What'd you do today?

Reb Cpl wrote: I have to get down to PG county to visit a friend of mine who's a firefighter down there

Firefighter in PG? What is he, a masochist? PG is soooo laughably underfunded compared to the surrounding counties that you kind of have to have some sort of self-loathing to work as a first responder there.

That said, apparently PG has a great shooting center. Trap, skeet, 5 stand, and sporting clays right next to Goddard Spaceflight Center.

Give me a heads up when you come down. This way again. It'd be fun to finally meet face to face. If you want to head south to visit Antietam or the Monocacy, we could meet you there, or we could drive to G'burg as well. Restaurant selection is better in Frederick and Hagerstown. Or we could even meet half-way in Westminster. Cool college town with some killer restaurants and pubs.

Flew back to LA from a conference in Wisconsin, nice place.

BARREL BREAK wrote: Flew back to LA from a conference in Wisconsin, nice place.

Acquired my motorcycle license thru the MSF.

Hairball!!! wrote: SSOK wrote: Acquired my motorcycle license thru the MSF. Funny, I went and got my motorcycle learner's permit yesterday. I'm signed up to do a course that runs Thurs-Sun.

It's fun. Very non judgmental and excellent if you have never sat on a motorcycle before. The class time was somewhat pointless. My state offers it free so I'm going to sign up for BRC2 and maybe ARC if I ever get a bike

Edit: my GF tagged along because she wanted to. She was nervous about being the only girl and it was 60% female

Edited by SSOK - 19 July 2016 at 8:49pm

SSOK wrote: Hairball!!! wrote: SSOK wrote: Acquired my motorcycle license thru the MSF. Funny, I went and got my motorcycle learner's permit yesterday. I'm signed up to do a course that runs Thurs-Sun. It's fun. Very non judgmental and excellent if you have never sat on a motorcycle before. The class time was somewhat pointless. My state offers it free so I'm going to sign up for BRC2 and maybe ARC if I ever get a bike Edit: my GF tagged along because she wanted to. She was nervous about being the only girl and it was 60% female

Mine is through the Harley dealer. Since it seems longer than a normal BRC course I figured it'd have some extra learning, but the first day was mostly eaten up by touring the dealer, then we barely got through the most basic stuff like controls and gear. Feels like they're trying to get you to buy stuff from them, but since I paid $0 for the course I'm not complaining. Found out that dealer has a dyno, which is interesting.

Finished all the major work on the Hoosier hutch I've been refinishing over the past several months. Just have to wait on some hardware to come in and move the pieces for final assembly (attaching to the top to the bottom).

We had new Street 500's, not bad. Also had a few bigger bikes kicking around to test on since my state has some stupid tiered licensing with motor sizes.

procarbinefreak wrote: Finished up my sporting clays summer leage tonight.  Shot 2 43/50s.   Those put my average for the league just over 40.  Pretty happy about that.

Nice!

I'm hoping to join an informal wobble-trap league this fall. Get ready for some pheasant hunts before the cold weather sets in. Have a bid in on a new-in-box CZ Ringneck 12ga SxS. Auction ends tomorrow. I really, really, really hope I win this one. It's a 800-dollar gun. My max is something like 330. After that, it's just not worth it for me. Here's hoping it doesn't spike too much at the last minute.

Yeah, I'm hoping I get it. SxS should be a bit less aggressive on the cheek slapping due to the barrel config, but we'll see should it come into my possession. There was a Redhead on the listing too, but it was .410, and going for waaaaay more than the various Ringnecks that were listed. Besides, I like being the only guy with a SxS at the range. Everyone else is either shooting auto loaders, 870s, for O/Us. I love walking out there with my old 1920's double hammer-gun and shooting a perfect round of trap or wobble.

I suck at skeet though. Part of it is probably that I'm shooting right barrel full, left barrel modified for the fixed bore chokes in that side-by-side. Yet another reason I'm looking at that Ringneck. Auction ends at 8PM tonight. Keeping my fingers crossed.