Rampidbyter Rampid byter: A byte of my .Net developing life.

I guess I should write about a brighter note. It was a little drowned out after I came back to find my bird so sick, but over Christmas I acquired two new weapons. I came into possession of a brand new M9 9mm handgun, and a new 12 gauge to replace my broken one. I’m a big fan of shooting clay pigeons, and have wanted to join a target range but without a handgun this was a bit difficult. So over the week I bought the 9mm hand gun, and received the 12 gauge from my Dad to replace the one that broke two years ago.

I took the 9mm to the gun range earlier in the day before having to run to the vet’s office. I shot off about 300 rounds and blew away about five body targets. For those of you who don’t know the M9 is the new standard military issue handgun. Unfortunately the shooting did not go as well as I’d have liked. The gun shot the spent shells up into the air, which hit the ceiling two feet above, and would fall onto me after each round. These shells tended to be a bit hot, and after the third or fourth shell landing on my arms and burning me I put my coat back on. I even wound up with a shell falling into my safety goggles and burning my cheek. This shell actually fell onto my eye but thankfully I was at the right angle for it to keep rolling so it didn’t burn my eye.

Later in the day after stopping at Taco bell and being dropped off by my friend a shell rolled out onto the grass while both my friend and I were admiring the Rotorolla (Corolla with a turbo charged rotary engine.) I had a suspicion one had fallen down my back (what with the burning) but it got stuck into my pants later to roll out. While I was driving later that evening the shell rolled onto my floor board from my coat pocket to the truck floor two hours later. I started chuckling over that one.