2013 Long Range Shoots In Townsend Montana

[MontanaRifleman]

Roy, I was the guy with the green hooded Carhart. I shot your 375 AM and helped spot you shooting clay birds with your 270 AM. Glad to finally meet ya and thanks for letting me send one of those 350 SMK's down range

 

[Broz]

I am so glad you guys had a good time. When I finished painting the other day the range full of freshly painted targets looked like it was ready for some fun. I wish I could have joined you.


Cliff, you were right. Even after some professional training and several smooth rides the same horse got me again. Guess he is a little cold backed on these cool mornings. So I will be gimping around again for a few weeks.

Roy, My family and I enjoyed having you here. It was nice to sit down and get to know you a little. Come for another visit anytime.

Jeff

 

[MMERSS]

Roy,

Thanks for making the trip all the way from Idaho. It was nice of you to let some of the others shoot your AM. I love the sound of the impact!

 

[royinidaho]

The pleasure was all mine.

What a great bunch of folks.

Nice to be associated with you.

I learned a ton this trip. It was well worth the trip. Even though I had to have a trailer come from Idaho Falls and haul my rig back. Pretty much distroyed a really nice 4.7L engine..

The ride back was impressive. A duramax pulling about 8 ton of heavy duty trailer and Dodge Durangd @ 80 MPH was to say the least impressive. Round trip was $300 for fuel. Still impressive, even though.

The Broz Towsend B&B was exceptional, to say the least.lightbulbgun)

 

[MMERSS]

What happened? I know your vehicle smell started when we painted the little pig but I wouldn't think that hill would have caused the problem.

 

[royinidaho]

What happened? I know your vehicle smell started when we painted the little pig but I wouldn't think that hill would have caused the problem.

The smell, as it turned out, was when the belt tightener idler pulley froze up for a bit.

It froze up again, I guess, as I exited town. Things went downhill from there.

I'm figgerin' two warped heads + some stuff.

Jeff bailed me out in fine style. Turns out he's an old time top notch drag racer. He diagnosed at least one gone cylinder and a few push rod problems.

It's in the shop as I type. We'll see what the Dr. says.

 

[MMERSS]

Sorry to hear that Roy. I would have never guessed. Glad you made it home safe.

 

[royinidaho]

Turns out the 2000 4.7 L engine trashes itself any time the water pump or belt goes south. Lucky for some folks that 2000 was the only year that engine was made.

Think I'll get myself a pickup.

 

[Broz]

Next shoot in Townsend is coming up a week from today (June 15th) I look forward to good Montana weather, a good attendance and lots of targets that need worked over. I will get there about 8:00 ~ 8:30 am to set up and paint targets. We should be shooting by 9:30 am.

I plan to have a Magneto Speed there to test along with my Oehler 35 so if you are wondering about these chrono's this will be a good time to see them in action.

Also might have one of the Bulls eye Target cameras there to test as well if I get it in time.

So, who all is planning to come?

Jeff

 

[MontanaRifleman]

I'm hoping to be there. If I do make it, I'll bring the acoustic Superchrono. I'll also try to get there to help you set up.

 

[barnesuser28]

I will be there, looking forward to meeting some other long range shooters and seeing how those chronographs compare.

 

[royinidaho]

I'm a bit iffy on this one. Last one set me back a bit

Replaced the trashed Durango with a year newer Silverado. Kind of like Jeff's. And nearly as many miles. . .

 

[Broz]

I'm a bit iffy on this one. Last one set me back a bit

Replaced the trashed Durango with a year newer Silverado. Kind of like Jeff's. And nearly as many miles. . .

Hope you can make it Roy, going to be some guys coming from a ways away too.

My old Silverado 1500 rolled 200K a while back. I gave her a little attention last week. New oil and filter along with greasing the front end and pulled a very dirty K&N air filter and gave it a proper cleaning. Then took Diane to Virginia City on Saturday and made a loop through Bozeman. Checked the mileage and the ole girl got 20.3. Not bad for a full size 4x4 with 200 K +. Gotta love that 5.3 in these trucks. This is the 3rd one I have taken over 200K and still running strong.

Jeff

 

[MontanaRifleman]

Looks like it should be a great day for shooting in Townsend tomorrow.