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Well, I knew it.
Can anyone drop by my place and pick up the thrower to take? I won't be making it... the wife has other plans for me...
PM me if you're able for directions, etc.
Sry Pat. "Maybe next time"... again.
No problem at all. I have the required minimum of 5 people covered already so you not going won't cause any issues.Originally Posted by BigBear
Maybe next time if we deem it worthy enough to do it again. We'll see. I'm good on the thrower myself but thanks anyways for offering.
Patrick
errrrr....Weather call?
Here in Fountain it is coming down.
I will check back at 5:45 to see if there is any change.
Im in my way.
I would like to thank all who attended the night shoot. I think that we all agree that the night shoot was a blast and that it was worth it. I'll give a brief description about what we did and how the shoot went for those who may be curious.
We all arrived for shoot about 10 mins before 6:30pm and introduced ourselves to one another. At 6:30pm when Mel arrived we went inside the shop to pay and pick up targets and ammo. Mel gave us permission to pick which range we wanted to shoot at (we chose the pistol/100 yard range because no one brought any 30-06 or .308 type rifles and it was closer). We headed down to the range to get all of our gear and targets set up as well as show each other our weapons. After about a half hour later we kicked off the shooting and all was great. Once it hit about 20 mins after sunset (which was about 8pm) we brought out the chem lights and got the range set up for night shooting. We stapled some of the chem lights up to the pallets so we could shoot at them and stuck some in the berm as well. At about 8:30pm it was pretty dark and we were in full swing for the night shoot. We shot with the lasers and tactical lights in almost perfect no light conditions for about half hour. It was great training. After my wife shot about 2 mags worth of ammo she gave up because her pistol had no night sights or laser/lights and she couldn't see her target good enough or shoot it accurately. I think she got the point of why I wanted to bring her out there at night. I had a blast shooting my USP9 with the Viridian green laser/light combo. I tried to hit targets with my P2000 (has night sights but no laser/lights) and found that aiming with those sights were difficult for me.
In conclusion I think the shoot was worth it. I had low expectations going in because it was the first time we have tried this and I didn't want to get disappointed but the shoot exceeded my expectations. I was able to meet with some great forum members (thanks again for going) and my wife and the buddy I bought really enjoyed themselves as well. Mel was happy to have us and allowed us to go and do our own thing without any intervention. We had no safety issues/problems between us. Everyone was very safety-minded and mindful of one another. The weather was awesome. It was a cool evening with no rain and no wind. I wish I would have brought some bug spray because as soon as the sun went down the mosquitos came out. I will try to organize this again in about a month or so and the good thing is that the sun will start to go down even earlier by then. I hope to get more people interested by then and have a bigger group of forum members.
If anyone has any questions about the shoot just let me know and I'll be happy to answer. I'll try to schedule another shoot in about 3 more weeks and see if anybody wants to join us.
Have a good weekend,
Patrick
I am sorry I ended up not being able to go. I'm really hoping my wife's medical issues clear up enough for me to go next time.
When you were able to hit the chemlights, was it obvious that you had hit one and you could see the splatter? Or did it just get too dim to see at night?
Did anyone use reactive targets or even the shoot-n-see style targets that were viewable in the darkness?
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Chad,
If we shot the chem light in the center it would splatter no prob but when someone just winged it would just run down the target. We could see it no prob after the sun went down. The green, orange, yellow, and pink colors worked the best I think. It was pretty cool to see them blow up. None of us had any reactive targets or anything besides the paper and clay pigeons.
Some shots from My iPhone.
Take advantage of the training opportunity next time.
I had a great time and no crowds!
TeamRico,
Thanks for posting some pics of the night shoot.
For anybody who was curious in the 3rd and 4th pic you can tell how good the chem lights glow and that they make great targets once the sun goes down.
Correct me if I'm wrong TeamRico but those night pics were taken around 8:30pm and we were able to shoot in those light conditions until 9pm.
Patrick
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