News flash!!! News flash!!! News flash!!! Finished up some things at the church this morning and had the rest of the day off!!! Sooooo ... I ran home and grabbed a pretty little Ruger Standard Auto, my much beloved Model 18-3, a brick of ammo and slipped off to the range. There were lots and lots of people there. And ... there were those delightful little paddle things ... six to a stand ... that you could have fun popping around. That little Ruger did it's thing ... nine shots meant two magazines and then a trip around the world w/ the 18 would have all the little paddles back where they started. Just a pure delight in every way.
Believe it or not ... a 1.75x pair of reading glasses and a dab of white model paint on the front sight and you can really have a lot of fun!!! Believe it or not ... the 18-3 was just about faultless. The Ruger was faster, but the 18-3 simply was easier for getting hits ... double-action and of course single-action.
Now I'm home. Watched John Wick. Now about to watch John Wick: Chapter 2 and clean my Ruger. Then, I'll sit down and slowly, thoughtfully and gratefully clean my beloved 18-3.
A word to the wise. I was shooting Federal 38 gr. HP ammo. It was put up in 40 round boxes, 400 rds. to the brick. Odd. But during the Obama administration I bought whatever .22 LR ammo I could find. This stuff was some of the cleanest burning .22LR ammo I've ever seen. Empties about fell out of the revolver ... no stickiness either loading or ejecting at all. Very easy to use. Bullets show some slight blue discoloration and occasionally some corrosion. Accuracy was outstanding. So, go figure. All in all it was a wonderful way to spend my day off! Tomorrow ... Sunday! Church! Sincerely. bruce.
Believe it or not ... a 1.75x pair of reading glasses and a dab of white model paint on the front sight and you can really have a lot of fun!!! Believe it or not ... the 18-3 was just about faultless. The Ruger was faster, but the 18-3 simply was easier for getting hits ... double-action and of course single-action.
Now I'm home. Watched John Wick. Now about to watch John Wick: Chapter 2 and clean my Ruger. Then, I'll sit down and slowly, thoughtfully and gratefully clean my beloved 18-3.
A word to the wise. I was shooting Federal 38 gr. HP ammo. It was put up in 40 round boxes, 400 rds. to the brick. Odd. But during the Obama administration I bought whatever .22 LR ammo I could find. This stuff was some of the cleanest burning .22LR ammo I've ever seen. Empties about fell out of the revolver ... no stickiness either loading or ejecting at all. Very easy to use. Bullets show some slight blue discoloration and occasionally some corrosion. Accuracy was outstanding. So, go figure. All in all it was a wonderful way to spend my day off! Tomorrow ... Sunday! Church! Sincerely. bruce.
