Off Shooting

So, not much to write this morning, I am off shooting.

Last week, my son called up and suggested that we go shooting.  Sure surprised me!

He had bought himself an antique Tula Arsenal rifle used in World War II.  His grandmother was a decorated fighter from the battle of Leningrad, Stalin himself pinning her with the Order of Lenin at the breaking of the siege.  So it will go with all of her medals and WWII Soviet battle flag I found for him.

But, he wants to shoot it!  Well, I am intrigued ...

As for me, I have not shoot anything at least since 2009 and perhaps even earlier.  The last time I know I went shooting was a bet some guys had that I could not shoot off a gummi bear's head at 100 meters.  Oh I did!, and then we learned that the gelatin in gummi bears makes a great explosive!  Whom would have thought of this?!?!?!?  Blew a massive hole through the plywood I was using to stick the bears on.

I really want to shoot .22's or maybe my .35 Remington level gun I bought in 2012, but of course son wants me to find my 5.57x58 custom Mauser.  LOL  Like I would ever show him how to use it!  I would more than likely sell it before I would put a true sniper rifle in his hands.  I strongly desire he never put himself in a situation where the taking of life is even a remote possibility!  And he is not "old" enough to know the value of human life - yet ...  One day I pray he will.

And, I guess he will be bringing his girlfriend along.  This should be interesting ... she does not strike me as the shooting type.  Move of the chihuahua in the purse type ... LOL