We headed west on the freeway and arrived in less than 2 hours, greeted by the crack of gunfire and two friendly MPs. We found a parking spot and went exploring. Between Commercial Row, the base itself, and 50 cent hot dogs, there was plenty to keep us entertained. (all photos can be enlarged, click twice)
Say hello to my little friend...
if there are words on it, Mike will read it.
a new type of taxidermy? Nope.
EBR me ASAP
Next year we'll even figure out where to go to watch the rifle matches up close.
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NRAnews.com will be broadcasting from Camp Perry tomorrow. The normal time is 9PM but they may have special daytime hours for the special event.
And by tomorrow I of course mean today.
I'm going to bed.
Very cool!
I've heard of the cryogenic treatment for firearms, interesting stuff.
(Mike's legs are as pale as mine!)
That EBR picture is screaming for a caption. May I suggest:
"I said NO talking in the library!"
:)
Breda, you just OOZE coolness! Great shots. Maybe you should have Jeff change your People of the Gun pic to one of those.
Oh, Mike's cool, too! Don't get me wrong! How can one not be cool standing next to a cryogenics trailer?
Mr. Blackfork himself is my closest neighbor & landlord, but I NEVER get to see any pictures of all the places he goes. I hear stories & I watch videos of the matches, but it's nice to see regular pictures - cryogenics indeed!
Love this.
Thanks!
Debi
Oh man! We were there a week ago, its pretty amazing to see a firing line that appears to go on forever... and a range that does the same.
Next time you visit Camp Perry, I suggest a side trip to Port Clinton and taking the Jet Express to Put In Bay.
I have a standing invitation to shoot the President's 100 if I can ever take the time to go. One of these years...
You and Brigid need to pose for Oleg Volk.
EBR is good stuff maynard! Get the parts and a good kit-source and build your own lower, it's easy - buy the upper as a built-unit. It'll learn you a lot about gubs.
I had a housemate army-mechanic who used to work on those 'copters, at the time (early '80s) they were the baddest-baddass of 'em all.
Sorry, NRA news will be there next Monday.
Hi. First time commenting here. I followed the link from either Phlemmy's or KDT's site.
V. nice blog.
There's just so much right with the last pic it makes me feel warm and glowy all over.
May I suggest that if you can, instead of watching the matches, that you compete in them.
Why just watch, when you can participate?
There are several matches geared towards newbies to High Power competition. The CMP runs the M-1 Garand Match, M-1 Carbine match and the 1903 Springfield Match. All you'd need is one of those rifles, or any military bolt gun for the Springfield match, and you can participate.
An even easier way to try out High Power shooting and learn a bit more would be to attend the Small Arms Firing School during the National Matches. The school gives you half a day of classroom instruction, some live fire instruction, and then you participate in a short match firing a govt issue M-16A2 at 200 and 300 yards.
The really nice thing about the SAFS and M-16 Match is that all the rifle and ammo are provided! And it's only about $40 for the match.
Seriously, if you are only two hours away, you should look into attending the SAFS Rifle next year. They also do a Small Arms Firing School for Pistol which is geared towards Bullseye compeition, if that is more your style. In that class you'd use match conditioned M9 Berretta 9mm's.
Go to www.odcmp.com for more info on the matches. I've attend SAFS rifle twice and highly recommend it. SAFS pistol is on my list for hopefully next year.
Breda,
You need you your very own EBR in your life. Srsly.
Sexay!
This looks like fun! I'm jealous :)
Sorry I'm so late to this...
Just wanted to say, you do that cool and casual thing so well.
Love the Gioconda smile.
M
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