This is how we roll in Utah again: FBMG Shoot, 20-21 April 2007

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We had a GREAT time this weekend, folks. Correia, PvtPyle, and the entire FBMG crew were present. I got to meet some of my fellow High Roaders in person for the first time, like my bro ilcylic, and that was pretty cool as well.

He had an interesting mish-mash of guns. AR-15s of every sort, suppressors, PK machine guns, MP5s, a burp gun converted to 9x19, and everything from a suppressed Walther P22 to a Barret Light Fifty Autoloader.

Oh, and the tannerite. :evil:

Special thanks to Steve-o from AR15.com for filming everything. Once the video has been edited and is online, someone will come along and post a link in this thread.

In the mean time, I'm uploading some of the pictures I took.

I had a GREAT time. You could hardly avoid having a great time at such an event! My FAL ran fine until the handguards fell off. (Lost my handguard screw somehow...) Oh well, fixed that with tactical tape.

Of course, every time I let someone ELSE shoot it, it would jam, just to embarrass me, I think. :D

A few board members got to shoot my FAL, and I have got a couple converted to the design now. I hope I didn't seem edgy; I get grouchy when my rifle jams. :D

Oh well, I've got to send it back to the 'smith for some parts-fitting anyways.

Firing the light fifty was...interesting. The recoil is not bad; the concussion is like someone is palming you in the forehead.

The machine guns were, of course, the funnest of the fun guns. Everyone loved the PK, but the select-fire Krinkov was a hoot as well. The 9mm-coverted Ppsh was fun, but jammed alot.

I'd like to personally thank everyone that took the time to come out, especially folks like ilcylic and Echo Tango that came from out of state just for this. It was good to see you guys, and you're always welcome to stop by in Utah.

Now, let's see some pictures....

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So, uh, what did you guys do this weekend? Watched the game, huh? Cool, cool...

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Well, I've been considering moving out to Utah for law school

I might just do that, just to visit FBMG, Correia, and the crew and go to the shoot...
 
:D

Let me guess, you couldn't find a old yellow wrecked Mustang for a target. ;)

Obvious a great time was had by all; nice to see some guns were at least Wood&Blue. *smirk*

Thanks for sharing and look forward to more sharing and pictures.

Correia , being BIG, makes those guns look small. :p


Steve
 
But...

are you sure the range was totally safe? I'm worried about what happened to the drivers and passengers of the cars that wandered onto the range and were subsequently used as targets for bullets and unceremoniously ripped apart by Tannerite. Like.. one can never be too safe, can one?
 
http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=56998&d=1177280051 Damn, that is one handsome man. Big, yet so good looking. :)

We had a great time, and a good turn out. It looks like the most we had at any given time was about 50-60, but it was constant all day long.

To give an idea of how much ammo we used up, we were able to transport everything home with one less pickup truck. :D

The Tannerite explosions were my personal favorite. Nothing quite like having an explosion tear the hood off a car and toss it twenty feet into a berm, while the shockwave sets off car alarms in the parking lot 200 meters away. BOO YAH!

Special thanks need to go out to Big Shots Ranch for letting us shoot there, use thier clubhouse and all of their steel. They're a real class act.

And thanks to the MINIONS. You know who you are. The range was safe because of your hard work. We couldn't have done it without you guys. You were awesome the whole time.

The Bigshots guys said that we had the most organized, and professional range staff that they had seen.

Seriously, you guys rock.
 
Just to put things into perspective, I hung around for about six hours and calculated on the way home that I had heard no less than 20k and probably closer to 25k rounds fired. Haven't small countries been conquered with less firepower?
Thanks to all who were in on putting this together. It was nothing short of memorable. (I would have said Awesome but that is a word that has been worn out.)
 
You know what we forgot to do?

MINION group photo.

Darn it.

I realized that last night. Oh well, more incentive to meet up again soon, right? :D

That was simply too much fun. Many thanks to FBMG. It was tons of fun meeting you guys.
Wes
 
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