A Special Thanks…

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I would like to say thanks to all who made Gunstock ll (Reloaded) a warm sunny day of Peace, Love and Second Amendment fun last Sunday. Flowers, friends, fun, firearms and food were there for all to enjoy. Nobody got nekkid and swam in the pond thank goodness.

The second annual Gunstock drew in over a dozen participants, a few more than last year. We enjoyed an even wider array of firearms that were shared by everyone attending. Being able to fire weapons ranging from .22 to .50 in one day is a real blast and good experience for all. To those who missed it there’s always next year.

Thanks to the bro, Randy the farmer and Harold for their help in creating a more respectable range. Big thanks to the bro for contributing the tent, tables, authentic Polish sausage and kraut along with helping in the sheltered outdoor kitchen.

Thanks to long-time friend Chris from Colorado who came in just for the weekend and spent a few nights at our place. He hasn’t been back to Indiana for 30 years and while I visited him in CO a few years ago it was great to see him again. We had a lot of laffs as always.

Big thanks goes out to Doug for contributing the load of soaked Lake County Fair award-winning extra-sweet corn on the cob and the additional full size Weber to grill them on. He also contributed a swell home made, welded heavy duty swinging target. It was made of rebar and thick steel plates (3/8”?). I placed one on order.

And here’s to Tom for bringing his Colt AR-15 in .223 that was dead nuts accurate along with some other really fun stuff. I never shot an AR15 before and it was quite impressive. Thanks for sharing. Now I really, really, really want one. Maybe Santa will help me out this year.

Then there's the .22 magnum rifle that Doug’s son Daniel brought. He shot at a thick steel plate as evidence of the power of a little .22mag. There was a neat little hole he made in it from 40 yards out. I regret not taking a photo of that.

Dan From Madison introduced me to shooting a .22 rifle while sitting in a folding chair. I could do that all day long.

Everyone was very impressed with the bro's new Kimber ultra-carry .45. It has a built-in laser sight grip and is easy to control, what's not to like? You get what you pay for.

Ed brought along an SKS in 7.62X39 and before anyone told him not to he shot at the new spinner target and blew off a steel plate and this was one heavy-duty spinner. Maybe we draw the line a bit below that caliber for this target. It took .357mag just fine. Next time. Oh well, back to the weld shop she goes. Field testing. It’s a b!tch.

Chris brought his brand new Ruger .380LCP. It looked like one of those toy cap guns I had as a kid. Surprisingly powerful for being such a tiny thing. He flew into Midway Airport with three handguns in a plastic case claiming there was absolutely no problem checking it in at the counter in Denver but they confiscated his toothpaste, deodorant and mouthwash at security. He was surprised to see the gun case come down the carousel with all the other baggage at Midway. So was I since I never took weapons on the airlines. One would think that it would be held at some security counter area.

Finally, big thanks to Dan and Carl. Thanks again for allowing me to be a contributor to LITGM. If not for LITGM, Gunstock would not be the annual fun group event it turned out to be. Between the blog, attending the Bear games and Gunstock, I made some new really fine personal friends.

Gunstock ll was a warm breezy late summer day and a great day to be down on the farm with good friends and firearms.

Next September? Gunstock lll.


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