Gun Club, noon

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker opened up the gun range, checked the room, posted the sign, then got out her .Sig and her 9mm and started practicing.

SAFETY RULES:

· TREAT ALL GUNS AS IF THEY WERE LOADED

· KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL READY TO FIRE

· BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET AND WHAT’S BEYOND

· ALWAYS WEAR HEARING AND EYE PROTECTION

· NEVER USE ALCOHOL OR DRUGS BEFORE OR WHILE SHOOTING.

· CHECK IN ALL WEAPONS BEFORE YOU LEAVE THE RANGE.

The gun range is open.

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Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Give or take," Luke said, shrugging. "He died before I was born."

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Oh no..." Pippi said furrowing her brow. "I. Do you know what happened?"

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"He was killed by the Ethics teacher," Luke said. "Gotta love Fandom, huh?"

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"That's definitely tied for first on my list of things that suck."

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[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"What else is up there?" Luke asked, looking concerned.

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'd rather not talk about it." Pippi said blushing a bit. "But it's over, and highly unlikely to happen again. To anybody. More or less."

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke nodded, deciding not to push it. "I believe you," he said. "Show me how the flintlock works?"

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Okay!" Pippi said perking up considerably.

She showed luke the parts of the flintlock (http://www.flickr.com/photos/strongestgirl/92189976/in/set-72057594048743558/).

"So the powder goes in the pan here and you put the frizzen down over it to protect it from spilling out and getting wet. This bit here is the hammer and this part of the hammer is called the dog. It holds a bit of flint. When you pull the trigger, it drops the hammer which causes the frizzen to pop up. Then the flint strikes the steal pan and the powder causing a spark which ignites the powder..."

Pippi continues to explain about the flintlock, how it works and how it's more for close up work unless you're VERY consistent with your loading and VERY familiar with a particular piece.

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke listened attentively, then repeated her instructions back exactly. "Like that?" he concluded.

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"That's right! You want to try one? This one shoots up and to the left." She said offing him an unloaded flintlock.

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Up and to the left," Luke repeated, moving to a different alley. He carefully loaded the flintlock and fired, then frowned. "A little more to the left, then that, huh?" he said with a small smile.

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi peeked down the alley Luke had fired down.

"Just a bit ya." she grinned.

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Can I try again?"

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"As long as I got powder and shot, you can keep trying." Pippi nods.

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke grinned, then carefully reloaded, aimed, and fired.

"Bullseye!" he crowed.

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Great kid! Don't get cocky!"

"Woo hoo!"

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Skywalkers and humility are two unmixy things.

Luke handed her the flintlock back. "I think I'll stick with the blaster, though, but this is a beautiful weapon. Thank you for letting me try!"

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Thank you! Can I try yours?"

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Of course!" Luke said, holding it in front of him and carefully explaining how it worked. "It pulls just a little bit to the right," he said, "but not nearly as much as your weapon did."

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"About as much to the right as you adjusted to the left?" Pippi asks taking aim?

Ooo, this thing had good balance.

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

"Less than that," Luke said.

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi took a deep breath and aimed with her heart adjusted her aim before squeezing off a shot that went a smidge to the right.

She adjusted again and pulled off two more.

Both bullseyes.

"That? Is seriously the coolest sound any firearm has ever made." Said Pippi who hadn't ever quite heard a zat gun in action.

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke grinned proudly. "It is pretty neat."

Re: Shoot!

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"What does it shoot? Is there ammo? Or a power source?"

Re: Shoot!

[tatooine-doofus.livejournal.com]

Luke flipped the blaster over to pop out the power source. "It lasts for a while, though," he said, "especially if you set it to stun rather than kill."