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Indeed, a great time. The only problem was it was too hot to shoot...seriously. Young took a bunch of pics and I'll post later.

But first -- big thanks to Bill and Sharon for hosting...Henry for cooking chicken...Tweaker for the homebrew...Glen for the lemonchess pie...Rich for breakfast...hope I didnt miss anything important...everyone else for fellowship and good conversation.

Was good to meet everyone and put a face to names...also good to see Bill Jr again...

And to those of you who missed the fire pit conversation...well, you missed it...

A special thanks to Sharon for outstanding hospitality, coffee, and iced tea...

I have always felt that great conversations happen around a campfire, I love that little portable fire pit. I take it whenever we go camping or even to a late night party. There is just something about fire that gets people to want to relax. The best thing is that it's easy to pack up the next day and throw it in the truck. It was good camping with you guys and getting to know you all better.

INDEED,SIR!

I really enjoyed meeting yourself and Young,Bill and Sharon, you are too kind, what a slice of heaven, thank you so much for sharing!
Bill Jr...you are a funny funny man, look forward to your opinion in the future
Tweaker pulls the wyld card with the home brew, on both selection and brough enough for everyone! Gunderwood scores a with the best toys, thank you for sharing, Kelli gets best purple camo set i have ever seen, as well as the only purple camo i have ever seen
Henry, your yardbird was second only to your .223/tanerite skills
KaosDad, breakfast was both yummy and timely, that with Sharon's coffee on endless refill, a banquet
unknown, Palladin, Paladin,OakridgeStars, Teej, Jake and everyone else...great to meet you, what a great bunch of folks...

It was just awesome company all the way around, and DK is right, Tweaker and 1stCavApache lead a rousing fireside chat that was nothing short of inspirational, and truley enjoyable.

Did anyone else notice, but I saw Mrs. Allingeneral and the kids shoot way more than Rick did....

God Bless Ya'all!!

What a really great gathering this past weekend. I love to be with people who share my passion; which has been polished since I was a little boy (2yrs) I always think of myself as the kid with bore cleaner in my blood. The smell of gunpowder goes way back, my fathers shooting matches, the atlantic city police dept shooting range, cumberland riflemen, the basement reloading ammo, sitting around learning sighting dope and conditions and of course every boys dream hunting with his father. I probably could on and give way more than anyone really wants to hear but I find myself to be the luckiest person alive to be able to sit and shoot the poop with his father about guns. My passion is because of him and I never tire giving him credit when people ask professionally how I got this way. I hope that this weekend was the start and look forward to the next , your a great bunch of guys and If I can help anyone in the future give a shout. To my Father I thank you for such a great life gift and love you and look forward to many more years

Bill Jr

Family obligations (grand kids ball games, etc.) prevented me and the wife from coming. Wish I could have made it sounds like everyone had a good time. Maybe next time.

t33j wrote:

Vahunter wrote:Rick you have to post a pic of the little man with the .410. That made my day watching him nail that steel 3 times in a row. I would'a let him shoot the whole box of shells if he wanted to but I think it was pounding his shoulder just a tad much.

Here are a few:
Lemme know if you want any full resolution copies.

What a great storyteller you are with that camera! I would love to have the hi res versions - you can email them to me at rick-at-vagunforum.net THANKS!

ps - I need to see if I can edit that cigarette out of my mouth. I really hate those things. I think I'll go smoke one now.

bill2111 wrote:What a really great gathering this past weekend. I love to be with people who share my passion; which has been polished since I was a little boy (2yrs) I always think of myself as the kid with bore cleaner in my blood. The smell of gunpowder goes way back, my fathers shooting matches, the atlantic city police dept shooting range, cumberland riflemen, the basement reloading ammo, sitting around learning sighting dope and conditions and of course every boys dream hunting with his father. I probably could on and give way more than anyone really wants to hear but I find myself to be the luckiest person alive to be able to sit and shoot the poop with his father about guns. My passion is because of him and I never tire giving him credit when people ask professionally how I got this way. I hope that this weekend was the start and look forward to the next , your a great bunch of guys and If I can help anyone in the future give a shout. To my Father I thank you for such a great life gift and love you and look forward to many more years

Bill Jr

Thank you son for the help this weekend and I am so happy that my passion became your passion and we are able to spread it to other's. Live life to it's fullest and keep a gun handy to be able to do so. I also love you to.
Dad

I enjoyed meeting everyone. Was great fun no matter what you were doing or shooting.

Bill, you have a good son there. Raise him well I can see.

Bill Jr, you definitely know your stuff. Like I said, you could make good money as a gun smith. I know you're stuck on the gun schooling bit, but I can tell you from experience that a diploma doesn't mean jack. I have met people who on paper should be extremely well educated and know their stuff, but are completely useless...I wouldn't hire them to mow my lawn. On the other hand, I have met people who only have a HS education, but teach me things. Doesn't matter the field either. Learn from everyone, just make sure you learn the right lesson.

Oh I can't believe I didn't mention this before, but on the way back I only got to Richmond before I felt it was no longer safe for me to be driving... so I pulled into a darkened parking lot, folded down my rear seats and took a nap halfway in my trunk using a bag of spent brass as a pillow.

Great pictures, and I am so happy that you were smart enough to pull over.
Bill

AWESOME Pics!!! You definitely know how to use that camera. Could you send me the hi-res versions of the following? Thanks in advance, much appreciated. Oh in case you don't have my email anymore:
jerry dot riojas at gmail dot com


gunderwood: what is the rifle in the first pic again? That was a real sweet shooter too.

t33j wrote:

Desert Tactical Arms - Stealth Recon Scout (SRS)

http://www.deserttacticalarms.com/

gunderwood wrote:Desert Tactical Arms - Stealth Recon Scout (SRS)

http://www.deserttacticalarms.com/

Thanks. Getting to be too many items on my wish list, lol.

One of the over night campers left a folding camp chair down by the fire pit. I picked it up and ment to give it to Bill but got distracted looking at his trophy room and talking to him and Bill Jr. I would be happy to meet up with the owner if you live close to me near Charlottesville or if you're in North VA I can meet you when I go to see my family in DC which I do every 4-6 weeks or so. It is fairly small, by my big butt standards and red with orange trim. PM me if you are the owner and let me know what to do with your lost camper.

That must be Kaos' or Eliot's chair. Maybe DK's.

@t33j - Awesome pics, man! Thanks for sharing that...
I'm still going over all the great stuff I learned, wrote two pages of shoot-n-greet recounts to my son.

@bill2111 - Glad to see you on here, and again, thanks for the coaching. You can hear stuff, you can read about it, but there's no substitute for seeing it in action. When you took that XD and opened up on everything with mags 2 & 3, it all clicked for me. when I get back from the beach you can betcha there's gonna be some .45 rattling going on in Louisa!

Just wish there was more time, for shooting and chewin the fat...

The red chair is not mine, i (convieniently) left my BLUE folding chair at Bill's...


I actaully think he was sitting in it when i left on Sunday, i figure it will be right there when i get back!

Tweaker wrote:That must be Kaos' or Eliot's chair. Maybe DK's.

No,actually I carried one down from the funeral home tent...

I did lose several bottles of home brew. I would like those back if you have them...

That was some good beer...

Wow ! Sounds like all had a great time. Sorry I missed it but had to be at the flatlands then.
Didn't realize but Bills place is real close to my little farm in Chase city.
We will have to get together and shoot some time. Glad every one enjoyed the day.
Tom