Lightweight Pistol Box; Shooting Range Debut ..... Works GREAT

Arriving at the range: Over 2 1/2 Bazillion Spent Brass Cases .. 19, 55 gallon drums...... 

Thursday .. at the Range: Double check on Benelli 95E Strip / Re-Assembly and Check Red-Dot alignment

All 100% Function Ok, and Sight Alignment is On Target.

Monday Rim Fire Day at the Range

New Scope Mount works great no issues.

Ruger MK ll Red Dot change

UPDATE: (Wed 22nd.)  All good, great session at the range. A small tweak on elevation and Red Dot is "On Target" 

Range Day 22LR and 9 mm

Range Bay Reference dimensions:

Width .. Narrowest Point:  39" .. 3' 3"

Bench Top Height:             42" .. 3' 6"

Bench Top to Target Clips: 24" .. 2'

Floor to Scope center:        63" .. 5' 3"

22LR Ammo Inventory:

CCI Standard Velocity:      2,000 rounds.

Blazer Standard Velocity:   100 rounds.

Winchester 1,280 fps:         400 rounds. (use in Ruger 10/12)

Federal Gold Medal:           500 rounds.

Eley Tenex:                         100 rounds. .. "Highest Quality Ammo"

Eley Practice:                      100 rounds.                    

Total.........................        3,200 rounds.

As of: Sunday June 19th.

Range Report: 45 Long Colt / 200 Grain SWC with Tail Boss

12 rounds of 45 Colt charged with: 8.3 grains of Accurate Arms No.5 (standard loading) fired as benchmark.

1 Round of Trail Boss charged fired - check… all good

11 Rounds charged with 6.1 grains of Trail Boss .. first rate.

Cartridge Cases: Clean, No pressure signs at primer, No excessive smoke.

1 Round, with Case Wad and Filler fired .. No appreciable improvement over standard Trail Boss loading . (Fiber/Paper Wad .. Dryer Lint Filler)

Conclusions: Change to 6.1 grains of Trail Boss, No Case Filler as standard loading. Use for both; 185 and 200 grain projectiles. 

Michael Li visits California

Our friend Michael Li is visiting from China, so on Sunday we arranged a morning of shooting and a BBQ at our house in the afternoon.Michael, is now planning on getting his CDL. (California Drivers License)Michael, Andrew and Heather.First time to fire a "Real Gun"
Michael, looking like a pro.

Heather Shooting

Getting back home, celebrated Memorial day and our wedding anniversary last weekend with friends and family.
The work week was hectic, did manage to get back on my bicycle for most of my commuting (felt good).
This weekend turned out be a lot of fun.
My friend Robin's brother is over from England on vacation, so Saturday we went shooting. Sunday,  later in the afternoon Heather and I went shooting .. Unfortunately Andrew and Trevor had to work .. so sad.Heather loads Up ..Aim, yes she's a lefty ...Having Fun ...

Back in the Day .. On Target, Range and Retail

Last Millennium .. boy that is back in the day.  My (very Russian) friend Ilya, Purchased the On Target Shooting Range and Retail business from, Chris, the original owner.  Chris is a great guy and just too nice to run a retail business.

I took a year off to help Ilya set up a strong Retail business and improve the Range facilities.  These are a few pictures my family took as the business progressed.

How to Impress the punters: A couple of 50 Cal Big Boy toys.   You can also see our Gunsmith area to the right. Open to show we had that capability.Ammo, YES we had it by the tonne .. spoiled for choice.An open area to show merchandise and serve Range customers.Bulk Ammo sales, another innovation at the time. Gun Cases and Range Bags

A customer checks out a Range gun and ammo Class room Instruction an innovation (at the time)

Transition from the Range Rental to Retail section, plenty of Eye CandyMore Stuff Well stocked, long guns and hand guns Just sold another gun !!

Charlie Wu getting ready for another Sunday at the range. You ! Talking to ME !!! Clean Up on aisle TWO

In The Range:

General shop view. Steve is not what you'd call a Dynamic personalitySunday morning before we openBoys having fun on a Sunday . Charlie just fitted a Glock Trigger upgrade for a customer.Bill D. world record holder .. highest score in Free Pistol at a  World Championship.