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The red-rock country was gorgeous -- no wonder half the Westerns and car commercials ever filmed have made the place a bit of a visual cliche. The pueblo ruins at Montezuma's Castle were pretty interesting, too, but made us an hour late hitting I17 back to Phoenix. Then we got stuck in a 5-mile backup behind somebody's accident. The upshot is that we only got to the range a bit before sunset, after a good many LUGers had gone home. A small and stalwart band remained, however, and that made it the official GWG 5.
Ben Avery is a big, clean, well-managed outdoor range run by friendly rangers from Arizona's Fish & Game Dept. The slanting sun over the rugged desert hills made a lovely backdrop. The pistols available for my perusal included a Glock 21 and a well-tuned Springfield Armory 1911A1 (thanks, Bob Eaton!). Both nice guns in my favorite calibers, but where the Glock talked the Springfield sang opera -- I nailed the black zone on a virgin B-2 at fifteen yards, fourteen out of fourteen shots.
OK, the pictures. First, me, firing Bob's Colt. Then, one I took of Wes proudly displaying both the ``Tactical Tupperware'' Glock 21 and Tux. Protect the right to bear penguins! Finally, here's a picture of most of the gang after shooting. From left: Wes Bateman, me, Bob Eaton, and Ed Nusbaum. That's my 14-out-of-14 target I'm hugging.
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