morning, I belonged to Dietz range for many years. after
Howard died, I heard his son,sons mother bit ch took over the range.
there was an navy veteran and German
gentleman that were range masters. Doug and Hilmer.
Hilmer and myself would bet lunch on who could shoot
the smallest group. Hilmer was straight from mother
Germany. Hilmer did have some to most beautiful
german made custom rifles I'd have ever seen. some
of the rifles Hilmer made himself. Hilmer and I would talk
calibers, powders and loads for certain calibers.
I remember the time I was shooting my custom 6mmai.
hilmer brought over a 308cal. rifle, was working on the
stock. wanted to shoot for lunch. we shot 3 rounds
100yds. measured the groups. taking
the .308 dia. and .243 dia. bullets. subtract the 243dia.
from the .308dia. he beat me .065" Hilmer was
shy because of his very german accent.
heard Doug and Hilmer passed away. ghost of
friends passed. justme gbot tum