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Some fun today with Hollow point 69gr Nosler reloads, and apples at Panoche.
Hard to see in the videos but the apples are about 50-60 yards away just on the left of the target stands. Stuck on stakes which were stuck into the ground about 2-3' off the ground.
Gotta love the explosion
, and the fact they are biodegradable.
Nico prone exploding fruit
Alan prone Exploding fruit
Nico prone (I had a failure to strip the next round off the mag on my second shot malfunction......easily repaired by a tug on the charging handle)
Worthy of note:
Most of the times I have been to Panoche there were very few people there.
Not the case today.
Sheriff's were there practicing on quads, LARGE group of boyscouts moved in, and set up camp darn near on top of us after we'd been set up for about an hour or so, and we got a 'drive right up' visit from the ranger who wished to check out our gear for legality.
Everyone was really nice though.
Ran into a sheriff at the front gate while waiting for Alan to arrive. Poor guy wasn't sure if he was in the correct location, and mistook me for another sheriff there for the same training.
Troop leader walked up to us shortly after he arrived for a chat, and to let us know what to expect shortly as well as know our range to let his scouts know.
Ranger was understandably a little cautious in his approach to two armed individuals but calm, and nice to talk to. He seemed really interested in the mag locks I had installed on my AKs (based on the jumbopanda design). Said he'd never seen one like that before. Also interested in the fake can I have pinned on my underfolder for 30" length requirement (More interested in if it was real than the 30" length requirement). We were pleasant, respectful, and let him handle whatever he wished (checked out Alan's AR, and one of my AKs).
Now the important part of this whole post:
He brought to our attention that some users of the BLM land have a bad habit of leaving trash, and even mentioned a rather large stack of trash recently left there with "The NRA was here" spray painted on it.
This really made my blood boil.
Every shooter that I hang with picks up trash in addition to their own, and their casings also (I reload so it's a no brainer but I pick up my steel casings also from the 7.62x39).
My motto is "Leave it cleaner than you found it so everyone can continue to enjoy it".
I know everyone here respects the privilege of being able to shoot on BLM Land as I do, and knows enough to protect that privilege by cleaning up after themselves.
How do I know this?
The ranger asked if we were CalGunners. When I answered "Yes" he (noticeably) relaxed, and wished us a good day.
Thanks CalGunners.
for being as cool as you are.
Hard to see in the videos but the apples are about 50-60 yards away just on the left of the target stands. Stuck on stakes which were stuck into the ground about 2-3' off the ground.
Gotta love the explosion
, and the fact they are biodegradable.Nico prone exploding fruit
Alan prone Exploding fruit
Nico prone (I had a failure to strip the next round off the mag on my second shot malfunction......easily repaired by a tug on the charging handle)
Worthy of note:
Most of the times I have been to Panoche there were very few people there.
Not the case today.
Sheriff's were there practicing on quads, LARGE group of boyscouts moved in, and set up camp darn near on top of us after we'd been set up for about an hour or so, and we got a 'drive right up' visit from the ranger who wished to check out our gear for legality.
Everyone was really nice though.
Ran into a sheriff at the front gate while waiting for Alan to arrive. Poor guy wasn't sure if he was in the correct location, and mistook me for another sheriff there for the same training.
Troop leader walked up to us shortly after he arrived for a chat, and to let us know what to expect shortly as well as know our range to let his scouts know.
Ranger was understandably a little cautious in his approach to two armed individuals but calm, and nice to talk to. He seemed really interested in the mag locks I had installed on my AKs (based on the jumbopanda design). Said he'd never seen one like that before. Also interested in the fake can I have pinned on my underfolder for 30" length requirement (More interested in if it was real than the 30" length requirement). We were pleasant, respectful, and let him handle whatever he wished (checked out Alan's AR, and one of my AKs).
Now the important part of this whole post:
He brought to our attention that some users of the BLM land have a bad habit of leaving trash, and even mentioned a rather large stack of trash recently left there with "The NRA was here" spray painted on it.
This really made my blood boil.
Every shooter that I hang with picks up trash in addition to their own, and their casings also (I reload so it's a no brainer but I pick up my steel casings also from the 7.62x39).
My motto is "Leave it cleaner than you found it so everyone can continue to enjoy it".
I know everyone here respects the privilege of being able to shoot on BLM Land as I do, and knows enough to protect that privilege by cleaning up after themselves.
How do I know this?
The ranger asked if we were CalGunners. When I answered "Yes" he (noticeably) relaxed, and wished us a good day.
Thanks CalGunners.
for being as cool as you are.
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