Pics: 1) House on Lake Maurepas; 2) Dave and Mike at the shooting range; 3) the shooting range shooters; 4) Marathon Refinery on the Mississippi.
5-18-07-Friday-66213-000-Hammond, LA-Sunny and warm - low +65 - high +82
Dave took Roxanne and I to Nick's Firing Range about a half hour from their house in Hammond. We traveled across another long bridge across swamp land, passing Lake Maurepas on the way. It is a very large lake and is connected by a water channel to Lake Pontchartrain, a much larger lake, and the one where the levees failed after Hurrican Katrina.
We had a great time at the range, shooting the Anschutz Model 1717D, 17 caliber Hornady Magnum rimfire, with a Burris scope. Roxanne thinks the accuracy on this rifle is wonderful since she was shooting at broken clay pigeon remnants and empty shotgun hulls at 100 yards with no problems. Dave shot his 22 magnum rifle and 9mm Khar pistol. One of our shooting neighbors had a 6.8 caliber rifle, similar in style to an AR-15. It was topped with an Aim Point style sight. He let Roxanne and I shoot this rifle and we both produced very tight groups.
One of Marathon's oil refineries was on the way to the shooting range as well. It is located on the Mississippi river, which is on the other side of the refinery from where the picture, above, was taken.
