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[Armybrat]

Beautiful desert photos. You are lucky to have wide open public lands to mess around on. Here in Texas, almost all the countryside is privately owned. Luckily for us, my family owns a number of small "ranchette" & acreage properties (30 - 80 acres) around central Texas. My own piece of land (25 acres) is too close to residential areas and the Circuit of the Americas race track to do any shooting. I'd like to sell mine to buy a quarter section further out - much further, as ranch land within 100 miles of Austin goes for at least $10,000 an acre and up - especially in the Hill Country west of here.

My grandson shooting a Double Nine (the fake ejector housing was removed long ago, and it has wood Ruger grip panels whittled to fit). His eye protection wouldn't fit with those cheap earmuffs though. Son took him out to a friend's place near Cherokee, which is a really impoverished lookin' little town:

[gb6491]

Greg, about how far you have to drive to get where you take these photos and do the dog walk, hikes.

East of us there is some desert about 500 yards away. The photo with the Jeep is about 20 miles to the east...we do a lot of hiking out that way as there are less fools with ATVs, motorcycles, and guns the farther out you get. That photo of the dogs is about 5 miles northeast of our house, headed out that way we hit the desert at about a mile and a half. The last photo is about 50 miles north of us. Most of the desert south of us is the Barry Goldwater Air Force Range. West is Yuma.
This about two miles from the house:

A couple of sunsets from over there:


Regards,
Greg

[Bawanna]

Way cool. Your right in the midst of it. 117 degrees thought, that's hot. Damn hot!

[gb6491]

Beautiful desert photos. You are lucky to have wide open public lands to mess around on. Here in Texas, almost all the countryside is privately owned. Luckily for us, my family owns a number of small "ranchette" & acreage properties (30 - 80 acres) around central Texas. My own piece of land (25 acres) is too close to residential areas and the Circuit of the Americas race track to do any shooting. I'd like to sell mine to buy a quarter section further out - much further, as ranch land within 100 miles of Austin goes for at least $10,000 an acre and up - especially in the Hill Country west of here.

My grandson shooting a Double Nine (the fake ejector housing was removed long ago, and it has wood Ruger grip panels whittled to fit). His eye protection wouldn't fit with those cheap earmuffs though. Son took him out to a friend's place near Cherokee, which is a really impoverished lookin' little town:

Great photo...I think many of us survived a youth without shooting glasses.
We are fortunate to have some public land available as there is a lot of farming in the area. Barry Goldwater Range takes up a huge amount of land, as does the Yuma Proving Grounds...and there is an Indian reservation. KOFA Wildlife Refuge does not allow any target/casual shooting, but you can hunt there during the appropriate season.
Here's hoping you find some property you like!
Regards,
Greg

[gb6491]

Way cool. Your right in the midst of it. 117 degrees thought, that's hot. Damn hot!

Yeah, that does get your attention....back in the day, if you working on the flight line, you had to wear gloves to touch the Harriers. Somebody wised up and they have shade structures for them to park in now...still the heat can be a killer if you are not careful.
Regards,
Greg

[Bawanna]

25 acres and not enough room to shoot? That's sad right there.

Sure would be nice to shoot off the back porch. It's still legal for me even though I only have one measly acre but I don't do it except for a test fire now and then. They built houses out behind me in the wetland that supposedly were never to be built on at least when I bought the place. Guess a little money in the right place and you can build anywhere now days.

Good to see young people shooting, gives me a bit of hope.

[berettabone]

Well then, Welcome to Arizona!!

Regards,
Greg

Those are some happy faces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gb6491]

Those are some happy faces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks! They all do have a good nature and they adore my better half (can't fault them there, I do too).

Regards,
Greg

[Armybrat]

25 acres and not enough room to shoot? That's sad right there.

Sure would be nice to shoot off the back porch. It's still legal for me even though I only have one measly acre but I don't do it except for a test fire now and then. They built houses out behind me in the wetland that supposedly were never to be built on at least when I bought the place. Guess a little money in the right place and you can build anywhere now days.

