Rough time at the range today!I spent some time last night putting together some handloads to test this afternoon, wanting to figure out what charge my AR likes behind a new batch of bullets. Packed up my range bag and headed out, its about a 20 minute drive to my local range here. I'm just about there when I realize I left my member's badge at home.....turn the car around, drive back, get my badge, back to the range. Kinda annoyed, but no big deal really.
I start setting up my stuff to shoot and go to load my first magazine when I bump my ammo box.....there go 50 rounds of .223 all over the ground. I'd had them sorted by charge in the box, and now have no idea which rounds are which. So much for testing different loads!
At this point I just want to shoot, so I re-box the handloads (planning to sort out that mess some other time) and break out a box of PMC that lives in the bottom of the range bag for just such an occasion. Load 5 in a magazine, square away the rest of my gear, seat the magazine in the rifle, get comfy behind the gun, settle my reticle on the target...breathe....press....click. WTF? Drop the magazine from the gun and lock the bolt to the rear and realize that I had slapped an empty magazine in the gun, and the loaded one was still sitting right where I'd left it.
Now I recognize that my head's just not in it today for whatever reason and it's time to pack it in before I make a real mistake.
I've had off days before but never anything like this. It's frustrating to lose a shooting session like that, but I figured it was best to back off and try again some other time.
Anyone else had something similar?
I start setting up my stuff to shoot and go to load my first magazine when I bump my ammo box.....there go 50 rounds of .223 all over the ground. I'd had them sorted by charge in the box, and now have no idea which rounds are which. So much for testing different loads!
At this point I just want to shoot, so I re-box the handloads (planning to sort out that mess some other time) and break out a box of PMC that lives in the bottom of the range bag for just such an occasion. Load 5 in a magazine, square away the rest of my gear, seat the magazine in the rifle, get comfy behind the gun, settle my reticle on the target...breathe....press....click. WTF? Drop the magazine from the gun and lock the bolt to the rear and realize that I had slapped an empty magazine in the gun, and the loaded one was still sitting right where I'd left it.
Now I recognize that my head's just not in it today for whatever reason and it's time to pack it in before I make a real mistake.
I've had off days before but never anything like this. It's frustrating to lose a shooting session like that, but I figured it was best to back off and try again some other time.
Anyone else had something similar?
