In Phoenix yet again

    You might have noticed that last week we were in Phoenix again. That meant yet another trip to to firing range, although this was also James' first trip to the range. The new addition to the collection of weapons fired was a Romanian AK-47:



    It was surprisingly accurate, but has a definite recoil. Most of us ended up bruised, except for James. It turns out that James is some sort of automatic weapon idiot savant, as he also ended up with a really nice grouping at the end. The history of the AK-47 is also interesting if you're unaware but into such things.

    We also fired the Remington Model 870 pump action 12 gauge shot gun (slug gun variant) again:



    As well as the seemingly traditional Magnum 50 calibre model 500:



    And then the Springfield 1911 45 calibre:



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