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I may still have a half set of IHMSA .22LR handgun silhouettes. Those are usually a lot of fun for the kids at closer ranges as most reactive targets are.
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When you start talking about "closer" ranges I get visions of two or three hundred yards...   Having those silhouettes available would be great. Shooting at clay birds with rifles might not be such a good idea here. While there is a significant, tree covered, hill as a backstop, and about a mile 'til the next house behind that, it still makes me nervous just thinking about it. Ed
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I may still have a half set of IHMSA .22LR handgun silhouettes. Those are usually a lot of fun for the kids at closer ranges as most reactive targets are.
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When you start talking about "closer" ranges I get visions of two or three hundred yards... Having those silhouettes available would be great. Shooting at clay birds with rifles might not be such a good idea here. While there is a significant, tree covered, hill as a backstop, and about a mile 'til the next house behind that, it still makes me nervous just thinking about it. Ed OK, I'll skip the clays with a rifle but will bring it along in case someone wants to shoot it. Working three states from home has it's limitation so I may not have time to work up a proper load anyway. David
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Good time to have one in Tex. Wind will help people like me shoot better.  Can bring a small 12v clay thrower if anyones going to bring a shotgun. Contest? Certainly! Paladin will probably use his 475 Linebaugh... Ed Then is when he breaks out his 12 gauge Beretta (I think) and shoots one-handed. And usually runs 'em, too.
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Good time to have one in Tex. Wind will help people like me shoot better. Can bring a small 12v clay thrower if anyones going to bring a shotgun. Contest? Certainly! Paladin will probably use his 475 Linebaugh... Ed Then is when he breaks out his 12 gauge Beretta (I think) and shoots one-handed. And usually runs 'em, too. This I gotta see! NOT that I can compete with that level of shooting! Watching Paladin shoot thrown dimes out of the air with his Model 41 Smith and then do other magic tricks with a .41 and his Linebaugh was awe-inspiring. Watching someone run clay birds one-handed would be right up there. So, Bigbuck215, you gonna make the Gathering? Be an honor to shake your hand! Ed
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I'd like too make it, Ed, but that's a mighty long way from here. So I will see how things work out.
Thanks for the invite. Maybe.
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Ed, sounds like a great weekend. Put me down for a yes. Be afraid, prairie dog. Be very afraid. Outstanding! You finally get to meet "The Horse Whisperer" Ed maybe she can get me over my horse fear in a short course  I got an M40A1 from Mickey that can hit them half inch dots at 200, if'n I ain't drunk too much coffee first
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Ed, think your neighbors would mind if we lit up that Mountain Howitzer on your range ?
If it transpires that I can get away, will bring a couple or three banks of the "Buffalo League" steel, and swingers.
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I plan on making the drive up.
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Ed, think your neighbors would mind if we lit up that Mountain Howitzer on your range ?
If it transpires that I can get away, will bring a couple or three banks of the "Buffalo League" steel, and swingers.
Greg I plan on giving the neighbors fair warning that there are going to be many loud noises that weekend. It would be a gift if you could be there! Ed
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I plan on making the drive up. If you didn't, my one feeling would be hurt. Ed
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Will try to make it happen, Se�or.
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Count me in, too, plus my brother will probably come. It would be fun to shoot a .470 Nitro, but not a .577. Not no way, not no how am I touching off one of those again. 
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Elmer referred to the "dirty, tooth-rattling jar" of the .577 Nitro. That's as close to one as I ever dared to get.  I ain't sayin' what's the biggest, nastiest, and meanest that I ever fired from the shoulder. Some boyhood foolishnesses are better kept private.
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Count me in, too, plus my brother will probably come. It would be fun to shoot a .470 Nitro, but not a .577. Not no way, not no how am I touching off one of those again. Great, Pat! Ed
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Elmer referred to the "dirty, tooth-rattling jar" of the .577 Nitro. That's as close to one as I ever dared to get. I ain't sayin' what's the biggest, nastiest, and meanest that I ever fired from the shoulder. Some boyhood foolishnesses are better kept private. I've done a .505 Gibbs, a .600 NE, and a .600 Overkill. I don't really like the stuff that starts with a 6, and it sounds like the .577 is close enough for me. OTOH, I'm probably fool enough to try it two or three times, anyway.
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That's practically in my neck of the woods. I'd love to attend that gathering. Are flintlocks welcome?
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Ed,
I am going to try my best to make it. My oldest grandson is getting married the next weekend down in Devine, so I need to see what else might be going on in the intervening week. Keeping my fingers crossed...
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That's practically in my neck of the woods. I'd love to attend that gathering. Are flintlocks welcome? Flintlocks are encouraged! I hope Birdwatcher and his lovely bride can make it. Birdy is another flintlock shooter. I hope you can make it. Ben, it will be great to see you again. I hope it works out. Ed
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One of the darkies whom Dad used to hunt with used a hand-me-down flintlock. Told Dad an interesting little tale about it.
The first time he shot it at a running rabbit, the priming charge sizzled ("jes' a-fryin'") in the pan. When he lowered the gun, wondering "What the � ?" it fired.
"So's long as she's a-fryin'," he said, "I holds 'er on 'em!"
Got a few, too, Dad said.
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Elmer referred to the "dirty, tooth-rattling jar" of the .577 Nitro. That's as close to one as I ever dared to get. I ain't sayin' what's the biggest, nastiest, and meanest that I ever fired from the shoulder. Some boyhood foolishnesses are better kept private. I shot Gunner's at the Campfire Hog Hunt. Huge, gorgeous rifle, a real privilege to handle & shoot it. And yes, it made my teeth hurt on the first shot. As I told the guys there, if an elephant was charging me, and the .577 was laying in front of me, I'd have to think about it for a bit... 
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