Welcome to MN... it's a blazing 27 degrees Farenheit and it's been snowing for about 36 hours straight now. Doesn't it just sound like a lush tropical paradise up here? Y'all know you wish you were here.
Didn't do too much today... woke up about 1pm, which means I slept right through both of my classes. Oh well, shit happens. After that I just sat around on my ass here for a couple of hours, then piled into the Samurai to go take my 45 Colt out to the range at R&R Arms and see how well it would group at 50 yards. I first made a short stop at Lake's Sporting Goods to pick up a couple of targets because R&R only sells them in packs, and I don't need a dozen or 50 of them.
Well, I was less than pleased with the performance of my rifle... infuriated is a more appropriate word actually. At 50 yards I was all over the paper with both loads I tried and even at 25 it's hard to keep it within a 10 inch circle. The rangemaster shot it and even he couldn't get any better than a 6 inch group with it... he had an idea of the problem so we did a quick test. It seems that the break point on my trigger is around 17 pounds, and it should be about 6. I was so pissed I actually got a trade in price quoted.... I'm seriously thinking about trading it off for a sweet little pump action 22. As much as I like my 45, that kind of grouping is just completely unacceptable.
Came back after that and been lazy... just sitting here listening to some Nirvana and trying to call home.... I have been unable to reach anyone there for a week now and it's starting to piss me off.
And now for something completely different....
Um, well, maybe not... that's it.
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