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Soooo where do I begin? For most people a saturday night, is either getting drunk and trying to find a member of the other gender or its a rented movie for the kids. No thats not how my Saturday night went. Sat afternoon I loaded up my car to go to the 1st Zombie shoot at the Okeechobee shooting sports range. It took me about 2.5 hours to get there and was a nice senic drive through parts of florida I normally don't see. This was my 1st time in Okechoobee. I got there, signed in, got a chamber flag for my Arsenal, and listened to the safety briefing. The we drove our cars around to the range. Unfortunately the Zombie assault course was LONG probably 300-500 yards of total pathway. Basically it was a long jungle lane with 3d zombie targets, wrecked vehicles, an active duty sheriff's dept patrol car with the engine running sirens and lights going. there were obstacles to move around and the terrain was soft sugar sand which made running it difficult.
Unfortunately it was a very long course of fire. it took 6 minutes in day light for the match officials to walk the course it was that long. To top it all off most of the shooters were not experianced at tactical shooting. Consequently there was alot f hand holding with some shooters taking over 15 minutes to complete the course. with 43 shooters it was a long long long night.
I got my crack at about 12:30 am. We had started around 9 pm.
Gear: Arsenal SGL21, CNC warrior 4 slot FS, single stage trigger, Vltor stock tube, stag arms stock body, Ultimak, TRS-25, Vltor offset flash light light mount with brinkmann max fire tac light
I had on my usual vest with my XD-9 and mags for pistol, 6 rifle mags, and a 75 round drum.
Most people walked this course of fire. I didn not. I ran. it was tough sugar sand sucks alot to run in But I unleashed hell on the Zeds. I started with the drum and 3/4s of the way though..CLICK. holy crap I burned an entire drum. I couldn't believe it. I reload with a stick mag and worked my to the end. I had a round of yugo ball that failed to go off prompting me to execute and immediate action drill to get the weapon running again. I had to change mags one last time and I blew up the tannerite in the last zombie's head. total round count ONE HUNDRED FIVE ROUNDS.
I am usually used to shooting 20-30 total on a course of fire. my trigger finger was actually sore. We weren't timed but I would say it took around 3 minutes. 3 minutes of running and gunning with sirens, flashing lights, obstacles, sand etc. IT was easily the most challenging and most PAW/SHTF themed and setup course of fire. the fact that it was at night was a huge huge plus. The only thing that would have made it better would be some burning tires. Burning tires make every senerio SHTF so much better.
Afterward I was stoked on adrenaline but it was nearly 1 am and i had 2 hour drive home. So I hit the road....
Now when you have a trunk load of guns and weapons whats the last thing you want to do? if you answered.."Get stopped by the cops" you would be right...
so guess what happened next....Yup I had to go through a sobriety check point manned by FHP and the county mounties.
As I come upon the check point my thoughts are "oh holy hell I have a trunk with black rifles and bunch off ammo and some nut job killed 12 people 2 nights ago in CO and I have a loaded 9mm in the glove box I AM SO SCREWED" Now mind you none of my stuff is illegal but I really didn't want to try to explain it all. so here is how it went:
I roll down my windows "Hey good evening how ya'll doing to night?"
Female County mountie "We are great how are you? can I see your liscense?"
M: "Sure!" I had over lisence.
Her: "You look familer do I know you?"
Me" I dunno maybe do we go to school together in FT Myers (i had gone to college with a couple of good looking blondes in my CJT classes so I am thinking maybe so"
CHP cop "so what are doing out here tonight?"
me, now its hard to lie to a cop. they can usually tell they deal with criminals all the time so I said
"Well it was my 1st time in your lovely city today I was at the Shooting range at an event"
CHP "Oh do you have any weapons in the car ?"
me "I have a 9mm pistol in the glove box"
CHP "Oh can you step out of the car?"
me "Sure!"
CHP "you mind if I look at that gun?"
me "no go right ahead becareful its loaded"
Now I i trun to the CM and start talking to her "Hey maybe you do know me..we are about the same age, I have a degree in law enforcement from college X, were you in any of my classes?"
CHP guy interjects "you ever shoot anyone with this?"
Me "Nope, infact I've only killed 3 living things with a gun, all of them snakes in my yard with the shotgun I have at home"
County mountie "I think i like you! I'm 20 years older than you (she's reading my license) you're only 38!"
Me "What?"
her "I'm 57!"
me "What? you are lying you aren't 57!"-and seriously i was really surprised she didn't look at day older than 48.
her "Oh you are so sweet!"
I loook over at the chp guy "she's layin ain't no way she's 57!"
chp guy "I put your gun back and you magazines are in your console I have a safe trip you can go now"
Me "Thanks" I climb into the car chp guy looking at me like "What on earth just transpired here?" and the 57 yld blonde deputy smiling at me.
