Shooting on Whidbey Island
News, Guns ·Saturday June 12, 2010 @ 19:43 EDT (link)
Georgeo, an ally on the Lively Politics discussion list at work, invited us to come out to his gun club on Whidbey Island, Holmes Harbor Rod & Gun Club. When I got to Mukilteo, I hadn't expected such a long wait for the ferry—although it wasn't as bad as it could be, judging by the ferry wait lines on the road. I got to Mukilteo at 1130 and waited about an hour for a ferry (caught the 1230). We were supposed to meet at the club at noon, but fortunately Georgeo and his friend (girlfriend's brother-in-law?) Dave from Chicago were still there shooting. I really like the setup there—nice wood shelter and benches, wooden boards to attach targets to (rather than the wood or iron stands at SVRC), and plenty of sandbags and benches in the rifle area. We shot pistols first; I shot both my 9mms and Georgeo's Beretta, and did pretty well (but we were shooting at a fairly short distance). Victor and his son Eric arrived a little after I did and his son fired a pistol for the first time. Georgeo seemed to like shooting my Glock and EMP.
Then we headed over to the rifle area; I shot (and zeroed) my AR-15, and Georgeo had several rifles (an AR-15, a Remington 700 PSS in .308, and a cowboy rifle in .45 long Colt). He had a spotting scope (a Barska, 15-45x60?, straight eyepiece) which made zeroing my red-dot site very easy, and then I kept in the black and was exploding soda cans one by one. I also brought my box of used bowling pins which people seemed to enjoy shooting. Georgeo's Remington 700 was great, very light trigger, and very little recoil (compared to my Mosin Nagant, at least). I really want one… probably still the 5R milspec or the SPS (synthetic) Varmint. But the spotting scope is next on the list.
Afterward we went over to Georgeo's place for some food and talk. Great place on 15 acres, had the land cleared and house built himself, very open layout. He just put in a generator, and has landscaping plans and plans to increase self-sufficiency, like getting some livestock. With some clearing, he has a water view.
Victor and I left I think around 1800, and this way there was no wait for the ferry: we got onto the first one.
