The Czickness LII.2…..the sunshine and roses version.

[Born2vette]

Have not shot the 82 since doing a complete tear down and spring refresh and picking up a new to me used magazine. So before I tear it down again and start on my refinishing adventure I thought I would hit the range and make sure it and the magazines run ok. All off hand shooting.

Targets 1 & 2 were 12 shots at 7 yds slow fire (I was trying really hard to do one hole on #2–pistol is up to it but not me so much), #3 was 2 shots at 10 yds and #4 & 5 were 6 shots each at 7 yds slow fire. Yup, this old pistol in 9x18 functions just fine and is way more accurate than me.

 

[88E30M50]

88’s camera restoration and (picture) shooting gallery. When will you put a darkroom in your house?

I've been eyeing some space in the basement for just this purpose. It has running water and no windows. Unfortunately, it also has boxes of junk

 

[WebSnyper]

Four years before I joined INGO, I went to a rodeo in Laramie, Wyoming (so I don't think that you've seen any of these photos).
Maybe it'll bring some smiles on a dreary day.

The last photo won recognition from an international photography forum. The little girl won the "Junior sheep-riding contest".

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Most of these pics make my back hurt. That last pic is great, and looks like the kid in front of the sheep is about to throw a right hook (when I'm sure he's just trying to get the heck out of Dodge)

 

[ditcherman]

Four years before I joined INGO, I went to a rodeo in Laramie, Wyoming (so I don't think that you've seen any of these photos).
Maybe it'll bring some smiles on a dreary day.

The last photo won recognition from an international photography forum. The little girl won the "Junior sheep-riding contest".

((left-click on photos for larger image)

The clarity and focus in those pictures is amazing!
Not to mention the content, especially that last one. That little girl is having a blast.

 

[mcapo]

I have no comment that I want to be held accountable for.....

 

[WebSnyper]

The clarity and focus in those pictures is amazing!
Not to mention the content, especially that last one. That little girl is having a blast.

That last pic seems like it would be in the head of every kid when their parents tell them to count sheep when the parent wants the kid to go to sleep.

 

[mcapo]

This is a spectacular photograph on many levels. WOW!

 

[MindfulMan]

Most of these pics make my back hurt. That last pic is great, and looks like the kid in front of the sheep is about to throw a right hook (when I'm sure he's just trying to get the heck out of Dodge)

The clarity and focus in those pictures is amazing!
Not to mention the content, especially that last one. That little girl is having a blast.

Thanks, guys ! The little fellow who is rooting her on is her little brother. He was too young to participate (ride) that year, but he's probably a junior bull rider by now !

 

[MindfulMan]

This is a spectacular photograph on many levels. WOW!

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Thank you, sir !

 

[mcapo]

If there was a time in my life that I thought I could do that kinda riding, I have come to realize I was wrong. Very wrong.

One of our kids rode Hunter/Jumper for about a decade. I am not a horse expert but learned enough to know that amazing talent levels exist in that world. Granted those pics are Western events but still...

Daughter did some barrels but preferred hunter/jumper. Crazy people. Crazy.

 

[MindfulMan]

I'd go to Wyoming again ... in a heartbeat.
I was a bit heartier back then, and hiked deep into the mountains.
Snow in July, and my view from where I ate my pack lunch !

 

[MindfulMan]

And to keep my photo barrage gun related .... out west, I always carried
my .500 Magnum in crossdraw.

 

[MindfulMan]

And with that, it's now naptime !

 

[ditcherman]

I'd go to Wyoming again ... in a heartbeat.
I was a bit heartier back then, and hiked deep into the mountains.
Snow in July, and my view from where I ate my pack lunch !

Dad?
Is that you?


Me, August 1985.
The lake picture looks real familiar too.

 

[gmcttr]

Asleep by 6am and up at noon. Sounds about right.

 

[ditcherman]

Asleep by 6am and up at noon. Sounds about right.

Phhhfffttt. We've worked on cameras, stoped by the see the Chippendales, and been to the rodeo in Laramie and then into the Wind River Range already today.

 

[MindfulMan]

Dad?
Is that you?
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Me, August 1985.
The lake picture looks real familiar too.

Haha ---- we are mountain brothers !!!

 

[Leadeye]

Great pictures MM, you have seen a lot!

 

[T-DOGG]

For those that don't know, Wyoming is my birthplace. We moved when I was two years old because my grandmother got sick back home in Indiana. Going back to visit has been on my list for a few years now. Sometimes my Mom and I talk about how much life would be different if we would have stayed. My parents loved it out there, said it was a slower pace of life and people were friendlier.

 

[T-DOGG]

Sometimes I wear my cowboy boots and hat out and about. I think in an alternate path in life I could have been a real cowboy!