I had a good time at the shoot. I did have to leave early due to work, and I worked all day yesterday too so I haven't been able to post until now. It was great getting to see some of the faces behind the screen names and get some time on the range. I broke out a rifle I have not shot in over 10 years, an Anschutz 1813 Supermatch. I forgot how much fun it is to shoot something that accurate.  A couple of the other left hand shooters took a turn on it and now I feel like I need to start taking it to the range more often. George's new Sterling was very cool and I looked over a lot of other fun toys.
 
I brought my niece's husband out with me (nephew-in-law?) and he had a great time as well. I just wish we could have made it to lunch and stayed for the afternoon sesion. Hopefully I will be able to get the day off next time.

Thank you Norse for putting the event together.

Edit: Post number 200, hurray for me! That is the most posts I have on any forum I am on.

Finally, a moment to breathe.  First day back at work after a 4-day weekend and no remote access.

The shoot was totally cool.  It was really good to see everyone.  Got to see some old friends, like George, Steven, and MashallDodge, as well as put some faces to names, like Norseman, HideWithPride, Corey, sqlbullet, and GunDoc (although I've worked for GunDoc for some time, we'd never met until this outing).

Norse's Saiga's were pretty cool, and I can tell you, Norse with a Saiga 12 is not something you want to tangle with. 

<BOOM!> 
Norseman: "Is he dead?"
Me:  "Dunno man... Looks like he's still..." 
<BOOM!BOOM!BOOM!>
Me:  "Yeah... ya got him."



Norse was kind enough to offer to take my Sig P232 off my hands after having put an entire mag through a single hole rapid fire.  The pistol being a fav of mine however, I wasn't selling.  Sorry buddy. 

Had a breakage with the extractor in my wife's Llama 1911 after I foolishly "bubba" loaded it.  Jesse however was able to find a part online and ordered a new one.  The slide is now with him while it awaits a new extractor.

Of course George had his Sterling out.  I've always been kind of "meh" on them having only seen them online.  But once you get one in your hands it is absolutely a must have.  My wife wants one too.  So I'll likely be picking up a couple one of these days.

AR's, AK's, tactical rifles, hunting rifles, handguns, shotguns... it was a great time.


After the shoot and back and Steven's house, my wife and I headed out for beer brat fixin's.  Peppers and onions with beer-boiled sausages browned over a charcoal grill... it was a meal of epic grandeur not soon to be forgotten.

On Sunday myself, my wife, Jesse, George, and Steven headed out for a bit more shooting at some Tannerite.  More great times.

Steven and Kristin were very gracious hosts, and have my eternal thanks for such fantastic hospitality.  As a small, certainly inadequate, thank you we headed out to The Cheesecake Factory for some dinner on Sunday evening.  I was so stuffed I could barely move.

It was an amazing weekend.  Jesse and I agreed that we need to make these things happen more frequently than every two years.  Maybe we can head out east and do something with the eastern members one of these days.



Looking forward to the next one guys, wherever it may be.


-T.

We need to do this more often.

That really can't be said enough. Everyone there is like extended family.

My shoulder's still recovering from Jesse's Mosin.

  I must be getting used to it.

Basically Zack just learned that Ammo Selection is critical.  The Gun is just the Launcher for that Projectile and the better the Projectile, the better the result.

I may be rethinking my stock option on the S-12s.  Stock came loose after only 15 rounds of slugs, and about 30 or so OO buck. 

You should totally get rid of it... you know... trade it off for something...
 

 

I just did something stupid, or really awesome.

I'll PM you George.


Tee hee!