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Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life

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  1. Not just the kids! There’s some of us so called adults that do it from time to time. Of course a side benefit is I have taught my horses to do a decent backstroke! Regards Gateway Kid
  2. Hoping your surgery went well. Missed seeing you at EOT Respectfully Gateway Kid
  3. My point exactly! Yet here they had not one but two separate backups to the book and still some struggled. I have not written thousands of stages as some have but I have written hundreds for sure. Acknowledging that I am not as skilled as those guys I can tell you something you already know, there has never been a complete match written, (that I have seen) that doesn’t generate some questions as to what the stage writer intended. And that is after proofreading and editing sometimes by a second or even third person. Sometimes those questions are legitimate, sometimes a lawyer simply has to pick something apart and sometimes it’s the old standby of “that’s not how we do it at home”! I am quite certain that stage writers give it their best, but sometimes what they intended doesn’t translate well in the written word. Hence we have safety/informational briefs and PM walkthroughs to try and work through things before stuff happens! Regards Gateway Kid
  4. Ya know if only there was written instructions about this kind of stuff for a particular match that may be different from what other clubs do. Maybe put a collection of them into a pamphlet so each shooter could have their own copy, I don’t know, make it part of the shooter packet. Then clarify with the PM’s at the walkthrough so they can answer when questions come up and try to keep things consistent. Or the match officials could have a mandatory briefing to point out local quirks that only apply at that range as is done around the country all the time. Just some ideas. oh they did all that, never mind. Regards Gateway Kid
  5. Welcome what you said you already have (gun wise) would make a fine starting set. Personally unless a really great gun deal walked up to you I would focus on my leather and cart. Possibly if you don’t already reload some equipment for that endeavor. Also I would suggest shooting a few matches before changing anything. After all if your current gear is satisfactory to you, you’re already done and if you haven’t reached the limits of what you have then how would you know what could be better? Anyway, all the best and again welcome to the game! Regards Gateway Kid
  6. I have never asked the hotel help whether something in a closed bag was allowed in my room or not! None of their business, and it sure seems to be a stretch that if something happened that they would be liable for my actions. If they are, that is a telling commentary on our legal system and some of those who practice it showing a greed that is disgusting. Regards Gateway Kid
  7. Showed this to my wife. Thanks for helping me earn one more of “the Look” today! Regards Gateway Kid
  8. Though you are still probably safe unless the examiner is a real expert named “Joe” Regards Gateway Kid
  9. Howdy Widder our local gunfighter (Cimmaron Sierra) just took third in lady gunfighter and was an alternate competing in the ladies top gun shoot off at the recent EOT. In May she will mark her second year as a gunfighter. Saturday (today) she turned 16. An awesome competitor and super nice young lady I would like to find out for her what she needs to be considered for a Jedi gunfighter status. Regards (and she sends her thanks for the ‘97 tips) Gateway Kid
  10. Dang of course you are right My bad as I was feeling in a particularly governmental mood, you know, extraordinarily generous with other people’s money! Regards Gateway Kid
  11. Howdy and welcome, Dred Bob. The kinds of stages you are talking about still occur from time to time but the drawback to them is we (all of us most likely) are now 10-20 years older. Shooting off a piece of plywood attached to a bed spring is sometimes more difficult than many can deal with, handling loaded guns while attempting to get out of a bathtub or from under a stagecoach is something that could end tragically. The “horse” thing (barrel on springs) tore my ACL back when I was younger and in shape, not something I will revisit. All that said I thought all those things were fun (including smaller/farther targets) but the balance between fun and health has shifted to a less adventurous view. As the bigger/closer venues now dominate it would seem many others see it the same way. My wife found a meme on the internet (so you know it must be true!) that goes “90% of the injuries among older men are because they think they are still younger men”! I love this game, the shooting and especially the people but I really like being pain free come Monday. Regards (and have fun your way) Gateway Kid
  12. Drinking, don’t forget drinking! You are in the Saloon after all! Bottles, set up a stiff one for our new pard, Brininger Bane, on Imis’s account of course! Welcome Gateway Kid
