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Post by brett1868 » 26 Jun 2017, 4:11 pm

The US Gun Porn tour kicked off yesterday with a trip to a gun shop in Goleta California. Some pictures below of the wares I managed to fondle, the likes of which I can never own. I had to wear the sunnies to look more "Gansta" and to hide the tears from the knowledge I couldn't give them a loving home at my place. Poor defenceless firearms in need of a loving home and all the Anti's care about is the kids, I say what about the guns? who will care for them if not me?

Pics below cause without pictures it's all BS :)

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Dual mag (Selectable) pump action 12Ga. Very nice, surprisingly light and No Bentaz I won't smuggle one back for you brother :)
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AR15 in .223 assembled from the higher spec components. Felt great and I'd love to have one....alas that'll just be a dream :(
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Handing this one back induced tears of sadness, it's a clone of a H&K MP9 complete with delayed blowback roller locking bolt. Smooth as silk and in the affordable 9mm chambering.
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Next stop is 10am tomorrow (local time) at the Weatherby Firearms factory in Paso Robles :) Another post and more pictures around this time tomorrow.
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Post by GLS_1956 » 26 Jun 2017, 5:16 pm

Condolences on having to go elsewhere to hold, what you should own.
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Post by Bent Arrow » 26 Jun 2017, 8:27 pm

Nice nice nice. Keep it coming. Even my trip to NZ earlier this year brought tears of frustration
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Post by AusTac » 26 Jun 2017, 9:11 pm

Ohh yeah that brings back memories, walking into walmart,kmart and dicks sporting goods and drooling over ar's and bits and bobs, the whole retail experience is so different
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Post by wrenchman » 28 Jun 2017, 1:09 am

can you guy get a ar15 if you compete with it like 3 gun matchs
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Post by wrenchman » 28 Jun 2017, 1:13 am

buy the way look up the larg outdoor stores they will have a lot more stuff i buy a lot from the small gun stores but its like a kid in a toy store any thing you would want is there
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Post by Gwion » 28 Jun 2017, 1:16 am

Nope. Centre fire slr are category d which is professional pest control only.
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Post by Gamerancher » 28 Jun 2017, 5:26 am

Hey Brett, what dates are you going to be at Whittington?
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Post by Gamerancher » 28 Jun 2017, 6:13 am

Staying with friends in Texas at their ranch before heading to Raton, New Mexico for the NRA Nationals. Set up to load my ammo in his gun room, it was a little distracting.

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A few here to get the anti's back home sh!tting their pants!
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Some nice lever-guns here.
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And besides the distractions, loaded up 616 .45-70 black-powder rounds for Raton.
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Post by wrenchman » 28 Jun 2017, 6:42 am

that is a propper gun room
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Post by Gamerancher » 28 Jun 2017, 7:00 am

Yeah, and air conditioned too!
Took me three days to get a load worked out for my new BPCR and another three to load up the ammo for the Nationals.
Okay, so maybe some time was wasted taking various pieces of "equipment" out to "test-drive". :D
My new favourite "toy" is his new Browning Buckmark .22 pistol. Man that thing shoots nice!
It has cooled down here this afternoon, might go find something else to play with. :thumbsup:
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Post by Daddybang » 28 Jun 2017, 7:12 am

Now that's what I was dreaming about last night. Give them a good rub for those of us that will never get to be that close . :drinks:
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Post by WatchyShooter » 28 Jun 2017, 2:11 pm

Keep the photos coming! :drinks:
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Post by brett1868 » 28 Jun 2017, 3:27 pm

Yesterday was Weatherby but I won't bother posting pictures just yet cause today was full auto action at 5280 Armory in Denver Colorado. This place is wall to wall guns and every cabinet is stock full with pistols. Check them out on YouTube, the staff have to be some of the friendliest people I've met and bent over backwards to ensure we had fun but also did it safely.
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Post by brett1868 » 28 Jun 2017, 3:34 pm

Part 2
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Rented this in Commifornia...laid rubber quite good for a 4cyl Turbo :)
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Post by Daddybang » 28 Jun 2017, 3:58 pm

All those guns and that car. ..Should only end one way! :drinks: :lol:
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Post by brett1868 » 28 Jun 2017, 4:51 pm

Raw video straight from iPhone to YouTube. Apologies to the ladies for showing my face, Oldbloke borrowed my Gimp mask and hasn't returned it yet :) Tomorrow will be spent watching day 2 of the "King of the 2 Mile" competition at the NRA Whittington center Raton New Mexico. I'll be paying careful attention to their technique and equipment so I can bring some lessons home with me.

