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Thanks so much to Mark LaRue and Crew for a Terrific Day! Worth the trip from Seattle! Here are some observations that others may find interesting:
- Since I OWN page 17––-DOES ANYONE HAVE MORE PICS OF THE GAL WHO WON THE OBR? - We showed up early (good idea) and as such were close to the front of the line when shooting began - It was great to meet fellow Arfcom folks from OK, VA, AK, OR, MO and my new friends from TX - The OBR 7.62 is a very sweet shooter...very low recoil...great feel - Best in the West Range is an excellent range. Lots of action bays, long distance 750 and 1000 yards - The weather was great - LaRue targets ROCK! FYI...you need to hit them towards the top to knock them down with 5.56 - The Aimpoint guy, Fred was there throwing LaRue mounted Aimpoints accross the range and demonstrating maintaining zero. Tried an Aimpoint Micro- it was as good as my M3. May need to be switching...so got the new LaRue LT751 co-witness mount while in the LaRue tent of discounting goodness - The LaRue brisket and sausage wraps are killer. - Mark Fingar is a class act - The LaRue crew and range officers were extremely friendly, safe, and patient. All involved worked very hard and due to the insane quantity of non-RSVPd people...they likely were not prepared but dealt with it well. - There were Range Day items: Range Day 2010 Dillo(Free-not for sale), Range Day 2010 Hat(Free-not for sale), Range Day T-shirts available for sale - At the Ft. Hood Dillo donation stage...the 10.5" full-auto with Sure-Fire can shoots so smooth...it was like an Airsoft. I like that LaRue has organized a way to help Ft. Hood victims. Thanks the opportunity to donate - Dillo Dust was available - There was a lot of discounted cool stuff to buy. Worth the wait in line. - Very polite and friendly crowd - I would go again - PICs to follow |
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My friends and I shooting the OBR Heavy's (7.62) at 1000 yards: http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/b441/dstrokes/LaRue_RangeDay_2010/PA160140.jpg really? fergie0660, sfax39, his brother and I were the "old folks" chatting y'all up in the line, waiting to shop. http://i56.tinypic.com/263ir6a.jpg some shooting fun: http://i55.tinypic.com/292uscg.jpg http://i54.tinypic.com/bhf1ah.jpg http://i55.tinypic.com/2u9phlv.jpg http://i55.tinypic.com/347e8gh.jpg and lunch - YUM. it's a rare day that I can find brisket that needs NOTHING added to it. no sauce, nothing. pure goodness. http://i55.tinypic.com/2mp07sm.jpg got to finally meet Blitz_308 - was very cool - we were just walking along, different directions, and we both did a double-take - LOL - was great to meet him. http://i52.tinypic.com/nf1ptx.jpg all in all, it was an amazing day. yes, there were lines, but we expected that. we drove down from Fort Worth, and knowing that there were people coming from even further away, added to all the folks in the area, it just made sense that would be a lot of people, but that was part of the fun of it. good conversation while waiting was part of the coolness of the day. we got to see a beautiful sunset on the way home, too, and I made it home in plenty of time to watch my daughter's marching band perform at a competition they were hosting. yesterday was a very, very good day. a huge thank you to Mark LaRue and all the staff - incredible attitudes, all-day smiles, and plenty of laughs for jokes I'm sure they'd heard 1,000 times over the course of the day. I am more than impressed. Well it was nice to meet yall! Did you end up getting anything in the shop? I was sad that they didnt have any rangs day shirts in my size, but I did snag a normal larue one. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Well it was nice to meet yall! Did you end up getting anything in the shop? I was sad that they didnt have any rangs day shirts in my size, but I did snag a normal larue one. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile yep - hubby, BIL, and I all got stuff - shirts, index clips (some for us, some for the Team Ranstad raffle coming up soon), stickers, and I think my BIL got something else, but I'm not sure... not as much as we wanted, but an OBR Lite isn't in the budget just yet... hopefully next year. Quoted:
Tank of gas in the car.....$50 Entry into the 2010 LaRue Range Day.....Free Spending the day with a bunch of like minded friends.....Free Snapping a shot of Mark Fingar checking out a 19 year old hottie who just won a free OBR 5.56.....PRICELESS! There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Pack LaRue. http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp6327%3A%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B98348nu0mrj classic. and my pic of the winner: she was THRILLED. |
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Tank of gas in the car.....$50 Entry into the 2010 LaRue Range Day.....Free Spending the day with a bunch of like minded friends.....Free Snapping a shot of Mark Fingar checking out a 19 year old hottie who just won a free OBR 5.56.....PRICELESS! There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Pack LaRue. http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp6327%3A%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B98348nu0mrj I can't blame him...she is a little hottie! |
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So who else got screwed by TSA going home? Let's put it this way, I got to keep my hat.
