Our Friend Stumpy
 

JimH wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
. ..
I mentioned I took a photo yesterday of our friend Stumpy.

Here he is...

http://tinyurl.com/2uwsu9


Stumpy is the last remaining stump in our future drain field.* He has
survived about four years of heavy gunfire. He used to be much larger, but
he's been shot about a zillion times. There's a pretty decent sized
Chunk'o'Stumpy on the ground there, the result of automatic fire from a
real "assault" weapon.**

Oh. The beer cans. Miller Lite empties from the last barbecue out there.
No drinking allowed in conjunction with shooting.

A friends of ours lost her 16 year old (at the time) son to a drunk driver
coming home from a deer hunting camp. Apparently many of these camps are
filled with guys who are drunk 24x7, including the time they are out on the
hunt for deer.

Sorta explains the number of fatalities from friendly fire during deer
season.

Alcohol + guns/rifles/shotguns = catastrophe.




You betcha. The guys who use the site for camping, picnics, boating, and
fishing toss their empty cans in a big barrel next to the storage shed.
When we come out to shoot, we "recycle" the cans. When they are finally
useless, they get hauled up to the county dump "aluminum can" receptacle.

No one pops a beer until all the guns are put away for the day. Them's
the rules. Violators not invited back.

We only need a few rules out there for safe shooting.

Our Friend Stumpy
 

UglyDan®©™ wrote:
Not much of a stump, at least in my neck of the woods, but the so called
animal traps are defintely animal shaped steel spinner targets.
So how do you like the Ruger Vaquero?
The only one I ever shot in .357 bit like hell.
UD





As I said, "Stumpy" used to be larger, but what you see is the result of
about four years of being a target, or a target holder. I have no idea
why anyone thought the spinner targers were animal traps. Ignorance, I
suppose.

The Vaquero, ah, I love it and so did everyone else. I only had a couple
of boxes of ammo for it (I only brought one revolver with me), and as
soon as I shot off the first few rounds, everyone else wanted to shoot
it, too. It has a bit less barrel flip than, say, a semi-auto that
shoots .40 S&W.

These were a real steal. I got them at a gun shop where they were on
consignment sale, and I paid less than half the typical retail. One of
the pair had less than 100 rounds fired through it, the shop owner said,
and the other had never been fired. Consecutive serial numbers, nice
presentation box.

I'm looking for a nice holster set. Lots of accessories around for these
cowboy revolvers.

Our Friend Stumpy
 

HK wrote:

JimH wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

I mentioned I took a photo yesterday of our friend Stumpy.

Here he is...

http://tinyurl.com/2uwsu9


Stumpy is the last remaining stump in our future drain field.* He has
survived about four years of heavy gunfire. He used to be much
larger, but he's been shot about a zillion times. There's a pretty
decent sized Chunk'o'Stumpy on the ground there, the result of
automatic fire from a real "assault" weapon.**

Oh. The beer cans. Miller Lite empties from the last barbecue out there.
No drinking allowed in conjunction with shooting.


A friends of ours lost her 16 year old (at the time) son to a drunk
driver coming home from a deer hunting camp. Apparently many of
these camps are filled with guys who are drunk 24x7, including the
time they are out on the hunt for deer.

Sorta explains the number of fatalities from friendly fire during deer
season.

Alcohol + guns/rifles/shotguns = catastrophe.



You betcha. The guys who use the site for camping, picnics, boating, and
fishing toss their empty cans in a big barrel next to the storage shed.
When we come out to shoot, we "recycle" the cans. When they are finally
useless, they get hauled up to the county dump "aluminum can" receptacle.

No one pops a beer until all the guns are put away for the day. Them's
the rules. Violators not invited back.

We only need a few rules out there for safe shooting.

And not one of y'all has mentioned that those aren't Miller Lite cans in
the photo, they're Bud lights? Jeeze.

Bud's ok, I guess. After you've had three of something else first.

DT

Our Friend Stumpy
 

dt wrote:
HK wrote:

JimH wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

I mentioned I took a photo yesterday of our friend Stumpy.

