Escape to America

I do love New Orleans--I really do. But sometimes I just have to take a break and escape back to real America for a few hours.

Time to go shoot things.

I started out with some more trap shooting...and decided that I need much more practice, so this is going to be a regular part of my range trips from now on.

Then it was rifle time.

I broke out a Finnish M39 Mosin Nagant that I acquired a few years ago but haven't done much with.

Apparently it still loves me though, because the first round fired rang the 8" steel gong at 100 yards, and 36 of the next 39 rounds fired did the same. (And the three misses were entirely my fault.) Nothing makes for a nice day like lying on your shooting mat, establishing natural point of aim, and just working over a piece of steel a football field's length away. This rifle was originally built in Russia in 1896, but the Finns acquired it and rebuilt it in 1941 to it's present state--a shooting work of art. This rifle has the chops for a foreign rifle match at the CMP Games or use in the coming civil war that Hillary Clinton can be expected to kick off after she and her media lapdogs steal this coming election.

But enough about that.

It was a great day out. Getting back out to America is always nice.