Author Topic: GTA Fun Shoot 2014 (Read 81733 times))

Lil Sis · « **Reply #200 on:** May 12, 2014, 02:15:27 AM »

well now that we made home after the 14 hour drive and the 1 hour of unpacking the vehicle we would like to thank all that showed and Gene for letting us have another great get together this year. It was great to see all the old crew there and all the new faces. As for Richards comment about my face he should have been in my head as i was saying NO WAY. I was shocked I hit one but to get 3 was just unbelievable to me. Cant wait to see all the pics when everyone has the time to get them loaded and will try to get the few I have up soon. Now it is time for bed. Glad I took the extra day off work.

nervoustrigger · « **Reply #201 on:** May 12, 2014, 03:38:40 AM »

Wow, what a great time! Nice guns, great food, and an amazing group of people!

It's hard to know where to start but I'll give it a whirl.

Firstly, I want to thank Gene for letting us all gather at his place. What a great venue. Awesome shooting range with a dizzying array of targets, and I can hardly imagine the preparations it must have required. For example, on Friday I accidentally left the Deep Woods OFF spray at the hotel room. Half way through the day I realized I hadn't swatted at a single mosquito and Gene explained that he'd had the yard sprayed twice over the last couple of weeks to keep the bugs at bay. Nice! And as for the man himself, if you ever get an opportunity to talk shop with Gene and see his amazing air rifle collection, don't let it pass you by.

Big thanks to DEz for his tireless efforts to organize the activities, the door prizes, the raffle, and numerous other things I have the luxury of not even knowing.

I enjoyed meeting Daniel (Rdsail) and shooting his finely crafted Disco. Well, by Disco I mean I know he had a Disco at one time and he swears there's something inside of the rifle that is a Disco part, but you wouldn't know it by looking at it and shooting it!

Thanks also for keeping my boy and me aired up.

And Gabe (lilysdad) is a walking encyclopedia of air guns! If you want to know what it would look like if ESPN did a Stump the Schwab for air guns, strike up a conversation with Gabe.

It was great to meet Mike Melick. Super nice guy who promptly took the time to show me his bevy of rifles, and let me shoot everything from a very tame RWS 34 to a beastly .25 cal XS28M, to the new P12 bullpup.

Josh (Korps) is a great guy who let both my boy and me shoot his LW-barreled Marauder bullpup. Christopher was smacking spoons and foam balls at 50 and 60 yards with it in pretty short order, all the more impressive considering we had dialed back the scope to 10x and he couldn't use bags to steady it. Thanks too for keeping us aired up!

Toward the end of the day Saturday, I met 454 Big Block Chevy and his .25 cal Condor. Really nice guy who quickly offered to let my son and me shoot it as much as we wanted. He has it shooting both powerfully and accurately, making a strong case for anyone thinking about a hard-hitting quarterbore.

Al (airgunwarriors) couldn't be there but he hooked up the raffle with all sorts of goodies like the Tifosi glasses and heavy-duty spinners from Trenier as well as custom 13ci bottle covers. He also supplied a target stand with lots of hanging targets which summarily got attacked like a wounded elk by a pack of wolves. The resulting damage was impressive to say the least but it was good fun while it lasted!

I'm sure I'm forgetting some folks but suffice it to say I can't imagine finding a better group of people in a different hobby. Overall I had a great time and so did Christopher. Well worth the 7 hour drive and I'm looking forward to next year!

Rocker1 · « **Reply #202 on:** May 12, 2014, 06:04:11 AM »

I had a absolute blast catching up with old friends, a great heartfilled thanks to Gene and Cathy for all the hard work they put into this great get together. My hats off to Dez he had his hands full just toting guns back and forth to his truck, he is a good man though to put up with folks like me. By the way I did see a sasquatch and I have witnesses lol!!!!! Thanks David

lillysdad621 · « **Reply #203 on:** May 12, 2014, 07:31:00 AM »

The NP3 was a joke. Someone miss spoke and now is a joke between us. There is NO np3.
Gabe i am going to throw airgun parts at u next time i see u and beat u with a barrel. Lol

...Riiiiiight... shhh, don't speak... (holding finger over lips...) your secret is safe with me... LOL

lillysdad621 · « **Reply #204 on:** May 12, 2014, 07:32:11 AM »

by the way, there was no NP2 at the shoot... but it's ok. next to all the greta builds it would have felt somewhat...inadequate... lol

Rdsail · « **Reply #205 on:** May 12, 2014, 07:49:51 AM »

I forgot one big thanks for Gene....I broke the bolt handle on my bmn breech and gene let me use he workshop for a quick fix.