Here he is...

http://tinyurl.com/2uwsu9


Stumpy is the last remaining stump in our future drain field.* He
has survived about four years of heavy gunfire. He used to be much
larger, but he's been shot about a zillion times. There's a pretty
decent sized Chunk'o'Stumpy on the ground there, the result of
automatic fire from a real "assault" weapon.**

Oh. The beer cans. Miller Lite empties from the last barbecue out
there.
No drinking allowed in conjunction with shooting.


A friends of ours lost her 16 year old (at the time) son to a drunk
driver coming home from a deer hunting camp. Apparently many of
these camps are filled with guys who are drunk 24x7, including the
time they are out on the hunt for deer.

Sorta explains the number of fatalities from friendly fire during
deer season.

Alcohol + guns/rifles/shotguns = catastrophe.



You betcha. The guys who use the site for camping, picnics, boating,
and fishing toss their empty cans in a big barrel next to the storage
shed. When we come out to shoot, we "recycle" the cans. When they are
finally useless, they get hauled up to the county dump "aluminum can"
receptacle.

No one pops a beer until all the guns are put away for the day. Them's
the rules. Violators not invited back.

We only need a few rules out there for safe shooting.

And not one of y'all has mentioned that those aren't Miller Lite cans in
the photo, they're Bud lights? Jeeze.

Bud's ok, I guess. After you've had three of something else first.

DT


Well, I don't drink *that* ****y beer, either. I just stack the empty
cans for the next guy in line.

No one drinks while shooting, anyway. The cans are 25 yards away. Anyone
who shoots handguns "offhand" knows you have to be stone sober to hit
the cans at that distance.

Our Friend Stumpy
 

HK wrote:
dt wrote:
HK wrote:

JimH wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

I mentioned I took a photo yesterday of our friend Stumpy.

Here he is...

http://tinyurl.com/2uwsu9


Stumpy is the last remaining stump in our future drain field.* He
has survived about four years of heavy gunfire. He used to be much
larger, but he's been shot about a zillion times. There's a pretty
decent sized Chunk'o'Stumpy on the ground there, the result of
automatic fire from a real "assault" weapon.**

Oh. The beer cans. Miller Lite empties from the last barbecue out
there.
No drinking allowed in conjunction with shooting.


A friends of ours lost her 16 year old (at the time) son to a drunk
driver coming home from a deer hunting camp. Apparently many of
these camps are filled with guys who are drunk 24x7, including the
time they are out on the hunt for deer.

Sorta explains the number of fatalities from friendly fire during
deer season.

Alcohol + guns/rifles/shotguns = catastrophe.



You betcha. The guys who use the site for camping, picnics, boating,
and fishing toss their empty cans in a big barrel next to the storage
shed. When we come out to shoot, we "recycle" the cans. When they are
finally useless, they get hauled up to the county dump "aluminum can"
receptacle.

No one pops a beer until all the guns are put away for the day.
Them's the rules. Violators not invited back.

We only need a few rules out there for safe shooting.

And not one of y'all has mentioned that those aren't Miller Lite cans
in the photo, they're Bud lights? Jeeze.

Bud's ok, I guess. After you've had three of something else first.

DT


Well, I don't drink *that* ****y beer, either. I just stack the empty
cans for the next guy in line.

You would be the one who knows what ****y beer tastes like.

No one drinks while shooting, anyway. The cans are 25 yards away. Anyone
who shoots handguns "offhand" knows you have to be stone sober to hit
the cans at that distance.

Not if you practice drunk.

Our Friend Stumpy
 

BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
dt wrote:
HK wrote:

JimH wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

I mentioned I took a photo yesterday of our friend Stumpy.

Here he is...

http://tinyurl.com/2uwsu9


Stumpy is the last remaining stump in our future drain field.* He
has survived about four years of heavy gunfire. He used to be much
larger, but he's been shot about a zillion times. There's a pretty
decent sized Chunk'o'Stumpy on the ground there, the result of
automatic fire from a real "assault" weapon.**

Oh. The beer cans. Miller Lite empties from the last barbecue out
there.
No drinking allowed in conjunction with shooting.


