Went to ERGC last week and had the pleasure of shooting next to a pretty nice fella.
As I was swapping from the Ruger to the AK, I spied a lengthy heat dissipator amongst his cornucopia of manly toys. I was intrigued and had to ask him about it. He smiled really, really big and told me it was a British Sterling SMG from Wise Lite Arms. Shame on me for not knowing, huh?
I'm not the most knowledgable gun guy, and Im not afraid to admit it. We all had to start somewhere and this guy was good enough not to poo poo my lack of knowledge. He showed me the firearm in detail, told me a bit about it, then proceeded to load up a mag and hand it over. I generally shy away from shooting stuff that isn't mine, but I trusted that the dude took care of his stuff and wasn't the type to own anything iffy. The ammo...that's an unforeseen but heck, I've got thousands of "unforeseens" myself.
So I took the risk and shouldered up his firearm.
It was love at first shot. Accurate as hell and the recoil was like my 3 year old boy sitting atop my shoulders. I didnt expect a donkey kick from a 9mm rifle (I'm not THAT unknowledgeable) but the "bounce" it had was like nothing I've ever shot before.
I only shot 3 rounds, as I didnt want to eat his ammo, then thanked him and shook his hand. Then I cursed him for inadvertently angering my wife with another impending transaction.
Dangerous day at the range...had me considering trading away the Model 70 for a Sterling.
As I was swapping from the Ruger to the AK, I spied a lengthy heat dissipator amongst his cornucopia of manly toys. I was intrigued and had to ask him about it. He smiled really, really big and told me it was a British Sterling SMG from Wise Lite Arms. Shame on me for not knowing, huh?
I'm not the most knowledgable gun guy, and Im not afraid to admit it. We all had to start somewhere and this guy was good enough not to poo poo my lack of knowledge. He showed me the firearm in detail, told me a bit about it, then proceeded to load up a mag and hand it over. I generally shy away from shooting stuff that isn't mine, but I trusted that the dude took care of his stuff and wasn't the type to own anything iffy. The ammo...that's an unforeseen but heck, I've got thousands of "unforeseens" myself.
So I took the risk and shouldered up his firearm.
It was love at first shot. Accurate as hell and the recoil was like my 3 year old boy sitting atop my shoulders. I didnt expect a donkey kick from a 9mm rifle (I'm not THAT unknowledgeable) but the "bounce" it had was like nothing I've ever shot before.
I only shot 3 rounds, as I didnt want to eat his ammo, then thanked him and shook his hand. Then I cursed him for inadvertently angering my wife with another impending transaction.
Dangerous day at the range...had me considering trading away the Model 70 for a Sterling.
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