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The Range is HOT... Darby getting ready to strut his shooting stuff....



Darby smiling for his millions of campfire admirers...
and proud he hit his own target this year...



Crowd starts showing up as Ben Observes Joe's shot thru the Spotting Scope...( that's 1/3 the cost of Darby's)



Dennis getting ready to show the Out of Town Guys, how's its done in Arizona...



The backside Action Cam, getting Dennis's style from the rear lined up for PhotoJournalism World Archives..

Ben ( Mudhen) sighting in on the target just after Dennis has done his shot:, Ed M in background soon realizing he needs a shade hat for that head...



Ivan ( BigBuck 215) sighting in, Dennis ( in AZ), Jeff ( Owl) and Paul (CCCC) looking on: Ivan took first place the previous year...not bad for a healthy 80 year old guy, is it?



Ivan pleased with his shot?




Campfire members waiting their turn 'at bat'...




Ditto Again:

Darby, observing Talus, observing Target results:




Ben ( Mudhen) and Jeff ( Owl) on line in the back ground:





Milo, Ivan, Paul and Dennis observing Mudhen and Owl 'on the line'...





Paul, Ivan and Dennis, waiting on Jeff to pull the trigger...



Ken's son ( ElkhunterNM) on the line, with Ivan and Dennis in background...

Ivan Observing Ken's son using his rifle to compete with the Big Boys:



Some of the finer Campfire Members, take a break, while Dennis observes current progress.. new to the Group for the first time.. Milo and Ed M...



Another Prairie Dog Target killer sites in...Road Runner 65



The eventual winner, gets ready to take his turn after Dad...




Mudhen getting ready to go again?



If you observe in the background you can see Ed M's head starting to sunburn...

( heck I am trying to remember all of this stuff, so you guys correct me when I ain't right!)

The Usual Suspects Loitering around, Per usual:



Like that 46 inch barrel on Mudhen's Rifle?



Talus on the Binocs, keeping everything on the up and up...



in the background you can see RoadRunner65's son getting ready to shoot the winning shot...



the Winner, ejecting the Winning Shot's brass... 223, Rem ADL..

will post some more later or tomorrow, I'm starting to get a little tired....hopefully these will hold you animals over until then...

Cool, I didn't take any pictures so steal them from you guys off here.

Kent

Fantastic pics!

My son's name is Frank.

Nice shots. I seem to recall there was another winner?

That is a great set of pictures. Can't wait for the rest of them.
I have been busy and tomorrow is my shoulder surgery and I hate posting from my phone, a royal P.I.T.A. but finally found time to post the rest of the story. I got permission from Milo.
If you haven't met him, MILO has to be one of the most easy going, generous person you will meet. He pulled out a couple REALLY nice shot guns while we were shooting clays. I brought something of everything so that if anyone had a preference they would be comfortable shooting.
While Michael and Milo were shooting, Milo stops to watch Michael for a bit, then asks if he has ever shot a side by side. He has not, so Milo let him shoot a nice Stoger 20ga SxS. Once he got comfortable with it, he is knocking down clays as usual. Milo seemed impressed how well Michael handles the shot guns.
Sunday morning, while cleaning up around camp, I had Michael go around to see if anybody needed help. Milo and I had a nice long talk about Michael and scouting and guns. Milo is an Eagle scout by the way. Milo said it looked like Michael enjoyed shooting the SxS and was wondering if he could give it to Michael for his Birthday. I was speechless to say the least. We called Michael over and Milo presents it to him. I couldn't thank him enough. Michael shook his hand and gave him a big hug thanking him. All the way home and since then, all I heard is "this is the best Birthday ever."
To say that everyone is have met from this forum is top notch is an understatement. You couldn't ask for a better group of people.

Yeah, pretty much everyone was a real great person to meet and enjoy... at least everyone but that guy from Oregon...
Who in the hell let him in????


Michael lining up that winning shot....



Jeff, aka Talus, keeping everyone on the up and up...



Michael getting a little help and supervision from Dad



Joe Darby and Paul, tallying up points and who was the most accurate...which didn't include Seafire

Michael and Dad encouraging him on:



The Peanut Gallery: Milo, Dennis, Jeff, Paul, Joe, Ed M. et al..



Mission Control Count Down... FIVE.... FOUR... THREE... TWO... ONE... sHOOT!!!



"THAT guy from Oregon" lining up his missing shot... observed by Dennis, Paul, Ed M while the rest of the crew walk away laughing... but they did get to see a real life Howa Mini Action in 223...



Milo lining up a shot, Dennis on the spotting scope.. Ivan way in the background in observation mode....

Great photos!!

Milo lining up his shot and Ed M. getting ready in the background



Ed M, sighting in with one of his "manly" and impressive rifles he brought along... definitely a guy worth meeting.. heck of a great guy....



Jeff keeping tabs on everyone with the Binocs, while Doug, his son and Jeff (Owl) converse in the background...



Michael displaying his first place prize and target, a donation courtesy of Milo... John Barsness latest publication, the Big Book of Gun Gack...Great Book by the way, even if JB overlooked putting in the chapter about the 260 Remington...



Now for the rimfire shooting contest start:

Jeff ( aka Owl) sighting in his nice Zastava Made 22 rimfire.. which had AWESOME wood!




Dennis getting his rimfire rifle ready to go, Mudhen/Ben looking on:



Jeff's Zastava noting the nice looking wood stock...




Joe Darby, attempting to bribe Paul, so he could use his Ruger 77/17 since he didn't have a 22 LR with...and note in background, Ed M got much needed head cover, courtesy of Talus/Jeff...



Joe/RoadRunner65, shooting prone with a Model 94/22.. which he did real well with..

RoadRunner from another angel with his 94/22... German Built one..



mystery pic: Ken with his either 375 UltraMag or his 416..



Recovering, and ready for second of three shots..it was a big game shooting, timed....



Ken on the recoil side of the shot:




Third "action shot", on the recoil side with Ken:

Ken done shooting his 375 and 416...



Dennis banging away with his Model 70 in 458 Lott...



Ken sneaking in there again...










Talus, Ed M in the background observing the fireworks and cannon blasts...

Camping in the desert...Lake front property...

our campsite.... noting campers etc..





Paul's vintage 70 Chevy with custom camper on top...





abandoned Chevy Diesel Pickup in camp, due to having Gasoline instead of Diesel put into it..

Breakfast in Camp, courtesy of KRP ( Kent and his lovely wife Cheryl,,, with some goodies contributed by Ken's Wife Judy)



Cheech and Chong dropped by and were getting stoned by the campfire during Breakfast..




Ivan, Jeff, Ed M, Dennis, Paul and Ben
( BigBuck 215, Owl, Ed M., Dennis in Az, CCCC and Mudhen)





First 5 miles of paved road, for the 1200 mile trip home for me..