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December 22, 2005

My arm is sore

I went out to Dave's mothers home today to fire off a couple rounds of .22 and 9mm guns. Dave and I had been planning on doing this for about a week, and I was really looking forward to it. In all, it was Dave, Zack and myself out in the back shooting off rounds at a target. But that isn't what made me sore.

Dave brought a 12-gauge shotgun.

I've never really been a big fan of shotguns. I've always liked rifles, specifically Winchester rifles. Hand guns have always held my interest as well, but not shotguns. They just have way too much kick for my liking.

But, being that we're there to shoot guns, it seemed to me that it would be stupid not to shoot the shotgun once or twice. Now, granted that this isn't the latest and greatest model of gun in the world. As a matter of fact, it's pretty worn and has definately seen a few years and a few shells. It doesn't have anything built into it to help lessen the affect of recoil that you get when shooting a 12-gauge ... it all goes straight into your arm/shoulder.

That's why my arm is sore. As I'm sitting here typing this, I can feel the muscles in my arm tighten as I reach for specific keys. I guess it's because I don't shoot shotguns and as a result I'm not used to the feeling that comes after you shoot one. Now, the 9mm guns also packed a wallup, but nothing like firing off a shotgun.

I think I'll just stick to my facination of rifles and hand guns.

~out...

Posted by ed at December 22, 2005 08:17 PM

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