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- Ysabel Kid
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OT - I'm back!
Did you miss me?
I was out with the family on vacation this week. Visiting my in-laws in rural Ohio. No cell-phone reception and only a dial-up internet connection. I tried one time to connect here, but it wouldn't work. So, you all got a break!
Y2K and I love visiting his grandfather. He lives on some acreage, and we can shoot right in his back yard. I asked Y2K what he wanted to bring up with us, and then had to pare down the list quite a bit - we would not have been able to bring up any clothes or anything else (including his Mom and sister) if he had his way! We ended up bringing up 8 guns, not including my carry piece, and I am sad to say - embarassed to say - only one was a lever! We decided to focus on guns he couldn't shoot at an indoor range, and some .22's just for blasting fun. I will post pictures a bit later - still buried beneath tons of e-mails! But here is a short list of the week's event:
- 4 individual shooting sessions
- 8 guns shot
- YK's Little Girl got to shoot her pink-stocked .22 We all shot it - darn is that thing accurate!
- Y2K got to shoot his 20 gauge for the first time
- Y2K got to shoot a .223 (AR-15) for the first time
- I got to shoot my IAC "Winchester 1887" for the first time
- Took my nephew along all four times; this is the only time he gets to shoot, so he loves us coming up
- Can't remember how many rounds we fired, but it was A LOT!!!
Everyone had fun. Only 4 sessions though, each in the afternoon, as we went fishing at Y2K's Great Aunt's pond just up the road each morning. Lots of fun there too - 86er has created a monster with Y2K and fishing. Will need to post those pictures too. Lots of panfish we caught and threw back. A few small bass. Kept 5 large-mouth bass large enough to eat and they tasted great. The boys almost landed a lunker of a catfish one day.
So basically, a boys heaven. Fishing and shooting each and every day. It's a miracle we got Y2K back into the truck for the drive home yesterday!
I was out with the family on vacation this week. Visiting my in-laws in rural Ohio. No cell-phone reception and only a dial-up internet connection. I tried one time to connect here, but it wouldn't work. So, you all got a break!
Y2K and I love visiting his grandfather. He lives on some acreage, and we can shoot right in his back yard. I asked Y2K what he wanted to bring up with us, and then had to pare down the list quite a bit - we would not have been able to bring up any clothes or anything else (including his Mom and sister) if he had his way! We ended up bringing up 8 guns, not including my carry piece, and I am sad to say - embarassed to say - only one was a lever! We decided to focus on guns he couldn't shoot at an indoor range, and some .22's just for blasting fun. I will post pictures a bit later - still buried beneath tons of e-mails! But here is a short list of the week's event:
- 4 individual shooting sessions
- 8 guns shot
- YK's Little Girl got to shoot her pink-stocked .22 We all shot it - darn is that thing accurate!
- Y2K got to shoot his 20 gauge for the first time
- Y2K got to shoot a .223 (AR-15) for the first time
- I got to shoot my IAC "Winchester 1887" for the first time
- Took my nephew along all four times; this is the only time he gets to shoot, so he loves us coming up
- Can't remember how many rounds we fired, but it was A LOT!!!
Everyone had fun. Only 4 sessions though, each in the afternoon, as we went fishing at Y2K's Great Aunt's pond just up the road each morning. Lots of fun there too - 86er has created a monster with Y2K and fishing. Will need to post those pictures too. Lots of panfish we caught and threw back. A few small bass. Kept 5 large-mouth bass large enough to eat and they tasted great. The boys almost landed a lunker of a catfish one day.
So basically, a boys heaven. Fishing and shooting each and every day. It's a miracle we got Y2K back into the truck for the drive home yesterday!
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You were gone?!?!?!
Sounds like y'all had a great time!
Sounds like y'all had a great time!
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Welcome back guy!
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Why don't you just give one of your .22s to your nephew? That way he won't have to wait for you to visit him to shoot.
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welcome back.
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Welcome back to the campfire Jay, I sure hope there's a photo of you shootin' that famous Pink Rifle!
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whats a vacation?
Glad to see you had fun....
but with only one lever gun!
welcome back
Glad to see you had fun....
but with only one lever gun!
welcome back
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Sure does sound like a real vacation, lots of shooting and farm pond fishing can't be beat.
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Hope you a great vaca., but with over 9400 posts who would have known you were gone, Y.K.? You future Member Emeritus. Welcome Back. 1886.
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Hey, hey, hey, that's no excuse. I'm gone myself right now. As I write this I'm in Hickory, NC.
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- Ysabel Kid
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That's an excellent idea! I'm going to find another "restoration special", like I did for the pink-stocked gun for my daughter, and work one up for my nephew. Only his won't be pink! Kill a few birds with one stone. Get him a gun, get me more practice on restoring/customizing one, get Y2K some practice doing the same, and make his gun a one-of-a-kind. Everyone will win!Modoc ED wrote:Why don't you just give one of your .22s to your nephew? That way he won't have to wait for you to visit him to shoot.
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Good plan, I like it.
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Welcome back, Kid. I thought it was quiet.
Where abouts, here in Ohio, were you?
Gobbler
Where abouts, here in Ohio, were you?
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- Ysabel Kid
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Atwood Lake area, north of Dellroy and south of Magnolia. Beautiful piece of the world!
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Sounds like a plan!!! There'll be winners all the way around.Ysabel Kid wrote:That's an excellent idea! I'm going to find another "restoration special", like I did for the pink-stocked gun for my daughter, and work one up for my nephew. Only his won't be pink! Kill a few birds with one stone. Get him a gun, get me more practice on restoring/customizing one, get Y2K some practice doing the same, and make his gun a one-of-a-kind. Everyone will win!Modoc ED wrote:Why don't you just give one of your .22s to your nephew? That way he won't have to wait for you to visit him to shoot.
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Excellent!
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Congratulations! Good deal.....
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Howdy Kid---I sure did miss the pics of your feet.
The deeds you are doing will register as the greatest memories for Y2K and your nephew the rest of their lives. -------------Sixgun
The deeds you are doing will register as the greatest memories for Y2K and your nephew the rest of their lives. -------------Sixgun
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Wow. I'm 20 minutes away, by Tappan lake. Next time your in town your invited over. Bring the gang and the rifles too. The range is always open.
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In a couple years you'll need to use the same skills on a centerfire gun and assemble a reloading kit to go with it.Ysabel Kid wrote:That's an excellent idea! I'm going to find another "restoration special", like I did for the pink-stocked gun for my daughter, and work one up for my nephew. Only his won't be pink! Kill a few birds with one stone. Get him a gun, get me more practice on restoring/customizing one, get Y2K some practice doing the same, and make his gun a one-of-a-kind. Everyone will win!Modoc ED wrote:Why don't you just give one of your .22s to your nephew? That way he won't have to wait for you to visit him to shoot.
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Gobbler -Gobblerforge wrote:Wow. I'm 20 minutes away, by Tappan lake. Next time your in town your invited over. Bring the gang and the rifles too. The range is always open.
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Will do. PM me your contact details. We don't get up there nearly as often as we all would like, but I'll drop you a line next time we're going.