Archive for February 22nd, 2014

We’re off to see the Wizard, the…err, nope, just skirting the edge of Kansas

It’s time for me to pack up my hotel room and bid farewell to Las Vegas. I’m off to Kansas City which skirts the border of Kansas and Missouri. I couldn’t get a direct flight, so I’m flying via Phoenix, Arizona (flights US544 and US430 with US Airways). This will involve me going forward two hours from Pacific Time to Central Time, so by the time I get there, the day will be pretty much over.

It’s a colder day in Las Vegas today than it has been of late.
Las Vegas hourly forecast for 21 Feb 2014

I’ll be in Kansas City until Sunday morning and it is definitely a bit colder there.
Kansas City forecast for 21-23 Feb 2014

And then to a place which is much colder…Fort Dodge, Iowa. There’s a good chance I’ll see some snow, and I’m very glad I packed some cold-weather clothing.
Fort Dodge forecast for 23-25 Feb 2014

I’m looking forward to it…and the cold weather should give me plenty of time in my hotel room in the evenings to catch up on uploading photos.

As usual, thanks go to AccuWeather for the forecasts)

Samuel

February 22nd, 2014 at 02:03am

My first time shooting

I have a lot of photos and a few stories to share about my time in Las Vegas (which comes to an end this morning) and not enough time to post them right now, but before I leave Las Vegas I would like to share this.

On Wednesday afternoon I went out to the Green Valley Range in Henderson with Rocky, Billy and Jeffrey, where Billy gave me instruction on firing his Ruger P95, a lightweight weapon which is probably a good starting point for someone as small as me.

Billy ran me through a safety briefing and introduction to the P95, and demonstrated the firing of it.
Billy demonstrates the P95
(I never noticed until this photo just how much bigger that shirt is compared to the top I had on over it)

Then it was my go, under Billy’s careful watch and mentoring, and a light holding of my right shoulder while I got used to the kick of the gun.

Samuel shoots the P95

Here are a couple short videos of me shooting the P95. You can’t really see much of what I’m firing at, but you can see enough.

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And the targets. In this first one, the clump of shots which hit right on top of each other dead-centre in the target were Billy’s. The rest were mine. All good, but that shot in the arm was definitely a stray.

Samuel's first target

And the 2nd target. All of these shots were mine.

Samuel's second target

I definitely have a bias to the right (would you expect anything else from me?) but this could be corrected with practice. Still, for a first go, I was happy with the results.

A very big thanks to Rocky, Billy and Jeffrey for the outing. It was a very enjoyable experience.

Samuel

February 22nd, 2014 at 01:49am


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