I brought along my Mark III with red dot sight and my FN FiveseveN. In the parking lot I was joking about some ranges disallowing the 5.7 guns, and sure enough as soon as we got inside there was a big sign "NO FN 5.7!" Grrrr...
Of the guns going around, I pretty much shot everything though with the Sig fest going between MSgt B and David I was confused about what I was shooting and when. A Girl's M&P was interesting. I'd like to get more time on one of those. And CTone's HK always leaves me curious. Actually, I would like to do a side-by-side shoot between that and my PX4 some day.
CTone also gave me this parting gift:
It's a kydex mag holster he made, and a fairly ingenious design at that. My PX4 magazine went right into it and held firm enough that I could hold it upside down without the magazine falling out. Pretty cool. I've begun using it full time.
There's some talk of getting up to Proud Hillbilly / Murphy's Law territory and doing a blogshoot at 340 Defense sometime. Stay tuned for that.
Great time for sure. Looking forward to the next go round.
ReplyDeleteSure would love to try that FN out someday (hint). Maybe we can meet at the IWL I shoot at, or perhaps the future WVa road trip. Cheers.
Since your IWLA allows dynamic movement and guests (something the chapter I belonged to did not), then I'll take you up on that some time.
DeleteThe welcome mat is still out. We've just got to arrange scheduling for everyone.
ReplyDeleteThanks. We need to noodle on some dates. I'm gonna assume Mother's Day weekend is not good.
DeleteSo good to meet you and talk with you.
ReplyDeleteI am serious about this road trip thing, so we should discuss dates because I don't want you boys to have all the fun. If I can keep my man out of traffic school he will want to come too. He is super cute, but that is probably only appealing to me:)
I'll converse with ML about a date. I'm thinking late May.
DeleteTraffic school? I hope everything is ok.
Lol, yes all is well. That black car I was driving is his. He was going a little fast like 14 over and the judge was none to pleased, but reduced the ticket from reckless driving to speeding if he took a course. That is where he was Saturday. It's a hard car not to speed in.
DeleteSweet ride, btw.
DeleteForgive my ignorance...why would ranges have a problem with the FN 5.7?
ReplyDeleteIt's about protecting their backstop. As the 5.7 round was originally developed as an armor penetrating personal defense weapon for rearward troops, there is a belief started by the Brady types that all 5.7 ammo is armor penetrating, which is simply not the case. Civilians cannot generally get their hands on that type of ammo, and trust me when I say I don't have it if for no other reason than I wouldn't waste my money. But some gun ranges believe the Brady hype.
DeleteThis particular range also does not allow any rifles except rimfire .22. It is true that the 5.7 out of a pistol has the same velocity as many rifle rounds, and therefore they simply see it as a rifle round.
It's too bad they feel that way about the 5.7; that sucker is fun to shoot!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the mag pouch is working out. It didn't fit A Girl's M&P mags very well. I'm going to make a bunch of them for the next blog shoot to hand out.