Man, I got soooo excited, a cherry AMT Hardballer just popped up on a local sale board.

In retrospect I’m lucky it was just the 5” and not the longslide.  I really don’t need to spend money on that.

This popped up on my YouTube suggestions

Seemed appropriate for here

The sooner we can nail down a date, the better.  I need to put in for vacation time.  (Just please... not the first weekend in Oct!).

By the way.  I've got two Members only jackets enroute... a white one and a teal one!

Scruffy career hoodlum loadout

Beat .357 - from a cop I ambushed outside a liquor store
.32 J frame -obtained in a purse snatching
Smith and Wesson 12 gauge - stolen from a duck hunter and rusty from being stashed in the leaky trunk of my Dodge Dart.

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Attire will be cowboy boots,jeans with a Confederate flag buckled leather belt embossed with my name,M1965 jacket with a hand drawn skull on the back over a Molly Hatchet shirt,$1 sunglasses and a trucker hat.

You've thought out that backstory a little...haven't you.

We may be getting close to some.... news.

"In this stage you will blast the dummy at close range until nothing is left"

I can do that!

Okay ya’ filthy animals....

28-29 September 2019
Talon Range, Tallahassee Florida.

It’s muthafuckin’ ON

Complete rule book is almost done, JBT is working on cool artwork and promotional stuff.

Who’s man enough?

Talon Range is a professional set up. I can confirm. Spoke with them at SHOT Show and again here in town. They're all for it. They host IDPA, Steel, USPSA, CAS, and GSSF.



This is an older aerial of the range.



It is FAR BIGGER THAN THIS NOW.

I'm seriously considering going. But my guns are mainly modern ones.

I have a 92FS from '94 but it has dimmed Trijicon sights. A Sig 556 Patrol with irons but a flat top. Would these work?

If not, I have a Hungarian underfolder AK and a Springfield Mil-Spec 1911. Probably grow out my mustache and go as a Mexican drug cartel.

We can probably make that work.

But you realize you have an excuse to get more guns, right?

Everything but the Sig 556.... And even then... I'd allow it since a Sig 556 looks like a regular Sig rifle since they never had carry handles to begin with. Run it with iron sights and good to go.

Off to the pawn shops. Have to do research as I was born in 1988.

I'm ready to rock.

White linen suit.
Pastel Guayabera shirt.
Ray Bans.
Chrome 586.
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Not pictured:
Beretta 92
M16a2
Remington 870

No .380?  PPKs were popular back then.  What's with the magazine limits?  The Colt 9mms used Uzi style mags that held 32 rnds (more commonly seen with the 20s though), the Jatimatic held 20 or 40 (Red Dawn fame and a few other movies but I doubt anyone has one), Tec 9s, MACs and some of the other 9mm that were popular with drug dealers and Hollywood, and even the 42rnd AUG mags (a US Customs guy I knew had one as his issued rifle in the late 80s, no idea how he got it but it had the happy switch).

Actually .380 and even .32ACP is allowed in Merino division, it’s just a typo.

The mag limits are there to help keep competition more skill- than equipment-based.  And Ballistic Nylon division has no restrictions on mag capacity as long as the mags are “period correct”, so there’s a place for damn near everything from the era.



Once I get the rulebook done (should be by the first of next week), “The Plan” is to have a sort of “open for comment” period of a month or so to get competitor feedback and tweak things as needed, then finalize everything.

Where do we sign up for our street names?

This might slow down my draw times, but dat sight radius....

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If you use that and DON'T dress like Harry Callahan.... you'll be mocked unmercifully!

Outstanding! So far... the date works out great!
As a local, can you let us out of towners know where we can get a good hotel room? Decent restaurants?  Anything near the beach? (Hell... what about a beach party for the shoot? Lol)

Tallahassee and Midway is 60 miles inland.

Ah, must have missed it.  Carry on.  

Oh well.....

