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I'd love to trade someone an unopened 2010 Multi-Gun Match dillo for a 2010 Range Day dillo. I got there about 45 minutes to an hour late and they were already out of dillos, hats, and range bags. I of course saw that as a sign that the turnout was much better than anticipated and could only smile.
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I guess I'm the only one that thought it sucked. Too small of a tent, too long of a line, general cluster cluck. Let the flaming begin. Did you get your money back? |
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I guess I'm the only one that thought it sucked. Too small of a tent, too long of a line, general cluster cluck. Let the flaming begin. Did you get your money back? No kidding, I guess you'd piss in my pool if you thought it was to small? |
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I guess I'm the only one that thought it sucked. Too small of a tent, too long of a line, general cluster cluck. Let the flaming begin. Considering only about 1/4 of the people responded on the site to let them know they would be there...they did a bang up job! Next year they will know and plan accordingly... Thanks Mark, Mark, and all the Butt-busting LaRue folks!!!!!!!!!! |
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Mark, it was pleasant visiting with you once again, as always. It was also nice to see Juan and others out there. I just wish that the body had felt well enough to try out the OBR at 1000.
Your crew did a great job, particularly considering the masses. Our carpool is all back at home safely, and hopefully all other attendees are able to report same soon enough. See you at SHOT. |
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I got back a couple of hours ago and I have to say that I had a blast. My father and my 4 year old son went as well. My father enjoyed watching me shoot and was amazed that everything that took place today was FREE! Free food (63 briskets and 1500 sausage links!), free drinks (PALLETTS of water...palletts!), free shooting! FREE! My son had a blast too...he loves guns and I was really happy that the RO's were more than happy to let him get pretty close to the action...safely of course. I was shocked but at the same time not really surprised at the amount of folks that turned out for the event. Mark it looks like you really know what your doing.
Thanks to all of the staff at LaRue Tactical. I was really surprised by how many of them remembered who I was from the 3 Gun competition...well I guess I did spend ALOT of time sitting around the tent BSing...LaRue Tactical put on quite a show today, hopefully this will be the first of many range days to come. P.S. Mark...Clayton told me I should not mention this but..."Range Weekend!" ...just sayin. He'd probably have to cook 120 briskets and 3000 links! |
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Anybody got any pics of Emily when she won the OBR Lite? Always good to see women get that excited about anything ! She was AMPED ! I got some, but my pics won't go up til Monday...tired now and long drive tomorrow then work tomorrow nite...then pics...unless I have my hunny post them... |
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I guess I'm the only one that thought it sucked. Too small of a tent, too long of a line, general cluster cluck. Let the flaming begin. Did you get your money back? bwahahhahaahhahaa best comeback evar!!! |
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Anybody got any pics of Emily when she won the OBR Lite? Always good to see women get that excited about anything ! She was AMPED ! I got some, but my pics won't go up til Monday...tired now and long drive tomorrow then work tomorrow nite...then pics...unless I have my hunny post them... I see what he did there. |
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What kind of douche would complain about free food and getting to shoot for free? They don't have to do anything for us but yet he put up a awesome show! We drove from Va and it was worth it!
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What kind of douche would complain about free food and getting to shoot for free? They don't have to do anything for us but yet he put up a awesome show! We drove from Va and it was worth it! This kind, apparently: Quoted:
I guess I'm the only one that thought it sucked. Too small of a tent, too long of a line, general cluster cluck. Let the flaming begin. |
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I just wanted to thank all those at LaRue Tactical, 19th Group, SORB, and everyone else who was working out there today. All of you really busted your asses for everybody. I’ve never been to a free shoot where someone loading mags all day says thank you to me as they hand me a loaded mag. And to think people have the audacity on here to complain because the lines were long. I think everything was handled great, even having so many more than expected showing up. It says a lot for the folks at LaRue who hosted the event. There were so many opportunities where they could have turned a profit, but instead showed us their hospitality.
