HANDGUNNER RENDEZVOUS
HANDGUNNER Rendezvous
5 HHI MEMBERS GATHERED AT A DEER LEASE 20 MILES NORTH OF JUNCTION, TEXAS 4/18/24 - 4/21/24 FOR SOME Comraderie, SHOOTING, AND HOG AND TURKEY HUNTING. THE HOST AND 4 GUESTS WAS BASICALLY A PERFECT MAX # CONSIDERING THE ACCOMODATIONS AND PROPERTY SIZE. BESIDES ME, ATTENDING WERE:
RANDY MILLER: A GRACIUOS HOST, EXCELLENT COOK AND A LONGTIME HARDCORE REVOLVER HUNTER.
RYAN HOOVER: A FINE YOUNG MAN AND A REALLY GOOD GUY WHO IS GENUINELY PASSIONATE ABOUT HANDGUN HUNTING. MANY THANKS TO RYAN FOR GETTING THIS HHI FORUM UP AND GOING.
KIM RALSTON: A LONGTIME HARD CORE HANDGUN HUNTER, WONDERFUL HUNT STORY TELLER EMBELLISHED WITH HUMOROUS SOUND EFFECTS AND A COOL DUDE.
TRAPR SWANSON: A FORMER LONGTIME SHOOTING COMPETITOR (RIFLE, SHOTGUN & HANDGUN). I CAN VOUCH FOR, THIS BASED UPON PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS AT MY HIGHPOINT RANCH (NOW SOLD), A HELL'uva HANDGUN SHOT. VERY KOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT FIREARMS WITH A HECK'uva CUSTOM REVOLVER BATTERY.
WE HAD 2 HOGS KILLED AND 1 MISSED, PLUS1 TURKEY KILLED AND 1 MISSED, ALL WITH HANDGUNS OF COURSE. I HUNTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS ONLY AND DID NOT SEE ANY HOGS NOR TURKEYS. WE SHOT SOME THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT THE CAMP RANGE, SOME PAPER, AND STEEL AT 50, 100 AND 150 YARDS. FRIDAY MORNING-AFTERNOON WE HAD A 5 + HOUR SHOOTING SESSION. THE ARRAY OF REVOLVERS AND MISC. HANDGUNS WAS AMAZING EYE CANDY, CUSTOMS, SEMI-CUSTOMS, FREEDOM ARMS, BFR's, RUGERS, S&W, AND A FEW AUTOLOADERS. MY ESTIMATE IS THAT WE MAY HAVE HAD $50,000 + IN HANDGUNS IN ATTENDANCE. MY GARMIN XERO-C1 GOT QUITE A WORKOUT. WE WERE GOING TO SHOOT AGAIN FRIDAY, AND TAKE PICTURES, BUT WE GOT RAINED OUT.
FOR ME THIS WAS AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT TIME, GOOD FOOD (GAME MEAT Entre AT EVERY MEAL PLUS SOME GAME MEAT SNACKS), GOOD CIGARS, GOOD BOURBON AND JUST GREAT GUYS TO BE AROUND AND CONVERSE WITH. MANY THANKS TO RANDY FOR THE INVITE AND MANY THANKS TO RYAN, KIM AND TRAPR FOR THEIR ATTENDANCE.
GOOD IDEA