..............I gotta say we pretty well cut that board in half right on the red line! Maybe there's something to these steenking Peestols after all, ya think?
That rifle team was a bunch of hard shooting folks. A few times I'd draw a bead on a bird and it'd explode before I could squeeze the shot off. Not many things better then shooting a match in a snow storm
.............Buckshot
Father Grand Caster watches over you my brother. Go now and pour yourself a hot one. May the Sacred Silver Stream be with you always
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Marlene, Mom and I arrived home safely about 4:30p. yesterday! Our visit to Idaho was a good one. Our opinion is that Joy is recovering as well as can be expected. Even though the mending is in progress, it is going to take some time, but she is able to do a lot for herself, which give Onceabull some relief.
So many to thank:
Firsrt, we thank everyone, what a GREAT group of folks! Now, for some specifics; Thank you Bruce, Karen and Kim for all you do from setting up the event to your wonderful HOSPITALITY! Karen and Kim make "bon-appetit" a reality!
NVcurmudgeon, Marlene (cookie cutter), especially thanks you for the new Ladies events and the CLASS Ladies "Golden Wheel Weight Awards"!
Besides those wonderful folks that we already know, it was great to meet newcomers: Our cousins, Geri and Chris, our grandson Chris, my friend Caleb Chinn, AZStew, Matt G., Matt Moulton, Quillbilly, BeeMan, Tom the "Safari Guy" and David Turnbull. There is always a danger when listing names of forgetting someone, so if I did please forgive me.
I will be posting some pictures, hopefully within a day or two. Buckshot , AZStew and MT Gianni those are great pictures you have posted. I will be sending you a PM to see if we can trade a pic or two.
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Have a TON of FUN, Mac ....................Born to ENABLE ................ "BEATING GRAVITY EVERYDAY"
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I am really happy the mold worked out for you. Happy casting!!!!!
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Thanks to all - especially Bruce and family
This was my first time to the NCBS or similar event and this was the most enjoyable trip I have made in many, many years. I have never been made to feel so welcome by so many fine people I have never met before. The weather didn't matter including the 8" of snow I found on my truck when I broke camp 30 miles north of Winnemucca on Saturday to head to the shoot.
A big standing 'O' to Bruce's family who prepared that fantastic buffet on Saturday evening. As always, Ormacheas is one of the best restaurants in Nevada.
Thanks again to all and I can hardly wait for next year. I just hope the scope mount on my favorite cast boolit rifle will stay tied down so I can use it for the competitions.
Quilbilly
OK. Here come the photos...
Thanks to cobbmtmac, MT Gianni, NVCurmudgeon and Obssd1958, I think I have all the names correct on the photos. If not, please let me know and I'll edit again. PLEASE include the photo number. and left to right order of the folks in the photos. Thanks!
The casters and varous curmudgeons congregate at Sid's Restaurant Friday evening.
1. Bruce B's New Revolver Cartridge.
2. The Casters Congregate at Sid's (Rools Committee Meeting)
L-R: MTGianni, his son Matt, Cindy (Mrs. Obssd1958), Obssd1958, NVCurmudgeon (back to us), Matt G., Bruce B (our host), Jaremy (NVCurmudgeon's son), Buckshot, 9.3x62 Al
3. The Casters Congregate at Sid's (Rools Committee Meeting) 2
L-R: Darren (cobmtmac's son), Anita, Geri, Marlene, cobmtmac, Chris, Tom the safari guy, Jack, Caleb Chinn
4. The Casters Congregate at Sid's (Rools Committee Meeting) 3
Going around the table Clockwise: 9.3x62 Al, NVCurmudgeon, Matt, MTGianni, Cindy, Obssd1958, Matt G., Bruce B, Jaremy and Buckshot
5. The Casters Congregate at Sid's (Rools Committee Meeting) 4
Basically the same folks as in the last shot, but that's me sitting to the left of NVCurmudgeon. I let Al shoot this one just to document that I was actually there.
6. Saturday Morning
Wind? What wind? (see flags)
7. Gittn' Down To Business
Background: Marlene, cobbmtmac.
Foreground: Matt G. and Jaremy.
8. Why I hate Auto Focus Cameras: Look at the Springfield. Perfect focus. Look at the two shooters (NVCurmudgeon, NVWalt) behind the rifle who I wanted in focus.
9. Discussing the shot.
Jaremy, NVCurnudgeon, NVWalt
10. MTGainni and son, Matt.
Continued below...
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VOTE 2012! Throw them out! Every last one of them! (Feel free to add this to your sig. Spread the word!)