  13. So sorry to hear this. College town, lots of young drivers who think nothing of highway speed to cut a minute or two off “their” short cut. We are waiting for such an event on our street someday. 35 mph limit, no sidewalks road surfaces very similar to the best roller coaster you’ve ever seen (with potholes of course), designated bicycle route. Traffic at times is a constant flow (on a back street!) enough heavy trucks to shake the house when they hit low spots. Top it all off with ZERO targeted enforcement and when they do bring out the mobile (unmanned) radar you will see speeds into the 60’s. Road is so uneven stuff falls off into my frontage constantly, have to haul off tires, trash, bicycles, rakes and shovels, even a snow machine once. Questioning our planning commission when we could expect repairs, was told it was in the 10 year plan, but I have lived here nearly 25 years and nothing but crickets. Either this summer or next a well connected gravel company will begin operation to add to the fun of our rural lifestyle. Makes you wonder why you bother to pay taxes for roads when you feel you don’t really matter. Seems even the county gravel roads are typically smoother and better patrolled! PO’ed as heck Gateway Kid
  14. For those pesky in-laws who just can’t take a hint? Regards Gateway Kid
  15. Be glad to comply, as soon as they have, oh let’s say five years of 100% compliance from criminals, and solve (being charitable here) 80% of their criminal activities committed by the scum of the planet using this information. Otherwise (trying to be polite) GO POUND SAND!!!! Regards Gateway Kid
  16. Cowgirl Champion and Ladies Overall World Champion! 16th place finish to boot! Way to go young lady! Respectfully Gateway Kid
  17. Posse 5 staged their long guns flat, per the posse marshal (me) emphasizing it at the stage briefing as explained (repeatedly) by the match director, at the stages involving down range movement, during the nearly two hour walk through! Also the penalty was explained as a procedural for “not following stage instructions”, which I have as a note to self in my book. I acknowledge that I am hard of hearing, thus when specific questions regarding situations such as these are asked I make sure I listen carefully and understand the explanation then make notes in my stage book. Pretty sure this was discussed more than just a moment before moving on to the next question. Not really that hard to get everyone the same information. Regards Gateway Kid
  18. Holy cow! Hoping any injuries are minor and heal quickly. Praying to our Lord that He holds you and yours in His hands and brings you safely through this. Respectfully Gateway Kid
  19. Years ago I ran my marlins with a 147 grain truncated cone flat point bullet over 3.2 grains of clays or TiteGroup at 1.5” OAL in a 38 special case. Firm roll crimp. When I moved on to ‘73’s I used the same load. Sadly that bullet has become hard to find at a sized .358 though sized at .356 for the 9mm suppressed guys it seems to be making a comeback. I currently use the exact same specs only with a 142 grain Cheycast hytec coated TC and they still run great. Three ‘73’s now, 3 marlins then have never seen a .357 case through them. YMMV Regards and welcome Gateway Kid PS the rifle rounds make a really good pistol knock down load if needed and if I forget to use my normal pistol load there is very little increase in felt recoil in my handguns.
  20. Well when you are divvying up large sums of money a bigger group can more easily hide their individual share from those providing the funds. Regards Gateway Kid
  21. Table 52. I only have a small number of items for sale that should go quickly, and the remainder are die sets so relatively small Regards Gateway Kid
  22. Don’t know how true it is but have been told several times not to flush expired medications as they can maintain some potency after the treatment process and be reintroduced into the drinking water. Used to take small amounts of unused medications back to the pharmacy and they disposed of them but no more. Now they give you a packet of powder, tell you to remove the information on the bottle, mix the powder with water in the pill bottle and toss into the trash. Forms what looks like plaster and eventually solidifies. Regards Gateway Kid
  23. First my private ownership of ANYTHING bears no “civic responsibility” to either inform the community of said ownership or to enable any government entity to collect data for any purpose whatsoever! Second the authors of this legislation are claiming that such registration is historically accurate (NOT!) and necessary in today’s society. (Unbelievable!!!!) I would really like to see their justification to charge a yearly fee for the citizenry to enjoy ANY other enumerated right and make a claim that such a fee is reasonable. A right that requires payment is a privilege not a right! Further it is absolutely none of the government’s business how many lawfully owned firearms are in the hands of the law abiding citizens in the state when the government has such a long standing history of incompetence coupled with outright malice towards persons who have neither been charged or convicted of any crime. As soon as these State totalitarian politicians devote themselves to following the Constitution, protecting the people and incarcerating actual criminal elements, rather than attempting to choke out the liberties of otherwise peaceful people then maybe just maybe they can begin being trusted to handle more complex issues such as trash collection or catching stray dogs. (Things that seem beyond their current mental qualifications!) Creating dossiers on the public….. not part of their purview. Regards Gateway Kid
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