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All my targets are for larger stuff. That insures no one will make a mistake and shoot the wrong one. I do have 7 22 LR targets, but their rack holders are all smaller and lower on the ground so no one can mistake them for bigger ones. With ear protection I wear I don't hear much of the ping on my targets. For a while now I must wear foam inside my ear and muffs over them. If I don't, I will suffer dizziness (Verdugo) the next day. The sudden loud sound messes with my inner ears then I am down for that day. I am going to replace some of the 2X4s on my target hangers soon, because the bullet splatter has eaten them almost in-to. For sure on my large 12" because all the beginners shoot the big one for starters. I allow them to do that because it builds their confidence. The big one is hanging out on a 3" bolt so the top of the steel will hang/tilt over the bottom, so the splatter goes into the ground in front of it. I also make everyone wear safety glasses and bystanders must stand behind those firing at the targets. I had a piece of splatter hit my cheek when I first started shooting steel, so I learned by mistake/experience on this one. Brought blood and hurt. Experience has been a good teacher. Don't allow anyone to shoot the steel closer than 21' to 26' and must have safety gear on. Large rifles are 100' +. Don't like to shoot a lot of large rifles because of sound/ or neighbors. Edited to add; Hope to order my new targets today. Thanks for the heads up on the target company rangestore, net, Jeb 48. Will check them out.

Well, I got my improvements accomplished this morning. Ready for the rain. Now I need to sit down and order my steel targets. I already have the T post on hand, so I just need the steel and T post hangers. I like all my steel to have a downward tilt, so bullet splatter goes into the ground in front of the targets and not back at the shooter. From what I have seen these T post hangers has this tilt. Got my last ones from shootsteal.com and have plans to check them out soon. Most of my practice with handguns is from 7, 15, and 25 yards. Most is at 7 to 15. I do practice off hand 25 yard but will say it is a stretch with a hand-held pistol or revolver. Better with the revolver because I can cock it. I can hit pretty consistent on my 12" steel circle at 25 yards although my groups are a little large. I can get 100 yards, for rifle, pretty easy but need to carry my shooting table back out to my front yard and beside the house to get there. My yard is 625' deep at the longest point. I have close to 3 acers with no close neighbors behind my target area. I recently reconfigured my shooting table and added a rifle arm on it. My Led sled now fits the 14" rifle extension on the right side of my shooting bench as I am a rightie. Also had to raise my seat about 6" to accommodate the rifle arm in order to be comfortable while mounting the rifle. I could cut a few trees and get 100 yards, behind my house as our lot is 350' wide. Then I would need to keep it mowed and build another backstop, so I don't see that happening. Am having a lot of fun with my range.

Had time to go out and do some improvements to my range yesterday. Hope to complete them this morning. I recently had some trees cut and had the cutters to pile some large logs against the back fence to make and additional 14' backstop for shooting. I rocked the ground in front of the logs with small chip rock so I could use it even in wet times. People don't like getting mud on their feet. I also treated the logs with termite spray that I had on hand so the bugs and termites will not infest the logs, and they will last longer. I have some firewood I sprayed like this, and it has been piled for over 6 years now and still very solid and burns well. Have good/better expectations for these logs. Now I am going to purchase some steel to put in front of the logs. I really like steel because it just hangs and very little upkeep. I can spray paint it and draw a circle and do precise shooting. I plan to purchase some targets that hang on T post as I have none of them at this time. All my steel is hung on rubber straps. I want 6" high and 4" wide this time. That will be my practice zone for these targets. I am enjoying the range a lot and have been practicing more as of late. I will say, "It is bad to see, with age, your abilities decrease." Must practice more to aid and overcome with this situation as much as possible, IMO. Just trying to do my part and improve.

I am going to let you guys work the bugs out of the new Ruger pistol, if there is any, before I decide to consider purchasing one. The RMX looks good, but I just don't like purchasing the first model of anything, even if it is a Ruger which I like. A couple years will tell the story on this pistol. Gen 2s are even better.

I was not fortunate to have grandfathers as they both died young. It is/was a great hole in my life. May your grandfather be at peace with God now and wishing and praying for comfort, peace, and courage for all his family in the weeks ahead. So sorry for your family and your great lost brother/friend.