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So who else got screwed by TSA going home? Let's put it this way, I got to keep my hat. What'd they take? Ft. Hood dillo, two event dillos (mine and my kids) bottle of dillo dust. This one was my mistake, they took the PMag my kid received from the guy walking around. ETA: and a CTR stock. I don't know how I forgot about that one. |
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So who else got screwed by TSA going home? Let's put it this way, I got to keep my hat. What'd they take? Ft. Hood dillo, two event dillos (mine and my kids) bottle of dillo dust. This one was my mistake, they took the PMag my kid received from the guy walking around. ETA: and a CTR stock. I don't know how I forgot about that one. Other than wanting them for themselves, why in the hell would they take a dillo? I can see the dillo dust...that stuff isn't allowed, is it? PMAG, I don't know....I suppose that's up to them. Nothing illegal, but it seems they can take whatever they want. Sucks about the stock. Shit. Did they give reasons for taking the stuff? Any chance of getting any of it back? |
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So who else got screwed by TSA going home? Let's put it this way, I got to keep my hat. What'd they take? Ft. Hood dillo, two event dillos (mine and my kids) bottle of dillo dust. This one was my mistake, they took the PMag my kid received from the guy walking around. ETA: and a CTR stock. I don't know how I forgot about that one. You gotta be shitting me. They just TOOK it? Or it had to be shipped separately? And this was out of a carry on bag or a checked bag? |
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I'm getting dry to board and will answer all the questions later. Skinny of the story is out of my carry on. Female found it and about had a shut fit. Male TSA guy was pretty cool about it. As of now can't get it back that I know of. I just hope they font put me on some list since I fly every week for a living.
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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. I hope you got a refund! Oh wait, it was FREE! Classy, real classy. A guy spends tens of thousands and you bitch? Wow! |
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I'm getting dry to board and will answer all the questions later. Skinny of the story is out of my carry on. Female found it and about had a shut fit. Male TSA guy was pretty cool about it. As of now can't get it back that I know of. I just hope they font put me on some list since I fly every week for a living. Wow. So your average Joe non-LEO can carry on body armor and handcuffs but not an empty PMAG, bottle opener, and dillo dust? Jesus. |
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Tank of gas in the car.....$50 Entry into the 2010 LaRue Range Day.....Free Spending the day with a bunch of like minded friends.....Free Snapping a shot of Mark Fingar checking out a 19 year old hottie who just won a free OBR 5.56.....PRICELESS! There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Pack LaRue. http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp6327%3A%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B98348nu0mrj That's me in the grey shirt laughing behind the man in the Hawaiian shirt. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Well it was nice to meet yall! Did you end up getting anything in the shop? I was sad that they didnt have any rangs day shirts in my size, but I did snag a normal larue one. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile yep - hubby, BIL, and I all got stuff - shirts, index clips (some for us, some for the Team Ranstad raffle coming up soon), stickers, and I think my BIL got something else, but I'm not sure... not as much as we wanted, but an OBR Lite isn't in the budget just yet... hopefully next year. Quoted: Tank of gas in the car.....$50 Entry into the 2010 LaRue Range Day.....Free Spending the day with a bunch of like minded friends.....Free Snapping a shot of Mark Fingar checking out a 19 year old hottie who just won a free OBR 5.56.....PRICELESS! There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Pack LaRue. http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp6327%3A%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B98348nu0mrj classic. and my pic of the winner: http://i53.tinypic.com/2ni0jro.jpg she was THRILLED. That's my fiancee. She's a bit older than 19 though (err, disregard that!). Later that evening she told me she's glad she wore those undies instead of a thong because she thought she was giving the world a show while sitting at the picnic tables. I'm sure she'll be extra glad when she sees this thread. She was definitely amped. I didn't notice her throwing up the horns at the time though, LOL. A bunch of folks were trying to take her picture after the drawing, and one gentleman asked her to sit still. Her response was: "You want me to do WHAT right now?" The funniest thing is, she almost left in the morning before we could check in and get our raffle tickets (we arrived after they ran out of waivers). Her back was killing her, and she was going to drive back to Austin and come back and pick me up if I couldn't catch a ride back with someone. While we were waiting for the waivers to come up from Leander I iced her down and she figured she could tough it out the rest of the day. Good decision |
