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on Friday, Jan. 18th Shakey Jake and I plan to meet at 10AM at the Blackwood Gun Club located just north of Houston at 11400 FM 2854 in Conroe, TX .... back home I don't have access to a 200 yard range and am looking forward to lobbing some rounds our of our Henry 44 Mag out that far .... we'd be delighted if any other members of this forum would join us



http://www.blackwoodgunclub.com/rangesRifle_pistol.asp

Looks like a great range, wish I was closer. Enjoy it and your visit with Shakey Jake! Let us know how it went.

Very nice range and I like that they have steel target shooting also!! Have fun!

Enjoy! Looking forward to your report back.

Cool. That would be fun.

Don't stand too close to Jake when he shoots. Not sure why he's Shakey Jake but just in case....

will do

for me the best part of today's visit to the rifle range at Blackwood was getting to see John (Shakey Jake) again .... also to visit with the local gunsmith who is working on some of our family firearms when he was there delivering Jake's Henry 327 .... our Henry BBS 44Mag performed well, as did our home rolled ammo .... for me, it proved to be a day where I shot OK but nowhere near as well as I should have .... as can be seen below, it was misting rain .... what can't be seen is the penetrating, cool wet feel of the air .... I hope to get back over there early next week .... I'd like to run a some rounds through our Henry 45-70 and BLR 308

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Good you and John had some time together shooting. You guys got targets to share?

JEBar wrote:for me the best part of today's visit to the rifle range at Blackwood was getting to see John (Shakey Jake) again .... also to visit with the local gunsmith who is working on some of our family firearms when he was there delivering Jake's Henry 327 .... our Henry BBS 44Mag performed well, as did our home rolled ammo .... for me, it proved to be a day where I shot OK but nowhere near as well as I should have .... as can be seen below, it was misting rain .... what can't be seen is the penetrating, cool wet feel of the air .... I hope to get back over there early next week .... I'd like to run a some rounds through our Henry 45-70 and BLR 308

being somewhat cheap ..... OK -- OK, no somewhat about it .. .. I made my own targets .... printed them out on 8.5 X 11" regular paper .... had to staple them onto cardboard the range provided .... the cardboard was then stapled to boards at the various distances .... by the time I'd walk back down to put up new targets the old ones were so soggy that they came all apart when trying to remove them from the cardboard .... I fired 160 rounds .... a some at 25 yds, most at 50 yds, and some at 100 yds .... every round fired would have hit well within the kill zone of a deer but the groups were way too large .... hopefully the results next week will be better

Been there, done that with the soggy target thing and more than a time or two. Happens every spring as our snow thaws. The paper just seems to pick up all that moisture in the air.

Glad you got out, though, and had some fun. Hoping you get better weather, next time.

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Nothing wrong with printing our own targets! Maybe next time take pictures before attempting to take down soggy targets. Ok? Anyway, happy for you and John on your shooting day!

JEBar wrote:being somewhat cheap ..... OK -- OK, no somewhat about it .. .. I made my own targets .... printed them out on 8.5 X 11" regular paper .... had to staple them onto cardboard the range provided .... the cardboard was then stapled to boards at the various distances .... by the time I'd walk back down to put up new targets the old ones were so soggy that they came all apart when trying to remove them from the cardboard .... I fired 160 rounds .... a some at 25 yds, most at 50 yds, and some at 100 yds .... every round fired would have hit well within the kill zone of a deer but the groups were way too large .... hopefully the results next week will be better

Well soggy or not you had some fun! Talking about soggy.... the area around my 80 yd. gong looks like a mud pit and another 1-2 inch of rain again this weekend!

I live how you guys meet tigether, us illinoisans (not sure if that's right) should get together at some time.

Dahliathemeh wrote:I live how you guys meet tigether, us illinoisans (not sure if that's right) should get together at some time.

Illinois Dahlia? Where about's?

$hitcago, er I mean Chicago

Dahliathemeh wrote:$hitcago, er I mean Chicago

Had to ask after living in the Chi Town suburbs for 20 years. Now in NC but lived in Elmhurst and graduated there.

Nice you guys got together Jim. One day when the chains are freed Im going to be in Texas this time of year to hopefully do the same. Printing targets off the net is all I do. Beartooth Bullets has a great free targets page for printing youre own. I use theres all the time.

BigAl52 wrote:Beartooth Bullets has a great free targets page for printing youre own. I use theres all the time.

10-4 ... tip appreciated

Had to jump in, Mark. Quite familiar with your Elmhurst area. Raised in Maywood and lived there about 20 years. Last sojourn in IL ended 2012. Lived about 7 years a little farther north in Deerfield, and ended up final 3 years in Bolingbrook and Lisle (worked at Benedictine Univ). Lots of Windy City burbs concentrated in that area for sure.

BTW, I don't miss the traffic in the least. Good place to leave. KCMO suits me quite well now in retirement years.
PT7

markiver54 wrote:Had to ask after living in the Chi Town suburbs for 20 years. Now in NC but lived in Elmhurst and graduated there.

I know Elmhurst quite well, I worked at a dealership out there and my siblings live out in Glendale heights and Lombard.