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Post by Die Judicii » 28 Jun 2017, 9:58 pm

I don't think you'll properly get over this Brett,,,,,,,,,,

When did you say you were emigrating ???????????

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Post by Gamerancher » 28 Jun 2017, 11:14 pm

Now tell us you didn't have fun there! "Big boys toys are us", should be their motto. :clap:
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Post by brett1868 » 01 Jul 2017, 8:50 am

Shot this today and was scheduled to shoot it this afternoon in a 600yd match, unfortunately a severe hail storm came through so the match has been rescheduled till tomorrow afternoon. The rented Toyota Highlander took a flogging and now resembles a golf ball, hopefully the insurance doesn't give me a hard time.

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Post by Gwion » 01 Jul 2017, 10:57 am

That's one hell uva 600yd rifle! :D
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Post by brett1868 » 01 Jul 2017, 12:57 pm

bentaz wrote:
brett1868 wrote: rented Toyota Highlander took a flogging and now resembles a golf ball, hopefully the insurance doesn't give me a hard time.

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Just get someone else to drop it off after you board your flight home.


Had that thought but they have my credit card info. I read the policy and I took out Supplementary Liability Cover so the worse that can happen is I lose my $200USD deposit but I can claim that back on my travel insurance. I almost always take out extra insurance in the U.S cause I'm inclined to flog rental cars like a rented mule :lol:
Big day tomorrow, I've got the first of 2 rounds @ 1000yds followed directly after with the rescheduled 600yd Semi Auto match. Seems the Poms have a team here as well, 3 are factory backed by AI and 4 independents. Fingers crossed I can do my bit tomorrow :)
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Post by brett1868 » 02 Jul 2017, 1:41 pm

bentaz wrote:Nice, did you take your little slapped together pea shooter over with you or are you shooting borrowed guns?


Borrowed or rented everything apart from my clothes cause this year is a recognisance for a serious attempt next year.
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Post by brett1868 » 02 Jul 2017, 1:56 pm

Scoresheet from the first of 2 rounds....3 relays of 5 shots within 10 mins with a 3 min unlimited number of sighting shots before each relay. Bloody wind was plain nasty and swapped direction on the second target but I managed some redemption on the 3rd target with a sub moa 1000yd 5 shot group. I'm very happy with the result cause I sucked just a bit less then many others today. If I can match or better my score tomorrow in the final round then I might be in with a chance of not sucking the most.
I managed to shoot the 600yd semi auto class late this afternoon just as the rain stopped after a storm passed over. The match has some interesting rules...3 sighting shots in 3 mins, 5 on target in 5 min, 1 sighter in 1 min, 5 on target 5 min, 1 sigher in 1 min followed by 5 on target in 5 min. Effectively 5 sighters and 15 scoring shots in 20 mins with little time in between I was done and dusted in 25 min flat. I don't have the score but I believe I put 13-14 in the black, will post the score sheet when I get it tomorrow. Video is currently uploading with 2hrs remaining so it may be tomorrow night before I can post it.

Like any claim, without pictures it's all BS
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Post by brett1868 » 03 Jul 2017, 1:35 pm

Comp done and dusted, ended up with a respectable 267 in 18th place in "Hunter Class". Another 18 points would have seen me with a trophy, maybe next year :) Best of my 6 scoring groups was 5 rounds into 9.25" @ 1000yds (914m) or .925 moa. So for the next 12 months I'm officially ranked 18th in the world for 50BMG Hunter Class, pretty sure I'm number one in the world for 50BMG Giant Bunny Vaporising :)
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Post by Bent Arrow » 03 Jul 2017, 2:46 pm

brett1868 wrote:Best of my 6 scoring groups was 5 rounds into 9.25" @ 1000yds (914m) or .925 moa


Thats some nice shooting there. Well done!
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Post by brett1868 » 03 Jul 2017, 3:04 pm

Day 2 score sheet cause without pictures its all BS :D

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Some footage from the 600yd 50BMG Semi Auto match
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Post by Gwion » 03 Jul 2017, 3:17 pm

Good stuff, Brett! :thumbsup:
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Post by Daddybang » 03 Jul 2017, 3:37 pm

I wish I could "not suck" that good. Well done mate :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by sungazer » 17 May 2018, 8:49 am

It took me two days to find this post I nearly forgot the reason :D But while typing it came back to me. You are probably on top of this already Brett but if not an interesting read http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/201 ... 6-barrett/
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