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congrats to your fiancée on winning the OBR Lite and congrats to you on having a beautiful fiancée that won the OBR Lite
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Tank of gas in the car.....$50 Entry into the 2010 LaRue Range Day.....Free Spending the day with a bunch of like minded friends.....Free Snapping a shot of Mark Fingar checking out a 19 year old hottie who just won a free OBR 5.56.....PRICELESS! There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's Pack LaRue. http://images5a.snapfish.com/232323232%7Ffp6327%3A%3Enu%3D4448%3E582%3E257%3EWSNRCG%3D32%3C%3A%3B2%3B%3B98348nu0mrj classic. and my pic of the winner: http://i53.tinypic.com/2ni0jro.jpg she was THRILLED. That's my fiancee. She's a bit older than 19 though (err, disregard that!). Later that evening she told me she's glad she wore those undies instead of a thong because she thought she was giving the world a show while sitting at the picnic tables. I'm sure she'll be extra glad when she sees this thread. She was definitely amped. I didn't notice her throwing up the horns at the time though, LOL. A bunch of folks were trying to take her picture after the drawing, and one gentleman asked her to sit still. Her response was: "You want me to do WHAT right now?" The funniest thing is, she almost left in the morning before we could check in and get our raffle tickets (we arrived after they ran out of waivers). Her back was killing her, and she was going to drive back to Austin and come back and pick me up if I couldn't catch a ride back with someone. While we were waiting for the waivers to come up from Leander I iced her down and she figured she could tough it out the rest of the day. Good decision seems like I showed up at the wrong time, they didn't draw any tickets close to my number in the door prize drawings. But I still got my range day dillo and had an awesome time. |
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Looking at that .308 brass I would have stuck around and picked it all up
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oh man! hate to hear about what you airport guys are having to go through! that's the primary reason I dont fly if I dont have to!
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So who else got screwed by TSA going home? Let's put it this way, I got to keep my hat. What'd they take? Ft. Hood dillo, two event dillos (mine and my kids) bottle of dillo dust. This one was my mistake, they took the PMag my kid received from the guy walking around. ETA: and a CTR stock. I don't know how I forgot about that one. That is total BS! I had an empty mag in my carry on coming home from SHOT one year, and when the TSA guy asked what it was, I simply replied, "a product sample from a vendor." He just said OK, and put it back in my bag; I guess the folks at LAS were used to seeing all sorts of "wierd" items passing through security that weekend. |
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And yes, I'm very conscientious about my choice of underwear to wear to the range these days. Catching a hot casing down your pants will do that |
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I'm nearly 29, actually And yes, I'm very conscientious about my choice of underwear to wear to the range these days. Catching a hot casing down your pants will do that Congratulations again! That's just outstanding. Excellent enthusiasm, too! Have you shot the beast yet? |
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I'm nearly 29, actually And yes, I'm very conscientious about my choice of underwear to wear to the range these days. Catching a hot casing down your pants will do that LMAO!!! I've caught hot brass down a boot, but not my drawers!!! congrats on the win! you'll enjoy that piece! I enjoy the hell outta mine! |
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I'm nearly 29, actually And yes, I'm very conscientious about my choice of underwear to wear to the range these days. Catching a hot casing down your pants will do that Congrats Emily ! If there had been a contest to see who would be the most excited winner, you would have still won hands down. |
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Little Jacob that pulled the ticket didn't quite know what to make of all the excitement.
