Showed up at the range for the normal Tuesday morning shoot.

The wind was less than 1 knot, and the skies were overcast but no rain, so we chose to shoot at the 50 yard outdoor range, rather than the indoor range, for the precision paper punching….

I used Vera II, the red white and blue 10-22 clone (No Ruger parts but the magazines)

We shot the targets bottom right to top left (yeah, I know, that’s not the correct way) then shot the staples (3 on each side) then the numbers under the targets, center then up, then down.

I didn’t think it would be a challenge, but then came the kicker….4 minutes for the entire target, 75 rounds, 5 per bullseye, then one each all the numbers and staples..

The time frame got to me. I did ok on the targets, did OK on the staples down each side, but rushed too much shooting at the numbers as I knew time was running out.

I missed 1 staple, bent but did not remove another so no score there, and missed 5 numbers and ran out of time for the other two…

All in all, I am OK with the target as a whole, but I should have (and can do) much better…psychological factors played as much as my rushing…and still I ran out of time.

It was a good challenge and a lot of fun. No prizes, just bragging rights.

A good way to spend a Tuesday morning…friends and firearms.