mausers and moisans
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I would love to get an '03 Springfield.
Only problem is I don't really have anywhere to go shoot a rifle. IF I had a handgun, I could go to a range here in town, but I don't know of any that will let you fire a high powered rifle. Or even a .22, for that matter.
Only problem is I don't really have anywhere to go shoot a rifle. IF I had a handgun, I could go to a range here in town, but I don't know of any that will let you fire a high powered rifle. Or even a .22, for that matter.
Oh yeah! My favorite is, "Baby," my iron-sighted M96/38 Swede [6.5x55mm]. She was made in 1900 and will still put five into 3-1/2" @ 300m off the bench (I tried to attach her pic, but....). I also have a high-numbered M1 Garand, "Big Bubba," courtesy of ODCMP and, just today, I received from a friend a sporterized WWII Japanese bolt-action of, as yet, unknown model/caliber.
For Sacramento area shooting check out Sacramento Valley Shooting Center in Ione... sacvalley.org. They've got enough happnin' to keep a serious gun bum happy as a mosquito in a nudist camp.:blob:
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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. -George Bernard Shaw
For Sacramento area shooting check out Sacramento Valley Shooting Center in Ione... sacvalley.org. They've got enough happnin' to keep a serious gun bum happy as a mosquito in a nudist camp.:blob:
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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. -George Bernard Shaw
Finally figured out how to attach a pic of "Baby," my sweet-shooting Swede. The smoke is an R y J Maduro robusto, one of my first cigars.
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Nothing in the world is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
- Winston Churchill
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Nothing in the world is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.
- Winston Churchill
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Texas Cop
Cavalry Scout
First of the Twelfth, Cold Steel, '78 & '79, Ft. Hood, TX and Wildflecken, FRG.
The "Big Black Hat" has become a trademark for me... I pretty much wear it everywhere. A-a-a-nd, let me tell ya, it gets lots of weird looks when I get over to The City on the Bay here in the BRK.
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If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid about? -Clint Smith, Founder, Thunder Ranch
The "Big Black Hat" has become a trademark for me... I pretty much wear it everywhere. A-a-a-nd, let me tell ya, it gets lots of weird looks when I get over to The City on the Bay here in the BRK.
Check six. ~(*_*)~
If you carry a gun, people will call you paranoid. That's ridiculous. If I have a gun, what in the hell do I have to be paranoid about? -Clint Smith, Founder, Thunder Ranch
Texas Cop
Cavalry Scout
7/10 Cav 'BlackJack'
4/7 Cav 'Garry Owen'
6/15 Cav 'Tous por Un, Un por Tous'
drew
I was also posted with "The Northernmost" at Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, AK '76-'78 with Echo/Alpha Co. 4/9INF Manchu [Keep Up The Fire!], 172nd Light Arctic Infantry BDE as an Indirect Fire Infantry Crewman [Read GRUNT!].
'Course NOW they have Strykers, but back in the day we walked damned near every frackin' where. Coldest known field temp [that I remember] was MINUS 63...where pee practically freezes before it hits the ground! :rolling: I LOVED IT!
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Wars may be fought by weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. -George S. Patton
Texas Cop
Cavalry Scout
We hit 17 below in Korea once, that was ROUGH! What sucks even worse, though not as cold were those days at Knox, when it would be just above freezing, and rain, and then freeze right afterwards so you got coated with ice, and all your gear did as well....I remember shattering a few GP Meds a couple times....
I would love to spend some time in AK, and would definately like a Stryker assignment. I've spent my heavy days in Bradleys, and, well their record definately speaks for itself...Damned rolling coffins...
drew
Heck, -17 was a balmy day fer us! We didn't close Birch Hill [the Ft. Wainwright ski hill] unless it hit -25 and since I was on the Ski Patrol I got to ski anyway. I'll have to dig out an old pic of me in shorts and a Tee under the bak clock at -27!!
I loved being a "straight leg." Hated being around tanks-n-tracks with the Cav. Nothing but artillery and air magnets, needed lots of maintenance, and generally were a pain-in-the-ass. Plus, NUTHIN' likes to run in that kind cold. Back in the day I could pretty much walk most folks into the ground, and was damned fast on nordic skiis. If I hadn't been a wee bit of a disciplinary problem [I HATED garrison life... you know, "At Ease, get a Haircut and buff the mutha-frackin' hallway!] I would've been at NWTC as I usually bested their best in biathlon comps.
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Which is truly the prisoner? The fly, which moving freely has entered unknown danger? Or the spider, which having spun its web, remains, never knowing the pleasure .or the danger of the fly? -Master Po, Kung Fu Episode 16
Texas Cop
Cavalry Scout
Garrison life is the death of a Cav Troop. We get drunk, stupid, and picked up by the MPs....I've been stuck in Garisson to the tenth power for the last 16 months..I'm going insane, I've been begging at every chance that arises to get outta here for a day or two..Last month I helped the Whiskey students do land nav lanes (and I HATE land nav), I voluteered to role out with the guard unit here should Dean or anyone else set foot in Texas....
drew
drew