Bill inTX - 3/10/2008 8:59 PM
Dan -
I'm nestled down here in the lovely TCU neighborhood. I guess I pass your place every time I drive up to Cabela's for pellets anf targets.
Shootin' weatherand Daylight Savings have arrived, so maybe I can get out more. Maybe we can meet midway (Flying Saucer downtown...?)
- Bill
Yep you drive right by me on the way to Cabubbas. Are you a long time resident of the TCU area or a student? I really like that area of town, the Historical District is nice to drive around on a Saturday, followed by a trip to Panera for a bagel and a walk around the Botanical Gardens. I probably have that sort of Saturday 5 times a year with my kids...actually did that about 2 weeks ago while a friend was visiting. The barmaids at the Flying Saucer are great to look at, but how well can they shoot? There'll be no sherkers in my airgun club:) Honestly I rarely go downtown and barhop, maybe twice a year I'll take my wife to dinner down there and then pop over to the Flying Saucer to listen to some music, or maybe up the street for a movie. Wouldn't mind hooking up for a trip to Cabelas some Saturday to hang out, check out the airguns and pick up some ammo. Also there's about half a dozen of us in the DFW area that hook up every once in awhile to shoot together. I went shooting this past weekend with one of these guys, my good friend Joel Lively, out in Decatur, but we are planning on having a shootout out by Weatherford in the not so far off future AND we are working on a location for the Autumn Airgun Festival (might have found a location as of this past weekend). Keep your eyes on the Regional Shooting Events forum, I'll post it there when we get something settled.
Oh yea, in answer to the reason you posted in the first place.....my backyard backs up to one of those flood ditches they carve to keep the neighborhoods from flooding. So behind my back fence is about a 30 yard gap between me and the backyard neighbors. I shoot off my porch at an angle down and towards the corner of my yard, so if I miss it just goes into the flood canal. My neighbor on one side is too old to hear me, and the neighbor on the other side is a gunnut, so he could care less. The neighbors behind me can see into my backyard, but once the trees behind the fence get their leaves back no-one can see in. Right now I'm only really shooting my Tau in the yard which is pretty quiet. When I turn my Career way down low I can shoot that also, but my QB is too loud and the B26 is a bit loud also...usually save those for when I go out in the country. Shot my good friend Joel Lively's .50 cal Dragonslayer this weekend, what a cool airgun, and way too loud for the city limits:) Shoot me an email next time you need pellets/targets, I'll hitch a ride or meet you there. Think my email is under my forum profile, but if not danieljnelson (at) sbcglobal.net
Here's some pictures from our little shootout this past weekend.
http://airgunartisans.com/CaseysPlace.htmTake care,