Thanks!!!!

wilsonj1018 · « **Reply #206 on:** May 12, 2014, 09:40:58 AM »

I had a blast again lol, put a few names with new faces. Thanks everyone!
Josh

Geoff · « **Reply #207 on:** May 12, 2014, 11:38:35 AM »

photos posted here. copy any you wish for personal use. if you have a problem copying them, shoot me a PM or email for the 1 2 3

https://www.flickr.com/photos/36026557@N05/

Rdsail · « **Reply #208 on:** May 12, 2014, 12:19:22 PM »

Great pictures...Thank you for sharing

Daniel

Chemdawg · « **Reply #209 on:** May 12, 2014, 06:37:03 PM »

I really wish I could have stayed longer. I really enjoyed the time I did get on Friday. My son had a blast as well. Thanks goes out to 454 Big Block Chevy for teaching me some secrets for my Gamo Big Cat, and to the other members who helped me when my marauder blew a gasket. Litterally. Being a LONG time member of the US Army, I thought it was really cool to see so many people from different branches of service. I think what gets me enjoying this hobby so much is the fact that I spent numerous years doing Service Rifle Competition for the army, and the fact that my son enjoys it. Also a special thanks goes out to the lady who set me up with the GRT III Trigger for my gamo. My son and i are really going to enjoy this.

Once again. Thanks so much for everyone who made this possible, and I hope to be able to attend again next year.

Pat

lillysdad621 · « **Reply #210 on:** May 12, 2014, 07:33:26 PM »

Geoffrey_K... you know there is a program called photoshop... you could make me look a bit more... Tom Cruisesesque.

gene_sc · « **Reply #211 on:** May 12, 2014, 07:41:41 PM »

The pictures are fantastic Geof. Thanks again for sharing them with all of us.

And yes there is a photoshop program... But it cost lots of moneys and for many folks it is much easier to post pictures off site. And Gabe you look just fine....

Gene

nervoustrigger · « **Reply #212 on:** May 12, 2014, 07:45:50 PM »

Gabe, for your sake I hope Geoffrey in not good at photoshop or this could go bad really quickly!

lillysdad621 · « **Reply #213 on:** May 12, 2014, 07:56:57 PM »

... just realized that... sigh... (Josh's Marauder bull pup makes my butt look big...)...lol

Mr_Sis · « **Reply #214 on:** May 12, 2014, 09:14:20 PM »

Hey gabe maybe a NP3 would make you're butt look a little smaller.

lillysdad621 · « **Reply #215 on:** May 12, 2014, 09:39:25 PM »

I told you is real!!!! right there, in your avatar pic... third down from the top... Crosman commissions rifles from Gene secretly... yeah, im no dummy, I knows... lol

Geoff · « **Reply #216 on:** May 13, 2014, 08:08:24 AM »

Quote from: lillysdad621 on May 12, 2014, 07:33:26 PM

Geoffrey_K... you know there is a program called photoshop... you could make me look a bit more... Tom Cruisesesque.

I have that program, though I am more of a hack than an artist. My changes may come out more Rodney Dangerfield than Tom Cruise. LOL

nervoustrigger · « **Reply #217 on:** May 13, 2014, 11:06:45 AM »

Geoffrey, WOW! You have some serious photography skills. The nature shots of the chipmunk and birds and the water droplets...just stunning!

Geoff · « **Reply #218 on:** May 13, 2014, 11:09:20 AM »

Thank you Jason.

lillysdad621 · « **Reply #219 on:** May 13, 2014, 01:04:04 PM »

Yeah... Didn't want to say it as I did not want to be a creeper through your pics... But they are really neat and clear... Great photography.

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GTA Fun Shoot 2014

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