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I'm nearly 29, actually And yes, I'm very conscientious about my choice of underwear to wear to the range these days. Catching a hot casing down your pants will do that Congrats Emily ! If there had been a contest to see who would be the most excited winner, you would have still won hands down. definitely! we were standing right in front of you, and the jumping had me cracking up - it was easy to be excited for you! congrats, girlie! |
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Before I get into that, I would first like to say a huuuuuuuuuuuge THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU to Mark Larue, Mark F, Justin, Paul, and the entire Larue Crew and volunteers for feeding us bbq and letting us play with their toys...and oh yeah, for the OBR-lite (and scope, and case, etc)!!! I spent much of the evening asking my fiancee "did that really just happen?" To say you guys (and gals) have made my year is an understatement. This has also inspired me to take my rifle skills to new levels.
I won't get to play with my new baby until about a week from now. I'm in NYC on business right now and wont get back until next monday, so I whispered some sweet nothings to my rifle this morning before I bid it adieu. In the mean time, my fiancee took the scope and the mount in to his machine shop this morning to get that set up. I'll keep y'all updated! |
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Yeah dude, I was at the appleseed shoot and had a belt on and everything too, but to no avail. We were shooting prone and the guy next me was showering me with brass and one went straight down the chute!
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I was standing next to you with the pelican case when they were calling the numbers, the scream was kinda loud in my ear when you realized you won but i don't blame ya , congrats on winning such a awesome prize.
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I'm nearly 29, actually And yes, I'm very conscientious about my choice of underwear to wear to the range these days. Catching a hot casing down your pants will do that Congrats Emily ! If there had been a contest to see who would be the most excited winner, you would have still won hands down. Ok, seems I've now figured out how to reply to posts appropriately! Yup, I was doing the Tara-Lipinski-I-Just-won-the-olympics-dance, screamin' like a little girl. Well, CONGRATS on the rifle, and welcome to the site and the club!! |
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Before I get into that, I would first like to say a huuuuuuuuuuuge THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU to Mark Larue, Mark F, Justin, Paul, and the entire Larue Crew and volunteers for feeding us bbq and letting us play with their toys...and oh yeah, for the OBR-lite (and scope, and case, etc)!!! I spent much of the evening asking my fiancee "did that really just happen?" To say you guys (and gals) have made my year is an understatement. This has also inspired me to take my rifle skills to new levels. I won't get to play with my new baby until about a week from now. I'm in NYC on business right now and wont get back until next monday, so I whispered some sweet nothings to my rifle this morning before I bid it adieu. In the mean time, my fiancee took the scope and the mount in to his machine shop this morning to get that set up. I'll keep y'all updated! I'm just glad it went to an actual shooter and not someone who owns guns to tell their friends about. That took the sting out of nursing a hangover and sitting in the sun all day only to not win the rifle a bit. This was verified when I turned and looked at your fiance and saw a slight hint of disappointment on his face that he knew it was your gun, and not at all his. :) |