I'll take  swimming pool then!

Nowhere official for sign up yet.

Right now, the best thing to do is call “DIBS” in this thread.

International Dibs Protocol will be observed as much as possible.

Skeletal FB page is up.

Go post pictures, questions, comments, general goofy stuff!

DIBS on “Paul Kersey”

FB page isn't loading for me...

Dibs on McBaine

Yeah, having some technical difficulties with Facebook.... this is why I want a retro match!  

Claiming Martin Castillo

Claiming Marion Cobretti

Claiming Switek... because:

he's a little overweight...

he's a little goofy...

and to the best of my recollection,  he rarely hit shit!  

Fuck me, I gotta work.

Cross posted in the competitive shooting side of Arfcom

Get you Member's Only Jackets and Rayban Sunglasses Ready - Retro Shooting Match is Set

Here is the Draft Article for TTAG to promote this.

Grab Your Member’s Only Jackets & Ray-Bans Sunglasses. Retro Wave Shooting has an Official Match Date & Location.



As we discussed early in our article about how nostalgia is creating a new type of shooting sport.

It appears our article and the ongoing discussions that is spurred on various gun forums have really made a splash across the internet. So much so that a location and date have been selected and rules have been drafted (CLICK HERE to see match rules).

So what exactly is Retro Wave Shooting? It is a new shooting league set in the era of fast cars, popping colorful threads, jamming synthwave music. It is a way to pay homage to the action movies/tv shows and real life events of years past. The entire idea is to relive the 70s/80s/90s in a fun, safe, and inclusive way. Unlike Cowboy Action Shooting, shooting in costume isn’t required. All that is required is the right mindset, safe firearms handling, and a smile on your face.

Personally, I’m going to compete in the Poly-Blend Division to honor my father when he was a cop back in 1980s Miami.


My father during those days in Miami.

Except I’ll use my S&W Model 64 .38 Special 4? service revolver and my Ruger Mini-14 GB stainless rifle instead of the Beretta and Remington 870 he carried back then.





The real nice thing is that there are additional divisions and if you want to shooting with just about anything you can. There is the Ballistic Nylon Division. A nice catch all for folks that just really want to have a blast. The rules for that division state the following;

Yup, you read that right. A location and have have been selected. Where? Talon Range in Midway, Florida. When? September 28 & 29, 2019.



A fantastic outdoor shooting range with 7 individual handgun ranges, 12 ranges for pistols or rifles, 6 competition ranges, 100 yard rifle range, 400 yard rifle range, 3 steel reactive ranges, Archery range 20/30/40/50 yards, a 10 station sporting clays course, and Trap/Skeet/5-Stand ranges. In fact, you can check out some of the range and do a virtual tour of the shooting bays on Google Maps.





What can I say about Talon Range? It is a great range and I know because I’m a member there. What’s great other than the physical setup is that they’re very open to shooting sports. They host Cowboy Action Shooting, IDPA, USPSA, GSSF, 3 Gun, Rimfire/Centerfire Steel Matches, and Bowling Pin Matches. The owners and staff are very supportive of the Second Amendment and personally speak in support of pro gun issues at the Florida Capitol and North Florida area Town Halls.

So grab your white linen suit, chromed out S&W 586, and Ray-Bans because it looks like the next fun shooting event will be held in Florida.


Courtesy of crzapy – ar15.com

Claiming Thomas Magnum.  The guest house was a lot like a basement

Trying a different Facebook approach...

Is this working better?

That ones working

Awesome, thanks.

I would be there to rock the Hawaiian Shirt and the .45.

Okay, since the new FB page is working, I think the “discussion” section is a great place to stake our claims on aliases and legends.  I just posted mine.  I’m so cool my alias has an alias.

Nathan “Cochese” Wind.

I just ordered a VERY important piece of equipment...

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This looks like the most fun ever.

That is precisely the plan.  

Hence why we're doing this.