Socal AGN fun shoot and humiliation avalanche. Derrick called Thursday night and said the semi-annual get together is on for this Saturday. Get the word out. We all met at the assigned spot Sat morning. I was really worried because there had been an undercurrent of bile floating in the electronic whispers.
It all started really smoothly and thank goodness for the two women who must have held back some of the more vociferous participants. Nick Nielsen’s wife, Jessica, and Derrick’s wife, Evalinda, were most important. Evalinda was wearing a plastic cast on her right foot and Derrick was so meek and reserved. I wanted to know the story behind that!
But I digress, sorry. I got there and Gerry Reba was waiting out front and followed me in. Next were Mike Bricker, Russ Cronk, Mike Hearne, the Nielsen’s, Nick and Jessica, Rob Wild, and Derrick and Evalinda Mason.
Nick Nielsen and his wife lay a box full of NSA slugs on the table with a smile and, “come and get em!” Boy o’ boy, the fun began in earnest. There was no pushing or shoving but only because the girls passed out several doses of stink eye. Girls are great!
We had three really good shooters and a couple of sleepers. All kinds of targets were up from 50 yards out to over 100. Paintballs on golf tees, steel spinners, regular 3” shoot n’ see’s everywhere. God forbid a squirrel runs out. Play day at war practice.
The guns were Edgun 25 magnum, FX Streamline, FX Boss, FX Crown, Brocock Bantam, AAS410 TDR, Ed gun Leyla 22, 25, Daystate Pulsar, Daystate 20 + year old FT custom (A MOST Beautiful) gun with everything sparkling. It was Rob’s and I wanted it, plus a Vulcan .30 and more that I cannot remember.
Mike Hearne was shooting his Crown but had to show off the picture of his new Continuum Yellow jacket. He is having the air tube dipped to match the Yellow jacket stock. Of course he knew I wanted one really bad so he kept shoving the phone in my face saying look look look! I wanted to tell him to go get dipped! But later I figured he was just an overage KID with a new toy showing Daddy and trying to get attention. I’m jealous. Damn kids….
Gerry Reba had his monster FX Boss .30 and proceeded to literally crucify every steel target no matter what distance. I hate that damn gun.. He takes it mouse hunting when we go and it makes such a mess. Jeez Gerry, get a grip, grow up. I bet you smoke monkey hair when playing your drums. (He goes to the recording studio tomorrow) Hope you hit it big so you can buy a rifle instead of the Emulsifier you have now.
Russ Cronk is legendary as a shooter, tuner, and air gun guru of the highest order. He’s a prizewinner in every category. There were some very interesting tidbits that I gleaned from his conversation. Now Russ is not nearly as old as myself, but he is changing in his approach to air gunning and enjoyment. He has evolved from rabid technician, shooter, and competitor into a much wizened pleasure seeking, simple to use, works every time, uncomplicated shooter. Living in Big Bear he has great temp changes daily and lots of his guns swing wildly because of that. He loves the little Ed gun Lelya. He can count on it for first shot dead on zero every time, any time, and, in any weather, always deadly accurate. Remember, he is a champion shooter with years of experience.
Then we have Mike Bricker and he is a force to be reckoned with. He is presently working on a .25 Edgun magnum. It really is a shooter. Going to be scary accurate but so is the Vulcan .30. Mike likes those Eastern European guns and they are so frigging tough. Solid works of quality. Mike as working on an absolute bell ringer of a 50 yard group four shots one large hole group with 26.8 grain .25 cal slugs. Shoot number 5!
Well he is now only going to shoot four shot groups and brag about them…
Overhearing conversation between Mike, Russ and Derrick (who is probably the very best offhand shooter I know), they all heaped praise on the Daystate products as being the very finest engineered quality guns built, then whispers of some very big surprises after the first of the year. Derrick shoots his Pulsar like Russ shoots his Leyla.
A fly on the wall hears all!
So what did we shoot and how… who cares. We killed dozens of paint balls, hundreds of $5.00 golf tees, so many shoot and see’s. Carnage and horrors everywhere.
L to R Mike Hearne, Rob Wild, Nick Smith, Mike Bricker, Nick Nielsen. Gerry Reba, Russ Cronk and up front Jessica Nielsen
Rob, Derrick, Russ & Nick Nielsen
Russ Rob, Mike B, Gerry, Jessica, and Mike H
Mike telling Mike how not to screw up a five shot group. Shoot 4!
