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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: philw on May 24, 2011, 06:46:51 AM
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well it is that time of the year again ;D
Sledge and I are off to a Range at Wodonga (http://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=-36.097535,146.795518&num=1&t=h&sll=-36.122487,146.887885&sspn=0.144274,0.256119&gl=au&ie=UTF8&ll=-36.097522,146.795653&spn=0.003169,0.005702&z=18) at the top north east of Victoria on the border of Vic and NSW.
both of us have a nice old trip to get there
this is an annual event that we go to ( and about the only time we get to catch up in person )
I am leaving Thursday to drive over and will get there some time Friday Arvo and Rob is on the boat Thursday night for the over night trip to get to Australia and then driving from Melbourne to get up to Wodonga
we hope to have 60 to 70 + gun nuts there over the weekend this year, I am not binging as many pistols however have the Pope gun and a 45/70 leaver ready to go with me.
we have it on Good authority Howie will be back as well :)
for those that missed the fun here is a bit from last year http://www.downrange.tv/forum/index.php?topic=12679.msg165934#msg165934
to be continued.....
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Saw your reports last year ...what a great time yas have.
If every a trip to Australia came my way, I'd hope to be able to schedule it so that I could attend the event. I'd probably feel more at home among the folks there than most places in the world.
Have a great time!!
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Did you two give 'em some sort of advanced warning (like notify the local disaster preparedness council)? ...... I mean did ya have to register for the event? ;D
I remember the thread from last trip and am still jealous! Have a great time, try not to terrify the locals (townies) too much. ;)
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Did you two give 'em some sort of advanced warning (like notify the local disaster preparedness council)? ...... I mean did ya have to register for the event? ;D
I remember the thread from last trip and am still jealous! Have a great time, try not to terrify the locals (townies) too much. ;)
They try to keep it quiet. 60 Minuets would be all over it if they found out where they were gonna be.
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Nice to see forum members getting the chance to get together and send some rounds down range.
Safe travels to and from for you both, enjoy and take lots of pics to share with us!
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Did you two give 'em some sort of advanced warning (like notify the local disaster preparedness council)?
More like order another beer truck. ;)
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Watch the forehead this year Phil! No more scope smiles IYKWIM.....
Enjoy the trip and be safe!
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Twas the night before Wodonga, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even the cat;
The brass were all loaded with safety and care,
In the hopes that Sledgemeister soon arrive there.
Well folks all the reloading is done, just have to find enough room to transport it all.
I think it goes a bit like:
360rnds of S&W 460
50rnds of .454
100 rnds of .45 long
300 rnds of 44mag
250 rnds of .357
400 rnds of .38
300 rnds of 9mm
200 rnds of .444
3000 rounds of .22
also taking 8 firearms:
Ruger Charger .22
Ruger mark 3 .22
H&R .444
Rossi .357 LA
Marlin .22 LA
Ruger .44mag
S&W460
Remmington 572 .22 pump.
I can just see the coppers face if they pull me over LOL
Any way folks I will be a way for a week or so and I am staying over there a little after the event so no doubt phil will be feeding you infor before I get back, just be assured when I do, I will actually tell you the truth of what happens, and if he gets another weatherby eyebrow! ;D
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OK, so what are ya gonna do on the second day?
;D
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OK, so what are ya gonna do on the second day?
;D
Use the howitzer!
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Use the howitzer!
yep, good old Howie :D
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Hi All, just to let you know today (Saturday) was a huge heap of fun, ending with a big bonfire and spit roast and the occassional beverage taken....... hiccup !
Anyway a couple photos, including one of my wife getting some cannon experience!
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wow once again it was a very good weekend celebrating gun whoredem.
would hate to think how much lead we sent down range.
I will post a video when I get it all imported and edited up
Rob is still travailing around NSW at the moment, tonight they are doing some ghost tour,
the good news is I did not win ( or was in the running) for the bottle of Chivas Regal ;D
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I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack :P
Had a ball at WBB11 and had heaps of fun on the Ghost and Murder Tours at Beechworth.
Creepy place that old asylum! Would love to go back and have another wander though, so many tales of cruelty and inhumanity. It only closed down about 14 years ago. During its operation, 9000 people died behind its walls.