A friends of ours lost her 16 year old (at the time) son to a drunk
driver coming home from a deer hunting camp. Apparently many of
these camps are filled with guys who are drunk 24x7, including the
time they are out on the hunt for deer.

Sorta explains the number of fatalities from friendly fire during
deer season.

Alcohol + guns/rifles/shotguns = catastrophe.



You betcha. The guys who use the site for camping, picnics, boating,
and fishing toss their empty cans in a big barrel next to the
storage shed. When we come out to shoot, we "recycle" the cans. When
they are finally useless, they get hauled up to the county dump
"aluminum can" receptacle.

No one pops a beer until all the guns are put away for the day.
Them's the rules. Violators not invited back.

We only need a few rules out there for safe shooting.

And not one of y'all has mentioned that those aren't Miller Lite cans
in the photo, they're Bud lights? Jeeze.

Bud's ok, I guess. After you've had three of something else first.

DT


Well, I don't drink *that* ****y beer, either. I just stack the empty
cans for the next guy in line.

You would be the one who knows what ****y beer tastes like.

No one drinks while shooting, anyway. The cans are 25 yards away.
Anyone who shoots handguns "offhand" knows you have to be stone sober
to hit the cans at that distance.

Not if you practice drunk.


We can't all emulate your life experiences.

Our Friend Stumpy
 

"HK" wrote in message
...
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
dt wrote:
HK wrote:

JimH wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

I mentioned I took a photo yesterday of our friend Stumpy.

Here he is...

http://tinyurl.com/2uwsu9


Stumpy is the last remaining stump in our future drain field.* He
has survived about four years of heavy gunfire. He used to be much
larger, but he's been shot about a zillion times. There's a pretty
decent sized Chunk'o'Stumpy on the ground there, the result of
automatic fire from a real "assault" weapon.**

Oh. The beer cans. Miller Lite empties from the last barbecue out
there.
No drinking allowed in conjunction with shooting.


A friends of ours lost her 16 year old (at the time) son to a drunk
driver coming home from a deer hunting camp. Apparently many of
these camps are filled with guys who are drunk 24x7, including the
time they are out on the hunt for deer.

Sorta explains the number of fatalities from friendly fire during
deer season.

Alcohol + guns/rifles/shotguns = catastrophe.



You betcha. The guys who use the site for camping, picnics, boating,
and fishing toss their empty cans in a big barrel next to the storage
shed. When we come out to shoot, we "recycle" the cans. When they are
finally useless, they get hauled up to the county dump "aluminum can"
receptacle.

No one pops a beer until all the guns are put away for the day. Them's
the rules. Violators not invited back.

We only need a few rules out there for safe shooting.

And not one of y'all has mentioned that those aren't Miller Lite cans
in the photo, they're Bud lights? Jeeze.

Bud's ok, I guess. After you've had three of something else first.

DT


Well, I don't drink *that* ****y beer, either. I just stack the empty
cans for the next guy in line.

You would be the one who knows what ****y beer tastes like.

No one drinks while shooting, anyway. The cans are 25 yards away. Anyone
who shoots handguns "offhand" knows you have to be stone sober to hit
the cans at that distance.

Not if you practice drunk.


We can't all emulate your life experiences.


Probably why they kept him stateside.

Our Friend Stumpy
 

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
dt wrote:
HK wrote:

JimH wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

I mentioned I took a photo yesterday of our friend Stumpy.

Here he is...

http://tinyurl.com/2uwsu9


Stumpy is the last remaining stump in our future drain field.* He
has survived about four years of heavy gunfire. He used to be
much larger, but he's been shot about a zillion times. There's a
pretty decent sized Chunk'o'Stumpy on the ground there, the
result of automatic fire from a real "assault" weapon.**

Oh. The beer cans. Miller Lite empties from the last barbecue out
there.
No drinking allowed in conjunction with shooting.


