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Anyone care to recall their Reno adventures? So we can all live vicariously? Thanks, flaco | ||
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How about dinner and drinks till way late with Steve Hughes, Jerry Fisher, Ralph Martini, Jim Tucker, Dave Westbrook, et al. Anyone who claims the 30-06 is ineffective has either not tried one, or is unwittingly commenting on their own marksmanship Phil Shoemaker Alaska Master guide FAA Master pilot NRA Benefactor www.grizzlyskinsofalaska.com | |||
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Inspirational photos from the ACGG/FEGA show would be most appreciated!! NRA Life Member GOA Life Member Distinguished Rifleman President's Hundred | |||
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I was looking for all the different guys, Dago Red, 458, etc but didn't find them. Where the hell were you guys? Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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Well, here be inpsiration for you. Jim and Jill Katzung had the table behind me. Jill, being the wonderful lady she is, was showing their safari pictures to this little girl. Unfortunately the picture does not quite capture the wide eyed wonder of this child. It was a joy to behold. Glenn  | |||
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That would be Mrs "Katzung", just a lovely lady! Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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Jim: Thank you for the correction. I know their name and can't imagine how I managed to screw it up. My appologies to Jim and Jill. Glenn | |||
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I spent some quality time with Rick and Chic, met Sharon Dressel and Mike Dettorre. I was eyeballing the name tags but couldn't spot any of the names who post here. Rick pointed you out at dinner, going for seconds. I was going to try to get your attention with a well placed dinner roll but you were too far away and it might have landed short and hit Mr. Brownell instead.  Maybe next year some of you will come out from behind your alias' so we can see who you are... | |||
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Well...I got to meet Rick and Chic and Howard and Dago and met Dave B and his daughter... and Mr. and Mrs. Malm...who are both funny as all get out... and if all goes well....I will have some gun porn for you in about 30 days or so... Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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For those of you at the Banquet, my daughter was the young woman in red who was parading the auction items around, and who received this year's FEGA beginning engraver's scholarship. The elk antlers and rifle on Duane Wiebe's table were her's as well. One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. - Groucho Marx | |||
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sorry I was there for so short a time this year, next year I'll make it longer. They told me you were looking for me Jim, and I didn't even hide after the warning. But I was only in there about 2.5 hours and then got back on the road for home. There was some really great stuff there. I liked the raffle rifles this year, they are nice but at the same time really made to be hunted. Although if I win I'll probably use them to facilitate my first african hunt They are outstanding examples of fantastic craftsmanship that will hunt.Red My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them. -Winston Churchill | |||
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Dave, someone told me that was your daughter in the photo with the tule elk. I will refrain from laying the same label on her that I have on you, lol. It is going to be great to have an engraver in the family. It was good to see you at the show. | |||
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Chic: She gets her looks from her mother, but her personality is more like me (unfortunately for her). Dave One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. - Groucho Marx | |||
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Had a great time in Reno and met, Jim Kobe, AK guide, Customstox, loud-n-boomer, Dago Red, GSP7 if I remember right and I'm sure others when they came to my table (my first one there). Would have liked to get to know some of you. Maybe in the future. It was a very busy show for me. (yeah!!  ). Looks like I might get to be a full time stockmaker soon. Didn't get to the SCI show but the ACGG show was great. The work there was jaw dropping. Of course for me the greatest thing was that I made it into the Custom gun maker's guild. For those here that were rooting for me, I want to thank you. It was wonderful to meet many of the makers there that I look up to and admire. Dad (Darwin Hensley) got to be there as well, it meant a lot to him, being with gun nuts again. The sparkle in his eye was great to see. Trez | |||
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Trez: I was at your table for a look and seems to me that you're doing fine work. Had a chat with Chic and a couple others on the floor. Really impressed by the overall quality of workmanship displayed there. Styles vary just a bit but completed work is very good overall. At SCI I was impressed by Bolliger's work as he was just opposite the H & H display. I felt H & H's magazine rifles were overpriced by a great deal compared to the U.S. custom makers. However H & H's new round action doubles were really sweet. A lot to see at both events. stocker stocker | |||
