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Any problem coming up for the day?
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Any problem coming up for the day? No problem! Come on up!! There's always a few guys who are daytrippers.
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As for a competition: How about we make it "Savage only", that way everybody's handicapped equally! Any caliber, any rifle, iron sights only, three shots offhand at 50 yards, high score (total points of three shots) wins the pot. 30 second time limit- you gotta rap 'em out. (Otherwise we'll be at it all day and there's always a bunch of guys waiting to shoot their toys.) Entry fee to be determined by popular vote- but lets keep it friendly and not make it excessive. If you want, I can round up the targets- say the 100 yard NRA target? (It's a big black target easy for old farts to see at 50 yards.) I can assure you I'll probably finish dead last. My offhand stance is cruddy- those of you who know me know my condition. I don't care because I'll have as much fun doing it as anybody else, and who knows maybe I'll slop three into the 10 ring. After all, even a blind hog finds an acorn now and again! My Model .250-3000 that's capable of near MOA accuracy off the bench with its tang sight won't matter doodly-squat because that front sight wobbles with the best of them when I shoot it offhand. Now if I could just figure out how to mount a Lyman globe front sight on it....
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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In the event of a tie, a one shot shoot-off at a clay pigeon at 100 yards? Loser has to wash the dishes.
"You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty
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Old Willys, the cabin is called the Elrancho. Im sure you heard of it or been to one of the clambakes they have every year.
Joe Thanks triple deuce that explains it! Never stopped in but drove by El Rancho 100's of times! Good to hear not everything is shutdown because of Covid-19, my younger brother called and told me the rattlesnake hunt roundup was cancelled this year that sucks the firemen make their money for the year that weekend.
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It won't prove anything, but it will be a good time, we'll have a few laughs and in the end, somebody (who was lucky that day) will walk away with the pot. Good enough for me.
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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Can someone please tell those of us that don't know the story about the " Shot heard around the world"? Yardage, caliber and make of rifle? Any interesting facts that might help us enjoy the story?
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Roy flew in from Oregon, sent one rifle ahead. He was behind the butt stock, Tim was spotting, one shot. The picture tells the rest! That’s my version, and sticking with it.
I'm not greedy, I just want one of each.
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Thanks. Yardage, open sights?
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It's a 303, 99E model, shooting some unknown brand of semi round nose slug I had a few hundred of laying around. The rife has a receiver mounted peep sight. I had never fired the rifle so Tim was spotting for me as I was walking it in. Fire a shot, move the sights, fire a shot, move the sights. The last sight adjustment I moved to a clean target, and made the Shot Seen Around the World. If I remember it was 94 or 97 yards. Say, did I ever show you guys a photo of that target?
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Precisely how I remember it.
My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here. My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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Precisely how I remember it.
I think Tim's spotting was a bargain at just $49.95, although after The Shot his price jumped to $79.95. I should ask for a cut....
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Thanks for this important part of Savage 99 history.
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I could have sworn that was a 5 shot group?
I'm not greedy, I just want one of each.
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Can someone please tell those of us that don't know the story about the " Shot heard around the world"? Yardage, caliber and make of rifle? Any interesting facts that might help us enjoy the story? I'll give you the short version. Lightning can strike anytime, anywhere....
"You cannot invade mainland America. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass" ~Admiral Yamamoto~
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. ~Thomas Jefferson~
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I plugged an empty .22 ammo box at 50 yards once with one shot from a Colt Woodsman. Guy offered me $10 if I could pull it off. Trouble was I had shot up all my ammo- but rummaging around in the depths of my range box I found one lone moldy scuzzy .22 short. "Haha! Here goes nothing", I said as I thumbed that short into the chamber. A little Kentucky Elevation, and bap- the target fell over, with a .22 bullet hole smack dead center. That was the sweetest $10 I ever earned in my life. Never to be repeated or even attempted ever again.
There's an idea. Maybe I'll shoot the Challenge at the rendezvous with my Woodsman. It could be a Savage. Arthur would have built it if he thought of it, I bet. Maybe. Sorta.
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Man, that story's becoming as familiar as Roy's one holer. I got to the end of it in my head before I was finished reading it.
My heart's in the mountains, my heart is not here. My heart's in the mountains, chasing the deer.
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Man, that story's becoming as familiar as Roy's one holer. I got to the end of it in my head before I was finished reading it. Tim, did I ever show you the photo of that target I shot in Noxen last year?
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Can someone please tell those of us that don't know the story about the " Shot heard around the world"? Yardage, caliber and make of rifle? Any interesting facts that might help us enjoy the story? I'll give you the short version. Lightning can strike anytime, anywhere.... Hey, don't be that guy. *Gary, sorry I couldn't take your call this afternoon, I was busy twistin pipes together. Now I'm busy drinkin.
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