Managed to run some mags through the Taurus. Only gripe is the mag release is on the bottom, left hand corner of the grip. Other than that it was pretty nice, tight grouping, very little recoil, not even loud. Could not get it to stovepipe even with rapid firing.
Was quite the adventure. Picked up my friend that wanted to go shoot his Ruger .45 compact. Managed to show up at the range 5 minutes after it closed. I wasn't a happy camper, but my friend "knew a spot" where we could go renegade shooting. I'm down for whatever, hit the gas station for a 12-pack of coca-cola targets, and the next thing you know, we're off-roading in my freshly detailed, 2-wheel drive SUV. I geuss I should mention the only "off-roading" I've ever done is a 50 foot long dirt road.
We get back up in there and line up the coke cans. Then I realised mosquito repellent woulda been a good idea.. I was wearing a t-shirt, shorts, and adidas casual shoes with no socks. So if y'all don't hear from me in a few days, I'm dead from West Nile. I rummage around my truck for my ear plugs.. nope, no there. Probably thrown out by the detailing crew. It's okay, just a 9mm, not that loud anyways...
Shoot off 1 clip, ears ringing a bit, not a big deal. Those coke cans paid dearly for their transgressions. Only had 1 mag with me, so I wandered back to the truck to reload while my friend shot off his 2 mags. Wow, that seemed kinda loud... even with a truck between him & I. Then he offered it to me. Not being one to turn it down, I load up a mag and head over to our impromptu firing line. I should mention that I'm just recovering from a cold, and always get ear infections so they've both been plugged up for days... I load up the mag, drop the slide, aim at the evil-commie-coke-can, and pull the trigger. This is where I learned a valuable lesson. The pain of both ear drums popping nearly dropped me to my knees. I blinked away the pain, quietly returned his gun.. he was talking but I don't read lips...
So we started to pack up and leave.. then we got stuck. 5 minutes and some lowered tire pressure later, we were back on our way. We pulled back onto the paved road, and the second we hit the speed limit, the police came around the corner. For once luck was with me and he drove past, heading offroad to where we were at. At least some things work out.
Fun evening though.. I'd do it again (with earplugs).
