Today was a fine day, we finished up a lot of the yard work for the spring today. Then a friend showed up, we had lunch, hung out, I showed him how to sharpen a knife, and then he showed me how to replace disk breaks. DeNae's van now stops with alacrity. the passenger side front break was in TERRIBLE shape on the inside, the pad was worn down to the rivete, the inside was 70% gone. The Driver's side was better about 20% life left on both the inside and outside. The rear breaks are drum breaks and so we didn't attempt them. DeNae will drag them in to somewhere to have them done.

It's Wednesday, that means trap shooting. I shot 14 and 20 this week I think. I know the 20 for sure and I thnk I made my average, which means I needed the 14. The guys all did well too. We got stuck in the B-division. We're more of C-division team. Hopefully assignments to the leagues were random and we'll do ok, even if we don't it's not like it matters if we get smoked, as long as we have fun. For those who really care here is the link to the scores weekly. We're in the B division, Geek Posse.

The weather was lovely, a good time was had by all.

Last night was nuts at Metro. It was week 3, aka you must shoot your first three scores week, and the previous two weeks the weather had been crappy. So.. there were about a million people there. Well not really but they had all 14 fields running, all with waits.

I shot 16 and 18, which means I made my average. Chilly's having issues. Odie however is clearly hitting his stride. Yay we are a fine fine team. Odie bought sodas for those of us who wanted to hang out afterwards.

I stopped on the way home and bought fuel, soon I will get over the extra $.30 a gallon that the new cleaner standards are costing me. In the mean time I will be bitter about fuel costs. Then I hit the DQ and drove home to watch Sense and Sensibility with Heidi.

Seige Engines and Shotguns

Well, let's see, for the final update on pistol league I finished at the absolute bottom of the league. I was however only 40pts shy of 2nd to the last place. I have dreams of finishing in the middle of the pack next fall.

Summer Trap started two weeks ago. The best part about summer trap? Cleaning the snow off your glasses between shots. I hit 16. Which isn't great but it's not too bad. Odie got a new gun, a legacy from his Granddad.

Also the Easter Chuck went off well. Click here for pictures and video.

preliminary onager video

it's not good video. Really it's not. there is a lot of setup for very little at the end. But it's only 30 seconds and 8mb. So if you're at work or on broadband it's probably worth a click. Pictures are Here it's in there somewhere the only thing I'm sure you'll find it.

Video here

New Trap Season Begins

Last night we shot our first two rounds of trap for the season. I'm officially the captain of our squad apparently. That's what I get for being the one to pay the team fee, we're apparently the Geek Posse. Well last season the team I shot on was called Shooting Blanks, so I guess this is a step up. Back again for shooting hijinks are Deanna and Erik(hereafter called Chilly). We've added Ken who is Chilly's son; Tony who works with Erik, Deanna and me; Eric (aka Odie) who I've known for years and years, we went to GAC together; and Tony's friend "Creepy Gamer Scott" who doesn't seem so creepy actually.

I successfully forgot my plastic ammo can full of all my trap shooting essentials like my belt pouch and safety glasses, and earplugs. Scott loaned me earplugs and I went on with my day, fortunately my coat pocket will hold a box of shells. Since neither Odie or Scott had ever shot trap before we set it up with the four of the gang who have shot trap before going first and Odie, Scott and I going second. I spent the first round explaining the finer points of etiquette and logistics to them.

Everybody did pretty well, especially considering some of them had never shot a single round of trap before starting the league. I hit 15 and 11, which are fine fine rounds to have as contenders for handicapping. Ken shot 22 and beat his dad by 4 pts, which he was insufferably smug about. I don't remember anybody eles's score.

Well the last two weeks of pistol league got shot last night. I shot 252 the first round (week 9) and week 10 I got better than 400 pts like 414. The amazing improvement, caused by borowing the range officer's gun. He loaned me his S&W Model 41 with it's red dot sight. I think my gun needs some work or replacement before next season.