Introduce yourself

[chicken pete]

Howdy, chicken pete here, new to met sil and love it.

[Deerhunter70]

I think I started shooting silhouettes at age twelve (1982). My Dad has shot since the beginning. I got my wife and two sons into the game as soon as I could. Sometimes at our monthly match at WOWCC there are three generations of Dunlaps on the line. My wife and I were match directors in the early to mid 90s. We mostly shoot Small Bore and Field Pistol. I just bought my first Big Bore gun last year and have been having a great time loading my own and knocking down the big ones.
Our home range is WOWCC in Williamsburg, KS. We frequent Tri-County in Linwood, KS.
Brett Dunlap
IHMSA #47802
Ottawa, KS

[Longhaul50]

Good Afternoon/Eve Folks:I am not much of a writer but i do enjoy reading post and the good News from fellow Steel Slammers.I was just Looking at my Membership/Classification Card and it seems
the last time i dropped a Turkey or Ram was in Gainesville,Ga.back in 8/02/03 with a score of 38 in UAS..I must of had a dam good spotter.I am normally a (AA) shooter except for one time at
Little River(Norman Range)when Tom Hilliey Loaned me a .22 Bolt and spotted me to the only 40x40 ;i have ever shot under cold windy conditions in March.
I have Missed you Folks.!!!I have stayed in Touch with Cast Bullet Buddy Richard Pickering all these years and plan to enjoy shooting steel again with his help.
I would not even begin to come up with what i am infamous for because i have pulled so many Pranks on Others.My all time Favorite was on My Friend and spotter Bill Cook. when i was ask by
Match Director Ed Bullock to cut out and Weld up some .22 targets for a State Match at Griffin Range.I told Ed i can do this since i owned a Machine shop and had plenty of scrape steel.
But i had to Make (1) Special RAM for Brother Bill.Seems Bill has always had a Tight Grip and shoots Low on the Ram at Belly Line or that Little Area where a Ram Shows his Manhood..
So I made 1 Ram for the Ga. Match that the Ramhood almost touched the Ground.Seems Bill was not the only shooter that needed help with EXTRA Surface AREA that Match..
Folks i am Bob(Robbie) Barrett Life Member since about 1990 and i have sure Missed all and still have Very Fond Memories of Many that have Left the Range..
Have Fun Slamming Steel..Bob Barrett( Longhaul50@gmail.com)

[Shoot2Thrill]

HI everyone, I am Doug Edney from Mercer, PA. I just joined IHMSA and I can't wait to shoot my first match. I am thinking about checking out Tusco the first weekend in June. I will probably be shooting smallbore. I have some questions because I am going in kind of blind. If anyone has any words of wisdom or specific answers, then I appreciate you time and help. Can I shoot a smallbore pistol with a scope standing? At Tusco, do I have to shoot both days? 40, 60, or 80 round match? How much is entry fee? Specific time to be there? Sorry, I don't know if it's anxiety or excitement.

I grew up around silhouette shooters. I remember my dad, Dave Edney, running the shoots at Jackson Center Field & Stream in western PA. Sadly, the shooting fell off at the club when I got to the shooting age. My DW 22, Buckmarks, and Contenders need to do more than just punch holes in paper.

[JimMcDonnel]

Jim McDonnel here just checking in. Gonna take a while to read a bunch of the threads.

[JimMcDonnel]

Just checking in.....gonna take some time to read some threads.

Jim

[JimMcDonnel]

Test.

[poorbs]

My name is Bill Carpenter, and I am an older shooter from the Northeast, and relocated to East Texas in 1997. I did most of my shooting back in the 1980s in NY, NH, VT, RI, CT, and MA, where IHMSA matches were frequent and only a couple of hours drive from my home in Eastern upstate NY near Albany. I had good success over open sights with my 10" Contender in .357 Mag, a Ruger 10" .44 Mag revolver, and a 14" Contender rechambered from 7 TCU to 7R. I still have the Contenders and lots of loaded ammo, and wonder about getting back into things.

[2whlgeezer]

Good afternoon. My name is Bill Hyde and I live in Oviedo, FL, near the Geneva range. Senior citizen, but only been shooting IHMSA silhouette a short while. My wife and I have been active in NRA Hunter's pistol in Chuluota for several years now. Jerry, K9RV got me interested and looking forward to this winter's matches.

[Donald1800]

My name is Donald Leonard, and I live within the 'Inland Empire' of California. Way back, when Elgin Gates ran the IHMSA Org., I fell in love with the Unlimited Class of pistols and cartridges. I was not interested in competition, only for hunting. After some research, I ordered 500 brass from Gates and had a custom XP100 made with a Fajen Dual Grip Stock in checkered Bastogne Walnut and a 15" Premium 1 in 10 twist Med. Bull Barrel chambered in 7mm IHMSA burning 38.5 grains of DuPont IMR4895 behind a 130 grain Sierra Pro Hunter bullet for 2400 fps. I have never regretted this weapon choice which 6 years ago was joined by a 2008 TenPoint Carbon Phantom Xtra with a 185lb. prod pushing a 425 grain bolt with a NAP Spitfire Pro mechanical broadhead at around 350 fps. Both use an EOtech Fiber Optic Sight. I'm not only 'Loaded for bear', I'm ready for the Zombie Apocalypse.