Gentlemen:

I will be with my father for the Thanksgiving holiday. I will be in Pennsylvania and we have decided to take the double rifles and other big bores to the range early on Thanksgiving morning.

We will meet at Route 100 South Fogelsville, Pa..8am at the Starlite diner across the street from Holiday Inn for breakfast then range time 8 miles away.

If anyone is interested in shooting a .577 NE double and a .500 NE double, you are more than welcome to come and meet up with us.

Hi Paul, it's very good that you are able to get together with your dad for Thanksgiving!

You and he have been very generous with your rifles and I for one have benefitted from that generosity.

I can't hook up on this shoot but hope you have fun and also wish you and yours a great holiday!

Thanks, Jack.

I'm sure our paths will cross one day.

Heck!! I'd just like to watch!! Unfortunately, Fogelsville is on the wrong end of the state for me.

Have a great time.

Your gracious offer is sooooooooooo tempting. If I was even remotely close to them I could write it off as a visit with my dad's family in Easton but alas, I'd have serious "family issues" hear at home if I went north that day. Thanks for asking though, maybe another time?

Hmmm? Very tempting offer. What range is 8 miles from Fogelsville?

I enjoyed the heck out of the last elephant shoot with your dad, Jack, Chris(?), and Mike. My folks are in town and I'll see if my dad would be willing to come on out -- if he is, it'll be three generations of us out there. My son's in love with my CZ .416 Rigby and we just loaded up 40 rounds.

The range is a Penn. State Property range.

Public access, it has served this group of north eastern big bore rifle shooters very well several times now.

The rifle range is just off Rt 100 north of the I78, Fogelsville exit...It is on game lands..

That was Charlie, Matt...


Mike

I'll be happy to be there -- if anyone's interested, I'll bring my evil caliber with Garretts -- not an elephant gun, but the most recoil I've got (375s are much nicer to shoot.)

Mike's pict's of the gang from a previous shoot:

Retreever, Badger Matt, Charlie, Doc 52, & Big Five Jack

i miss my dad and going to the range, enjoy every moment of it. sisce i read your post I have been sitting here for a long while thinking of all the times, places and different guns we shot together, i remember the last time too, i knew it was going to be the last time, he shot 5 shots with a ruger 10/22 @ 25 yards from a benchrest that looked like a 30 caliber hole, he could barly see or walk how the hell he did that i'll never know, i still have that target somewhere in a gun case.

back then we didnt have alot of $$, enough to have a couple nice guns $400-$500 ones 20 years ago, now I can buy ANY double i want or a matched pair etc and drive a Rolls Royce to the range, but I dont have any family. It flip floped on me, family and $$$. And other than having both, i'd rather have my mom and dad 1000000000times more. wow this this thread brought some nice memories for me, thanks

LV Eric: Couldn't agree with you more about family vs. money. By the way, Bill C., that's an awesome picture with an awesome line up of guns and I'm sure, an awesome line up of shooters as well!

Well guys here is the line up from above Left to Right... 375 Savage ,375 mod 70, Austrian 9.3X74R, Austrian .500NE, Merkel 500NE, Champlin Famars, 450#2NE, Searcy 577NE, Ruger 458 Lott, and Austin Haalek inline 50

Sorry 577, I knew better...

Mike

Wow, lots of nice weapons spread out on that army blanket.
Although I'd like to see about 4" of recoil pad on some of those heavy thumpers!!

Where does one buy a rhino target like that in eastern PA?

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Merkel 577NE

Are you loosing you mind in your old age, Mike? That baby is a SEARCY .577!!!!!!!!

Ooooo...if I didn't have some other commitments on Thanksgiving, I would make the ride up there to shoot with you guys. I've always wanted to try some of the big bores, the biggest I have is a .300! I might have to change that this summer when I trade it in, though...

It's cool to see the response, even if it is "I would love to make it, but..."

I can tell you this: I have yet to get together with this group, but my dad has gone each time and LOVES every second of it.

I know it is tough to get together for a shoot on the country's biggest holiday, but I wanted to at least extend the invitation.

LV Eric, I appreciate your post and feel lucky to continue to share memorable moments with my dad - he's the ugly one in the photo above.

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Thanks for asking though, maybe another time?

oupa:

ABSOLUTELY!!!! Stay tuned to AR more more future shoots information!

577,
Did you notice where JustinLO1 is from?

Doc, I will be there at the dinner at 8am with my son Matt and my son in law...

Mike

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Originally posted by Doc52:
577,
Did you notice where JustinLO1 is from?

Yeah, from the birth place of the guy who does gay karate in his boxer shorts.

Mike, it's AWESOME to see you are coming. I'm looking forward to seeing you again! We'll have a literal blast!

