The CZickness XLII looking towards the FGE

[JEBland]

LOL.

Yeah...

Most of my hunting education has happened in a cycle of make (a safe) mistake while hunting alone, come back, be told what an idiot I am, then go an make a different mistake.

Sorry, I should have clarified better.

No need to apologize. It was my ignorance. Patience explained to fill in my gaps.

Right now, I tend to go out to Proteq, but that is an all day thing. MCF&G is just down the road, so 15 minutes or so. this way if I want to after work I can just run over there and shoot a mag or two.

That's pretty good. There's only one range in Laf. It's pretty short and "doesn't allow anything faster than a .308." I'm not a huge fan...

I've only ever done anything with a shotgun once. CameraMonkey and I did some skeet (I think? Trap maybe) shooting once up near Fishers, Indiana.

Shooting clays can be fun. I enjoy my Ithacas, though I don't get to go often. There is a Purdue Skeet club. I should join them for events. I don't think I can be very active in it... grad school dominates the schedule (I'm replying between running some code)

 

[Haven]

That's pretty good. There's only one range in Laf. It's pretty short and "doesn't allow anything faster than a .308." I'm not a huge fan...

There is a Proteq open house, you should come check it out. It is a great range just north of Brazil, Indiana. Not sure how long it is for you to get there from West Laf. For me it is just over an hour. Don & Stephen have a several ranges, I really only know the south range because that is where we go most of the time. Pistol bays, Steel bays, rifle area, 22lr area. I don't think they have a limit on bullets out there, except like the steel bays are traditional pistol calibers.

 

[gmcttr]

I spent a couple hours working on the 440 yd backstop berm this afternoon. It is taller on the south end by a few feet and about 20' longer on the north end and thicker in the middle.

Thanks. That should give me something I can hit if I fail on the smaller things.

 

[patience0830]

Thanks. That should give me something I can hit if I fail on the smaller things.

You were my motivator. You said something about seeing the berm on Google earth and wondering if it was wide enough.

 

[JEBland]

There is a Proteq open house, you should come check it out. It is a great range just north of Brazil, Indiana. Not sure how long it is for you to get there from West Laf. For me it is just over an hour. Don & Stephen have a several ranges, I really only know the south range because that is where we go most of the time. Pistol bays, Steel bays, rifle area, 22lr area. I don't think they have a limit on bullets out there, except like the steel bays are traditional pistol calibers.

Unfortunately, that's still quite a distance from me, but thanks for the suggestion. @TJ Kackowski likes the Crawfordsville Gun Club. That's about 40 minutes south of me. I still need to join it. Applied Ballistics in Lafayette is ok. It's strange for me to shoot indoors.

Edit: I'm off to bed. Goodnight, everyone.

 

[churchmouse]

The slides for the legacy 1911s have been machined. The Valor will be Ceracoat a grey Cole for a bitone and then they go to be engraved.
the last of the line I having the barrel/frame/slide fit up. Have some ideas as to the machine work. TV is need to be different from anything else I have done.

 

[patience0830]

The slides for the legacy 1911s have been machined. The Valor will be Ceracoat a grey Cole for a bitone and then they go to be engraved.
the last of the line I having the barrel/frame/slide fit up. Have some ideas as to the machine work. TV is need to be different from anything else I have done.

Lucky kids. Adopt me?

 

[patience0830]

Thunder and lightning here. Hoping we get some rain. My food plots need it.

 

[MindfulMan]

If I got no takers on range time tomorrow, I'm going fishing after I get back from squirrel hunting.

Hoping that you saw my previous response ?!? It's KILLIN' me that I can't come down tomorrow. Stupid doctor appt. !
Next week, maybe ?

 

[Lee11b]

Good evening, morning CZers! Started my night with a bore hit......ugh. City of Fort Wayne contractors from Ohio, had our gas main exposed, on the top. They bored right thru it from the bottom!! Careless bore machine operator, lazy bore head locater dude. You ALWAYS expose the pipe ALL THE WAY AROUND with at least a foot in front of the pipe, from the direction your boring.....I'm a serviceman, not a digger, and got to "enjoy" the aftermaths of odor in the air calls, rebuilding and relighting customers, the wonderful rain that followed.....thank God only 3 days left in this week.

