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I had some time after work today so I decided to do a quick run to the public range and plink a bit. I figured it would be all but empty since it was after 5PM, WRONG! It was packed with kids just old enough to have pistols, cheap, shiny 9mm types. To top it off, all the close shooting points were taken by said youths, forcing me to shoot the 30yd point. Now I only brought my High Standard Sentinel MK III with the four inch barrel that is sighted in for 15 yards. Add to this that I forgot my prescription glasses and was using a pair of generic reading glasses I carry in the truck to read maps. I was going to just leave but figured what the heck, I'll at least make some noise with the gun.
The guys to my right see me get out the HS and one of them says "hey dude, where'd you dig up that dinosaur bone?" I just shrugged and loaded up. We go hot and I'm hoping to even hit the target, first round takes out the center dot! Luck was on my side. The paleoentologist beside me says something like "check this out". Now the other youngins come close in to watch me, pressure on. BTW I was shooting some reloads 158gn JSP over 14gn of 2400, which produced quite the pryotechinc display on a couldy evening. The reptile bone expert gets in a little close as I touched off the next round and the flash from the BC gap goes right past his face. I hear him exclaim "holy s$#@ that thing is an F'ing monster" as the crowd breaks up and moves over one shooting point. I finished off a few more cylinders and packed it up. As I'm leaving the vocal one of the lot asked me what I was shooting, I said 'its a High Standard Sentinel 357 magnum, with Brontosaurous grips" they all got a good laugh at that quip and I headed for home.
My favorite little shooter made me look good again (along with some luck).
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Haha!!!! Great story - I got a good laugh out of it! Thanks for sharing!!
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Old dude 1, kids 0; priceless. BTW, now I don't feel like the Lone Ranger- I leave a pair of readers for the maps in my truck as well.... still old school and don't trust the GPSs.
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The funny thing is my truck has factory nav built in but I still carry paper maps as I've found quite a few inaccuracies in GPS cartograpy, ie my house isn't here, its a mile down the road in a dense thicket of woods with no driveway.
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I always have fun when I visit a local indoor range and the "glock boys" are there. Full house .357's out of a 2 1/2" or 4" at 7 yards, and this range will usually let me get away with some fast doubles.
Shock and awe, and not a lot of younger shooters in this area know .357 mag.
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Cool story, Scorpio. Could you imagine those guys reactions if you had pulled out a Supermag and opened up?!?
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After the comments that were being made, I was wishing that I'd brought along the 445 for just that reason Lonwolf93. Like Carl Malden used to say "never leave home without it". I'll have to take it along on future trips just for 'shock and awe' in case I have a similar experience.
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Or Karl Malden, "Streets of San Francisco" with Michael Douglas.
Also spokesperson for American Express-"Don't leave home without it"
I AM that old!
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Oh you mean the preacher from Pollyanna? The cop who never removed that hat even when he showered? General Patton's sidekick? No I don't know him.
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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
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Lets just say that I remember Chet Huntley and David Brinkley were rival Newscaster's to Walter Cronkite. I remember my hair was combed with Royal Crown hair gel being put in my hair and combed before I put my penny loafers on before church on Sunday. I remember I could not understand why my parents were laughing at the desperate situation that Batman and Robin were in while being turned into giant frosty freeze's by Mr. Freeze. I remember my older brother and sister hogging the T.V. cause Ed Sullivan had some new band on called the Beetle's. And my Mom and Dad worried sick watching the Viet Nam War on T.V. cause I had an uncle and two cousins over there. And my Uncle never came home. I remember J.F.K.s funeral and when Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther king were killed. Bonanza and wonderful world of Disney on Sunday nights and Gunsmoke on Monday nights. Dads favorite show's. So how old am I?
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Well you're older than I am, but I'm only 46 
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46? Most pro athlete's have been retired for over a decade. Won't be much longer before it's time to hand over the car key's grandpa. Just having some fun with you youngster. The worst part for getting along in years is dealing with wive's going the "Change". You still want to chase her around the house and she wants to run you off.
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Dantanna58 said
Lets just say that I remember Chet Huntley and David Brinkley were rival Newscaster's to Walter Cronkite. I remember my hair was combed with Royal Crown hair gel being put in my hair and combed before I put my penny loafers on before church on Sunday. I remember I could not understand why my parents were laughing at the desperate situation that Batman and Robin were in while being turned into giant frosty freeze's by Mr. Freeze. I remember my older brother and sister hogging the T.V. cause Ed Sullivan had some new band on called the Beetle's. And my Mom and Dad worried sick watching the Viet Nam War on T.V. cause I had an uncle and two cousins over there. And my Uncle never came home. I remember J.F.K.s funeral and when Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther king were killed. Bonanza and wonderful world of Disney on Sunday nights and Gunsmoke on Monday nights. Dads favorite show's. So how old am I?
Probably my age, 62 going on 63. I share some of those same memories. btw you should have included Howdy Doody in your list. That would stumped a few youngsters 
Jim
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You old Geezer, I'm only 61, you're over the hill!
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I thought you would have come closer when I said my folks laughed at Batman and I thought it was serious. I was 8 years old in 66. I'll be 55 this February. How many of you thought how good we looked in our polyester leisure suits. Long side burns and hair? How many of you were hippies? Getting older is not so bad, beats the alternative.
Chuck Norris is 72 and can kick every ones butt on this forum. Jerry Miculek is 55 and can still out shoot almost everyone on the planet.
p.s. I love this Forum, how did we go from " Good laugh at the range tonight" to this?
Sad we all live scattered about the globe. It would be a hoot to have a DW cookout.
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One last thought and I'm gone. How to really show your age. How many of us has a vaccination scar on our left shoulder's from the 1st grade. If you have one. Welcome to the club.
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ME!
Do you remember duck and cover drills in elementary school? And being marched off to the school basement fallout shelter complete with food and water canned in the early 1950s? I do.
I also remember wathcing the Apollo 8 mission and saying to my dad, whats the big deal, on Star Trek they go all over the galaxy. Thats when he told me it was fiction.
I remember all those things and I'm only 50.
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The young ones do like the plastic, as with anything old is better (well most of the time)!
You forgot seahunt, paladen (sp) to tell the truth, whats my line, gunsmoke! Ah the good ole days, glad I lived through them, glad to be a part off of todays world, Ac, color tv, internet, and so on!
I guess i need to head to a public range some time, take along one them wheel guns for some fun! Great story and read!
Keep them coming guys, I have some catching up to do!!
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