a clergyman may be apparently as useless as a cat, but he is also as fascinating, for there must be some strange reason for his existence (GK Chesterton): one retired Anglican septuagenarian clergyman's THOUghts, discOverings, readings, scribbLes, wOndeRings and dooDles exploring that strange reason
Saturday 20 June 2009
Rector on the Edge: The Shooting Edge, That Is.
Yes, folks. After Provincial Synod was o’er last weekend (no connection, honest), son Anthony and I redeemed gift certificates to go shooting together at Calgary’s, The Shooting Edge. I had never fired a hand gun before and wanted to experience how it feels. We fired both 9mm (Berretta and HK) and .45 (Smith & Wesson) calibre pistols. As the title of the video says, this is the .45.
Things that I noticed:
They are very noisy. I jumped the first time I heard one fired on the range and I was wearing hearing protectors. It would be hard to think straight if one was without hearing protection and in harms way.
I could feel the concussion in my abdomen whenever one was fired.
I was surprised how accurate I could be at 5 metres.
I used to do a lot of target archery. It is a whole lot quieter than that! (Can be more painful though, if your elbow gets in the way of the bowstring, which happened to me occasionally.)
H'mmmm Not exactly sure this is a vision I want of my Priest.
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ReplyDeleteI used to do a lot of target archery. It is a whole lot quieter than that! (Can be more painful though, if your elbow gets in the way of the bowstring, which happened to me occasionally.)