An afternoon of firearms
News, Guns ·Saturday July 11, 2009 @ 19:54 EDT (link)
I decided to pick up some ammo for the upcoming MS Gun "Second Amendment Day" next week at the Sultan pit; I headed down to Issaquah and stopped at Big-5 first. I wandered around looking for ammo before realizing it was behind the counter (which is common to large retailers; gun stores just keep it on the shelves). I got some 12 ga. shells there and then crossed the I-90 to West Coast Armory, much loved and highly recommended by Microsoft shooters. I'd stopped in before, but this time I picked the brain of employee Ken Lin about shotguns, rifles, and scopes. He cheerfully explained what I asked and let me try several scopes and handle various firearms. After I try out some firearms and scopes with live fire on 2A Day I hope I can give them some business. The Remington 700 sniper rifle I looked at was beautiful, and they had some very nice scopes too, if pricey (generally, not over other prices I'd seen). I picked up some more ammo for 2A Day in hopes of trying out guns (.40, .45, and 7.62). I wanted to get some rifle ammo, but wasn't sure what would be best to get. Hopefully for trials I can buy a couple rounds at the pit, even if I have to overpay a little.
On the way home I stopped in to SVRC to shoot my Glock 34 for a while. I tried out the used bowling pins some of us at Microsoft had bought in a group buy ($0.83/pin); they're decent targets.
I mowed the lawn when I got home, but it hadn't grown much due to the weather. Tomorrow I need to go around and edge and pull a few weeds.
