Day 4 of the Season

 

Made it out to the rifle range at Chestnut Mountain today, along with quite a few other fellas with the same idea. Actually, its always this way. There are few outdoor shooting ranges in the area, so the ones that are around and public get hit pretty hard all the time. I'd like to get up to the Sumac one in Cohutta, but its too far to go without a great reason. The Chestnut Mountain one is close to work, so getting up there over a slightly long lunch break is doable.

My shooting today was poor. It was so poor in fact that I started to wonder if it was some kind of gear issue. I put about 50 rounds through and didn't get much better results, so I packed it up. Could have been the crowd, the noise, of whatever, but didn't want to waste any more ammo doing nothing productive.

I drove back down toward work and stopped in at the indoor range in Calhoun. It was quiet and that seemed to make all the difference. The lanes are only 25yards there, but for a .22lr that should be alright to trust out to 50 or 60. Got some good tight groups, added on the suppressor and with just a bit of adjustment was back on.

Thinking if nothing unexpected happens, I'll sneak out of the house early tomorrow for a morning hunt at Sheffield. Probably me and a lot of other anxious squirrel hunters, but we'll see.