Les Jones: Light Blogging and Notes on the Blogger Shoot

April 25, 2006

Guns > Light Blogging and Notes on the Blogger Shoot

Sorry for the lack of posts. I felt kind of bad Saturday and Sunday, and Monday I called in sick and wound up sleeping until 5:30 in the afternoon.

The blogger shoot Sunday was fun. We shot everything from Tam's 1899 Smith &Wesson topbreak revolver to a fully-automatic MP5 submachinegun. (The S&W's sights were tiny - it was like lining up three hairs.)

The Desert Eagle .50 wasn't as much of a recoil pig I thought it would be. The gas operating system and four pound weight damp a lot of the recoil. Too, the recoil springs weren't as stiff as I had heard.

The only unpleasant part of shooting the beast with the triangular nose was having a half ounce brass case smacking you in the face. After the first two shots I had major flinch from anticipating the ejected brass. One person got a nice half moon cut from the open end of the brass hitting him above the eyebrow. Still waiting on the pics of that.

Incidentally, I was pretty impressed with the Deagle. I had always thought of it as a novelty gun. Once I handled it I realized it was a well-made gun - nice sights, good controls, and a high degree of finish. Now I understand why they cost as much as they do.
Good times. I enjoyed it as always, and it was nice to meet some new faces.

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Comments

I think Tam described it as something like: I don't mind getting hit with brass. I do, however, mind getting hit with red-hot flying waste-paper baskets.

Seems like a good description to me.

Posted by: AughtSix at April 25, 2006

"The S&W's sights were tiny - it was like lining up three hairs."

They had really good eyesight back in the day. ;)

Posted by: Tamara at April 25, 2006