Les Jones

Guns > Sunday Afternoon Shooting

Yesterday Uncle and I took some folks shooting at Coal Creek Armory (motto: "Automatics for the People"). The people in this case were from the Knoxville News-Sentinel - reporter/blogger Michael Silence, Lara Edge, and Lara's husband, Bob Benz. As we were going in to the range, we ran into Glenn Reynolds as he was going out.

A good time was had by all. We went through five guns - a silenced Ruger 10/22 (.22) we rented from Coal Creek, a Smith &Wesson 642 (.38) with laser grips, Smith &Wesson 686 (.357), SIG P229 (9 mm), and a Glock 30 (.45), along with just under five hundred rounds of ammo. Everyone did great, even with the biggest guns. Michael and I think Bob had been shooting before, but this was a first for Lara, who wants to go back to shoot again.

Bob Benz (who blogs) has his notes and pictures up. The picture above is one I borrowed from him. Coal Creek has a "no cameras" policy, but I talked to the owner beforehand and got it OK'ed. Trevor said that the policy is in place to protect the privacy of other shooters, who may not want their pictures taken while shooting guns. Obviously that wasn't a problem for Lara, who was having lots of fun.

LATER: Uncle and Michael have posts.