I did feel sorry for the guy who’s wife was telling him in the parking lot on the way out that she was going to make him spend all day at a jewelry show for bringing her and the kids. Thanks again to everyone who made it such a great event, I hope there will be a LaRue Tactical Range Day 2011!!! |
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Anybody got any pics of Emily when she won the OBR Lite? Always good to see women get that excited about anything ! She was AMPED ! I got some, but my pics won't go up til Monday...tired now and long drive tomorrow then work tomorrow nite...then pics...unless I have my hunny post them... I lied...here she is! http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63284%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B99348nu0mrj http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp633%3B2%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B295%3B4348nu0mrj I'm in that pic in the background. |
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That is awesome... Congrats.
LOL just noticed that my hat is just visible in your first pic. |
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Were they selling rifles or complete uppers at the range? I didn't think to ask because, nor did I see a place to order/purchase, but my wife did say how much more quality the upper she put her hand on was verus the RRA that I have in the safe. If they did I missed out...after I heard her say that, I knew I had the open door to spend the cash and would have bought/ordered one on the spot. I should of asked.
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Were they selling rifles or complete uppers at the range? I didn't think to ask because, nor did I see a place to order/purchase, but my wife did say how much more quality the upper she put her hand on was verus the RRA that I have in the safe. If they did I missed out...after I heard her say that, I knew I had the open door to spend the cash and would have bought/ordered one on the spot. I should of asked. Yes. An FFL was there. |
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Not sure. There was at least one Stealth upper out in the vendor tent with the rails but I didn't ask about it.
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Not sure. There was at least one Stealth upper out in the vendor tent with the rails but I didn't ask about it. Yeah I saw that one, and figured it was just a display as there was no price tag on it. |
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The Marks...Mark F in tan and Mark Larue in black... http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63262%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B295%3A9348nu0mrj http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63385%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B96348nu0mrj We where so close. I see myself in another pic. i had on my ranch shirt. RANCH STAFF DON'T SHOOT |
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The Marks...Mark F in tan and Mark Larue in black... http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63262%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B295%3A9348nu0mrj http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63385%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B96348nu0mrj We where so close. I see myself in another pic. i had on my ranch shirt. RANCH STAFF DON'T SHOOT You may be in a few...I took mostly just random crowd shots... believe they started another thread with more pic if you check out active topics... |
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The Marks...Mark F in tan and Mark Larue in black... http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63262%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B295%3A9348nu0mrj http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63385%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B96348nu0mrj We where so close. I see myself in another pic. i had on my ranch shirt. RANCH STAFF DON'T SHOOT You may be in a few...I took mostly just random crowd shots... believe they started another thread with more pic if you check out active topics... I've been seeing the pics and laughing because I'm in line in a few of them. |
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The Marks...Mark F in tan and Mark Larue in black... http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63262%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B295%3A9348nu0mrj http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63385%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B96348nu0mrj We where so close. I see myself in another pic. i had on my ranch shirt. RANCH STAFF DON'T SHOOT You may be in a few...I took mostly just random crowd shots... believe they started another thread with more pic if you check out active topics... I've been seeing the pics and laughing because I'm in line in a few of them. so far I have lucked out...only caught part of me in one shot...do not like to be in front of camera...only in back...LOL |
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I got back home a few hours ago. The Range Day was awesome! I had a great time. I shot everything except the long range OBR stage. I did shoot the 7.62 OBR in one of the tactical bays at shorter range (and it was very cool).
It was pretty clear that WAY more people than expected showed up. Lines were very long for everything; I only shot about 40 or 45 rounds total during the 7 hours. Many of the people I talked to had either not seen the website at all or had just found out in the last day or two. However, to say the whole event sucked is ridiculous. I ate good food, met a lot of cool people, and shot a lot of cool rifles, despite not actually shooting very many rounds. |
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Just wanted to say thank you and apologize to Mr Larue for not having anything more insightful or clever to say when Sheldon introduced me besides, " holy shit, good to meet you Sir." Man I felt like a dumbass after that.
