A couple of months ago, my wife went to visit our son while
I stayed behind to man the fort at home. (Which really means I stayed home to
take care of the dogs). While there, my son took his mother to a shooting range
where she had the opportunity to fire an M4 fully automatic rifle. And I was
jealous! Sort of. I wrote a blog post about it and said I needed to plan
another trip myself. (If you missed the post, you can read it here).
Actually, I was happy she’d gotten the chance to go shooting
with him but since I’d never experienced firing an automatic rifle, I was
itching to schedule my next visit. That trip was this past weekend. And yes, I
did get to go shooting! And yes, I shot the M4!
I know, it probably doesn’t sound all that exciting to some,
but I liked it. I’d like to say that I was an instant expert but sadly, that is
not the case. I did manage to fire two rounds into the ceiling though, thanks
to not being able to see through the fogged up glasses. My aim improved
dramatically after wiping the glasses off!
I’ve shot many different guns, rifles, handguns, big and
small, but all were either single-shot or semi-automatics. Never an automatic. So,
this was quite different. And fun! And now I think I need to purchase one of my
own. Yes, despite the general misconception, a guy CAN buy a fully automatic
rifle; all it takes is a few dollars—a few thousand dollars that is. Twenty
ought to do it. That’s not too much to spend on a gun is it? After all, we
spend more than that on a car that only lasts a few years, so...
On second thought, I could just make another trip to see my
son and we could perhaps go shooting again. Probably a smarter choice since
that wouldn’t cost anywhere near twenty thousand dollars! But then, it’s just
money. It’s not like I’m going to need it for anything else. Well, maybe to pay
my bills... and buy food... and gas... and—it looks like I’ll be headed to my
son’s house again. ~
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