Chapter 100 - Keys. I won right? (1/2)
I then prepared the guns for practice today and then I grabbed a few AR500 steel targets to be placed on the open area. I decided to use this now over the cardboard since you'll just need to paint over it after using. I hauled them on Raphael's pickup and I announced that we will be practicing with guns today.
Mark, Dong, Nicole, Alicia, Esther, Jonathan, Lois, Russel, Jay and Daisy came to practice. A few people came to watch and Tatiana always followed behind me.
I drove towards the open area where the squatter area used to be and the distance between the covered court and the DZRH radio station is several times farther than the open court that we used to do practice at.
”Why don't we just practice at the same place? The larger barn is being built at the plot of land next to the court, right?” Russel asked.
”Well, we don't want to accidentally shoot the animals, right? The noise could bother them too and it is much better if we made noise farther from our main entrance.” I explained.
”You brought a lot more guns too. There's more than ten here and it has different kinds of ammo even from other gun types. They're all just pistols though.” Lois said.
”Yeah, we'd practice with the .22, 9mm and the .45 ACP first. I also brought a few revolvers so you could familiarize yourself with different kinds. They are chambered only for the .38 and .357 calibers though. It would be stupid to be in a pinch if you only know how to use one type of gun.” I explained.
”Hey, will we be able to use rifles and shotguns too?” Daisy asked.
”Yeah, we have a few SMGs, LMGs, SBRs, and other special ones like bows or crossbows but we'll get to those in the future. It would be bad to just pile everything at once. We need to do everything gradually. Wait, have you shot guns before?” I asked curiously.
”My ex was in the army before; he would take me to ranges a few times so I know a bit.” She replied.
”Oh! That's good then.” I replied.
We finally reached the place and I positioned the targets on different locations. They were placed properly where no one could be accidentally shot since it's behind a huge mound of soil which is behind the walls of the covered court. I angled them a bit so the danger of some of the shrapnel going straight back to us will be minimal.
There were targets that is shaped like a human's head and torso, I placed 5 of them an arm's length apart from each other. We have a long pole with the targets on the side where if you hit one, it flips to the other side and its different colored side will show. Those have 5 on each side and they are called dueling poles. Pairs would race to hit the targets to send them all in one direction but the bullets are limited to avoid using excess bullets. There is also those that looked like a wooden barricade with 8 plates on top of it that would fall down when you hit one. I placed two of them on the side as well.
That's all I brought for today even though I have a few more at home and I saw Matthew was with the small crowd with his family.
”Hey Kaley, want to join? This is gonna be a fun exercise.” I asked.
She just shook her head and then his dad walked up.
”Nice setup here, can you shoot good though?” he asked confidently.
I saw Kaley smirking from the corner of my eye.
”Oh, it's on now. It'll take years to get to you by finessing it so now I'm using the brute-force method.” I said to myself.
”Why? Want to have a bet with me?” I asked.
”I'll be really nice with your wife but as she said, you're a different story.” I said to myself.
”What do you want to wager then?” He said.
”I have pretty much everything I want here. How about you give me your camper van while you could pick anything that you want.” I said confidently.
His eyes burned with excitement but I just stood there nonchalantly.
”I'll take every gun in this table if I win then.” He said with a loud voice.
”Dad? That's a bad idea, just saying.” Kaley tried to intervene.
”Bah! I know what I'm doing. Deal?” he said confidently.
”Hah! Deal! This is how we decide it then. I'll set a timer and this is what we do-” I said as I drew my Glock 19.
I quickly aimed at the right side where the human-shaped targets were. The sound of the gun unloading a bullet and the steel target ringing can be heard at almost the same time.
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I changed targets. I aimed to the pole at the center and I flipped the 5 ones to the other side to change their color.
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I went to the last target. The one with the circular targets that are laid a few inches apart. I started from the left side then towards the right.
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