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...but I thort that a couple of you might be interested in what I get up to over here when I'm not in Oregon putting holes in YOUR landscape....from a post I made last night on another forum....
'Evenin', All. Just to let you know that over here in a sunny UK we have had a great day shooting in sunshine! [for those who live in the PNW it's when the big yellow thing appears in the sky, y'know, the thing that's usually hidden away until you go on vacation someplace else].
Since it was a day with a lot of noobs - ten all told - I took a car-load, like a few of us did.
This was my shooting list for today -
1. Anschutz model 1407 three-position .22cal target rifle with Unertl 2" SuperVarmint scope [gun from 1967, scope from 1952].
2. Mauser ES350B .22cal with all-matching Ajack scope and see-through mounts [all from 1937].
3. BSA .22cal boy's take-down target rifle by Alex. Martin of Glasgow in fitted travelling case and all accessories [1909]
4. July 1897 DWM/Loewe Mauser 7x57 Boer War carbine bring-back, captured at the battle of Korannafontein in 1901 by the New South Wales Mounted Rifles [Boer name on stock].
5. Schmidt-Rubin K96/11 in 7.5x55 Swiss [1914] and K31 from 1954.
6. Krico 650SS .308Win with 8-32x56 Nightforce NSX illuminated scope gun 1990, scope 2006].
and lastly, my trusty Ruger Old Army .44 BP revolver, and my Second-series Colt Walker.
Every noob got to shoot everything that I brought along, as well as everything that everybody else had with them - that included -
1. Sharps long-range rifle in 45-90.
2. Lots of underlevers - Marlin, Winchester and Rossi.
3. A few military Mausers - including Brazilian and Spanish contract models.
4. A few Lee-enfields, including a very rare Longbranch sniper model No4[T]
5. A SAKO TRG and a couple of SAKO sporters with moderators [legal here in UK, in fact, mandatroy in some places].
6. A couple of Martini-Henrys in .450-577 and a couple more Martini-Enfields in .303British,
7. A couple of Russian mosin-Nagants and a Finnish M-39.
8. Blaser straight-pull in 25-06.
9. Accuracy International set-up in .308win and an Armalon version in .223.
and a beautiful Savage .22 High-power [sigh]........
Lots more, mainly straight-pull variants of the black rifle...
Enjoyment was great, as was the craic. And to answer one other querent [not seen here], there were fifteen Schmidt & Bender, three Leupold, one IOR, three Kahles and three Swarovski scopes, apart from my scopes already mentioned.
tac'
BTW - The day cost me over $200 in ammunition...and was it worth it?
You betcha. the looks on the faces of the noobs made it all worth while. AAMOF, last year, one noob was so impressed he introduced a few pals from work so we now have the entire 'Blue Watch' from a local fire-hall as club members.
Best to all there, from us here
tac
'Evenin', All. Just to let you know that over here in a sunny UK we have had a great day shooting in sunshine! [for those who live in the PNW it's when the big yellow thing appears in the sky, y'know, the thing that's usually hidden away until you go on vacation someplace else].
Since it was a day with a lot of noobs - ten all told - I took a car-load, like a few of us did.
This was my shooting list for today -
1. Anschutz model 1407 three-position .22cal target rifle with Unertl 2" SuperVarmint scope [gun from 1967, scope from 1952].
2. Mauser ES350B .22cal with all-matching Ajack scope and see-through mounts [all from 1937].
3. BSA .22cal boy's take-down target rifle by Alex. Martin of Glasgow in fitted travelling case and all accessories [1909]
4. July 1897 DWM/Loewe Mauser 7x57 Boer War carbine bring-back, captured at the battle of Korannafontein in 1901 by the New South Wales Mounted Rifles [Boer name on stock].
5. Schmidt-Rubin K96/11 in 7.5x55 Swiss [1914] and K31 from 1954.
6. Krico 650SS .308Win with 8-32x56 Nightforce NSX illuminated scope gun 1990, scope 2006].
and lastly, my trusty Ruger Old Army .44 BP revolver, and my Second-series Colt Walker.
Every noob got to shoot everything that I brought along, as well as everything that everybody else had with them - that included -
1. Sharps long-range rifle in 45-90.
2. Lots of underlevers - Marlin, Winchester and Rossi.
3. A few military Mausers - including Brazilian and Spanish contract models.
4. A few Lee-enfields, including a very rare Longbranch sniper model No4[T]
5. A SAKO TRG and a couple of SAKO sporters with moderators [legal here in UK, in fact, mandatroy in some places].
6. A couple of Martini-Henrys in .450-577 and a couple more Martini-Enfields in .303British,
7. A couple of Russian mosin-Nagants and a Finnish M-39.
8. Blaser straight-pull in 25-06.
9. Accuracy International set-up in .308win and an Armalon version in .223.
and a beautiful Savage .22 High-power [sigh]........
Lots more, mainly straight-pull variants of the black rifle...
Enjoyment was great, as was the craic. And to answer one other querent [not seen here], there were fifteen Schmidt & Bender, three Leupold, one IOR, three Kahles and three Swarovski scopes, apart from my scopes already mentioned.
tac'
BTW - The day cost me over $200 in ammunition...and was it worth it?
You betcha. the looks on the faces of the noobs made it all worth while. AAMOF, last year, one noob was so impressed he introduced a few pals from work so we now have the entire 'Blue Watch' from a local fire-hall as club members.
Best to all there, from us here
tac