Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns A great trip...

I shot a cylinder through Bob's MG. Then I watched him shoot it at forty yards, and at ten times that range. If that's not a target gun, I don't know what is.

I thought the 657 I purchased last fall had a pretty decent trigger (and it really is not bad). Then Bob handed me some of his revolvers. My 657 had to step to the back of the class and hang its head in shame.

I have come to the conclusion my gun pi*p is really the reincarnation of Johnny appleseed, as he travels the country infecting people with the virus of a .41.
Course i already had it before meeting him, but he sure did make the virus much more intense.
That even includes buying a taurus.

I did not even have to meet him in person. He sold me on the idea of a 41 as my first handgun nine years ago from 3000 miles away.



Well, in all fairness, I was considering a 41 when I started the thread.



Wow, looking up that thread reminds me how 41 Kieth is missed on these forums. May he RIP.



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Wow, I was also looking up 41 Keith's posts late last night - but I missed that one. I really became better acquainted with 41 Keith through a mutual friend. The three of us then hunted together for several years - and we became close friends.

I was thinking about 41 Keith whilst anticipating RJM's coming through North Dakota here to visit - If 'Curt' was still with us it would be perfect ... but in a way, he still is!

It was 41 Keith who told me about the Campfire - and RJM - and the 41 Magnum! Because of Curt's interest in this venerable caliber,
I acquired two Marlin 1894 SS LTD, 41 MAG, Lever Action Carbines. One was going to be his through a trade or purchase ...
But anyway we shot his! And mine is still unfired.

One thing is for sure. Besides trying to convert headhunters to the .41, he's getting some serious miles in on his KLR enduro. High desert, mountain lakes, dodging cattle and deer, he's getting pretty gnarly.

If only he would convert to the .44 Magnum....

Oh well.

The kids dig him.

Kids!!! What kids....I don't do kids...most of the time that is...



If Mackay would stop having them there would be fewer who "dig me"...

As to converting to .44...Mackay is the one who needs to convert to the .41 as it recoils less than his .44s....and much more accurate....

I also miss Mr. Keith very much...it was a sad day when PW told me of his passing... I had exchanged PMs with him several times and was hoping to one day meet him...

Bob

Hey, that's a cute little tyke.

Another future gun toting, horse riding, motocrosser there??????

Went out in the boonies just north of Jackpot, NV where Mackay usually sees a bunch of bunnies... Saw several cottontails but only one Jack...and after Mackay took a shot at him he didn't stick around....





Mackay is down there somewhere...the sagebrush was old and chest+ high in a lot of spots...







Weather was kinda strange...overcast and some rain but the ground haze looked more like smoke...

Smoke was bad here yesterday. California I'm guessin'.




Travis

This morning went over to Buhl to say goodbye to an old friend who I won't get to see again before I leave for home Monday...he likes to do metal sculptures....





Found some premium no ethanol gas and when I filled up after a 75 mile trip recorded my highest mpg ever...65. And when I deliberately lugged the engine it didn't buck like it does with the corn gas....

SE of Buhl...










...a great day so far...

Bob

"Found some premium no ethanol gas and when I filled up after a 75 mile trip recorded my highest mpg ever...65. And when I deliberately lugged the engine it didn't buck like it does with the corn gas...."

And they say ethanol is good for the environment Bob there is a phone app named Real Gas that will tell you where you can buy it. There are more places than one realizes.

Great thread. Thanks!

Great country around the Magic Valley. And far less affected by rampant population growth since the sixties than is our area or any place within seventy five miles of Boise.

My previous post was not supposed to read " headhunters". It was supposed to read handgunners. Dang autocorrect strikes again.

Bob and I did just shy of 300 miles through the mountains of central Idaho yesterday. Checked out some salmon spawning in their beds, some big antelope, even saw a little hottie in a bikini at a hot springs towards the end of the dirt portion as we neared Ketchum. Over all a great ride.

We've put roughly 1,000 miles on the bikes seeing the local mountain and desert scenery since Bob arrived.

As Mackay said, we had one great last ride through the wilds of Idaho on Saturday....

Started in Twin Falls and rode up through Gooding, Fairfield, Hill City and into the Anderson Reservoir area....







Lunch stop...



Lots of miles of dirt roads...





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Ended up crossing FR226 all then way to Ketchum just south of Sun Valley...













Still many miles of dirt to go...

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Big burn from last year...

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Downtown Ketchum...



We had planned to do some more shooting Sunday but it poured rain all day...and so on Monday my time in Idaho came to a close and I moved on...

From Twin Falls I headed east and south to Bear Lake....real pretty place...





But like around any body of water there are LOTS of homes...and now mansions dot the hills above the lake...

Went through Utah and into Wyoming going north toward Yellowstone...going to stop In Freedom at Freedom Arms as the last time I was through in 2003 I was too late and then factory had closed...





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Up on top of Salt River Pass...

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This morning at the rest stop...

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...and so we move on.

Bob

I waved as you passed by, good story and photos!

Anderson Ranch Reservoir

One of the old original buildings from Pine Idaho, across the street from where we ate burgers for lunch.





Great day for a long ride in the mountains.

Bob now you are getting into my home turf..Kemerrer is a great place. Very good Chinese restaurant downtown.