Well after 10 weeks of trying to get some photo's posted I think I've finally figured it out....actually my neighbor got tired of me hounding him & he figured it out! I've used a few adjectives over this little deal that haven't been used around my place for years, some of them are probably still bouncing off the walls.
One of my life long buddies, the one that shot the bull moose with my Harton 480 has been visiting me for a week & we fired a lot of ammo, he had some new toys he wanted to try out & we took every advantage of the 65-75 degree weather.
Everyday we rode into the high desert country around Wickenburg, Arizona, sniping at rocks, jackrabbits, paper & steel. When he left, his truck was a lot lighter than it was when he got here. New handguns are a lot of fun, I even had a new to me OM flattop 7 1/2" 44 maggie, compliments of good pal Robb Barnes, to say that I'm happy would be a gross understatement, I've wanted one all my life. These things are as scarce as an empty stomach on Fermin or Hoover!
My very first shot out of the little jewel landed right in the middle of a cantaloupe sized rock at 137 yds, I was as love struck as a bull elk in september.
Brent & his son Clint were shooting really good, Clint has almost zero experience with a big sixgun but he took to it like Callshot after a huckleberry milkshake. In 2 hours I had them shooting out to 250 yds & making several solid hits on rocks.
Much too early Brent had to leave to go back & shovel his driveway in Idaho, but he'll be back in 2 weeks & we'll start all over again, Yippee!



Brent, his son Clint & the Croc master.


You can do some serious long range work with a back stop like we had.



Anyone notice this hole in the rock!


And a few pair of stocks I've just finished up, some really killer walnut.


Holding the gun of my dreams, one of the ultra rare 7 1/2" flattops in 44 maggie, made in 1959, it will need a new pair of pants, these don't fit my hands at all, perhaps another piece of Turkish Walnut.


Dick

Dick: I'm sure I speak for all the rest of the guys stuck up here in the cold, wet Pacific Northwest when I say shooting sixguns in the sunny Arizona hills sounds like heaven. Congratulations on your new flattop.

That was a great score you got there, Dick! Sounds like a great time. Now I have to ask if y'all have your Arizona rock-hunting licenses??

Dick Iam in Yuma for a while this sure beats the cold and snow in Wis.

Where are you staying.

Looks like alot of fun Dick,tell me what gun and caliber and bullet made that whole in the rock,should be awesome on any critter,

if it was 65 degrees out ,Ide b walkin around in a pair of shorts an nothin else . Workin on my tan .
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nice pistols ...

Hello Whit, I have one of those Idaho rock permits that legal year round & every state. I've done a fair amount of shooting down here out to 800 yds, there's plenty of rocks.

P dog shooter, I'm in Wickenburg, we usually leave about the first of April. I have some Idaho & Utah buddies that stay in Yuma.

Dick

I see lots of norhwestern plates around here and canadian plates also.

Dang,I would sure like to do that some day.

OLBIKER tok me 33 years to beable to do this plus having a brother down here to bum off of makes it cheap.

The only thing I miss is running yote with the dogs my hound buddy has just been wacking them the snow was just perfect for about 2 weeks he killed 20 of them.

When I call back home I don't miss the snow and cold thats for sure.

When reading the title I thought they finally opened a season on the snow birds.

Looks and sounds like you had a great time. Winters are one of the joys of living in the southwest. It's those damn 3 or 4 months of summer that are just brutal that makes me hate it here.