This is the sound of silence

Today was a good day at the range.

After carefully arranging the arrival time to be after the scheduled competition, we set up targets and made ready.

Miss Tacticute shot first with her AR-15/22.

Next was my turn.



That was certainly good fun, so Miss Tacticute wanted a turn. Not surprising, since my M-14 was now about as loud as her .22. The recoil was significantly less, so I calculated that she would be pushed around, but was unlikely to come to any harm or result in an unsafe situation.



Excellent results all around. Miss Tacticute put 75 rounds of .22LR into her targets at 25 yards. The larger holes were sight-in shots after adding the suppressor to the M-14.

After getting the scope sighted in so I was 3" high at 100 yards, I started taking shots at the 200 yard targets that had been waiting so patiently to be ventilated. The middle squares are my targets, and almost all the rounds are on the 8"x8" targets. This is pretty good, considering that I wasn't taking my time with the shots, and the backblast from the action was making my eyes water.

Next purchase priority: airtight shooting goggles to keep the gas out of my eyes.

Buy-A-Gun 2012

Well, not the gun, per se, but what is now attached to it.



Suppressor paid for: July 2011
Time Paperwork sent to BATFE: Early August 2011
Time Tax Stamp Finalized: Early March 2012
Arrived at Dealer: Late March 2012
BATFE Inspector: Sandra J Snook

I left the rifle with the dealer to have the Gem-tech QD mount put on, which necessitated removing the standard M-14 flash hider. Of course, this took the standard front sight with it, so the front of the gas block was replaced with a part that has a hooded front sight built into it.

Lamentably, the range I normally shoot at has a competition occupying the main range for the entire weekend, so I can't go shoot it until the next weekend. I'm sure the suburbia that has sprung up around my range will appreciate me changing the BANG! to a more sedate gun raspberry.