Right on Target

Over the weekend, an old friend of mine was visiting from out of town. He used to be a sniper in the Singapore Army and over the years, we've talked about going to a gun range. I've never shot a gun (with real bullets that is) so it has been one of the many things on my to-do list.

Well, Saturday, that all changed. We went to Wade's Eastside Guns in Bellevue for a bit of target practice. I was rather nervous because most everyone I've spoken to over the years commented on the recoil and how is makes your hand sore after awhile. Well, it turns out, the sound was worse than the bite. I didn't have any problem with it.

We (well, my friend actually) picked the SIG P220 which is a semi-automatic pistol that fires 9 mm bullets; very cool. If I had a local friend who wanted to shoot a lot, I'd actually look into buying my own gun (not necessarily the P220 though).

Anyway, I did rather well for my first time and yes, I brought a spend casing as well as my target home. So does this make me a God fearin', real-American, patriotic Republican now?