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Fun on federal land
Jul. 4th, 2003 05:57 pmWell this being Independance Day and all, what better way to celebrate than to go out on some public land, and shoot guns?
My father-in-law, Larry, took me out today to go plinking, as he calls it. Basicly findind a deserted piece of land (not so hard in Wyoming) setting up some cans and shooting at them. I did pretty well, figuring that I had two years of rust on my shooting skills, having not done it in that long.
At one point, I was setting up cans on a fence post, and one of the coke cans kept falling off the post, so I turned it upside-down, and used the tab to "screw" it into the post, which was old and had a good crack to take purchase to. So I say to Larry, "Lets see you hit that red one at the end." Soon he was confused as he was certain he was hitting the can, we could hear that he was hitting it, but the darn thing wouldn't fall over. Finally on the third of fourth shot the coke can left the post. I then told him what I had done. We both got a good laugh out of it.
When we were setting up the cans again, I found a glass bottle near the fence and set that up. Got it with my first shot. For some reason destroying inanimate objects by hurtling tiny pieces of lead at them is very gratifing. And to see something explode like that bottle... well I had to smile.
I should be legal again to use firearms in California by now (I had a 5150 on me when I was suicidal several years ago, and so I lost firearm privalges in California for 5 years) maybe I'll get my granpa to take me out to the range once and a while.
On the way home, stopped at a fireworks stand, and bought sparklers and snakes. I bet the guy selling the things thought I was SO lame, getting the tamest damn things he sells. He pointed at some other impressive stuff, but the wife said "sparklers & snakes for Conor" so thats what I got. But some of those things looked like you needed a mortar to set them off... oh well, sparklers and snakes. The irony is that here in Wyoming all kinds of fireworks are legal, and I get the last two things you are allowed to light on fire in California.
My father-in-law, Larry, took me out today to go plinking, as he calls it. Basicly findind a deserted piece of land (not so hard in Wyoming) setting up some cans and shooting at them. I did pretty well, figuring that I had two years of rust on my shooting skills, having not done it in that long.
At one point, I was setting up cans on a fence post, and one of the coke cans kept falling off the post, so I turned it upside-down, and used the tab to "screw" it into the post, which was old and had a good crack to take purchase to. So I say to Larry, "Lets see you hit that red one at the end." Soon he was confused as he was certain he was hitting the can, we could hear that he was hitting it, but the darn thing wouldn't fall over. Finally on the third of fourth shot the coke can left the post. I then told him what I had done. We both got a good laugh out of it.
When we were setting up the cans again, I found a glass bottle near the fence and set that up. Got it with my first shot. For some reason destroying inanimate objects by hurtling tiny pieces of lead at them is very gratifing. And to see something explode like that bottle... well I had to smile.
I should be legal again to use firearms in California by now (I had a 5150 on me when I was suicidal several years ago, and so I lost firearm privalges in California for 5 years) maybe I'll get my granpa to take me out to the range once and a while.
On the way home, stopped at a fireworks stand, and bought sparklers and snakes. I bet the guy selling the things thought I was SO lame, getting the tamest damn things he sells. He pointed at some other impressive stuff, but the wife said "sparklers & snakes for Conor" so thats what I got. But some of those things looked like you needed a mortar to set them off... oh well, sparklers and snakes. The irony is that here in Wyoming all kinds of fireworks are legal, and I get the last two things you are allowed to light on fire in California.
