Random Nuclear Strikes

After and hour long attempt to upload these vids, LiveLeak reminded me that I cannot upload more than 100MB of data to their servers.

So….

I hope you all have hi-speed connections because I’m putting them where I normally put the Soundboard tunage and posting links.

Due to space considerations, I’ll only be posting the best three vids.

Here we have just a random few minutes of Boomershoot, shortly after the opening horn. 70 some odd shooters firing at hundreds of targets. Of course, the 380 yard targets get hit earlier and more often, but watch around the snow on the hillside for explosions. Video is 148megs.

This video is the same shot, just a few minutes later. I’m shooting, David is spotting, the target is at approximately 625 yards. My first couple shots had elevation problems (my fault) and my misses were being measured in feet. Problem corrected, I continue to make the boomer very frightened until I make the ultimate miss. Video is 76megs.

This last video is of Boomer Clean-Up. There were approximately 10 positions lined up approximately 30yds from the berm (shooters just outside of the right hand edge of the frame). Each position had one shooter. Each shooter had five 4-inch targets to themselves and then there were many, many 3-inch targets placed along the berm to be taken out first come/first serve style.

That video is 130megs and is also proof that being closer does not increase your shot/hit ratio.

Ry Jones also has video of the opening fireball and also footage of the low-flow toilet which was blown up in honor of the political satirist, Dave Barry.

Enjoy.

Best Boomershoot for me EVAR!! Bar none!

The only way I think that I could make you get just how good 08 was is to tell you that I wish I’d had the whole week to be there and pulling triggers. In fact, Dave the GM Guy (henceforth to be called simply “Dave”) and David and I all agreed that the minimum enjoyable time frame should be: Shooting Wed-Thurs-Fri and Event Sat-Sun.

Unfortunately for our demands, Joe has to work within a set schedule and has an all volunteer staff. They are already worked rather hard as it is, so I guess I’m going to have to figure out some other way to get my fix. I’ll let you know if I succeed.

In the meantime, I await the passage of another 360 days, give or take, for the next event. Yes, you should have been there.

Below are some of the many pictures taken by Dave. David will be along with his in a day or so as he gets settled back in at home, I’m sure.

We arrived on site Friday morning to find it a bit frosty. Then it snowed. We immediately began building the shelter.

And the cover not too long after the previous picture.

Once under cover, the snow was actually helpful during Field Fire, as doping wind was, literally, a breeze (though the actual winds varied from 12-15mph with gusts of 25mph).

Saturday was the complete opposite. Barely a cloud in the sky and 70 degrees.

There is a reason this man was smiling

More of David’s pistols

Even though you can’t see it, I’m smiling too

I think Dave smiled the most though

Ahh, the “Day Of”. 70-75 degrees, just sunny enough to get some light mirage going, and very light winds. Perfect.

Again, this is an event not to be missed. Great folks, safe event. This truly is the Premier Long Distance Precision Rifle Shooting Event in the Pacific NW. I’ll let you all know when spots for 2009 open up (after I get my spot, of course). Don’t let yourself miss it.

Speaking of great people, the Saturday night Boomershoot Banquet raised over $1200 for Soldier’s Angels. Half of that money started out as prize cash given away to multiple attendees through the raffle held after dinner. Not a single one of the winners touched their envelopes of cash. The two $120 winners and the $360 winner each simply pointed to Joe as the person handing out the envelopes walked up to them.

Great event, great charity, great people.

Below I’ve posted up pictures of some of the interesting rifles seen at Boomershoot 2008

I apologize for not having the info on these rifles (caliber, etc.) but there were just so damn many projectile weapons there that trying to remember all that would drive a person insane.

These, I believe, belong to blogger Triggerfinger and his friend.

They attended Gene Eacon’s Long Distance Precision Rifle Clinic Friday and Saturday. As I understand it, neither of them had much LDPR experience prior to the LDPR class, and in fact, they just picked these rifles up on the Tuesday before leaving for Orofino. Not to be set back, Gene had them hitting 4 inch Boomers at 600 yards on Sunday.

Now, don’t go thinking that you need a deep-pocket funded boltie to get in on the action at Boomershoot

Nor do you even need to have a bench or know how to shoot prone, as witnessed by the standing position tripods.

And then there is the “Spray and Pray” method of hitting boomers. Not very effective, and usually not very fun.

I believe that these fellas, on the other hand, had plenty of fun.