I Need a Case

I’m looking for a case that can hold two rifles, but in a configuration where I don’t feel like I’m carrying around a telephone pole.  The case has to be OK for flying, and has to have a lock.  I would prefer metal, but polymer is OK as long as it’s tough.   I’m going to take out to the Gun Blogger Rendezvous:

  1. AK-74
  2. AR-15 carbine
  3. Glock 19

I’m thinking about taking my S&W 629 is lieu of the Glock, since I can’t carry concealed in Nevada, I don’t need to be all that concerned about having my carry gun with me.  But I did pick the AK-74 and AR-15 specifically because I’m limited to 11 lbs of ammo on the plane, and both those platforms have lighter ammo, meaning I can take more of it.  .44 Magnum loads are heavy.  A case that had ample room for securely storing ammunition would be nice too.

Any suggestions?

Back and Charging

I’m back in Pennsylvania, and back to the charger for my laptop.  Did some wobble trap and skeet this morning with Countertop over at Bull Run.  I still suck at skeet.  I haven’t quite gotten the hang of where I need to lead the bird in order to hit it.  It’s certainly much farther ahead than you have to do with trap.  I was surprised by how far ahead I was leading when I was actually hitting the bird.

Helping out Holmesburg

Looks like there was a meeting on Monday to try to stave off the City of Philadelphia from closing the Holmesburg Fish and Game Protective Association by refusing to renew its lease.  I feel bad that I couldn’t make it.

I feel for the club, that it’s future is in jeopardy.  All clubs in the Philadelphia area are susceptible to these types of problems, and while the suburban townships that other shooting ranges reside in are generally more friendly to the shooting community than the City of Philadelphia, the political winds can shift unexpectedly.  This is one reason I’m so intent on trying to convince my shooting club that weakening its relationship with NRA would be a very unwise move.

Citori Report

I finally got the Citori out to the trap field.  I am very happy with how it feels and how it shoots.  Single trap I managed 24 out of 25.  Double trap I managed 19 out of 24.

I bet Bitter on the last shot of the box that I’d buy her dinner if I missed.  I actually missed!  I think deep inside I feel sorry that she has had to come up here so much that I must have subsonsciously gotten behind the clay too much and missed.  Yeah… that’s the ticket.

I need more work on double, but I’m happy enough with the single score.  It’s a lot more work on the arms operating the brake action than it is operating the pump on my Mossberg.  But overall, I like the break action O/U better in terms of being able to hit.  I still want to improve my double score, but it’s better than I was doing with my pump.

Forest Services Changes Shooting Policy

According to SAF:

Under the old interpretation, the USFS, particularly in Colorado’s Boulder Ranger District, had been preventing the public from recreational shooting within 150 yards of any road on the presumption that a road is an “occupied area” under the language of Federal Regulation 36 CFR 261.10. But the memorandum, issued by Joel Holtrop, deputy chief of the National Forest System, clarifies the regulation.

“Roads are not inherently considered occupied areas under 261.10(d)(1),” the memorandum notes. However, there remains a prohibition against shooting across or along a forest road, or any body of water adjacent to a road. The Aug. 29 memorandum was sent to all regional foresters, station directors, and other personnel including USFS law enforcement supervisors.

This is good news for people who shoot in National Forests.