John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt and Sons?

Great photos, Saeed! I almost didn't recognize Buzz without his hat! Could you identify the others in the photos? And what is that first rifle that Buzz if shooting?

I'd love to see a video of Buzz shooting the T Rex.

WOW - Buzz1 and Buzz2!

From your post title, I thought is was just somebody like Federer or Woods who stopped by!

Looks like a nice time, good to see such happy faces.

Saeed - your daughter is a jewel.

Funny how everyone found some excuse not to shoot any of the larger calibers!

First rifle is a Blaser Match, then an M16 match, and an Accureacy International match rifle.

I recognized Buzz, but not the others! Please tell!

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Originally posted by Bill C:
WOW - Buzz1 and Buzz2!

From your post title, I thought is was just somebody like Federer or Woods who stopped by!

Looks like a nice time, good to see such happy faces.

Saeed - your daughter is a jewel.

Bill,

Thank you, that she is.

We do get some famous sportsmen come over. But they prefer to keep it quiet because of the media.

Glad to see that Blaser rifle at your place

i did notice walter had his hands full of food

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Originally posted by butchloc:
i did notice walter had his hands full of food

Which is normal.

Looks like Buzz, his brother, and his old man.

Since his dad is deceased, that certainly would have been a special visitor. Too bad for Ross, he and Buzz look a lot a like.

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Originally posted by MJines:
Since his dad is deceased, that certainly would have been a special visitor. Too bad for Ross, he and Buzz look a lot a like.

The gentleman is their step dad.

I note that what I'm assuming are used as targets are images of pool/billiards balls. Is there a game of nine ball that you all play with rifles? I'd love to learn how its played. Especially like to hear how you pull off a 1-8 ball to the 9 for a game ended with one shot...

Looks like good times to me.

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Originally posted by safari-lawyer:
Looks like good times to me.

My exact words.

Saeed is that your daughter in one of the pictures? It's a great picture, cause she's looking at the other's as if to say " ok who's brave enough".

An "over engineered" Blaser at Saeeds house?!?!

From the one photo, I think what Hessa appears to be thinking is: "OK Buzz, when are you going to take ME elephant and buffalo hunting!"

All that shooting stuff and NO eye protection!

Hi All

That is indeed my Step Dad and my brother who flies for Emirates in Dubai and whom I am visiting en route to the States.

I am embarassed to say that I lost 10 Dirhams to them both in the shooting compo! As you can imagine Ross been a pilot and having no shooting experience and Peter despite been an Olympic skeet shooter and does not have a lot of rifle experience, are both having a feild day at my expence!

Anyone passing through Dubai would be well adviced to visit Saeed and see his fantastic set up. We certainly had a fun afternoon and also had the pleasure of meeting his charming wife and beautiful daughter whom i have no doubt will be future hunter!

SBT- I have shot a 600 before and will not make that mistake again!!

Buzz, They may have out shot you off the bench, but from what I have seen, my bet is on you free hand with an Ele bearing down

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Originally posted by 375LVR:
Buzz, They may have out shot you off the bench, but from what I have seen, my bet is on you free hand with an Ele bearing down

That is nothing to brag about!

Who can miss an elephant from a few yards?

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Originally posted by Saeed:

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Originally posted by 375LVR:
Buzz, They may have out shot you off the bench, but from what I have seen, my bet is on you free hand with an Ele bearing down

That is nothing to brag about!

Who can miss an elephant from a few yards?

Me for one! Long story behind that.

465H&H

Thank you for deflating my ego!

I thought no one could beat me when I missed a hippo!

Now you go and tell me you have missed an elephant!

Reminds me of a story. Several years ago I accompanied a friend that was hunting elephant and a young appy went along on the hunt with us. The PH told the appy that he could back up my friend on his shot and that the appy was to take a heart/lung shot. We stalked in on the elephant and got 20-30 yards out. The elephant was walking from our left to the right. My friend took a side brain shot and the appy fired. The elephant dropped and we walked up to the elephant. We found the side brain shot, no problem. We looked for the heart/lung shot and none was to be found. The appy had missed "the broad side of a barn". As you can imagine he took considerable ribbing over that experience and I am not sure that the miss found its way into his log book. He was a great kid by the way and will make a good PH. I am sure he was just a little too excited and was using a new rifle.

We followed some elephants for quite a while in Chete, Zimbabwe.

We found them standing under teh shade of some trees.

We got to about 25 yards from the one we wanted to shoot. He was facing away from us, fanning his ears.

We stood there for quite a while, the he turned towards us, with his head raised up. I did not want to take a frontal shot if I could help it, so waited until he turned, sideways.

He did and seemed to be putting on the afterburners. I put a bullet through his earhole, and he dropped in his tracks.

Roy was trying to back me up with a heart shot, so he was leading the bull.

We found his shot had hit the elephant in the left leg, causing nothing but a flesh wound!

Walter came over, and I told him what happened.

"Roy! Is this your shot?"
"Yes"

"Good thing my friend Saeed killed the elephant, otherwise we would be chasing it with your wound!"

"That would have been a deadly shot. Trouble is the elephant stopped running"

"No excuses now! You almost MISSED an elephant from 20 yards! And you have teh nerve to laugh at me when I miss a pig hiding in the bush 200 yards away!"

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Originally posted by GeoffM24:
An "over engineered" Blaser at Saeeds house?!?!

Like all the Blasers I have, I got them all through exchanges.

This particular one I swapped for a Remington 700, costing less than a quarter of this rifle!

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Originally posted by Saeed:
Like all the Blasers I have, I got them all through exchanges.
This particular one I swapped for a Remington 700, costing less than a quarter of this rifle!

That was some great donkey trading there!
I would have done that deal too, as gun collecting includes "curios and relics."

BTW, Hessa is going to be a man-killer someday, with her looks, not guns, though I am sure she will be proficient with firearms.

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Originally posted by butchloc:
i did notice walter had his hands full of food

That's unusual...usually the plates are empty and his belly is full.



Don

Buzz the mistake you made was not going to the boomers and not the little guys.


Mike

Looks like you need a raised cheek piece on your AR or you could do a Flat Top upper for it which would make it about perfect.

Blaser is NICE!