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Post by Sir Bob the Hare on Jun 23, 2019 18:38:12 GMT
More Like these two...….they wish
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Post by chris387 on Jun 23, 2019 18:44:58 GMT
Hare, Hare Bob....that's us alright. In our younger days of course. And who was those other guys Bri put up? a bit before my time! (nearly)
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Post by Bri M on Jun 23, 2019 18:54:41 GMT
SHUT IT!
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Post by chris387 on Jun 23, 2019 19:11:50 GMT
ARRR, a picture of Bri and black Tony standing together shoulder to shoulder, brothers in arms, a formidable team to put fear into the Denwood only crew. But look out there is a team at Waulkmill. Who shoot in wind, rain, snow and the sunshine- dare you take us on, can you take us on?? Guess we will see soon. The gantlet has been thrown down, dare you pick it up?
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Post by chris387 on Jun 23, 2019 20:14:03 GMT
Well a big thank you to Bri and Bob for taking the Michael out of me today on this forum, I can honestly say you are both gits, and I hope that my replies were just as git'ish.
That said another good day today at the outdoor field craft shooting centre known as Waulkmill. The weather was just perfect and very please to say dry & hot. A good turn out was had by normal standards which added to the fun and enjoyment. Further field craft training was given today, when lambs managed to cross into our side of the killing zone. Despite having to hold back Paul Bates from shooting them, he thought that because they have numbers painted on their backs- this would add to his scores. Thankfully Paul can shoot at stationary targets with a high degree of success, luckily the lambs were moving and no points awarded. The lambs did break into a stampede when they became aware that Paul S and some other "members" were "Behind Them!!!" But a roundup was conducted with the farmer, who was grateful for our help into getting the sheep back across the right side of the fence line and away from the lustful eyes of both the Paul's (one man and his dog eh). Yep a good day indeed, good company and good banter with shooting thrown in as well. Just perfect.
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Post by Sir Bob the Hare on Jun 24, 2019 0:51:33 GMT
Attachment DeletedFollowing todays report by Chris W, George the Lord marrrrr's of Waulkmill has just put up new signage to remind GARC member that certain rules have been put in place to protect the wild life!!!!
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Post by paulthengine on Jun 24, 2019 8:42:28 GMT
Not fast enough to catch a pretty one
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Post by Bri M on Jun 24, 2019 17:12:44 GMT
"The gauntlet has been thrown down, dare you pick it up?"
Wot, with my bad back? Pick it up yourself!
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Post by chris387 on Jul 1, 2019 15:15:16 GMT
Sunday 30/6/19.
Well you couldn't have asked for a better day to venture out into the woods as this Sunday. It was warm, really warm. The day started off at about 10am, with Paul Bates cutting the grass around the new plinking come zeroing area. A move that has had to be enforced due to the sheep moving into the area that had been previously used. Alex C and an old friend from our club turned up (name withheld for security reasons), and a round of coffee and cakes was had with a catch up on old times. Meantime Teri whom had gone out to look for the otter (without her rifle) had returned with reports of frogs/toads, had taken over an area of the footpath leading into the bottom course, the tadpoles had grown up!
Alex and "name withheld for security reasons" then went out to shoot the course, followed by myself and Teri a few minutes later, Paul was still in paradise with his mower!! despite having been told that he had 20 mins to finish up and join us on the course. Oh no, as I said he was in paradise and we did not see him until much, much later. The footpath was indeed infested with frogs/toads between the lake and pond, 100,000's of the little black blithers. Alex and "name withheld for security reasons" had cleared a bloody and blacken path through to the bottom course, and the rest of us did our best to walk in their footsteps without adding to the casualty list, as best we could!! Never seen a path/ undergrowth so black and alive moving in such a small area of about 25 yards long.
The course itself was much fun, some tricky shots needed due to the undergrowth and flowering trees part covering some of the targets, but a dam good test of ones abilities and a wing and a prayer added in for luck. The valley of doom lived up to its name, as on the lovely almost windless day, the valley can always surprise the unsuspecting shooter and many a HFT top notch hero has fallen, many a newbie as had the luck of the devil with them here. Is there wind? what direction? is the wind swirling and is the tree the target is fixed to moving with the gentle wind that you think isn't or is there. So many if's and but's to go through to get the perfect shot. To many of us it is the best part of the course whichever guise it has been in over the years and truly lives up to its name. The last victim having been taken in the July HFT comp, when a noted HFT'er (Not GARC) stormed off the course because he had not killed a target four times in a row, but had just plated them. Thankfully 99% of us shooters don't act in this manner and even if you are having a bad day, will enjoy the sport and keep our frustrations to ourselves, whatever pain we may be feeling in our guts.
