I'm a little late getting started here today because I spent the
morning at my favorite firing range. One of my rifles needed some
exercise, so we worked out together. At first glance it
 may look like the infamous "Evil Black Rifle" that liberals wet their pants about. Nope, this is a "sheep in wolf's clothing", this is the Smith & Wesson M&P 15-22. It fires .22 LR cartridges, the magazine holds 25. I took off the iron sights and put on a red-dot scope, and added a forward assist handle because my left shoulder is bunged up. It has Picatinny rails on all 4 sides of the barrel for attaching stuff, but you really don't need a tactical thermometer and a tactical toothbrush if your original goal was a lightweight and useful firearm. I fired 4 magazines, 100 rounds, this morning and had just one round that misfed and was damaged, had to be cleared and discarded. All the rest sent a bullet 25 yards down range and punched a hole as close to the center of the target as my shaky old hands would permit. If the target had been a cantaloupe, all of the shots would have hit it. Maybe I should post a warning sign on my front lawn warning hostile cantaloupes that their lives are at risk if they screw with me.
Wondering about the title of this page? I'm a "member" at the range, members get free lane use during slow weekday time, I brought my own ammo and eye and ear protection with me, and I only used a couple of paper targets. So a couple of hours of awesome precision shooting enjoyment cost me all of $0.32. (Yeah, I know I've already paid for all those other costs, but I get a "military discount" on my membership, I buy ammo in bulk on the internet when it's on sale, and shooting .22 LR costs about .03 per round as opposed to .223 at about .40 per round in a real "Evil Black Rifle".) Remember, I'm part Scottish, laddie.
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