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I was just reading through the latest Handloader magazine and stumbled accross the article on page 20. It seems as if Shrapnel is for real, I had no idea one person could accomplish all that he is given credit for.
I don't know if I understand him more or less.
I was thinking the other day how much I used to hate Bill Clinton. He was freaking George Washington compared to what they are now.
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You know he's also a poster here right?
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I have gotten to know ol' Shrapnel pretty well in the past couple of years. He's a rifle loony of the first order, and also really likes to hunt.
Turns out we were in high school together and didn't know it. He was a year behind me, but as I understand it he hadn't blown up any guns yet.
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I have gotten to know ol' Shrapnel pretty well in the past couple of years. He's a rifle loony of the first order, and also really likes to hunt.
Turns out we were in high school together and didn't know it. He was a year behind me, but as I understand it he hadn't blown up any guns yet. Hmmm. I remember reading some of Ventorino's writing going back about ten years that Shrapnel HAD blown up several older guns and lived to tell about it. Hence the nickname "Shrapnel".
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I read that article too and figured it had to be the same guy as on here. Pretty cool!
Proverbs 12:27 The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.
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I occasionally run into Shrapnel at the local gun shows, he "seeeems" fairly normal?
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Talking about Clark?
He's a great guy.
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I was fliping though the magazine and saw the pick of a guy hunting rabbits with a 20 plus pound rifle and thought I've seen that guy before. Some people are just coller than the rest of us.
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My impression - not endorsed by Venturino or Shrapnel, BTW - is that the Shrapnel who appears in Venturinos columns is a kind of avatar of the real person.
Like Dave Berry will write about his wife in a way that makes you think she's a cartoon figure, and she puts up with it because she knows its part of the act, the schtick.
Venturino and Shrapnel appear to be really good, really close friends.
And I note that JB and Eileen hunt with Shrapnel from time to time, and they're not skeered.
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Shrapnel is either a character or a caricature, I am not sure which, and I have known hime for 15 years!
He is a rifle looney, for sure, and if he ever buys something from you, it is either a high-quality item, or you just sold it for too little!
When it comes to deals, this guy is a MASTER. I have much to learn.
If you ever need a solid opinion on a gun, he is a great resource.
If you ever go rabbit hunting with him, you'd better be quick on the trigger! Also, as much as I like the guy, I will shoot my own handloads.... he's called shrapnel for a reason!
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The gunlooney world allows for two Shrapnel's
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I want to hear some stories.
I've always been different with one foot over the line.....
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I've exchange a few PMs with Shrapnel. A helluva good guy, IMHO.
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Always a good thing to have a firearm looney who is a blast ! At a good and safe distance of course . They remind of the potential for doing things we shouldn't, at times. Carry on Shrapnel..........,and keep safe please, some of those blasts were antique status IRC, or were .
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He is either (take your pick) 1) unlucky, 2) careless or 3) God just has it in for him.
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I want to hear some stories. Hey what's all this talk about Shrapnel??? There are even more stories, One involves a machine gun and the firing line around Gardiner, Montana. But wait, Mike still needs something to write about. This one was kind of fun. We were bear hunting near Kalispell, MT and came around the corner of a logging road with a tree across the road. We didn't have a saw, so I took the M-1 Garand out of it's case and shot through the tree about 1 inch apart to weaken the tree. Then we hooked the winch up to the tree, put a coat over the cable in case it should snap and pulled the tree in two and then went up the road about 50 more yards and ran into a snow drift we couldn't get through or around...
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YEAH! Now that's a real blast, . Way to go!
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Interesting way to saw a tree.
When I first saw the top picture I was curious how big the snow patch in the background was...... Guess you answered that....lol
Congats on supplying Mike literary material, does he pay you in bullets. or replacement guns..lol
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Did you see the article in question here? He posted a picture of his gun safe where I had put sticky notes on the guns I wanted, should something happen to Mike.
I have always said the crumbs that fall off his plate onto mine make a real feast. No complaints here. I did ask him why he didn't write about the good things I have done, he told me "You can have fame or justice, but you can't have both."
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