Paul

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Originally posted by 577NitroExpress:
Mike, it's AWESOME to see you are coming. I'm looking forward to seeing you again! We'll have a literal blast!

Paul

Paul and Pa, y'all pop a couple of caps for me in your 577NE.

Hog Killer

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Originally posted by Hog Killer:

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Originally posted by 577NitroExpress:
Mike, it's AWESOME to see you are coming. I'm looking forward to seeing you again! We'll have a literal blast!

Paul

Paul and Pa, y'all pop a couple of caps for me in your 577NE.

Hog Killer

Roger that, good buddy!

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now I can buy ANY double i want or a matched pair etc and drive a Rolls Royce to the range, but I dont have any family. It flip floped on me, family and $$$. And other than having both, i'd rather have my mom and dad 1000000000times more.

Thanks for the perspective Eric. I am still family rich and money poor ('ish, I guess..my stuff is dry and I ain't starvin!), but sometimes its pretty easy to take the family part for granted.

Cheers,
Canuck

If only you lived in Orlando...

My dad started me out squirrel and rabbit hunting in Alabama all those years ago. Wish he could have seen my Buffalo...it has all happened because of him.

"jetdrvr" could opt to drive his jet to Allentown, Pa. airport

which is 15 miles or so from the diner. Then one of the crew

picks him up and "a shootin' he will GO"!

Yeah, from the birth place of the guy who does gay karate in his boxer shorts.

Huh? Musta missed that...

JustinL, check your PM - 577 is messing with his dad, NOT you.

Justin:

Yeah, just what Jack said.

My old man, Doc52, was also born in Monessen - my great-grandmother is still alive and still lives there, as do numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.

For some reason (I have no idea why), Doc has some unique photos or videos as his avatar. Right now it is some guy in boxer shorts doing some type of gay karate. Thus the reason of my post.

It was not directed at you, and I'm sorry if you thought it was.

But just to recap, here are some of the other avatar photos doc has used in the past:

Haha, don't worry, guys, no offense taken. Now I get it, though.

Ihave been in pennsylvania for thanksgiving ,hunting withtetails and is one of the most memorable moments in my life ,the delicious meals that wilpork mother prepared ,the mountains near Willow family ,evrything is my heart ,i ll be there again but i coulndt recover totally for the lost of one of my friends there a great man and hunter STEVE WILLOW who was shot ....Perhaps next year ill be there.Juan

Looks like we're in. Me, my dad, my daughter (16-year-old vegetarian), and son (13-year-old).

Mike -- Chad says to tell you "please bring a cape buffalo target...or a warthog if not..."

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Gentlemen:

I will be with my father for the Thanksgiving holiday. I will be in Pennsylvania and we have decided to take the double rifles and other big bores to the range early on Thanksgiving morning.

We will meet at Route 100 South Fogelsville, Pa..8am at the Starlite diner across the street from Holiday Inn for breakfast then range time 8 miles away.

If anyone is interested in shooting a .577 NE double and a .500 NE double, you are more than welcome to come and meet up with us.

577NitroExpress
DRSS Member

That is very generous!! I will have to wait until Jan 07. I have my fingers crossed hoping nothing comes up to prevent me from coming to Texas because I would hate to miss a chance to see that Searcy 577 up close!

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Originally posted by 577NitroExpress:

577Nitro, does your dad still have his ray gun and helmet

Great picture

Hog Killer

I would love to meet up with yall too as I live about 30 to 40 minutes away from that range, but I will be at the in-laws in Naples FL. Maybe another time?

Badger Matt:

GREAT NEWS! I look forward to meeting you and cracking off some rounds together.

For those of you who haven't figured this out by now, but dad and I are pretty darn close to each other. And such, we enjoy breaking each other's stones whenever possible. Thus the avatar photos. You should have heard Doc52 laughing on the phone yesterday when he saw the posts.

Just wait until he sees what I have planning next

Keith:

Yeah, I think they are in his closet, behind his dresses and pantyhose.

JohnnyReb:

Sorry you'll miss it, but the group has gotten together approximately once a month/once every two months. I'm sure it will continue. Stay tuned to AR for future details; info on the shoots is always posted on here.

Doc52 is GOOD COMPANY and a GOOD SPORT.

I have not yet met 577NE in person, but he helped me hook up with his dad [Doc52] and shoot 500NE and 577NE.

He did not know me, and he was generous with info and rifles, as is his dad.

Two real good guys in plain English!

Mike, et al,

We're a no-go for tomorrow morning. Be sure to share some pics with us though. She Who Must Be Obeyed 'suggested' we have our own little shoot at our local range....dad, me, and the kids.

Matt