Visitors today

[contender]

Well, I had the pleasure of a wonderful visit today by a great Forum member & his son. They took a long weekend drive,, put up with a huge delay in their travels (thanks to a bad wreck,,) and still endured it all to visit this hillbilly.

FoxMike,, (aka; Frank) and his son Will came for a visit.

After a fun morning,, filled with all sorts of discussions,, a few sandwiches,, off to the range we went. Then it got a bit more serious into zeroing a few scopes,, and checking sights. And of course,, just plain shooting at steel to see it swing & listen to the "bang & clang!"

Here's a couple of pictures of FM;

 

[Jeepnik]

Now that is something I haven't tried yet shooting from my mobility scooter. Mine's a bit taller and quite a bit faster but since I use it more and more these days I probably should practice.

 

[t-reg]

Very cool.

 

[Johnnu2]

Great post..............

J.

 

[contender]

FM calls his scooter "Trigger."

 

[turd]

Thank you for this post.

 

[Fox Mike]

Many thanks to Miss Penny and Tyrone for having us. Great people and much good conversation and, oh did I say Venison. Wonderful weekend with good friends. Hard to beat that.

 

[The Norseman]

Thank you for share a neat story and
taking the time for pictures and posting
them.

This really made my day, today.

 

[blume357]

He's been ridin' and shootn' from Trigger ever since I've been showing up to the October Gatherings

 

[Kevin]

Frank, I hope you make it back in October.

How many hours is the drive down to North Carolina?

 

[Fox Mike]

Frank, I hope you make it back in October.

How many hours is the drive down to North Carolina?

It's about 8 hours driving like you have good sense. We got hooked up in a traffic jam on the way down and it took us a little over 12 hours

 

[Fox Mike]

FM calls his scooter "Trigger."

Cruiser Lou was the one that named it "Trigger" and it stuck

 

[Mag-force]

that's cool!

 

[Fox Mike]

Here is Will and Tyrone enjoying life.

 

[contender]

Good picture. We were making sure we could solve the worlds problems easily.

 

[Jeepnik]

Too late, we did that in the ‘80s. Working nights in a refinery we solved those minor issues and designed things like see through fraction columns.

And we didn’t even need alcohol, just a good dose of boredom.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

I recall seeing photos of Bob C and Amanda at your site. Brings back very fond memories, Ty.

 

[Fox Mike]

Bob, Amanda, and Cruiser Lou

 

[Cholo]

Bob C's BBQ gun at the first gathering.

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Yeah, those photos!

Thanks, guys!

 

[WendyZXZ]

Great pictures and looking like fun times and folks!

 

[JAYDAWG]

Awesome post.
GOOD FOR YOU FOLKS!!!
Looks like freedom.

BUT.........
Am I the only one who noticed the challenge Jeepnik threw down??

Now that is something I haven't tried yet shooting from my mobility scooter. Mine's a bit taller and quite a bit faster but since I use it more and more these days I probably should practice.

"quite a bit faster"
Apparently he THINKS his ride could whup Franks ass........
I'm thinking contender needs to set up a course for these two and
settle this.

Cheers,
JAYDAWG

 

[Jeepnik]

Mine is spec'd at 22 mph. That's faster than you really want to go.

 

[contender]

Nahh,, no racing on the range on scooters. If we started that,, then the next thing would be shooting while speeding downrange.

 

[blume357]

Actually in a few more years we might actually have to do that... we'll probably all be scooting around at Contenders....
now I need to come up with a name for mine.

 

[contender]

"I need to come up with a name for mine."

Hmmm,, how about "Ol' Smokey!"

 

[Fox Mike]

Rest assured that I will NOT be racing anyone on my scooter at that range. Small solid wheels and rough ground make going slow the way to travel. I have puts lots of NC dirt on Trigger over the years ... slowly.

 

[Jeepnik]

As my knees deteriorated I started looking at scooters. Most are small , low to the ground and either three or four wheels. I immediately discounted three wheels. My mom had one years ago and had several tip overs.

That left four wheels and they all were slow, low, and much like a wheel chair you were invisible to most folks.

At a fair I found one that sat you at almost eye level, was fast, highly maneuverable (think zero turn). It had the plus that it handled "off road" very well due to tube and tire wheels.

But it was a trike. I tested it for over an hour and decided that it was pretty stable (heavy battery pack mounted as low as possible), designed to be ridden standing without the seat attached.

I just replaced it. No, not because the one failed, but because they had made significant improvements including all wheel drive and brakes, shocks on the front forks and improved seating.

Waiting for rear suspension and if/when that's available I will upgrade again.

 

[NC FNS]

Awesome post.
GOOD FOR YOU FOLKS!!!
Looks like freedom.

BUT.........
Am I the only one who noticed the challenge Jeepnik threw down??

"quite a bit faster"
Apparently he THINKS his ride could whup Franks ass........
I'm thinking contender needs to set up a course for these two and
settle this.

Cheers,
JAYDAWG

Wouldn’t be safe with firearms, but maybe some jousting?

 

[Fox Mike]

The entire crew except Fox Mike taking the photo And another look at Bob's revolver