Her "You have a nice safe drive home!"
me "Thanks you all have good safe night!"
I buckle up and drive off at the speed limit.
I couldn't believe the massive hassle I had just BS'ed my way through. That was the smoothest talking 2 minutes of my entire life.
The drive home was uneventful except for the possum I road killed near home. I swear the dang car has a serial killers body count on it. I can't tell you how many nocturnal bastards I have run down in this car.
Unfortunately it was a very long course of fire. it took 6 minutes in day light for the match officials to walk the course it was that long. To top it all off most of the shooters were not experianced at tactical shooting. Consequently there was alot f hand holding with some shooters taking over 15 minutes to complete the course. with 43 shooters it was a long long long night.
I got my crack at about 12:30 am. We had started around 9 pm.
Gear: Arsenal SGL21, CNC warrior 4 slot FS, single stage trigger, Vltor stock tube, stag arms stock body, Ultimak, TRS-25, Vltor offset flash light light mount with brinkmann max fire tac light
I had on my usual vest with my XD-9 and mags for pistol, 6 rifle mags, and a 75 round drum.
Most people walked this course of fire. I didn not. I ran. it was tough sugar sand sucks alot to run in But I unleashed hell on the Zeds. I started with the drum and 3/4s of the way though..CLICK. holy crap I burned an entire drum. I couldn't believe it. I reload with a stick mag and worked my to the end. I had a round of yugo ball that failed to go off prompting me to execute and immediate action drill to get the weapon running again. I had to change mags one last time and I blew up the tannerite in the last zombie's head. total round count ONE HUNDRED FIVE ROUNDS.
I am usually used to shooting 20-30 total on a course of fire. my trigger finger was actually sore. We weren't timed but I would say it took around 3 minutes. 3 minutes of running and gunning with sirens, flashing lights, obstacles, sand etc. IT was easily the most challenging and most PAW/SHTF themed and setup course of fire. the fact that it was at night was a huge huge plus. The only thing that would have made it better would be some burning tires. Burning tires make every senerio SHTF so much better.
Afterward I was stoked on adrenaline but it was nearly 1 am and i had 2 hour drive home. So I hit the road....
Now when you have a trunk load of guns and weapons whats the last thing you want to do? if you answered.."Get stopped by the cops" you would be right...
so guess what happened next....Yup I had to go through a sobriety check point manned by FHP and the county mounties.
As I come upon the check point my thoughts are "oh holy hell I have a trunk with black rifles and bunch off ammo and some nut job killed 12 people 2 nights ago in CO and I have a loaded 9mm in the glove box I AM SO SCREWED" Now mind you none of my stuff is illegal but I really didn't want to try to explain it all. so here is how it went:
I roll down my windows "Hey good evening how ya'll doing to night?"
Female County mountie "We are great how are you? can I see your liscense?"
M: "Sure!" I had over lisence.
Her: "You look familer do I know you?"
Me" I dunno maybe do we go to school together in FT Myers (i had gone to college with a couple of good looking blondes in my CJT classes so I am thinking maybe so"
CHP cop "so what are doing out here tonight?"
me, now its hard to lie to a cop. they can usually tell they deal with criminals all the time so I said
"Well it was my 1st time in your lovely city today I was at the Shooting range at an event"
CHP "Oh do you have any weapons in the car ?"
me "I have a 9mm pistol in the glove box"
CHP "Oh can you step out of the car?"
me "Sure!"
CHP "you mind if I look at that gun?"
me "no go right ahead becareful its loaded"
Now I i trun to the CM and start talking to her "Hey maybe you do know me..we are about the same age, I have a degree in law enforcement from college X, were you in any of my classes?"
CHP guy interjects "you ever shoot anyone with this?"
Me "Nope, infact I've only killed 3 living things with a gun, all of them snakes in my yard with the shotgun I have at home"
County mountie "I think i like you! I'm 20 years older than you (she's reading my license) you're only 38!"
Me "What?"
her "I'm 57!"
me "What? you are lying you aren't 57!"-and seriously i was really surprised she didn't look at day older than 48.
her "Oh you are so sweet!"
I loook over at the chp guy "she's layin ain't no way she's 57!"
chp guy "I put your gun back and you magazines are in your console I have a safe trip you can go now"
Me "Thanks" I climb into the car chp guy looking at me like "What on earth just transpired here?" and the 57 yld blonde deputy smiling at me.
Her "You have a nice safe drive home!"
me "Thanks you all have good safe night!"
I buckle up and drive off at the speed limit.
I couldn't believe the massive hassle I had just BS'ed my way through. That was the smoothest talking 2 minutes of my entire life.
The drive home was uneventful except for the possum I road killed near home. I swear the dang car has a serial killers body count on it. I can't tell you how many nocturnal bastards I have run down in this car.
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