Hoot to Shoot day

Hello everyone,

Here is how you turn a cold, wet and windy day into a Hoot to Shoot. My good friend and neighbor Mr. D ( Delbert ) invited me over to his farm to do a bit of target shooting. I had just completed the new Alpha Bullet~Pellet-Trap ( I will do a separate thread on this later ) so I took it with me and spent half a day doing some test shooting. Set the Trap out at a measured 50-Yards and shot two clips (22LR) and only removed some paint at the impact area. Talk about being spoiled, I was chauffeured via the golf cart, out to the Trap for inspections. Got back home and set the Trap out at 10-Meters and shot the heck out of it with my .22 cal Airacuda Max using both 18.1gr at three of the 10-Rings and some 25.4gr. I shot 25-shots of the 25.4gr at the last 10-Ring and pretty much stack all 25 shots. Looking on the inside none of the pellets even removed any of the paint at the impact areas. Turned out to be a really great day and thank you Delbert.

ThomasT
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Hello everyone,

Here is how you turn a cold, wet and windy day into a Hoot to Shoot. My good friend and neighbor Mr. D ( Delbert ) invited me over to his farm to do a bit of target shooting. I had just completed the new Alpha Bullet~Pellet-Trap ( I will do a separate thread on this later ) so I took it with me and spent half a day doing some test shooting. Set the Trap out at a measured 50-Yards and shot two clips (22LR) and only removed some paint at the impact area. Talk about being spoiled, I was chauffeured via the golf cart, out to the Trap for inspections. Got back home and set the Trap out at 10-Meters and shot the heck out of it with my .22 cal Airacuda Max using both 18.1gr at three of the 10-Rings and some 25.4gr. I shot 25-shots of the 25.4gr at the last 10-Ring and pretty much stack all 25 shots. Looking on the inside none of the pellets even removed any of the paint at the impact areas. Turned out to be a really great day and thank you Delbert.

ThomasT
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Where's your jacket, young man! You'll catch your death! 😂🤣🙄
 
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Where's your jacket, young man! You'll catch your death! 😂🤣🙄
Hello @rsfrid

Well Ross that is Delbert in the photo ..... but I too was only wearing a T-shirt. It was 53 degrees when we started around 9:30 this morning and the weather man had predicted sun and 70 degrees :(, but it was 53 when I left around 2:pm, however when you are having that much fun you kind of dismiss the weather 😁

ThomasT
 
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Hello @rsfrid

Well Ross that is Delbert in the photo ..... but I too was only wearing a T-shirt. It was 53 degrees when we started around 9:30 this morning and the weather man had predicted sun and 70 degrees :(, but it was 53 when I left around 2:pm, however when you are having that much fun you kind of dismiss the weather 😁

ThomasT
It was 51 here and I wore a hoody. Went to High Pressure Pneumatics to peruse the merchandise. He has a couple new guns 😏
 
Oh YEAH Thomas! How FUN! That is some excellent shooting, wonderful friend (D) and spolied by a golf cart limo to set/inspect targets! What a day, excellent trap...great pics! Rained here too but shot in the morning before the moisture decided to fall...🤗
Hello @Ranchibi

I am so lucky to have this true gentleman as a friend, one of the last "real people" left on planet earth 😁 . We actually spent as much time talking as we did shooting.

ThomasT
 
Hello @Ranchibi

I am so lucky to have this true gentleman as a friend, one of the last "real people" left on planet earth 😁 . We actually spent as much time talking as we did shooting.

ThomasT
That's how people should be! And, I do think that he is quite blessed to have a friend in you....🤗. I have a group of friends whom I consider family, they are all retired teachers and are exceptional people, I am honored to be called their friend.....
 
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That's how people should be! And, I do think that he is quite blessed to have a friend in you....🤗. I have a group of friends whom I consider family, they are all retired teachers and are exceptional people, I am honored to be called their friend.....
Hello again @Ranchibi

Well I offered to move in on their farm, then his wife handed me a list of chores that would have to be completed every day before any shooting :unsure: . Then it donned on me that I really needed to be over on my place :LOL:

ThomasT