This is the 3rd hit in a 2 block area, in 2 weeks!!!......think the City of Fort Wayne is going to be looking for a different boring contractor......

 

[gmcttr]

...This is the 3rd hit in a 2 block area, in 2 weeks!!!......think the City of Fort Wayne is going to be looking for a different boring contractor......

The only way I know of to fix this kind of problem is to send them the bill. Get into their boss's pocket and get his attention.

 

[gmcttr]

You were my motivator. You said something about seeing the berm on Google earth and wondering if it was wide enough.

That sounds like me. I always like to take a good look at a 'new to me place to shoot' to make sure I know what's what. Safety first.

 

[churchmouse]

Thunder and lightning here. Hoping we get some rain. My food plots need it.

The lightning and thunder passed us about an hour ago.

 

[churchmouse]

Good evening, morning CZers! Started my night with a bore hit......ugh. City of Fort Wayne contractors from Ohio, had our gas main exposed, on the top. They bored right thru it from the bottom!! Careless bore machine operator, lazy bore head locater dude. You ALWAYS expose the pipe ALL THE WAY AROUND with at least a foot in front of the pipe, from the direction your boring.....I'm a serviceman, not a digger, and got to "enjoy" the aftermaths of odor in the air calls, rebuilding and relighting customers, the wonderful rain that followed.....thank God only 3 days left in this week.

This is the 3rd hit in a 2 block area, in 2 weeks!!!......think the City of Fort Wayne is going to be looking for a different boring contractor......

People. It’s the people.

 

[Lee11b]

The only way I know of to fix this kind of problem is to send them the bill. Get into their boss's pocket and get his attention.

Oh, they'll get a bill. BUT corporate takes their time on that. It'll probably be Christmas before they get our bill and our bill is just time and material, with estimate on gas loss. NOW the IURCs fines are a different story..... Natural gas is a hazardous substance traveling thru pipe, falls under DOT, DOT was grouped under the Department of Homeland Security during the Oblama regime. Hit gas lines 3 times in a year, 3rd times a charm..... $10,000- $100,000 minimum fine, depending on the severity, BUT the real kicker, is the mandatory Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) dig class, where almost 1/3 of a company's employees have to go to an ALL DAY safe digging class.
Ironically, our company sent all the "gas guys" to this class for our lineman's screw ups hitting our gas lines.....

If you want to see something neat, hit the gas main, that's a foot over an electric primary, nicking the primary ......can you say snap, crackle, pop......FIREBALL!!!! Seen it a couple of times in the last 17 years.....not a pretty sight!!
SO.....I'll .........CALL 811....before ya DIG!!!!

 

[Lee11b]

People. It’s the people.

Ya, those Ohio people will be sitting in class learning how shovels work.....while their company gets to pay the Department of Homeland Security and Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 100k!!!!

 

[hANNAbONE]

Good morning, everyone.

Up with the wife @ 4am - wow this girl and her job.

Got stuff to do before I roll this Friday to Dull Moan...

Rick, I wish I had the time to go range time with you - I need it badly.

 

[TJ Kackowski]

Unfortunately, that's still quite a distance from me, but thanks for the suggestion. @TJ Kackowski likes the Crawfordsville Gun Club. That's about 40 minutes south of me. I still need to join it. Applied Ballistics in Lafayette is ok. It's strange for me to shoot indoors.

Edit: I'm off to bed. Goodnight, everyone.

Crawfordsville Gun Club is a steal at $45/year. 100 yd. range, 50 yd. rimfire only range, and 10 yd. pistol bay. Trap shooting every Sunday starting around noon with the last Sunday of each month open to the public.

Here's a link to their website ... https://www.crawfordsvillegunclub.org/

 

[wtburnette]

Morning all...

 

[88E30M50]

If I got no takers on range time tomorrow, I'm going fishing after I get back from squirrel hunting.

I wish I could have joined you but with a short week already, the schedule is tight at work