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Memorial Day Cup Shoot
This well armed group had a great
time in Corbin, Kentucky over the Memorial Day weekend.
We all shot a wide variety of Barnes
custom airguns (ten shown in just this pic) at steel reactive
targets.
When the dust settled, Kent had
achieved the highest score. In the spirit of the shoot, Kent had
shot every one of the guns he could get his hands on. All while
shooting for score. A Pistol here, carbine there ... try them
out. Pick one up and shoot it, try another. He's a great shot.
(Nice shirt too ... ;?)
Kenneth won Second. Nice shooting
Tex.
And John took third.
There were, as usual, only a few
shots separating the places.
Bill tried out the FT rifle in .177
Cecil had one of his two Ranger
32 Deltas for this round ...
There was a Chief Justice with a
32 caliber insert there.
Deb is shooting Jay's Victory 32
SS here.
The Hoover family ... Joe, Vicky,
and Wiley joined us.
Jay gave us a demonstration on casting
bullets. Everyone enjoyed that and learned that it's not the nightmare
all fear.
We caught "J" during one
of his rare stories... ;?)
Wyle did a great job with several
different airguns.
Kelli did everything she could to
avoid the camera ... but I got her! ;?)
Kenneth brought his Nebula 25 and
Appaloosa 32
Mike is picking out a particularly
nasty pc. of fruit on the "fruit bowl" range. That's
a black on black Victory 32.
Shelia was keeping the scoring straight.
We tried to bribe her but she was a rock! ;?)
Vicky did just fine. Here she's
letting Joe feel useful. ;?)
We even blew up a few water jugs.
Always satisfying.
Jay has a conversion kit for his
Justice 87. A short stroke hammer, a spring insert cartridge,
and a much lighter weight 87 caliber slug ... allowed us to turn
it waaaaaaay down to the 200 fpe threshold set for this shoot.
Future shoots at Bobs will use a
different criteria. The 200 fpe threshold doesn't address the
noise factor sufficiently. We've found that the Ranger Deltas,
the Hoss, the Nautilus, Justice 32 insert, and others, still make
a strong "crack" when fired. We'll only be able to use
extreme moderated models on the ranges.
Monday morning, prior to driving
back, the few of us who remained slipped around to a shooting
club nearby. We did some testing with the Justice 87. Let it run
hotter. Click over for those pics. (not ready yet)
I'm preparing the Chief Justice
pics. (not ready yet) I know you want to see them too.
One of those who attended sent this
along ... I copy here as it captures the nature of the shoot well:
copy...
Hey Gary
Hope you made it home OK - my trip
back was uneventful.
Thanks again for all your efforts,
I really had a blast! It was
definitely fun to play with all the different guns/sights etc.
I
thought it might help me decide for sure what I want, but now
I think
I'm even more unsure!!
Actually, I think I want an Appaloosa,
a Victory, a Nebula, a
Chapparal and an FT gun. If I had someplace to shoot them, I think
I'd
want a Justice and a Nautilus too!!! Of course, that might lead
to
problems on the home front, so I guess I have to narrow it down
after
all- sure was clever of you to tempt me that way!!
In all seriousness, now that I've actually
handled your work I'm even
more impressed than I was before. It was real nice of your other
customer/friends to let me shoot their rifles and pistols - I
think I
was able to say Thanks to each before I left, but if I missed
anyone
please thank them for me when you talk to them. A real big thanks
to
Bob for being a great host as well!
Back to the salt mines!
Bill
End copy.
Another great weekend. Thanks sincerely
to all who attended and enjoyed it with us.
Gary
Wiley ... picking off the 50 yard pumpkins
with the Nautilus. Looks like that Pull length is just about right
there partner.
`;?)