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  • esrice

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    What a day! Blue skies, no rain, no wind, bright sun, cool temperatures. PERFECT!

    So what else to do but hit the range with some friends.

    Chris (Integraholic), Klint (who is a Bartholomew Co. Sheriff's Deputy), and I headed down to Brown County, where we met with my sister (Kelly) and my Dad (lovemywoods).

    What follows is our day, shown in pictures:

    Here is the crew: Chris, Kelly, Dad, yours truely
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    And the basic range setup.
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    We started off easy, on a line.
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    Looks like Klint wins (again. . .). Kelly was disqualified for using the M4 with Aimpoint (cheater).
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    Chris' turn. Look at that face!
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    Dad finally got to shoot his own gun.
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    And there's the family.
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    Even Mom brought her "Canon" (thanks for the pics).
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    Here is Deputy Brown running a course with his department shotgun.
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    Lucky for us, he killed the bunny.
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    Back to reloading and taking a break.
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    That's when we broke out the tannerite. We decided to start small and trying packing some into a spent shotgun shell. It was a tiny "boom" and all it did was turn the shell inside-out.
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    We were unsatisfied. So we then put an entire container of tannerite on top of a wooden post, and place a milk jug filled with water on top of it. Big fun! Note the ripped jug flying through the air!
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    WE LOVE TANNERITE!
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    The second time around we went BIGGER. First we laid out a 2'x'3 piece of 1/4" steel diamond plate on the ground. Then we stacked the tannerite container on top of 4 clay pigeons. We also put 4 clays behind it, and 4 on each side. Then we put another 4 clays on top, and THEN another water jug.
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    The biggest piece of clay pigeon was less than 1/4 inch wide. It completely powdered everything! The last picture is the steel plate covered in black dust. It was normally rust-red colored.

    Chris has the tannerite shoots on video, and he will post them when he gets them on YouTube.

    Ok here are the tannerite videos!!

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pFgA6UevbU[/ame]

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUQX9GDL6lg[/ame]

    Hope you all enjoyed our trip to the country!

    Evan
     
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    Ri22o

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    If I can ask without seeming dumb, why are you and the guy on the other end hunched so far forward in this shot? I thought the idea was to keep your shoulders back and square?

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    epsylum

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    If I can ask without seeming dumb, why are you and the guy on the other end hunched so far forward in this shot? I thought the idea was to keep your shoulders back and square?

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    I was taught to lean forward to absorb and control the recoil. Though, I would bend my knees a bit.
     

    TomN

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    Yeah you lean into the shot to help absorb the recoil.

    Great pics! Looks like you guys had a lot of fun!
     

    esrice

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    Is that you on that target on the center of the door in the second picture?

    You guys get the "observant award".

    That was my Mom's idea of a joke. My sister put several .22s through my head with the M4. Payback I suppose.

    Ri22o - yes I'm VERY leaned forward. After looking at the pictures I realized how freakin' goofy it looked. My knees were like straight sticks! Although I make a concious effort to lean into the shot, I think I was overextending because we were all "competing" and I was trying to get my shots there FIRST! lol
     

    Integraholic

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    Woo hoo. I must have had a lot to drink the night before cause I'm sporting a huge hangover. Hahaha. I need to shed a few pounds methinks.
     

    RogerB

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    looks like it was a fun day at the range!

    Just throwing this out there.... looks like a nice enough place to have a INGO BBQ shoot. If we could get the owners "okay" and PitMaster to haul his rig down and cook for us all lol :thumbsup:
     

    esrice

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    Just throwing this out there.... looks like a nice enough place to have a INGO BBQ shoot. If we could get the owners "okay" and PitMaster to haul his rig down and cook for us all lol :thumbsup:

    My mouth is already watering!

    Everyone has to ask "lovemywoods" if its OK to come play! lol
     

    esrice

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    VIDEOS ARE HERE!

    Check the first post to see the 2 videos of us shooting tannerite with a Remington 700 in .223.
     
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