While in Montana, the brother-in-law and his eldest son and I went out to hunt us down some trigger time.
We left Helena and headed west to Rimini, at the base of the Continental Divide’s McDonald Pass, where we found this very appropriate shooting spot.
After a quarter-mile hike up from the parking area and past the gate, we found that someone had kindly left us some pallets to set our bottle and can targets on.
We started out with rimfire rifles across the 75 yards of the pit until the sun opened up on us. The we walked down into the pit and started in on the pistols.
The B-I-L with my S&W 14-4
His son with the Ruger 22-45 I acquired last Easter.
Future pin shooter?
If he can hit the pins like he was doing to those Pepsi cans, yes. I may have to get some pin top targets and send them out for him to practice on.
We didn’t get into The Hun Bastard because the heat just got to be too much, and it is still a bit too large for the nephew to shoulder. Maybe next year.
Earlier in the week, they watched me assemble the CMMG lower and parts kit in the Father-in-law’s shop. Pics of that this weekend. In fact, if I hadn’t boneheaded the video camera’s battery charger and tri-pod, I was going to dis assemble the lower and let the nephew give a shot at assembly.
That’s it for shootin’ in Montana pics. Sorry for less than plethora quantity, but when I’m shooting bullets, I can’t shoot pictures. I’m sure you understand.
Btw, if you stopped by early yesterday and missed my late morning Arisaka post, scroll down and see if you can help a brother out.
Up Rimini Road many years ago was an old Army Barracks that the Boy Scouts used to use. It was a Military Working Dog training site. The barracks had pot-bellied stoves and we cut our own wood and slept on the floor. It was, where in December of 1966, I was awarded my Tenderfoot Badge.
Just wondering if it is still there.
BTW: I lived in Sunhaven Subdivision across N. Benton Avenue from the Golf Course, attended grades 5 & 6 at Broadwater Elementary and the Troop was sponsored by Messiah Lutheran Church. All the Scoutmasters were Veterans of WW2 or Korea. It was run like an infantry platoon.