I have pocket carried a K frame size 7 shot 2" brl revolver for 10 years and never, to my knowledge. been made. I always wear dark trousers or dark blue jeans, even jean shorts. Always purchase large-pocketed jeans. Use a modified DeSantis Nemesis pocket holster. By modified, I had to open the throat on the holster to accommodate the larger 7 shot cylinder. My wife resowed, on her machine, the seam I ripped out and moved over 1/4". Micro pistols (Ruger Max 9) are easier in like same holster. I too have back trouble, and I never have noticed any discomfort as a result of right front pocket carry. Try it, it may work for you. Only drawback is drawing while seat belted in a car. I usually, when traveling, carry a pistol in the console of our truck which my wife or I can access quickly, if forced too. We have an RV, travel a lot, and my greatest concern is fulling up in Gas Stations. When pumping we both stay in or around the vehicle until finished fueling then one always is in the truck cab on lookout with doors locked. Been doing this for 23 years. No problem. Did have a serious problem going to my mailbox one spring morning about 9 years back. Pocket carry was sufficient in that case that I was forced into with 3 individuals intent on doing evil.

Rebates are always slow in coming, but they do come. I purchased 2 Savage Rifles that had 150.00 rebates a couple years back. Took 6 weeks to get the two checks. Sure makes the rifles and pistols cheaper. Those two Savages, an Axis 7MM 08 with Weatherby 3 X 9 42MM scope and a 308 Axis with the same scope. Bass Pro also had a 125.00 off to coincide with the rebate. If memory serves me well, the rifles cost a little over 165.00 out the door each once the rebates came. They were Christmas specials. B Pro has not had that good of sale since. Now I ask you, is that not cheap for 2 brand new rifles. My grandson, whom I gave the 308, and I have shot the snot out of those rifles. I gave him 6 boxes of 20 rounds each Winchester Deer season XP, and he and his buddies shot it up for practice/plinking. When he went back to replace the ammo, he found out there was such a thing as practice ammo (Much Cheaper). His dad almost corked when he checked out at Wal Mart. Don't think that will happen again. I don't like to shoot big rifles here at home much as the sound raises the roof for my neighbor's houses. Edited to add; I am a big S W fan. I have 4 fantastic plastic MP 9 MM and several S W revolvers now. All have been great.

Glad you are able to do some household chores for now. Yard work never ceases around here. We have 3 acers and something is always needing done. May your strength continue to increase and hope they can give you something for the stomach to help. Prayer for you today DeepSouth.

Makes me wonder how much recoil it would have in a rifle let alone a pistol. Never shot a 10 MM of any kind. Wondering if it has a l much recoil. I have fired 44 Mag rifles and survived quiet well. Had a 44 mag SW revolver but gave to my grandson in Mt Pleasant S C. FBI agents couldn't handle it in pistol form. I have had pistol caliber carbines and still have a 38 Spl 357 Mag Henry lever gun and a 40 cal Ruger rifle on hand. Just plinking guns for me. If I had to grab a rifle it would be the AR 15, at this time.

Christianity took that man full of hate and transformed him into a loveable human being loved by many. Made millions after the fight game. George Forman Grills etc. RIP George. Edited to add; Humankind is, "many times", given a lifetime to come back to God through his Son Jesus the Christ. Thats the way it supposed to be. Read it in your Bible.

I watched the video in Scotty's post. Looks like, if these guys test can be trusted, the 9 MM had a very slight advantage over the 5.7. The 5.7, most likely, would be an improvement over a 22 LR should someone need less recoil than the 9 MM and 38 Spl has. We just don't know how disabled we may become as old age sets in. I know my father had Rheumatoid Arthritis, and his fingers became so drawn he had problems holding and firing a pistol, so he went to a shotgun before he passed. He was always an excellent shot with the model 10 38 Spl he owned. He passed at age 75. Thank God I don't have his flavor of Arthritis. I have austieo(S) Arthritis. Edited top add; At 77 I still shoot the 9 MM and 357 Mag DPX pretty well but know it the next day firing the 357.

Thanks for the post guys. Doesn't seem a likely pistol caliber I would want to go too. I have the 9's and 38/357 mag.

Does anyone have any experience with the 5.7 pistol? Just read an article, by James Tarr in Dec 24 Guns and Ammo magazine about the Caliber. If memory serves me that shooter that shot up Fort Hood used a 5.7. It was quite effective there. Tarr said he was in a class with a man from USCCA and he told James they were involved with a shooting by one of their members, and the round was very effective in that self-defense situation. Has anyone shot one? The stats on the caliber is really up there in good standing with some rifle ballistics. Also was tested in gelatin and it performed adequately (12" penetration consistently) from a 40 gr HP used in the test. Tarr said it was not much more punishing than shooting a 22 LR load and far less recoil than 9 MM. It appears there are several ammo companies offering both practice and S D ammo for the caliber, so my interest is aroused. Not getting younger you know. Arthritis and everything detrimental to good shooters in creeping in on me. Wondering if this is a real option for self-defense purposes for older persons who may have difficulties with 9 MM and above.

Continue to heal DeepSouth.

