Chris Field, a CSBF flight engineer with a good Texan-sized gun collection, asked us yesterday if we’d like to go shoot some of his guns. The answer, naturally, was yes. (Sorry Natalie, we couldn’t say no.)
So, at about 6:30 we headed to the shooting range close to the base. Chris had brought an AK-47, a shotgun, a 9mm semi-automtic pistol, and a Confederate Civil War replica black powder revolver. His wife Megan brought her .22 semi-automatic pistol.
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- The AK-47 and shotgun in the back of Chris’ truck
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- Megan’s .22 semi-automatic
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- The black powder revolver
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- The powder, funnel, wadding, and balls for he black powder revolver
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- The 9mm pistol
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- Mark shot first, with the AK-47
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- Mark shooting the AK-47
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- Elio loads another amgazine
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- Chris helps Tony out with the 9mm
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- Gawkers look from safely well-behind the shooters (Matt and I are further up to take pictures)
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- Tony shooting. Tony is dangerous
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- Tony put the gun down and Tristan takes over.
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- Not surprisingly, Nick starts with the shotgun
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- Just like squirrel hunting, back in Ohio
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- The target, and a door to destroy
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- Laura takes aim at the door
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- “No, it won’t know you over. It’ll bruise you though.”
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- Door after Laura: head shot
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- Lorenzo’s turn to destroy the door
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- The door after Lorenzo’s through with it
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- Megan practices with her .22
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- Even the .22 recoils a little (courtesy Matt)
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- The balls for the black powder gun. They’re mean looking
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- Chris measures out a portion of black powder
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- Then he loads it into one barrel
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- Then he presses the powder down with a level built into the gun
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- And after loading a bullet, repeats the process another 5 times. It takes a while
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- Matt got a great shot of me with the AK-47
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- Elio’s war face. He’s a little too happy
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- Elio shoots the AK. The AK is really loud and the barrel gets hot
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- Han wasn’t there, but if he was, he would have shot first
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- Matt takes his turn on the AK
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- Damn, I’m out already
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- Chris finally takes his turn
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- Chris on the AK-47
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- With the black powder gun loaded, he inserts the blasting caps. They are just like in a cap gun
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- Lots of smoke from the black powder
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- Mark shoots the only muzzle flash I caught. Matt’s camera has a rapid-fire mode so he got a few more
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- Nick shoots the 9mm. Just after firing, it’s chambering a new round
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- Nick and the 9mm, courtesy Matt (notice dirt cloud behind target)
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- AK ammo. Chris buys packs of 1000 at a time
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- Matt on the .22. It’s fun because it’s so easy
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- Laura tries the .22 as well
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- I test my accuracy with the .22 pistol (courtesy Matt)
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- Matt’s awesome rapid-fire mode catches my casing
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- Mark on the 9mm, casing in midair just after firing
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- Nick needs more hands to change the magazine
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- Nick takes a moment to pose
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- Then he shows us his war face. I was scared
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- Nick takes a few aimed shots with the AK
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- Then enters full bad-ass mode (courtesy Matt)
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- Lorenzo with the AK-47. (Like all cool muzzle flashes, courtesy Matt)
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- Chis tries the black powder again. It’s a lot of fun
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- Lorenzo gets convinced to try it too
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- And Matt takes the final shot. (Courtesy Matt’s camera, though clearly he didn’t take the picture)
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- I empty the last AK magazine from the hip, firing as fast as I can. So much fun
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- My war face isn’t as good as Nick’s
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- But Nick will still be my friend
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- Chris is determined to wreck the door with some buck shot
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- The bullet-ridden door at the end of the day
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