My wife's got a goal today...

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11 years 6 months ago #25203 by Sharkey
My wife's got a goal today... was created by Sharkey
We'll be going to church first and then my boys will be leaving with Grandma as Mrs Sharkey and I take off to the range today.

She's pretty psyched cuz I've got a few oldies out of mothballs to mess with but her real goal will be to get on paper (human silhouettes) with some slugs from the Benelli M4 AND to hit some bulls-eyes at 200 with the AR10.

She's little but she's tough as nails when she wants to be so I'm gonna have her try hip firing the M4 a couple of times with a single round loaded and at the 25 yard target and once she gets the feel for it, I'll stoke it right up and let her have her way with a full load. If she can fire slugs from the hip, buckshot will be a walk in the park. I also have the Urbino Stock with the Limbsaver buttpad on the M4 so all she needs is to be in the mood and I know she can handle it off the shoulder as well as long as she leans into it good.

Just imagine a pretty little 5'1, 115lb blonde with an attitude aiming at some baddies with a fully loaded Benelli M4 and well, that'd be my girl.... :)

The AR10 will be throwing some 168gr HPBT Match ammo today instead of my usual soft point stuff to see how it likes it and she's gonna be shootin for the 1/2 mark at 200 and she's got her determined face on so we'll see how she does - she's still a little intimidated by it but I'm sure all it'll take is a little more range time and she'll do well.

My wife is a damn fine shot with pretty much anything she picks up so we'll see. Maybe if she likes these 168s enough, I'll be able to skip all the AR15 stuff and get her a 10er in a carbine but we'll have to see.

I'm just happy to see her get psyched about shooting again - heck, all I did was tell her I was gonna go and the look on her face was like "Hey, what about me?" and of course, I caught it FAST and said "want me to ask my Mother to take the boys for a couple of hours?" and she said "OK" as she went over and picked up the 10inch splash targets to eyeball for a few minutes....Well, Grandma NEVER minds taking the boys for a while so here we go. Loaded and ready.

Maybe I'll bring my camera but she HATES me taking pics when she's concentrating... :laugh:

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11 years 6 months ago - 11 years 6 months ago #25213 by Siscowet
Replied by Siscowet on topic My wife's got a goal today...
:thumbs: you have the makings of a good day friend.
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11 years 6 months ago #25214 by Sharkey
Replied by Sharkey on topic My wife's got a goal today...
Indeed. I fine day of shootin with my fine wife and a couple O good friends - another husband and wife shooters... :)


The guy I go shooting with taught his wife to hunt years ago and the best rack in the house is a 9 pointer she shot dead in the chest as it literally jumped OVER her as she crouched in some brush.

It came straight as her on the run as he and a few other guys were driving and she put a 20 gauge slug through it's heart, in mid air, 3 or 4 feet in the air above her... :thumbs:

She had cancer a few years ago and a very close call (God Bless her) and doesn't hunt anymore but still shoots all the time. She's a great coach to my wife when they both make it... :)

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11 years 6 months ago #25218 by magi
Replied by magi on topic My wife's got a goal today...
Do enjoy your time with your wife...... Go outside.... Have fun..... I'm stuck in the bloody house.... All I can do is shop on line get fat and buy a bunch of guy stuff... Boring.......

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11 years 6 months ago #25228 by Libertarian623
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Hope you had a blast.

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11 years 6 months ago #25238 by Sharkey
Replied by Sharkey on topic My wife's got a goal today...
I fine day indeed....

The wife had some solid hits at 200 on the 10" splatter circle targets. It's her second run at 200 yards and with 2 10 round mags at 2 separate targets, she had 19 hits with half a dozen inside the smallest circle although none in the bulls-eye. She and I were both VERY pleased her showing today though.

The 168's fired flawlessly so I'm also happy with those running through the AR10 and one thing I also noticed about them is they seem to run more accurately through a hot barrel than my usual soft points do so I'll certainly be getting more.

The M4 kicked ass as usual and Mrs Sharkey even did some hip firing with it at the 25 yard target. Doing drills with charging a round in, turning off the safety and blasting a human silhouette target till it was empty, reloading and doing it one more time. 2 in a row was her limit for that drill and then she needed a few minutes but my girl blasted that silhouette target like an old pro and with a 12 GAUGE and 1600fps slugs. A proud day for me AND her as we moved all over the place firing all kinds of goodies.

A fine day indeed.

And I took a BUNCH of photos but as you can see by the only one I'll bother attaching, there seems to be something VERY wrong with my damn camera now...

My wife getting ready to kick it with the AR10 at 100 yards... Messed up photo but it's the best of the bunch..


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