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Offline snapper

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2018 Oakridge TN match and gun display
« on: April 01, 2018, 01:48:19 AM »
My buddy Rick Weber of TN host a wonderful  long range ML match every year.

We shoot at 200, 300, 600 and 1,000 yards.

This year he asked for folks to bring Whitworth and Alexander Henry rifles to show and for pictures to be taken of.

There were I think just over 30 guns on display.  As you will see some are cartridge, but most were ML. 

While we do not discuss cartridge guns, there is a member of this forum that had a major hand in making one of them.

Al Roberts, son of the late Bill Roberts shows how to use one of the rifles he brought for display.

The display alone was almost worth the 13 hour drive each way.


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Re: 2018 Oakridge TN match and gun display
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2018, 01:52:57 AM »
I hope you at least waved on your way by...... ;)
 That layin' down gun is cool beans man! :)
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Re: 2018 Oakridge TN match and gun display
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2018, 02:16:16 AM »
Mike 

We went South out of Des Moines, angling down down towards MO.

Otherwise we would of waved.....

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Offline Bob Roller

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Re: 2018 Oakridge TN match and gun display
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2018, 11:12:13 PM »
OUTSTANDING! Elegance in the grand manner.That back rest rifle is
a new one on me.Thanks for showing all of these.
Bob Roller

Offline Daryl

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Re: 2018 Oakridge TN match and gun display
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2018, 10:20:31 PM »
OUTSTANDING! Elegance in the grand manner.That back rest rifle is
a new one on me.Thanks for showing all of these.
Bob Roller
Same here, Bob. YES - absolutely stunning rifles!  I'm actually drooling looking over those beautiful ladies. :)
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Offline Bob Roller

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Re: 2018 Oakridge TN match and gun display
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2018, 12:46:31 AM »
OUTSTANDING! Elegance in the grand manner.That back rest rifle is
a new one on me.Thanks for showing all of these.
Bob Roller
Same here, Bob. YES - absolutely stunning rifles!  I'm actually drooling looking over those beautiful ladies. :)

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that could buy them and DID.They left us with magnificent relics and in the case
of the Duesenberg,rolling master pieces of a day long past and hopefully that will never
be repeated.
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Offline David R. Pennington

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Re: 2018 Oakridge TN match and gun display
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2018, 01:06:09 PM »
OUTSTANDING! Elegance in the grand manner.That back rest rifle is
a new one on me.Thanks for showing all of these.
Bob Roller

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Offline retired fella

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Re: 2018 Oakridge TN match and gun display
« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2018, 05:36:04 PM »
David R.  I was just going to say that.  At any rate, looks like a good position to take a nap.    ;D

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Re: 2018 Oakridge TN match and gun display
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2018, 02:27:51 AM »
David R.  I was just going to say that.  At any rate, looks like a good position to take a nap.    ;D

If a person just had someone to reload it for them, they could nap between shots...