No ... I did not enlist in the Donetsk People's Militia but after couple of weeks in the semi-tropical Bretagne headed of to Northern Bohemia. The idea was to have a nice 7,62x54 300 meters shoot so we decided to head-up for a great range in the "Krusne hory", a small mountainous part toward the German border.
Of course my Drag was coming and in addition couple toys were selected the day before with great anticipation, including at my request, a splendid Vz54 that I had been dreaming to shoot for ages. It is an extremely rare rifle produced in very small quantities (less that 3/4 thousands) from Mosin stocks & paired with a national low 2,bowl scope before the Czechoslovakian army adopted the Russian SVD.
The snow was such that we had to leave the vehicles and carry on by foot ... A bit worrying but we were so full of optimism and the hike was excellent anyway for finishing to clear-off the last traces of the previous night's fun. Eventually, we made it to the range. That when we started to be concerned :
300 meters ... we quickly realised that we had been a tad over optimistic ...
200 meters ... was not much better
150 meters ... well ...
"Kurva ... Na doprdele !" as the locals would say (I can't translate without getting into trouble).
So, never to concede defeat, when in any doubt... reach for the closest AK at hand and start shooting in the target's bad breath general direction.
Sadly , no Vz54 for me this time but still had fun
BTW ... Those coming in 2 weeks time... do not forget your gloves
nothing here in the Wolds.