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So who else got screwed by TSA going home? Let's put it this way, I got to keep my hat. What'd they take? Ft. Hood dillo, two event dillos (mine and my kids) bottle of dillo dust. This one was my mistake, they took the PMag my kid received from the guy walking around. ETA: and a CTR stock. I don't know how I forgot about that one. You gotta be shitting me. They just TOOK it? Or it had to be shipped separately? And this was out of a carry on bag or a checked bag? So, here is the update. After cooling down for a few hours, they didn't take the dillo's or dillo dust, but had wrapped them in some shirts and I missed them when I went through my bag. So that part is good. Evidentially, after looking and speaking with a few people, there is no real definition of gun parts. Granted I knew better, but I really didn't think anything of it and even looked at the placard they have that specifically states "no firearms, ammunition, or toy guns past this point" TSA can't even state on their web site what a "firearm part" is, but I guess it's a magazine and CTR stock. So, here is the story. We (my 10 year old son and I) go through security, and a female TSA worker grabs my bag as it comes out of the x-ray and asks if it is my bag. She then points at my son and asks if he is with me, I state that he is. As I'm putting on my shoes and telling my son to do the same (who is wearing a soft cast from a broken thumb) she asks him to watch her as she goes through my/our bag. I should have stopped her since he is a minor, and really has no concept of what was going on. She starts pulling out things (hats, dillo dust, LaRue watch cap, and a few other assorted items. At this point, I'm thinking I'M F**KED, and I have to explain to my son what is going on. She puts the bag and bin full of stuff back through the x-ray, when it comes back out she pulls out the PMAG and holds it like a dead rat. At this point I'm thinking you know it's there, why didn't you just pull it out to begin with? She then gets this look on her face like I just took a dump on her pillow, grabs my stuff and tells us to follow her. At this point, we go into that "little room off to the side" and sit down. My son states "this is like being in the principals office, I didn't know if I should laugh or ask him if I need to know something. He then states "I'm with him", when she states "I don't know if you want to say that". Now, it's one thing to talk to me like I'm a criminal, but not my 10 year old son. Come to find out, she was getting off duty, and I guess I pissed her off? I don't really care if I did or didn't, not by what I did, but the sheer fact that they are supposed to be the final line of defense for air travel, and if making her get off duty just a tad late pisses her off, she needs to find a new line of work. I did ask her before she left, what was going to happen, she states "it's not going to be good". In walks a male TSA agent, who was actually cool about the whole thing. He asks for my drivers license, and boarding pass and takes pictures of the mag, CTR, D/L and boarding pass, makes some small talk about how he thinks that this is not actually a gun part, but has to do what he is told. I ask him what is going to happen, he stated probably nothing, and this will stay a local incident. I then ask if I'm going to be placed on a no-fly or watch list? He laughed and said no, however he did add that if I had ammo, it would have been a different story. I stated that according to all the info they put out, ammo is forbidden in carry on luggage and that would have never happened. Some other small talk, then he stated that he had to do a report on this and asked where I had gotten it, I stated that it was given to my son as a prize, along with the CTR. Some other small questions, answered with small responses and we had been set free, with the remainder of our items. At no point was I asked to check them in luggage, or that I could have them back. Actually, I was just happy to go catch my flight, which was shortly boarding. I guess I could buy it back at auction? Long story short, was I in the wrong? Depends on who you speak with. I wondered if it would have been different if my son wasn't with me? So, I'm out some equipment, but I made it home with my son who had an awesome time. We will see everyone next year. I know some of you would being starting WWIII over this, but I have a lot to loose if I start making waves. My employment depends on me being able to fly and some other family issues have to be considered if I take on the TSA over this. Would I like to, hell yes. Am I going to, hell no. |
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The TSA are the most ignorant people I can think of, they have absolutely no common sense at all and change policy on a whim.
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unfortunately, sometimes one must take the pragmatic approach on certain battles. pick which ones are truly worth it & the ones on principle alone, well, weigh out those odds & fight accordingly.