Top shot of this round was "name withheld for security reasons" with a outstanding 55 out of 60, followed by Alex with a 52, well done boys. As for the rest of us no score cards were used, but did not stop good results and some amazing shots being pulled off. you don't have to keep a score card when your having fun...do you? A dark horse has emerged in the form of the Godmother of Waulkmill (Our Teri), armed with her HW 100, our Teri can and has Now beaten some of our finest outdoor shooting club members and is a force to be reckoned with. Despite her moaning about her HW 100 being to heavy and anything else that may take her fancy, be warned that you are shooting with a ringer. Don't be fooled by her, I and other male members of the outdoor shooting community are convince that this is a ploy to put us into a false sense of security, you have be warned.
After dinner and much talk of putting the world to rights, I found myself alone with Paul Bates. I was scared!! and terrified when a suggestion of going into the woods alone with him and use our spring guns on the top course? Paul has a new rifle which needed to be tried out, a nice top of the line Walther LGV break barrel .177 roughly zeroed to 25 yards. Since I would be using a HW97 in .20, I figured that I would outgun him in calibre and had a fair chance of survival, if not I can always walk away from him without fear of him catching up. Just you guys wait until you go around a course with him, you will see want I mean? After a few scope adjustments to Pauls new springer, something strange had happen! targets started to fall to the LGV and now a battle was on as to the best springer shot, the pressure was on for both of us and I did my best to gain the upper hand and the lead I had gained while Paul had been settling in with the LGV. You could tell that Paul was liking his new rifle, as no mention of mowers or Bristol aero space was spoken about. The last quarter of the course all fell to this new sniper with the exception of the very last target which was plated, very well done Paul. In the end we don't know who would have won- as score cards weren't used, but I can say that it was a close run thing for both of us and had Paul started as he finished the last quarter I would have been soundly beaten and disgraced. Look out Chris M, I mean old Shaky really (nearly) put the willys up me with his newly found performance, luckily I managed to use my escape plan and did walk away in safety.
As always a good day was had by all, and added too by seeing "name withheld for security reasons", the highlight of my day was indeed the springer shoot, as Paul says "he did better with the LGV than he had ever done with his PCP" and he was right, great spring shooting Paul. The sad point was that some frogs may have been crushed under our feet without our knowledge, as all due care was taken with the crossing between the lake and the pond.
Well that's it for the Waulkmill Sunday Report this week, looking forward to seeing you indoor shooters out here next week. All welcome, even Black Tony as we want to see you with a rifle in your hands and not a burger.
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Post by Bri M on Jul 1, 2019 18:12:03 GMT
Cracking write up, Chris - good work, that man!
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Post by paulthengine on Jul 1, 2019 19:18:04 GMT
Yep something really strange happened on Sunday, I started,as reported, strimming the plinking range (yes it`s been moved to the grass) By the time I had finished everybody had buggered off, so I had another coffee,sat out in the sun and waited for the strimmer induced vibrations to subside. George rolled up on his Bobcat zero turn mower and we had a long conversation about an engine that his father had installed in 1902, it was an Allen hot bulb ignition started by pulling the flywheel over by hand ( see, that`s why I`m Paulthengine) Anyway, I wandered off to find the baby frog murderers, who were in good spirits despite the genocide.Lunch was taken with another coffee and a half hearted attempt was made to get scope zero on the new to me Walther springer, by now everybody had run away to the bright lights of Longleys Countrystore, leaving myself an Chris W to both shoot springers that were strange to us, By halfway round I could still only plate every target despite much scope adjustment,so we are nearly there! continued to plate for another couple of targets and then suddenly Im killing every target. There are a couple of possibilities as to why this happened:- 1 barell leaded in after long period not fired. 2 scope adjustments finally settled in with recoil, 3 effects of last coffee wore off. 4 Walther suddenly realised that I`m his new Daddy I hope that this sudden and unexpected accuracy continues and that both Ripley and Scorpion don`t have a hissey fit cos I`m out with a new gun
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Post by Totally random on Jul 4, 2019 12:30:52 GMT
"name withheld for security reasons" Haha
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Post by Sir Bob the Hare on Jul 7, 2019 19:22:47 GMT
Very nice to go to Waulkmill today (its been a few weeks since last there) and shoot with so many club members, even got my name mentioned by that older fellow with that funny Welsh accent when he was doing the safety brief. Hope other shooters enjoyed today, as much as I did! Well done Team Waulkmill, have a drink on me
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Post by I on Jul 7, 2019 19:58:54 GMT
Was good to see that many people at Waulkmill.That used to be the norm many moons ago.
Long may it continue.
Sorry I couldn't stay longer.I had a new boat to inspect.
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Post by Bri M on Jul 8, 2019 6:17:51 GMT
My thanks to the Field Marshal and his troops for a cracking visit to Waulkmill. And special mentions to Chris M and Teri for showing me round the course and not laughing (too much) at my attempts.
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