Also take a small can of the low sodium V-8 juice.
• Switch to Northrop Grumman baseball cap for today. (I wore the Bill O’Reilly “No Spin” cap yesterday.)
• 7:30AM Drive to range in rush hour traffic.
• 8:30AM First shot.
• Before the NMC: Drink the V-8.
• Lunch: Probably a nearby Subway with some of the other shooters.
• 1:30PM 22 team competition NMC.
• Approximately 2:30PM Done. Record scores and head home.

After

In the chronographing of various ammunitions and guns a few days ago I recorded the following five-shot string:

I chrono’d some 22 ammunition in two guns today. Specifically, I wanted to understand why one gun likes CCI Standard Velocity but jams on Federal Gold Medal Match 711B, and the second gun does the opposite.

The Sunnyvale Rod & Gun Club is up in the Bay area’s foothills, just behind (and in) Cupertino. Bullseye is fired on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month with “first shot” at 6:30PM.

Some days start good and then go bad.

Others start bad and stay that way.

I absolutely love central Pennsylvania, from the southern border with Maryland all the way up to New York state. Every bit of it is gorgeous and the people are warm and friendly.

My work has me on the road a lot and, when possible, I try to get in some range time. Here are the clubs and ranges I’ve visited, both here in Phoenix and while traveling.

Step 1: Check the local laws for where you are going and make sure you are 100% in compliance.