Players Credits No fees were paid or animals harmed
Gerry Reba aka on AGN Gerry52
Mike Hearne aka AGN Revoman
Rob Wild aka AGN Wildcj5
Nick Nielsen aka AGN Nielsonammo
Jessica Nielsen aka AGN
Russ Cronk aka AGN RC-air
Derrick Mason aka AGN Eyeshot25
Mike Bricker aka AGN Centercut
Nick Smith aka AGN Socaloldman
It all started really smoothly and thank goodness for the two women who must have held back some of the more vociferous participants. Nick Nielsen’s wife, Jessica, and Derrick’s wife, Evalinda, were most important. Evalinda was wearing a plastic cast on her right foot and Derrick was so meek and reserved. I wanted to know the story behind that!
But I digress, sorry. I got there and Gerry Reba was waiting out front and followed me in. Next were Mike Bricker, Russ Cronk, Mike Hearne, the Nielsen’s, Nick and Jessica, Rob Wild, and Derrick and Evalinda Mason.
Nick Nielsen and his wife lay a box full of NSA slugs on the table with a smile and, “come and get em!” Boy o’ boy, the fun began in earnest. There was no pushing or shoving but only because the girls passed out several doses of stink eye. Girls are great!
We had three really good shooters and a couple of sleepers. All kinds of targets were up from 50 yards out to over 100. Paintballs on golf tees, steel spinners, regular 3” shoot n’ see’s everywhere. God forbid a squirrel runs out. Play day at war practice.
The guns were Edgun 25 magnum, FX Streamline, FX Boss, FX Crown, Brocock Bantam, AAS410 TDR, Ed gun Leyla 22, 25, Daystate Pulsar, Daystate 20 + year old FT custom (A MOST Beautiful) gun with everything sparkling. It was Rob’s and I wanted it, plus a Vulcan .30 and more that I cannot remember.
Mike Hearne was shooting his Crown but had to show off the picture of his new Continuum Yellow jacket. He is having the air tube dipped to match the Yellow jacket stock. Of course he knew I wanted one really bad so he kept shoving the phone in my face saying look look look! I wanted to tell him to go get dipped! But later I figured he was just an overage KID with a new toy showing Daddy and trying to get attention. I’m jealous. Damn kids….
Gerry Reba had his monster FX Boss .30 and proceeded to literally crucify every steel target no matter what distance. I hate that damn gun.. He takes it mouse hunting when we go and it makes such a mess. Jeez Gerry, get a grip, grow up. I bet you smoke monkey hair when playing your drums. (He goes to the recording studio tomorrow) Hope you hit it big so you can buy a rifle instead of the Emulsifier you have now.
Russ Cronk is legendary as a shooter, tuner, and air gun guru of the highest order. He’s a prizewinner in every category. There were some very interesting tidbits that I gleaned from his conversation. Now Russ is not nearly as old as myself, but he is changing in his approach to air gunning and enjoyment. He has evolved from rabid technician, shooter, and competitor into a much wizened pleasure seeking, simple to use, works every time, uncomplicated shooter. Living in Big Bear he has great temp changes daily and lots of his guns swing wildly because of that. He loves the little Ed gun Lelya. He can count on it for first shot dead on zero every time, any time, and, in any weather, always deadly accurate. Remember, he is a champion shooter with years of experience.
Then we have Mike Bricker and he is a force to be reckoned with. He is presently working on a .25 Edgun magnum. It really is a shooter. Going to be scary accurate but so is the Vulcan .30. Mike likes those Eastern European guns and they are so frigging tough. Solid works of quality. Mike as working on an absolute bell ringer of a 50 yard group four shots one large hole group with 26.8 grain .25 cal slugs. Shoot number 5!
Well he is now only going to shoot four shot groups and brag about them…
Overhearing conversation between Mike, Russ and Derrick (who is probably the very best offhand shooter I know), they all heaped praise on the Daystate products as being the very finest engineered quality guns built, then whispers of some very big surprises after the first of the year. Derrick shoots his Pulsar like Russ shoots his Leyla.
A fly on the wall hears all!
So what did we shoot and how… who cares. We killed dozens of paint balls, hundreds of $5.00 golf tees, so many shoot and see’s. Carnage and horrors everywhere.
L to R Mike Hearne, Rob Wild, Nick Smith, Mike Bricker, Nick Nielsen. Gerry Reba, Russ Cronk and up front Jessica Nielsen
Rob, Derrick, Russ & Nick Nielsen
Russ Rob, Mike B, Gerry, Jessica, and Mike H
Mike telling Mike how not to screw up a five shot group. Shoot 4!
Players Credits No fees were paid or animals harmed
Gerry Reba aka on AGN Gerry52
Mike Hearne aka AGN Revoman
Rob Wild aka AGN Wildcj5
Nick Nielsen aka AGN Nielsonammo
Jessica Nielsen aka AGN
Russ Cronk aka AGN RC-air
Derrick Mason aka AGN Eyeshot25
Mike Bricker aka AGN Centercut
Nick Smith aka AGN Socaloldman
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