A friends of ours lost her 16 year old (at the time) son to a
drunk driver coming home from a deer hunting camp. Apparently
many of these camps are filled with guys who are drunk 24x7,
including the time they are out on the hunt for deer.

Sorta explains the number of fatalities from friendly fire during
deer season.

Alcohol + guns/rifles/shotguns = catastrophe.



You betcha. The guys who use the site for camping, picnics,
boating, and fishing toss their empty cans in a big barrel next to
the storage shed. When we come out to shoot, we "recycle" the cans.
When they are finally useless, they get hauled up to the county
dump "aluminum can" receptacle.

No one pops a beer until all the guns are put away for the day.
Them's the rules. Violators not invited back.

We only need a few rules out there for safe shooting.

And not one of y'all has mentioned that those aren't Miller Lite
cans in the photo, they're Bud lights? Jeeze.

Bud's ok, I guess. After you've had three of something else first.

DT


Well, I don't drink *that* ****y beer, either. I just stack the empty
cans for the next guy in line.

You would be the one who knows what ****y beer tastes like.

No one drinks while shooting, anyway. The cans are 25 yards away.
Anyone who shoots handguns "offhand" knows you have to be stone sober
to hit the cans at that distance.

Not if you practice drunk.


We can't all emulate your life experiences.

No you can't and no you couldn't.

Our Friend Stumpy
 

On Jan 7, 12:35*pm, HK wrote:

Stumpy is exactly 25 yards from the edge of the gravel drive, so he
makes a perfect holder for targets of various kinds. There's a couple of
cords of firewood stacked high some yards behind Stumpy that act as a
backstop.


hmm, 75 feet. Pistol practice? I never did like pistols, even though
I have several. But I do have some impliments that could put "stumpy"
out of your misery at say .. 250 yards? Oh, and that's with iron
sights.

But it's your "stumpy" and exercise it for all you can. you never know
when "big brother" will want to take away all the cap guns.....

Our Friend Stumpy
 

BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
HK wrote:
dt wrote:
HK wrote:

JimH wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
. ..

I mentioned I took a photo yesterday of our friend Stumpy.

Here he is...

http://tinyurl.com/2uwsu9


Stumpy is the last remaining stump in our future drain field.*
He has survived about four years of heavy gunfire. He used to be
much larger, but he's been shot about a zillion times. There's a
pretty decent sized Chunk'o'Stumpy on the ground there, the
result of automatic fire from a real "assault" weapon.**

Oh. The beer cans. Miller Lite empties from the last barbecue
out there.
No drinking allowed in conjunction with shooting.


A friends of ours lost her 16 year old (at the time) son to a
drunk driver coming home from a deer hunting camp. Apparently
many of these camps are filled with guys who are drunk 24x7,
including the time they are out on the hunt for deer.

Sorta explains the number of fatalities from friendly fire during
deer season.

Alcohol + guns/rifles/shotguns = catastrophe.



You betcha. The guys who use the site for camping, picnics,
boating, and fishing toss their empty cans in a big barrel next to
the storage shed. When we come out to shoot, we "recycle" the
cans. When they are finally useless, they get hauled up to the
county dump "aluminum can" receptacle.

No one pops a beer until all the guns are put away for the day.
Them's the rules. Violators not invited back.

We only need a few rules out there for safe shooting.

And not one of y'all has mentioned that those aren't Miller Lite
cans in the photo, they're Bud lights? Jeeze.

Bud's ok, I guess. After you've had three of something else first.

DT


Well, I don't drink *that* ****y beer, either. I just stack the
empty cans for the next guy in line.

You would be the one who knows what ****y beer tastes like.

No one drinks while shooting, anyway. The cans are 25 yards away.
Anyone who shoots handguns "offhand" knows you have to be stone
sober to hit the cans at that distance.

Not if you practice drunk.


We can't all emulate your life experiences.

No you can't and no you couldn't.


For which I am eternally grateful.