I think it is sad that my home state of Illinois passed laws that forced Springfield to cross the river into Iowa. It was a big win for Iowa but a huge loss for us.
Bill
:agree2:
I think it is sad that my home state of Illinois passed laws that forced Springfield to cross the river into Iowa. It was a big win for Iowa but a huge loss for us.
Bill
:agree2:
I think it is sad that my home state of Illinois passed laws that forced Springfield to cross the river into Iowa. It was a big win for Iowa but a huge loss for us.
Bill
Get outta the Chitcago area and Illinois has lotsa good folks.
........
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
A large portion of my teenage years was spent behind a rifle. Some of it was behind the M1A, but most of it was with an Anschütz 1413 Supermatch.
It all taught me a great deal...
.
Got a Savage/Anshutz 64 here I shoot indoor small bore with. Topped with a Lyman20X target dot with Freeland accessories. The gun shoots great, its the one jerking the trigger that mess up the target.
Later
Bob
The first real target rifle I used was a Springfield 1922 with a Douglas barrel and a custom prone stock. It belonged to the club. It weighed a ton. Most of the kids in the club Shot Remingtons, Anschütz, and one guy had a Martini. With money earned from cutting grass I bought a Savage/Anschütz model 64 when I was 13 (of course it legally belonged to my dad). The 64 lasted about 9 months until I could get the money together for an Anschütz 1411 prone rifle. After the National Championships that year I bought a Unertl 1.5" target scope. My dad had the Springfield M1A that he let me shoot highpower with. A year later I bought the 1413 stock because I needed a free rifle to shoot position with.
Rifle shooting is a great sport. Where else can you compete side-by-side with the best in the world. My first year at Camp Perry I fired just a few positions away from Olympic gold medalist Lones Wigger. My next time at Perry I was squadded on the same point as his son Ron. Darn lucky as a teenage kid to be able to hang out with the USMC rifle team and meet heroes and even a CMH recipient. I will always be glad that my dad took the time and money to help me with my shooting. I was fortunate to have him as my coach also, as he was a Master class highpower shooter himself.
All of that was a very long time ago, but the memories make it seem like it will last forever.
.
I'm not complaining but has anyone noticed the add at the top of the website? Guns and Saws is there anything better, oh maybe add girls too!
My first 1911 was a Springfield. I still have it. One thing I have learned is if you have a favorite gun...never lend it to a friend. He scratched it trying to put the slide release back in and put that darn "half moon" scratch behind the trigger. It still turns my stomach to look at it.
Guns, saws, motorcycles, and cameras are not to be loaned.
.
Rifle shooting is a great sport. Where else can you compete side-by-side with the best in the world.
.
I own a couple springfield guns and I was to a bit suprised by the new sponsor. My M1 garand was manufactured in the US but my XD9 was made in Yugoslavia, I didn't notice till I got it home. I felt betrayed!
Motocross.
Honestly I would be interested in competition shooting. I have a Browning A-bolt 7mm Rem Mag I used to hunt elk with. At this time I don't have plans to hunt with it again (more interested in black powder) but still enjoy shooting it. Competition shooting sounds like a good time.
Say it again Tzed. BTW What part of WVA are you from? I own a farm in Ritchie Co. and have most of my family from Randolph Co./Elkins/Tygarts Valley. I'm there every deer season...second week since I can never get off work for the first week.
Last time I checked they only load 40 riders on the gate for an Outdoor National. I'm not good enough to make it, are you?...
.
All but a select few still have to qualify. I was hoping for a shot at qualifying at Washougal in '98 but drove my knee into concrete hard clay a couple weeks before the race. I doubt I would have qualified but at the time I thought I could be in a position to if I caught a break or two. One of those things I look back on now and wonder what if.
I have raced against pro riders just not in a National. No McGrath's or Carmichael's but names anyone who followed the sport would recognize.
Wood4heat,
Consider Metallic silhouette.
It's not an equipment race, and boils down to commitment and reading the conditions.
If you have a MOA hunting rifle with a repeatable scope, you're competitive if ya learn to shoot and maintain the groove.
Carefull though, it can be worse than CAD.
Best part, unlike MX, after you're 18 ya ain't too old.
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
Enter your email address to join: