The gathering at Granite Falls started with breakfast at the Timberline Cafe. CavVet and I had the Prime Rib & Eggs, Simple had the Spicy German Sausage Scamble, Armed Pilot wolfed down some Waffles, Gibby nursed a cup of coffee, PhilfromNewJersey had, ummmmmmm.....anyway, KA3B decided to order the Mini Pancakes....right in front of us.
We had the Pit to ourselves, which was a good thing because CavVet was regrading the Pit with his Ferret fitty cal. We all put on our Mini Pancake hearing protection. While Armed Pilot was showering me with .308 brass from his FAL mag fed Bushmaster AR-10s, Gibby was grubbing up one of my AR-15's and generally hitting what he was shooting at. Simple had an array of unsual antique firearms that had actual wooden stocks and his 9mm AR, which ran well with at least some of his magazines. KA3B let us all shoot his spanking new DSA FAL which was dialed in and doing some serious damage to whatever we pointed it at. Eventually, most weapons were Mini Pancake tested and approved for future Pit Stops.
Everybody fired the Ferret .50, several of us from the standing position, while everyone else fired from the Mini Pancake position. A problem with some of the Lake City ammo left CavVet about ten rounds short of finishing his regrade of the Pit's backstop.
After cleaning up our mess, we headed off to Razzal's for burgers and such when R-32 called and updated us on the WA HTF. Largely due to the TV coverage at the bar & grill, the conversation turned to talking about people getting eaten by bears, tigers and the sort.