Hey everyone! Sorry for the delay in the report back. Life gets really busy all of a sudden sometimes.
I'd like to be able to report back and say the other attendees were in awe of my rifles but alas... there's no explosion and percussion when you pull the trigger, no flames coming out of the barrel, no bruising of shoulders from recoil, none of the cool testosterone values some guy judge by. And the only question I was asked was, " Are those Co2?" of course my reply was, "Yeah!!".
My buddy Joe did mention the fact that any of the guns I brought cost three times what any one of his did. Can't say that helped me look very smart.
And these guys really had some real hatred toward deer for some reason. They were asking questions to Joe's about his center-fires like, "Can I take a deer with this on?" or "How far can you kill a deer with this one? four hundred yards?" "What kinda round do you need to hunt deer with this gun?".
Now would have been the time to bring out the .50 Air Force Texan.
except I don't have one......
The 100 yard range was 30% underwater and 70% quagmire as we had gotten a lot of rain just before the get-together. So we were on a 50 yard lane. That's a shame too because I believe I could have held my own against the center fires on the 100.
The "fun" part of the event was when I put out the tootsie roll pops in the large target holders made from corrugated plastic at the end of the range. I also brought some cheap soda pop in cans to give the PB shooters a reactive target.
After putting the candy in the flute edge of the target holders I did get some funny looks when I started shooting them off hand. I was hoping to demonstrate the discipline required to hit a one inch diameter target un-braced. After I hit a few of them, they asked if they could shoot the candy too because the pop cans were totally wasted. I said sure. Honestly, I didn't pay a lot of attention to how they were doing, I just remember a lot of rounds were being fired. Eventually they hit the four or five that were left. I wish now I would have encouraged a bit of a shooting contest.
There was a mutual friend, Darin who was there that has an appreciation for quality air rifles. I had been over to his house several years ago shooing in his backyard and he had a blast. Later, we talked about him using one of my Marauders to shoot FT, I invited him to go prairie dog hunting with us next year and possibly making a trip to Texas for a hog hunt.
I did set up my iPad for video but you really can't tell much because about a half a dozen guns are being fired at one time and the reports of the center fires overwhelms the mic.
I took some pics but not a lot of action there either. Just guys standing around talking about shooting at deer. That's Darin shooting my Vulcan in one of the pics.
When we all started to leave, I felt like I had my fly unzipped in a convent full of nuns and didn't know it. An awkward time but relief knowing as to why everyone else stayed in one corner.
LOL 