Due to being short at work, I wasn't able to burn a vac day at work and had to go to show up at 2:15, so I was only able to shoot the OBRs at 1000. Awesome. Also wanted to thank the gentlemen on the line calling the mils for my wife. She started smacking the steel at 500 on her first shot and was very happy. Thank you for making that a nice experience for her in a nice environment. Again, only got to go for 2.5 hours, but thank you very much for the time and generosity. |
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should have used the double tap at the range instead of on the mouse. . ..
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Quoted: <snip></snip> Chicken liver and jalapeño gravy...and the man that attempted to eat them all...but failed http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp6326%3A%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B%3A7348nu0mrj http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp6338%3A%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B295%3B%3A348nu0mrj Not sure if it's true but I hear he had a nice ribeye, pile of mashed potatoes with that same jalapeño cream gravy, roll, sauteed spinach and another Shiner that got in the way. Dahlia Cafe was a good recommendation –– thanks ML. Something tells me I am going to regret those gravy laden chicken livers right about when the landing gear goes up on the plane tomorrow today. Nice meeting y'all (see, I've obviously been here a few days too long). |
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The Marks...Mark F in tan and Mark Larue in black... http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63262%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B295%3A9348nu0mrj http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp63385%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B96348nu0mrj We where so close. I see myself in another pic. i had on my ranch shirt. RANCH STAFF DON'T SHOOT Damn, I saw alot of Arfcommers walking around yesterday and never even knew it!! |
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Appreciate the event. I'm glad the weather was good. You can lose your ass on a free event like that if the weather is poor.
Suggestions: RSVP - some sort of bonus to those who RSVP - maybe get in 2 hrs early or extra raffle prizes. Check in - Definitely could have been more orderly. A table with paperwork outside, stamps as you walk through the door, raffle ticket and freebies as you exit the clubhouse. Sales tent - In and out on separate sides. Better checkout. I was set to buy an eotech w/mount but the 45+minute checkout to save $20 from the website price wasn't that great so I walked. Shooting stations - separate lines for separate guns (or classes i.e. 5.56 and 7.62), not one long line for the entire long range setup. Would balance out better. Parking worked really well. BBQ was great, even if overwhelmed. Caveat: I'm a life member at the range and can go shoot 1k or full auto whenever I want, so standing in line for an hour to shoot a few rounds was not exciting. The SOC guys were cool. |
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Thanks so much to the entire LaRue Tactical crew for putting on the event. There were WAY more staff members working this event than there were at the Multi-Gun match and you could tell they were all busting their butts. Maybe next year they'll solicit additional help from Pack LaRue considering how popular the event was. I think Mark Fingar put it best when he said that this turned out to be like Woodstock for gun owners. Thanks again guys...had a great time.
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I guess I'm the only one that thought it sucked. Too small of a tent, too long of a line, general cluster cluck. Let the flaming begin. Why not ask Mark LaRue to reimburse you for the gas money you spent to get there and back home??? ETA: That was sarcasm for those of you whose meters are broken. |
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Great...well there's always next year. Well for those of us that didn't get to go.... We hope there's next year! |
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Thanks to everyone at LaRue for the great event. Mark you sure know how to throw a party man.
Highlights for me were getting to shoot an OBR heavy and OBR Lite, meeting Mark LaRue and shaking his hand, and the great deals in the sales tent. Oh and the BBQ was pretty dang good too. I don't know how many people they were expecting but alot more than I thought would showed up. I am betting 3k or better. |
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I guess I'm the only one that thought it sucked. Too small of a tent, too long of a line, general cluster cluck. Let the flaming begin. ok ill say it, go *uck yourself, and dont show up for the next one. if you feel that cheated ill pay for you gas .. just wanted to let the LaRue staff know i had a blast, you guys did an AWESOME job. got to shoot your OBR, look at a couple of optics i have been wanting to buy. thanks for the goody bag upon entry, i did get to hit the tent and spend some money. didnt win anything but thats my fault, we went to McDonalds that morning and i won a free smoothie and screwed my luck for the day... thanks again, and ill see you at the next range day and your upcomming 3 gun match sigxo45 |
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