My grandson just got a Glock 43 for his 21st birthday. Not sure it is a X model. It had 2 holsters, kydex outside and IWB, and 5 magazines with it. His dad purchased it from a co-worker the said he had 950.00 in all of it, and he got it for 600.00. Said previous owner shot 2 boxes of ammo through it. Son in law also got some ammo in the deal. Looked new. I believe it also had an electronic sight of some kind and a under brl mounted flashlight with a green Lazer built in the light. Me think he did well, if you want a Glock.

" Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." Got this from a lady in Thousand Oaks California writings.

The men who are taking the trees out are here. They are going to cut 5 large strait logs and stack them on my back yard shooting range so I can increase the backstop to shoot into. A win win for me. I will spray them with termite spray, and they should last a good while. Edited to add; I have 2 very good chain saws but had a heart attack last April. I just turned 77 the 4th of this month. Have 11 stents in my heart. Not in the cards for me cutting 7 large trees and trimming 8 more. I have cut many many trees in my younger days as we used a wood heater for 20 years to heat in the winter. A MAN MUST KNOW HIS CAPIBILITIES. I ain't got it anymore guys. That's life! Edited to add; It has been really hard to realize my health, strength, and abilities leaving me. Just a wobble old man now, however I am content and happy and have the "promise" God grants to all through His Son Jesus Christ. Man can't ask for anything more than a good family life and peace at the end of one's life. I have been blessed because I have accomplished the things one must do to be able to take advantage of God's Grace. If you are old like me, and you want peace, find Jesus Christ. No one comes back to God except through HIM.

They took all the cameras, at stop signs, a few years back in Murfreesboro. Was glad to see them go. Very much money makers for the County or City. Edited to add; The company that owned the cameras got some of the proceeds also. Was accused of shortening the time between orange to red so they could make more. Don't know if that was ever proven but enrage city dwellers.

With the wind this morning, I am wishing the trees were already gone. Blowing very hard her in Lascassas, which is 8 miles east of Murfreesboro TN. Hope none of you guys have any damage today. We do need the rain but not the wind.

Don't post pictures. Sorry Very large trees though. I don' climb any longer so at tree surgeon's mercy.

Having 7 trees removed and 8 more trimmed come Monday. Costing me 4800.00. Some of these trees are leaning over our house and only 30 feet away. These trees are from 40 to 55 feet tall and probably over 60 years old. We have lived here for 40 years, and they were large when we built our house. I had them trimmed 15 years ago and they have grown back and now several has leaned over the house if they would fall. Lots of money but it is not getting any cheaper to take them out. I mean some of these trees are very tall and large most hackberries and one 55' wild cherry, and one 55' ceder.

I shoot sometimes on my property in Rutherford County. Have no neighbors real close. My yard is 300' across the back and I guess another 300' from my property line to the nearest house. I don't shoot before 8AM and after 6 PM. Never had any problems with my neighbors. Been doing this for 40 years.

Thanks for the info. Sounds like you are doing a makeover on the pistol. I am sure it fits you better. I think my itch for a new pistol purchase just flew out the window. My wife wants a different SUV and we are off to look at it this afternoon. Taken me a lifetime to buy my honey an Escalade. She is excited. Edited to add; My fun money has evaporated. We purchased the SUV (Pearl White Caddy). It is a 2018 Escalade, short one. Our daughter has a 2018 long one. That is what got me in trouble, we drove hers to Branson last fall and my wife loved it. Oh well, it's just money! She is ecstatic! How many times can you do that for your honey? The new Echelon must wait for now.

I visited Audy Murphy's grave along with the Challenger Astronauts Memorial while there. Also seen the John Kennedy flame. Truly hallowed ground. I also visited Gettysburg Cemetary, and it ticked me off when the guide told me why no Vietnam hero's were not interred in that cemetery, which he exclaimed the cemetery was still an active burial site.

Does anyone have any experience, or firsthand knowledge, with the Sp Ar pistol? it has been out for over 2 years now and Sp Ar should have the bugs worked out of them by now. I don't like purchasing new model guns until they have been on the market for a couple years because of the bugs thing. I am thinking of purchasing the larger full size 5" barrel 9 MM pistol for a house gun. I noticed they have come out with a smaller pistol with a 4" brl they are calling a compact model. I already have a couple SW MP 9 MM C 2.0 15 shot that have the 4" brl and a 9MM EZ SW 9 MM 10 + 1, so no real pressing need just would like a new full size fantastic plastic pistol. I will say I have a couple Glocks, a 19 9 MM and a 23 in 40 cal, but just am not a Glock fan. Give me some pointers if you are in the know concerning the Echelon. My understanding is that these pistols are in the 650.00 MSRP range. Have not priced one locally yet.