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I was there Friday and Sunday and enjoyed visiting with a few folks. I had a couple of nice chats with Steven Dodd Hughes as well as a nice chat with Tom Turpin. Asked Jerry Fisher during the course of our visit if the one and only Vigillinus was there and he said up until Sunday afternoon he was still a no show. I won't say what else he had to say about him.  Also talked a bit with Trez and it is nice to see him carrying on the stock style of his dad. I agree it was great to see his dad also scooting around. loud-n-boomer, that rifle of your daughter's on the elk rack was a great looking rifle, a truly serious hunting piece. Matter of fact I voted Duane's table best of show because I liked the looks of it so well.  Also asked Duane if his new hinges were favorable and he replied to the affirmative. It was great to hear him tell how well it felt to go hunting for a change.****************************** "We do not exaggerate when we state positively that the remodelled Springfield is the best and most suitable "all 'round" rifle".......Seymour Griffin, GRIFFIN & HOWE, Inc. | |||
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I really enjoyed the Guild show even though I was just there Friday. I was able to find a super blank and enjoyed visting with Roger Ferrell, meeting Al Lind, Duane Wiebe, talking deer hunting and grip caps with Jerry Fisher. I think maybe Martini could have thought I had some kind of problem, because I spent a fair amount of time just staring a those damn barrels. HBH | |||
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The SCI convention was daunting to see it all. Wonderful gunmakers here also, got to vist with D'Arcy Echols and Gene Simillion. See David Miller, John Bollinger,and Ryan Breeding built rifles along with H&H, Empire,Searcy. Also met Tinman he had some neat stuff there. A great time and hope I can go next year. HBH | |||
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Didn't anybody bring back any photos of any guns they saw at the show? | |||
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HBH, I thought I saw your name tag and then got distracted and lost you in the throng. | |||
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I took a few pics on Sunday but have not had time too look at them or clean them up. Hope to get that done over the weekend. Kinda worried about how they turned out due to shooting in those lighting conditions. Lights were fine for looking, but not so fine for photos. I will post them on my pbase sight and list the maker for each rifle. I tried to get the maker's name tag under each rifle so the proper credit will be given to each metalsmith, stocker, engraver, and metal finisher. Just as an aside, I took pics of guns that had something on them I was particularly interested in. The small sampling I have is in no way representative of the whole group, or even what I would consider "the best" guns there. All present were excellent on their own merit, so I just took a few pics for me to look at and study in the future. One funny thing about it was that I could not find my release when I was getting my camera gear ready to take to the exhibition hall Sunday morning. When I packed everything up on Monday I found the release under my suitcase. No big deal but it is funny I lugged it to Reno, lost it, and never got to use it. | |||
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Mark Too much excitement being in the big City ???  | |||
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Oh yeah, and before I left the hotel, I put my money clip (with no money in it, and a small blade) into my bag to be checked. When I got home I opened up my bag, saw a note from TSA saying they had inspected my bag, and no money clip. I think one of those bastards stole it! Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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Chic, It is funny, flying out there I was thinking now you got to see Chic and Dennis Potter. I didn't get to speak with Dennis either. I will get there again, planning on next year. Many Thanks HBH | |||
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Idared, I didn't know you cared !! Family matter came up, couldn't go, let my dinner ticket count as a contribution to the Guild. | |||
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vigillinus I would have enjoyed meeting the person who was in Jerry Fisher's words "Able to con him into making a krag sporter for him". Jerry also told about the time he went back to see where Alvin Linden was from in Wisconsin. Someone mentioned that Emil Koshollek was still alive in Stevens Point, Wisconsin so he stopped by to see him. He still remembers seeing Emil's lathe in the living room. It made quite an impression on him. He said he often wondered what his Wife would say if he asked if it would be all right if he moved his into their living room.  Sorry about the matter that kept you from attending. Hope it wasn't anything serious. ****************************** "We do not exaggerate when we state positively that the remodelled Springfield is the best and most suitable "all 'round" rifle".......Seymour Griffin, GRIFFIN & HOWE, Inc. | |||
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I missed a lot of fellow posters there, and I sincerely regret that. However, I did get to renew friendships and meet some new friends. Dave Bieber and his daughter, Duane Wiebe, Ralf Martini, Chic Worthing, Robert Snapp, SDH, Gary Goudy, Sharon Dressel (didn't see Paul) and a few others slipping my mind right now are a few that we got to meet in 2004 and it was nice to see them all doing well and in good spirits again. Too bad ForrestB chose Dallas over Reno this year. We'll have to send him coal for Christmas and get him back to Reno next year. Finally got meet Martin Hagn, Darwin and Trez Hensley (congrats to Trez for being accepted to Guild this year), Steve Nelson, Dennis Earhardt, Clay (Luxus), Al Lind, Jimmy Johnson, and so many others. The wares on display outclassed what I saw at SCI by leaps and bounds and prices were much more reasonable. For a guy like me, it was like being in a room with royalty, rock stars, or sports superstars. These are the guys I always wanted to meet as a kid when I was growing up. There was so much talent in that room at the Silver Legacy. It was a real honor to be amongst such a bunch knuckleheads. The banquet on Saturday was great good fun. Everyone was fine form. Loud-n-boomer absolutely stole a beautiful black walnut blank, but everything I bid on went past my bank account after 3 or 4 bids faster than I could blink! | |||
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