kenw

Well put.

Hercules is a nice place to shoot, and I'd like to attend more often, but I feel guilty about shoehorning in on their regular club meet. Many of the regulars are old Hercules employees who just want to keep the property useful instead of letting it go to seed. I don't know about Shongum except that they have 4 or 5 trap fields. It may be a members only thing, and I don't really know what their guest policy is (if they have one). There are a couple of Shongum members here who can certainly provide more info. I've heard mixed reviews about Thunder Mountain.

Just an early heads up: Hercules may not be the best choice for a bunch of new guys to descend on at the same time. There's only one trap field, and the club that shoots there has about 20 or so guys that show up each Sunday to shoot at what can only be described as a casual pace. They only run it from 10 -2 on Sunday, and lock the gates after that, so there's really only time for about 3 or 4 rounds for the regular attendees, and I don't think they would appreciate a bunch of new guys cutting in on their time. A couple of new faces shouldn't be any problem, but a swarm of new shooters would probably not be met with too much enthusiasm from the regular "alter cockers" (Yiddish reference).

The moment he got in his head went was out of sight. Matt, you sleep too much. Was whoever he was sitting next to smiling?

Sounds like you guys had a good time. Sorry I missed it. From the pix, it looks like CJRPC is a nice facility. All I know about your "welcome" is what I can glean from the posts, but it sounds like you got past it okay, and had fun in spite of it, but if the range had any concerns about the group, they should have voiced them here. After all, there is a member with "cjrpc" as their SN. No reason to ambush anyone at the range.

Happy Birthday, Doc. My 54th is in a couple of weeks.

Hey everybody, have a great day tomorrow.

Hello and welcome.

Tim (tbtrout) seems to be missing from the list. I know he said he'll be there.

Yeah - except you've got to really get lucky to get lucky. As far as Matt is concerned, A few minutes with Palmela is an acceptable substitute.

All at the same bird. Mark, I would gladly let you take my photo gear, but I'll be using it on Sunday.

Doomed.

I had 3 permits expiring yesterday (10/8). I brought them in for extension on Monday (10/5), and picked them up after work on Tuesday. No mention of waiting until or after the last day.

Sadly, I have to bail on the meetup this time. An opportunity to actually make some money just opened up on Sunday morning, and since I just spent a bunch on guns, I can't pass it up. Have some fun for me, abuse Matt freely, take and post lots of pictures. I want to feel like I was actually there. Damn. K

Some of you have met Lynn. She's as enthusiastic about shooting as I am, maybe more. All our purchases are joint decisions, and she's the one who initiates most of our shopping trips. She's okay with my accessory shopping, and doesn't really question anything other than "What's that for?", and is fine with the answers. Besides, I'm close to being done as far as accessories are concerned, other than replacing things as they get used up. When I came home with the new to me shotgun, she asked how much it cost, and when I told her I was on the hook for a case of Corona Light (some of which I drank) and a pepperoni pizza (some of which I ate) all she had to say was "wow, nice deal". We're both new to the sport, so we've been shopping hard this year, and will probably slow down some now that we both have more than 1 gun each to get decent with, but I never do any sort of buying without her knowing about it, whether it's photo gear or gun stuff. She wants a shotgun for herself, and maybe a rifle, but unless something outstanding presents itself, she's fine with waiting until after the winter to start looking again.

Welcome to the group. Cherry Ridge

The grips I ordered from Midway on Monday were waiting for me when I got home today. Damn, those things are nice! Easy to install, no drama, just unscrew the stock grips and screw on the Hogues. They fit perfectly and the gun feels so much nicer now. Soft, grippy and comfortably curved, with well thought out finger spacing. They're just a hair wider than the stock grips, and it feels like it's just enough for me. I'm sure they'll make a big difference when I get back to the range.

Is that kind of like Purple Haze..."Scuse me, while I kiss this guy!" Creedence Clearwater Revival... "There's a bathroom on the right."

Nice. I love high speed photography. Thanks for the link.

Welcome to the group. If your name is on the lease and it's current, than you're considered "in possession" of the property and can freely possess a gun there.

Congrats. Good shooting.

I was just banging around and came across this. Looks like a great resource. It's not complete, but it looks like it covers most of the common guns. Just scroll up to the table of contents at the beginning of the book. http://books.google.com/books?id=zRJm6uF7TSIC&pg=PA569&lpg=PA569&dq=winchester+super+x+model+1+assembly&source=bl&ots=T-zfoOZF95&sig=fam1Njb_zzFPqjANLRGVxeIOeFg&hl=en&ei=ebnMSrnmB5iMtgfdkOndAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=winchester%20super%20x%20model%201%20assembly&f=false

I have a few 00 shells sitting in a drawer. I'll bring them along on Sunday. It'll be an excuse to get another Limbsaver. I can use the extra inch on the stock. Big surprise, this one is too short for my orangutan proportioned arms. Ken, Walmart in PA carries those limbsaver (slip on) pads for less than $20, cheaper than Dicks. That's where I got the one that's on the Browning. WalMart in Newton has them, too. Go figure.

I have a few 00 shells sitting in a drawer. I'll bring them along on Sunday. It'll be an excuse to get another Limbsaver. I can use the extra inch on the stock. Big surprise, this one is too short for my orangutan proportioned arms.

Thanks. That's what I thought. Oil, rub with a rag, silicone cloth, rub with a rag, repeat, live with the results. I can do that.