Good to see young people shooting, gives me a bit of hope.

Oh, it would be legal, but there's a neighborhood with an elementary school a half mile north of my property, so rifles & handguns wouldn't be appropriate (my choice). However my nephew & his friends do a dove hunt there each fall, and they bag their limit - 100+ birds last year.

It gets a tad bit warm on my covered patio once in a while, and it ain't a dry heat:

[Bills1873]

You are blessed, Greg!

[wyntrout]

Nice pictures, Greg. I always think of that picture of the Mexican wolves you posted... fantastic photos... all.

We saw at least one road runner cross the road out there when we came back from Mesa in January. That was about the most exotic thing we saw... critter-wise. We didn't even see a live coyote, though, as we headed East to hit I-10.

We sold my "wife's" H&R 929 .22 at the gun show last weekend for $160... had it marked for $200. After I got the G43 and we were going to the range, she tried the trigger double action at home and said to sell it. I told her that she would need to use the DA for defensive shooting. It had been at the head of her bed for at least 15 years... loaded with 9 Stingers. We made enough off that above what I originally paid my neighbor to pay for the table. I looked it up in the Blue Book and gave her a decent price when I bought it... $85. Some guy had offered her $30. It was in very good condition... 100% bluing, I would say, with just a few tiny pits of rust on the side of the nickel or chromed hammer. We definitely thinned the herd a bit, selling three pistols.

Guns are fun, but not cheap and I have to sell those that I don't "need" or use. The PM9 was my first polymer and the sky parted and it seemed that a light fell on it as the Arc in the Raiders of the Lost Arc, but my usual carry is the P40 or P9 now, or the P380.

There's sure a lot of beautiful country out there.

Wynn

[gb6491]

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It gets a tad bit warm on my covered patio once in a while, and it ain't a dry heat:

Couple years ago, my buddy's wife wanted an end of their patio closed off, so we did that. Then the patio was a little too stifling. I suggested a ceiling fan would be nice to move some air and, as he shot me a "I'll kill you later look", his wife exclaimed that was a wonderful idea. It was a little work, but he didn't kill me as the fan did the trick.

You are blessed, Greg!

I do believe you are correct...especially when it comes to my wife...and my pups.

Nice pictures, Greg. I always think of that picture of the Mexican wolves you posted... fantastic photos... all.

We saw at least one road runner cross the road out there when we came back from Mesa in January. That was about the most exotic thing we saw... critter-wise. We didn't even see a live coyote, though, as we headed East to hit I-10.

We sold my "wife's" H&R 929 .22 at the gun show last weekend for $160... had it marked for $200. After I got the G43 and we were going to the range, she tried the trigger double action at home and said to sell it. I told her that she would need to use the DA for defensive shooting. It had been at the head of her bed for at least 15 years... loaded with 9 Stingers. We made enough off that above what I originally paid my neighbor to pay for the table. I looked it up in the Blue Book and gave her a decent price when I bought it... $85. Some guy had offered her $30. It was in very good condition... 100% bluing, I would say, with just a few tiny pits of rust on the side of the nickel or chromed hammer. We definitely thinned the herd a bit, selling three pistols.

Guns are fun, but not cheap and I have to sell those that I don't "need" or use. The PM9 was my first polymer and the sky parted and it seemed that a light fell on it as the Arc in the Raiders of the Lost Arc, but my usual carry is the P40 or P9 now, or the P380.

There's sure a lot of beautiful country out there.

Wynn

Thanks Wynn! I need to do what you've been doing and thin my collection some. Every once and a while, I'll find something in the safe I forgot I had.

Regards,
Greg

[Baklash]

117 degrees! Yeh, but it's a dry heat. Right.
I love that part of the country and the wide open spaces. I told my wife just last week that I wish I had moved out west right after college. But our children and grandchildren are all here is Georgia and we ain't goin' anywhere.

[gb6491]

It will probably be dry

[Bawanna]

How hot was it? Its was damn hot!