"...Get a rope." Pace Picante Sauce commercial, ca. 1984
"I (did, on several occasions) swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same." And when I left, they never asked me to recant.
More photos...
11. MTGianni, CobMTMack (red hat), 7's & 8's (yellow hat), Buckshot
12. Foreground: 7's & 8's and Buckshot
13. Three of the ladies in attendance. Chris, Anita, Geri
14. Bruce B, the flags and Tom the safari guy.
15. Boom! Darren
16. A serious discussion.
Obssd1958, Gary and NVCurmudgeon
17. MTGianni, CobbMTMack, Chris, Jack.
18. Cookies! One of the ladies, Marlene (cobbmtmac's wife) baked some cookies for us. It was a welcome snack. Mac decorated the silver bullets.
19. Saturday evening at Bruce B's #1
name please, name please, Cindy, Obssd1958, NVWalt and Quillbilly
20. Saturday evening at Bruce B's #2
NVCurmudgeon with his back to us, Chris with the beard, and all the ladies, L-R: Marlene, Geri, Chris, Jane (Mrs. NVWalt), Anita, (Mrs. Jack) and Patty (Mrs. 7s&8s)
More below
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Sig file change:
"Obi Wan Baloney"
VOTE 2012! Throw them out! Every last one of them! (Feel free to add this to your sig. Spread the word!)
"...Get a rope." Pace Picante Sauce commercial, ca. 1984
"I (did, on several occasions) swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same." And when I left, they never asked me to recant.
Any one fire that new "toy"of Bruce's ?? twice ???...Onceabull
"The Eagle is no flycatcher"
More photos...
21. Saturday evening at Bruce B's #3
Bruce B and 7s&8s
22. Saturday evening at Bruce B's #4
Cobb MT Mack (?), Buckshot, NVBeeman and 9.3x62 Al
23. Saturday evening at Bruce B's #5
Matt G., MTGianni, CobbMTMack, Buckshot
24. Saturday evening at Bruce B's #6. Note that behind the "bubble" screen saver, Bruce's computer is connected to the Cast Boolits web site.
Buckshot, Jack, Caleb Chinn
25. The Young Guns.
Darren, Jaremy, Matt
26. Sunday Morning at the range. They tried to tell me they were getting sunburn last year... Yeah.
Chris and Quilbilly (and the snow)
27. 400 yard open sight match. Counting from the left, the 400 yard gong (our target) is the fourth black object, almost up against the berm at the end of the range.
Matt G. is the shooter
28. Some of the ladies braving the weather.
Chris, Geri, Anita, Marlene
29. Sunday evening at Ormachea's Restaurant 1.
Bruce B, daughter Kim, Obssd1958, Cindy, Darren, Bruce's wife Karen, Anita, Jack, NVWalt, Chris and I'll catch the rest on the next photo.
30. Sunday evening at Ormachea's Restaurant 2.
above Chris is Tom, Jane, Chris, Marjorie (Marlene's mother with back to us), Geri, Quilbilly, Marlene, MTGianni, cobbmtmac, Jaremy, NVCurmudgeon, Matt
Scroll down once more for the video of the first relay of the team pistol shoot.
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Sig file change:
"Obi Wan Baloney"
VOTE 2012! Throw them out! Every last one of them! (Feel free to add this to your sig. Spread the word!)
"...Get a rope." Pace Picante Sauce commercial, ca. 1984
"I (did, on several occasions) swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same." And when I left, they never asked me to recant.
Let's see if this works...
http://www.inficad.com/~gstewart/ncb...ol_relay_1.wmv
Please excuse the poor video quality. The original is very crisp, but the file size is 184 megabytes. I didn't think the guys on dial-up would care to bother with it, so there is considerable quality lost in the compressed video file. Even at this compressed and edited level, the file size is 4.5 megabytes. This will be easy for those on cable or DSL, but it may still be a chore for dial-up customers.
Regards,
Stew
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Sig file change:
"Obi Wan Baloney"
VOTE 2012! Throw them out! Every last one of them! (Feel free to add this to your sig. Spread the word!)
"...Get a rope." Pace Picante Sauce commercial, ca. 1984
"I (did, on several occasions) swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same." And when I left, they never asked me to recant.
Pic #2. To BruceB's right (on the left in the pic) is me. To my right isn't NVWalt Stew. I'm ashamed to say I can't remember that gentleman's name.
That's Jaremy between BruceB and Buckshot.
Pic #7: Me watching Jaremy shoot. (And I'm here to tell you, he CAN shoot!)