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The TSA are the most ignorant people I can think of, they have absolutely no common sense at all and change policy on a whim. ... geTSApo I kid. One day my wife and 6 year old got singled out of the security line. I thought, "those lucky dogs, they got moved to the fast lane over our young'un". Wrong. They we picked for a "special" treatment and Mrs. L wife was FF'd (uh, fast frisked) by a female who just happened to be a devout member of the Religion of Peace. It's getting old. The Religion of Peace has to be rolling on the floor every time they think of what we're being subjected to over their peaceful antics. Anyhow, shoot me an email and we'll get you some replacements inbound ... do copy this thread. ML |
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The TSA are the most ignorant people I can think of, they have absolutely no common sense at all and change policy on a whim. ... geTSApo I kid. One day my wife and 6 year old got singled out of the security line. I thought, "those lucky dogs, they got moved to the fast lane over our young'un". Wrong. They we picked for a "special" treatment and Mrs. L wife was FF'd (uh, fast frisked) by a female who just happened to be a devout member of the Religion of Peace. It's getting old. The Religion of Peace has to be rolling on the floor every time they think of what we're being subjected to over their peaceful antics. Anyhow, shoot me an email and we'll get you some replacements inbound ... do copy this thread. ML Yeah the TSA took my OBR 7.62 so..... |
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The TSA are the most ignorant people I can think of, they have absolutely no common sense at all and change policy on a whim. ... geTSApo I kid. One day my wife and 6 year old got singled out of the security line. I thought, "those lucky dogs, they got moved to the fast lane over our young'un". Wrong. They we picked for a "special" treatment and Mrs. L wife was FF'd (uh, fast frisked) by a female who just happened to be a devout member of the Religion of Peace. It's getting old. The Religion of Peace has to be rolling on the floor every time they think of what we're being subjected to over their peaceful antics. Anyhow, shoot me an email and we'll get you some replacements inbound ... do copy this thread. ML You're somethin' else, Mark. Well done. |
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Great weather and shooting great rifles - what a fantastic day!
Thank you to the Larue crew for hosting this event. I'm astounded at the generosity of Larue for letting us use 20-30 of their brand new rifles, providing even more of their excellent auto sniper steel targets for us to knock down, not to mention case-upon-case of ammo, much of it match grade, then feeding us and extending nice discounts at the merchandise tents. Even though this had to be a wild ride for them, all the Larue crew members (range officers, bbq team, sign in and goody bag team, cold beverage drivers, sales booth) had a super attitude towards all us shooters. A big thank you goes out to the reps for the other manufacturers who brought all kinds of optics and cans for us to tryout and then helped us understand their equipment and also served as range officers so we could all get a chance to shoot. All of these people were so helpful, it was too bad our contact with each other was so fleeting. While the crowds were considerable and the resulting lines long, everyone was chomping a the bit to get shooting, but were patient and upbeat. I met lots of nice folks, including some brand new AR shooters and the three gentlemen from Alaska. Through all of the delays, I was still able to get food, buy some great new gear and shoot both calibers of OBR. It is hard to get a real good feel for a rifle with 5 rounds and a few moments, so I had to concentrate on what I was doing - which was a good thing. While I first thought the Horus reticle was very busy, once briefed and with Josh's able instructions, I was able to get 4 very close calls and one solid hit @ 1000 yards - Yeah! In short, I think that Larue did these rifles right. Now beginning a savings program to purchase one. Again, thank you again to Larue and the manufacturer reps. for a great experience. |
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Per your TSA report...I checked all my metallic LaRue goodness in my new green NRA bag. TSA had no interest...Dillos arrived safely. |
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I'm nearly 29, actually And yes, I'm very conscientious about my choice of underwear to wear to the range these days. Catching a hot casing down your pants will do that Congrats Emily ! If there had been a contest to see who would be the most excited winner, you would have still won hands down. Ok, seems I've now figured out how to reply to posts appropriately! Yup, I was doing the Tara-Lipinski-I-Just-won-the-olympics-dance, screamin' like a little girl. It was hard to miss, your ticket was just six numbers under one of my four. |
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I am sure I speak for everyone that a great time was had by all. Could not have asked for a better time. Thanks to Mark and crew for another well engineered and produced product! What a great party Ya'll put on for us!
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The TSA are the most ignorant people I can think of, they have absolutely no common sense at all and change policy on a whim. ... geTSApo I kid. One day my wife and 6 year old got singled out of the security line. I thought, "those lucky dogs, they got moved to the fast lane over our young'un". Wrong. They we picked for a "special" treatment and Mrs. L wife was FF'd (uh, fast frisked) by a female who just happened to be a devout member of the Religion of Peace. It's getting old. The Religion of Peace has to be rolling on the floor every time they think of what we're being subjected to over their peaceful antics. Anyhow, shoot me an email and we'll get you some replacements inbound ... do copy this thread. ML You're somethin' else, Mark. Well done. THE................MAN............. |
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