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Craig's M-14, which I shot on Sunday

I spent Sunday morning at the skeet range with Craig, Dennis and Rich. We brought two throwers with us, one to throw singles and doubles and the other to throw rabbits down low. I was doing pretty well, and we're thinking about putting together a hunting trip at some point, maybe up in Maine.

We also took some practice up at the rifle range with Mr. Larsen and his buddy Al. I shot my .22 pump action for a while at 100 yards. Then I shot Mr. Larsen's buffalo gun, a gift from Craig. You chamber single rounds with this gun and pull the rear trigger to set the front hair trigger, and then let go with it. The gun had so much kick that although I had it pulled tightly to my shoulder, the gun kicked back in my face and the sight hit me right between the eyes. (Ouch.)

A bit later, I shot about 30 rounds with Craig's M-14. The gun is really easy to shoot and is dead accurate. Someone had placed a plastic top to a spackle bucket out on a sand cliff at about 125 yards out. I shot the spackle top about 25 times, moving it up the cliff inch by inch with the impact of the shots. It's a terrific gun to shoot.

Readers: I Need Your Help

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I recently learned of my sister's plans to paint the downstairs bathroom pink. Needless to say, this did not fly with Rob and me. We suggested that pink might not be the best color for a bathroom that everyone uses when we have pool parties and the like. Kim asked what color we would like. "Not pink" was our response.

Mom wants the bathroom pink, too. So we're deadlocked at 2 votes apiece. Help me break the deadlock. Send e-mail to kimbein@aol.com and tell Kim that you think pink bathrooms suck. I'll be eternally in your debt.

Saturday's Take

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My second-ever metal detecting trip was kinda cool. I swept the beach for almost two hours, finding lots of bottlecaps and trash. I used one of the metal detector's filters to filter out the tones for iron and trash metal, but sometimes the magnetic signatures for things like bottlecaps and pull tabs can get confused with gold or silver. I guess.

A couple hours into it, I found that my detector's sensitivity setting was too low, so I cranked it up a bit and started finding coins. Regrettably, I had to be back at the house by 9AM, so I had only enough time to find about 45 cents' worth of change. (1 quarter and 4 nickels.)

Next time I go out, I'll have a better idea of the ideal settings for the detector, so maybe I'll find more change or some jewelry or something.