Pic#9: Jaremy, NVCurnudgeon, NVWalt.
Pic#23: I'm on the left.
Pic#25: Darren on the left, Jaremy in the middle.
Pic #27: That was me shooting at the gong. Seeing as the other Matt (MT Gianni's son) had already run 5 for 5 it only took one shot to put me out of the running. It was a real bad miss.
Wish I could help you out with more names Stew but I'm as bad as you are about remembering names...
Last edited by Matt_G; 05-30-2010 at 08:59 PM. Reason: Added some names
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Thanks, Matt.
I got three PMs from cobbmtmac and will work on correcting things after supper.
For all others wishing to contribute name corrections and fill-ins, please do so via PM.
Thanks,
Stew
Sig file change:
"Obi Wan Baloney"
VOTE 2012! Throw them out! Every last one of them! (Feel free to add this to your sig. Spread the word!)
"...Get a rope." Pace Picante Sauce commercial, ca. 1984
"I (did, on several occasions) swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same." And when I left, they never asked me to recant.
Wind in Nevada? LOL best flag pic so far,, I was there!
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Bullets= Machine made utilizing Full Length Gas Checks as to provide projectiles for the masses.
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.............Now if you'd video'd teams 3 & 4 instead of teams 1 & 2 it wouldn't have been as long, as we (team 3) cut our board in half in just under 3 minutes, vs the 7 minutes it took team 1, nyuck, nyuck!!
A video of the team rifle shoot would have been cool too, but that was during an interesting hailstorm, so protecting the camera was understandable
..............Buckshot
Father Grand Caster watches over you my brother. Go now and pour yourself a hot one. May the Sacred Silver Stream be with you always
Proud former Shooters.Com Cast Bullet alumnus and plank owner.
"The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."
Shrink the State End the Fed Balance the budget Make a profit Leave an inheritance
Ladies & Gentlemen,
Finally, here they are, thanks to my Computer Guru, B-in-Law, Randy!
For "PatMarlin", These are mostly frontal pics, just kidding, but it is hard to get frontal views when they are firing!
Have a TON of FUN, Mac ....................Born to ENABLE ................ "BEATING GRAVITY EVERYDAY"
Have a TON of FUN, Mac ....................Born to ENABLE ................ "BEATING GRAVITY EVERYDAY"
Have a TON of FUN, Mac ....................Born to ENABLE ................ "BEATING GRAVITY EVERYDAY"
WOW! Great Pics.
Next year Mac, I'll volunteer to take the black hole angled shots ....
I see Al is sportin' a mustache, just in time for the snow.
Cousin Buckshot is one handsome devil. He can't help it, it runs in the family ...
Darn- wish I coulda made it.
Oh... and NV Bill looks a little taller...
Uhhhh YEAH!!! 'Twas me who had the honor!
Once with Bruce's "light" cast boolit load, and once with the full boat military loading -
Waaaaaayyyyy COOOOOOOOLLLLLLL!!!!!
Thanks again Bruce - for EVERYTHING!!!!
Don
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." ...Unknown
I couldn't shoot the team rifle shoot. I was busy shooting the team rifle shoot. Our team won!.............Now if you'd video'd teams 3 & 4 instead of teams 1 & 2 it wouldn't have been as long, as we (team 3) cut our board in half in just under 3 minutes, vs the 7 minutes it took team 1, nyuck, nyuck!!
A video of the team rifle shoot would have been cool too, but that was during an interesting hailstorm, so protecting the camera was understandable
..............Buckshot
Regards,
Stew
Sig file change:
"Obi Wan Baloney"
VOTE 2012! Throw them out! Every last one of them! (Feel free to add this to your sig. Spread the word!)
"...Get a rope." Pace Picante Sauce commercial, ca. 1984
"I (did, on several occasions) swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same." And when I left, they never asked me to recant.
A Woman Speaks..........
Okay Guys....Great pics...This was my first time, and I believe I am hooked! Next year I will be more prepared and know what to expect! Geri (my sister) and I were very thankful that no one pointed and laughed at us....lol. Even though Geri did win an award!!!!!! I totally think more women need to shoot...isn't that right, Jane???? teehee..............Now if you'd video'd teams 3 & 4 instead of teams 1 & 2 it wouldn't have been as long, as we (team 3) cut our board in half in just under 3 minutes, vs the 7 minutes it took team 1, nyuck, nyuck!!
A video of the team rifle shoot would have been cool too, but that was during an interesting hailstorm, so protecting the camera was understandable
..............Buckshot
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