Starting out with Chance and Bryce. Our twin grandsons. They seem to love the new place. We have them here often, as their Mom has been helping with family needs in Alaska. Lots of great things here for them to do. Nana keeps them busy and they warm our heart. ;?)



We whipped the upper shop's porch area into shape before the visit. It's such a wonderful place, I didn't have the heart to enclose it - though the space was very tempting. Left this way, and in conjunction with the small galley kitchen in the shop (with bathroom) .... this has become a great family place.



Julio and his wife Yanira. Great visit with very good friends. You are welcome any time my friend.



We didn't shoot this beast of a gun yet. But Julio wanted to see the Yukon Orion I kept, and experience it's light weight 1" format. It was a breakthrough in technology for me to produce a gun this powerful in a one inch tube format. It still gets 3 shots per fill, and shoots over 600 fpe. The specs. slip my mind, but are available here in the search engine. Julio was surprised that such a long, powerful gun was so light to hold. The fact that I favor Mahogany for stocks also helps the overall package.



Kent shooting the Hoss 45. We all really enjoyed this gun. Aside from having a certain "Pirate" feeling about it ... it holds well, shoots at about 220 fpe in an air pistol, and is extremely accurate.

And, I forgot to mention it to Kent ... but it looks as if the Doc has lost a bunch of weight! Good show. All that Kayak building and rowing no doubt!



I placed these two shots on one of my switch blade target paddles. Two back to back shots - hand held pistol - approx 40 yards.



And those round ball hit so hard they just exploded into flakes. Here's a center of one of the splats. You can see how "boiled" the lead surface is. Shows the energy that is imparted and then frozen as the lead flows across the steel target.

Great visit. So glad Kent brought some toys along.

I will build a shooting shed position which will place the line of fire in a better location then orig. thought. And the facility will also muffle the big guns as much as possible. Our neighbors are quite gun friendly, but I have no desire to be rude.

Thanks for reading!

Gary

Nice porch, I'm jealous.

Those red-dot sights are just the ticket for "old-guy" eyes, aren't they? (takes one to know one)

Yes. I found it to be a great match for the pistol. And it is possible to shoot very accurate. I recall Jerry's Yukon fitted with red dot, was very accurate. In fact, I think he posted some great groups with it.

What unit is that Kent?

Gary

Nice to see the switch blade back in action. I was examining the picture to see if that was the paddle I bent with the Yukon...

Yes - that's the one. Mere 3/8" plate steel is no match for a BB gun at 100 yards or so.