Sunday - March 11, 2007

Home On The Range

Last week’s visit to the range with the new AR-15 was satisfactory except for one thing .... 58-year-old eyes. By the time I got the piece sighted in my eyes were worn out. Evidently the vision is still there but the stamina is lacking - which means I can’t afford to wait around when I spot a deer breaking into my house late at night. If you know what I mean.

So ... I hustled myself on down to my local gunsmith and came out with a new pair of $600 eyes. I also mysteriously adopted a brand-new Glock 30 for no other good reason than it was on sale ($539). The new “eyes” are the EOTech 553 Military Holographic Red-Dot Sights and as you can see below, it clipped right onto the Weaver Mount with two little clamp arms that quickly and easily lock it into place. I figure if the EOTech 553 is good enough for our Special Ops guys, it’s good enough for me. Mheh-heh.

The red-dot holographic display is sweet and should give me pinpoint accuracy out to 100 yards easily. I really don’t need to hit anything farther out than that with the AR-15. I have a Winchester SXR with a Leupold VX-III 6.5-20x50mm scope on top for critters that somehow manage to get a good running start and are half a mile away.

Now all I gotta do is be patient until the range opens up tomorrow .... 

Posted by The Skipper     on 03/11/2007 at 08:38 AM   
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