Rainy day at the Range

Last minute, a couple of pals wanted to go to the range to let off some steam.  Andrew wanted to try out his brand new PGW Timberwolf in 338, and Don wanted to try his new Sig 1922-22.  

I made it a cheap day at the range and brought my Mark II in .22lr, something I seldom shoot.  In fact, it's probably been years since I had this thing out.  

The T-Wolf is probably way more fun to shoot, but a lot more expensive, lol!

Don making fireballs with his KAC.

I threw in my new CMMG .22lr adapter into my CANSOFCOM clone and because it was .22lr, I was able to shoot it with the fake airsoft can on it without worrying about it going kaboom on me.  For the record, it's a fake airsoft can which does nothing to reduce the noise.  

With the .22lr adapter in there though, it definitely made for a cheap day at the range.

We were only plinking at the 50m range but it was still fun.  

I brought along a small gong with me and just plinked at it all day.  Managed to pull of a shot with my left hand while holding the camera with my right, lol!

Don on the T-wolf

Also spent some time at the steel range with the Glock 19x.

Also had a chance to try out the new belt and holster.

It took some time to get used to, but I took it nice and slow.

I probably only have about 1,000 rounds through this thing so far, but I'm pretty happy with it.

.22lr sure is filthy ammo.

Painted my Colt Canada C8IUR CANSOFCOM clone

The weather was nice today and I finally got the nerve to spray paint my CANSOFCOM clone.

I originally planned to just dust on the paint and Tamiya usually goes on pretty thin, but one thing led to another and I got a bit carried away.  The end result, the rifle is buried under a few cans of paint for no apparent reason.

The Tamiya Nato Brown came out a lot brighter than I would have liked so I ended up giving all the brown parts a blast of Kylon Brown.

I tried to copy the paint pattern as best as I could, but as you can see, it looks nothing even close.  One thing it is though, is shiny and new....well, not shiny, but pretty new.  I don't plan to give it that artificial "battle worn" look though.  I'm just going to shoot the hell out of it so it wears naturally.

Since paint doesn't stick to rubber very well, it was already starting to wear just by handling it.  

A pair of 4 prong flash hiders...the one on the left is a Smith Enterprises Vortex unit, the one on the right is the unobtanium Surefire 4 prong.

CANSOFCOM clone next to my Mk18 Block II clone.  I didn't artificially weather my Mk18 clone, the paint looked brand new at one point and just wore naturally over time.

Next to my C7A2 clone.  One for the regular rank and file, one for the other guys.

Latest and probably last update to my clone is the nasty issue sling plate.

Too bad, my C8 Canadian Forces Canadiennes engraving disappeared under all that paint.

Two fake cans.

I'm glad I redid the brown parts, it looks a lot better with the darker shade.