blacktop wrote:The first time I took my M44 to the range (Hotwells) I was all nervous because even though I had checked the headspacing and gone over the gun to make sure it was safe, you never know. Well, I propped it up on the sand bags, settled in and held my head as far back from the action as I could (in case it blew up) . I gently pulled the trigger and KABOOM! Huge fireball, a great big kick in the shoulder, and the rest of the range went completely silent . Here's the part where I sit up and grin like an idiot. A number of people had to come over to see just what it was that I was shooting. No blow up, just a heck of a ride! My wife said that she could see the blastwave lay down the grass in front of the bench. It's like that every time. It does tends to frighten the kids out shooting for the first time with their .22s so I try to be courteous and take a break when they get started, but it's so darn fun to shoot!!
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- Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:45 pm
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The first time I took mine out i was pretty scared myself about blowing up. Hadnt headspaced it and I put it on the sandbag and just basically put a sandbag on top and kinda on the rear of the bolt. My buddy was like just shoot the darn thing. I let off the first round and all I saw was flameball and instantly had a rush. Shot about 60 rounds that day till it got kinda dark and it really "shined" then!
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:03 pm
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I took my mosin 44 out and a guy came over down the line and said what the heck is that. All he could comment was how loud it was.