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Range Report......Gotta Keep GunNut Happy

Went to the range today with my wife and daughters. Firearms list:
Mossberg 702 Plinkster
Henry H001 Series
VEPR-12
Marlin Model 60
Ruger EC9S
Kimber Micro 9
American Heritage single action .22LR revolver
Smith & Wesson 686 Plus
Shot paper plates at 25 yards with the Mossberg and Henry. Shot paper targets at 50 yards with the VEPR-12 (slugs) and the Marlin. Shot more paper plates at 7-1/2 yards with the pistols. My younger daughter was grouping around 4" with her scoped Plinkster shooting cheap Thunderbolts off-hand. My wife was grouping around 6" with the Henry shooting off-hand with iron sights. I was doing about the same with the Henry. The VEPR and Marlin I really only brought along to function test as I had issues with both the last time I had them out. The VEPR issue was a loose clip on the magazine (feed lips) that caused the gun to eject the magazine with every shot. Once I found that and corrected it, the VEPR ran fine. The Marlin also ran fine. I am guessing the issue I had the previous trip was the Thunderbolts. Apparently I just had 2-3 duds in a row. Had an occasional dud today with the Thunderbolts in several of the .22 LR guns. My wife and older daughter got a little practice with their carry guns (EC9S for my daughter and Kimber Micro 9 for my wife). I played with the American Heritage a little but mostly shot .38 Specials in my 686. Funniest thing that happened....I had stapled the the paper plate targets to the backboard with a single staple in the bulls-eye.....I figured that was the safest spot. When I was shooting one plate double action off-hand with my 686 the plate fell off with my 5th shot. Yep, bulls-eye! 


And for those of you who want to see pics of the guns, here you go:








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I have a 686.. Not surprised it got a bullseye
Reuters, Dec 2020.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov