{"id":80984,"date":"2018-08-24T13:03:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T17:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80984"},"modified":"2018-08-24T19:05:52","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T23:05:52","slug":"80984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80984","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been on the road for over two weeks now, and I still have one more longish leg yet to go. I won\u2019t get home until sometime tomorrow afternoon or evening. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a good trip. But it\u2019s also been long one \u2013 as in 6,000+ miles and still counting. <\/p>\n

Still, it’s been worth it. I got to see some friends and relatives I haven\u2019t seen in a while \u2013 as well as take care of some necessary family business and meet a few folks. And today, I\u2019ll be spending some time at the range with an old friend engaging in gunpowder therapy while breaking in one of these:<\/p>\n

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Nothing special – it’s just an inexpensive plinking rifle with a synthetic stock. But it\u2019s probably inherently more accurate than I am these days regarding putting lead where I want it to go. And shooting a .22LR semi-auto is, well . . . it’s just plain fun<\/i>. (smile)<\/p>\n

It\u2019ll also be the first time I’ve had a chance to try out fiber-optic sights. That alone should be interesting.<\/p>\n

Good company, plus some gunpowder therapy. I can certainly think of many worse ways to spend the day. <\/p>\n

OK, intro’s over. Enjoy this week\u2019s WOT, everyone \u2013 and have a great weekend.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

ADDENDUM: the little beastie shoots like a dream – one jam in about 120 rounds (and of a type I’d have had to see to believe anyway, so I’m pretty sure it was a fluke), with perfectly reliable operation before and afterwards. The adjustable sights were easy to get roughly zeroed quickly. Only minor quibble was that getting the last round into the magazines was quite difficult before I figured out the trick to doing that. After that, only mildly so.<\/p>\n

And, unfortunately, I was right: the rifle is inherently far more accurate than my aim these days. (smile)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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