St. Jude/FONRA Charity Machine Gun Shoot
We went to the charity machine gun shoot at Range USA yesterday. Excuse the pun, but it was a blast. We took the opportunity to try out the Thompson sub-machine gun (tommy gun), M3 grease gun, and MP5k. I really had no idea what to expect out of the tommy gun or grease gun. The tommy gun was a real sweetheart. It really fit me well and felt great. The rate of fire was surprisingly high. I’d love to have one (or a sem-auto clone). The grease gun was fun. It’s rate of fire was extremely slow. I know I can pull the trigger much faster than it ran in full-auto, but it still was cool. Such a piece of history is always an experience to remember. Then there was the MP5k. That was fun. Nothing to write home about. It has a really high rate of fire, and is pretty comfortable. If I can get the money together soon enough, maybe I can put together a clone. I can’t wait for next year.
[update 10/1/2006]
Found a Commerical Appeal article about the shoot. When we were there I saw two reporters (one from Commercial Appeal and the other I don’t know), so I thought to look for this today.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/local/article/0,2845,MCA_25340_5015417,00.html
