Florida Levergunners @ the Manatee Range PICS ON PAGE 3

[SFRanger7GP]

grahng,
Sorry to hear that. You and your family will be in our prayers.

[Fiddler]

Hello guys,
My mom passed away this morning. I'm sorry, but will have to wait til the next gathering.
Thats is for now. Have a safe and fun shoot.
Jerry

You have my sympathy, Jerry.
Been there, done that. Glad I only had to go through that once.

[RIHMFIRE]

Hello guys,
My mom passed away this morning. I'm sorry, but will have to wait til the next gathering.
Thats is for now. Have a safe and fun shoot.
Jerry

Prayers sent buddy
hang in there!

[Fiddler]

Sorry to be a weenie, but if it's still this windy come Friday, I'll be a no-show. It is howling out there! Looks to be about 20mph sustained and some of those gusts will knock your hat off.
I've got several scoped rifles I'd like to sight in and fine tune, and aside from meeting and hobnobbing with fellow levergun enthusiasts, a day like today would be a wasted trip to the range.
I'll be watching the weather forecasts like a hawk. If I like what I see Friday morning, I'll be there.

[SFRanger7GP]

I posted some stuff on the classifieds. If anyone is interested in anything let me know and I'll bring it with me. I'm headed up tomorrow after lunch as I have family in that area.

[mod71alaska]

Take lots of pics, Guys! Sounds like a great day of shootin'!

[dr walker]

Jerry- Sorry for your loss.
Fiddler- The wind should be lessening today and should not be a problem on Friday.

I am trying to get this weeks work complete, so I can join you all.

I will be bringing a couple of Marlins and a couple of Smith and Wessons.

[Tristan]

grahng - My condolences on the passing of your mother.


Fiddler -

weather.com is predicting 61-62 degrees for the high tomorrow, with wind between 4-7 mph, mostly cloudy.

Anybody have a tentative head count?

Planning on being there myself, draggin' my Pop.

-Tristan

[dr walker]

I am sorry I couldnt make it.
Who all showed up, and did anyone take any pictures?

[RIHMFIRE]

Well i had an absolute blast shooting with the boys from Florida..
Rimfire McNutjob and I drove 3+hours the to Manatee Range in South
West Florida...and met Tristan and his Dad, SFRanger7GP, Rusty and
Rusty JR., and Stone Fence.
grahng, Fiddler ,dr walker....could not make it ...and were missed by all!
So this was a 1000 yard range.... surrounded by a mining operation, and
farm land...Heres the property..

Registration office/store

50 to 75 yard range

100 to 1000 yard range...I could not see the little gongs at the end!

Heres StoneFence, Rusty, Tristan and his Dad

Heres Rusty & Rimfire Mcnutjob shooting a Turnball Win Model 71 in 450 Alaskan & 348




Tristan and his Dad shooting 30-30 and a 22
Tristan hit 3 clay targets in a row, 75 yards away with that 30-30

Here Rimfire McNutjob shooting that same 71 with the 348 barrel on it

Tristan playing with his open top H&R

Me with my Win 94 in 44 Mag

some more toys, Beretta SA 45LC, Win 94, 357, Win 94 38-55, Win 94 44,
Uberti 73 45LC, and Win 92 in 38-40

I had a bunch more pictures but they were too blurry...
All in all I had a great time...and met a great bunch of guys....
We definately need to make this a yearly thing...

[dr walker]

Looks like I missed a great time. Thanks for posting the pics.

[m48shooter]

wow.... i am sure srry i did not vist the boards last week... been busy as a cat on a hot tin roof, but i would found time to head down to manette... looks like u all had a blast, ill make it next time for sure...

[Tristan]

Annual?

How about bi-annual?






Monthly?

[JerryB]

Thanks for the great report and pictures. That is one fine looking range, ain't no place in north Arkansaw that you can see 1000 yards much less straight and flat.

[Fiddler]

Well guys, I zigged when I should have zagged.
At 8AM Friday I walked outside and it looked calm and beautiful. However, it looked calm and beautiful at daybreak all week long before the wind began raging.
On Friday morning our TV weatherman said we would still have wind from the north and the westerly jet stream, just like we had all week.
So, being the suspicious type, I decided that Friday would be a repeat of the conditions we've been experiencing all week.
So, I didn't go. I wanted to sandbag my rifles and do some serious sighting-in, but thought it would be too windy.
By 12 o'clock I was kicking myself. It turned into a beautiful day.
Sorry guys. I screwed up.

[Rusty]

Thanks all who made it I know I had a great time. Rusty Jr. did as well. He now wants to become a member at that range. It looks to me that the range is run a lot better than most I've been to. The traffic lights you saw in the pics are to inform people of hot range cold range condition. There was a lot of really friendly folks there. If you want to shoot the 1,000 yard targets they have golf carts to take you down there. They might do that other places too, I guess I don't get out much.

In all fairness, as much as I like having it in my backyard maybe we should plan on alternating it from east coast to west coast (of Fla.) so everyone can get a chance to come.

[Stone Fence]

had a blast, good to meet you guys, I say we do it at least 2-3 times per year............

-Stone

[Rimfire McNutjob]

I look like I'm anticipating getting hammered in those pictures. At least it's nice to have my express sights filed down where they need to be for that load.

[Pete44ru]

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Them sure are some salty dudes yer with !

.

[Bruce]

Has anyone heard from Duff lately?

[Rimfire McNutjob]

Has anyone heard from Duff lately?

I have not, but RIHMFIRE probably had more contact with him. I know he had a pile of cool lever guns. The last time we went shooting, he had grabbed a Marlin 1893 in 32-40. It's been quite a while since I've heard from him.

[RIHMFIRE]

Has anyone heard from Duff lately?

I have not, but RIHMFIRE probably had more contact with him. I know he had a pile of cool lever guns. The last time we went shooting, he had grabbed a Marlin 1893 in 32-40. It's been quite a while since I've heard from him.

Duff has picked up and left Florida...
The last time I talked to him, seems like it was almost a year ago,
he was in Arkansas, and I think he was even thinking of
moving to Texas...I left a few messages on his old cell number
and sent him a bunch of pms....but he never answered any...

[grahng]

Boy, those pictures are awesome. I'm use to Stricklands. How bout a quarterly get together???????
Sure sorry I missed this one.

[quietman]

Any pics of the faces of the non lever people looking at the lever invasion?

That Turnbull is one bootiful rifle!!!!!!