outerlimits Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 anyone remember the pendulum device we used to measure power factor? funny stuff once we went to 162 grain 38 supers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 The power pendulum wasn't used at our clubs after chronys became popular..about the time 38Stupids came into popularity.. but that would have been a trip to see.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxD Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I thought you had forgotten the questions I used to ask... Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 anyone remember the pendulum device we used to measure power factor? funny stuff once we went to 162 grain 38 supers... I remember the ballistic pendulums! It's just the stuff from last week that's the problem Darn Middle Age Moments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubber Posted February 25, 2006 Share Posted February 25, 2006 anyone remember the pendulum device we used to measure power factor? funny stuff once we went to 162 grain 38 supers... I remember the ballistic pendulums! It's just the stuff from last week that's the problem Darn Middle Age Moments! I too remember the $#@@# Pendulum tester. It was used at Cactus near Lake Pleasant. They would shoot the pendulum with military spec ammo for a major and a minor power factor. Time for my warm milk and cookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Sweeney Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 Ballistic pendulums? How about those timers you'd set with little wheels, for par times? Our then club president built a hand truck with batteries, bullhorn, and the timer. The neighbors a mile away could hear the start and stop beeps. I live in a University town. More than once I've seen club members bringing their girlfriends to the range. Now in the old days, wimmen dressed for the occasion. Today, I can hardly imagine the occasion a lot of women are dressing for. Perhaps there are video auditions in town I don't hear about? At a recent range trip, I saw a youngish member with his girlfriend, and my first thought on seeing her getup was "Isn't it a bit early for halloween?" (The impending holiday made me think of it.) My second thought was "I can't recall that 'Naughty Nurse' was the most popular costume this year." You guessed it, while I'm standing there watching, politely waiting to tell him that when he's done I'd like to use that range to practice on poppers, the pistol she's shooting throws a hot empty down her decolletage. (Look it up.) He stands there, trying to figure out how to help, and dodge the muzzle, while she lets out some truly impressive curses, and stuffs a free hand down her shirt in search of said brass. By the time they're done, I'm casually looking at the clouds, minding my own business. I've had hot .223 brass raise blisters and leave scars that took some time to fade away. I can only imagine what kind of marks she had. One more reason to shoot revolvers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Or wear high necked pulllovers without any decolletage to collect any hot brass... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgary Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 A gentleman would have offered to protect the young woman, by covering that decolletage with his hands while she shoots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Sweeney Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 This was more like the "middle days of IPSC" but still fun. Our club shot competition. If there was a scoring system, we'd try it. Pins, IPSC, Steel Challenge, silhouette, we were up for it. We had just prevailed on the welder to build us a rig that could withstand regular shooting with everything, and had stood it up at the 100 yard line. I come walking down the stairs to the 100 yard range one day, and Paul Weaver (the only guy I ever met who owned more guns than I did) is in a heated discussion with an old-time club member. The old time club member is telling Paul not to waste his ammo with his new steel gun on the gong. "The bullets won't go that far." Paul sees me and says "How about we let Pat try it?" So I load up, hold the dot on the top edge of the plate and proceed to ring it ten for ten. Paul says "See, that's why he's El Presidente." I later found out from Paul that he'd seen me coming, and had immediately talked the guy into a bet, $10 he could get someone to hit it half the time, and $20 if they hit more than half. I miss Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 ...Paul Weaver (the only guy I ever met who owned more guns than I did)... More than Richard Davis???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Sweeney Posted November 28, 2006 Author Share Posted November 28, 2006 If you subtracted Richard's buzzguns, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraderJack Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 You guys a killin' me! I've only been able to get thru 3 pages of this thread so far - my jaw is sore from laughing! I'm a newcomer to USPSA(6 mo or so), but I feel like I've been here for fourty years! (Of course I don't shoot like it!) I'll stop back for more when I heal! TraderJack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Fischer Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 (edited) Guys, I'm new to this forum but I found many names I used to know from shoots around the country. Sweeney and Carmoney I remember from Second Chance. I had read an earlier post from Patrick about "Propane Wednesday" and I went digging out some old pics. Here's one that I think demos just how crazy....er I mean "tasteful" Richard's displays could be. LOL! I hope everyone enjoys it. I have a ton of old shooting pics that I can post if I'm properly motivated! LOL! Good to read some of the old IPSC history stories, too. I might have a few to share. Terry Edited February 5, 2007 by T Fischer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Oh, more photos, PLEASE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I would say Terry just joined the Forum "with a bang!" Welcome! Guys,I'm new to this forum but I found many names I used to know from shoots around the country. Sweeney and Carmoney I remember from Second Chance. I had read an earlier post from Patrick about "Propane Wednesday" and I went digging out some old pics. Here's one that I think demos just how crazy....er I mean "tasteful" Richard's displays could be. LOL! I hope everyone enjoys it. I have a ton of old shooting pics that I can post if I'm properly motivated! LOL! Good to read some of the old IPSC history stories, too. I might have a few to share. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Fischer Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Thanks for the welcome. I enjoyed reading some of the previous pages that were posted some time ago. Well, I was prompted to post some more pics so here goes..... Richard always had a campfire going to ward off the Michigan chilly nights! Our host..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Sweeney Posted February 6, 2007 Author Share Posted February 6, 2007 Just in case I hadn't made it clear, the kind of propane bottles Richard was shooting at weren't just the little multi-gallon bottles you see on the backs of campers. He would get the car-sized ones you see in back of houses in the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Fischer Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Hi Patrick. Good to see you here. I sure miss those days at SC. I wonder if the range is still there, intact or maybe the last Mrs. Davis had it dozed??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 (edited) And, despite our best efforts, the old man pictured below was the single best bowling pin shooter that ever lived. The year I finished second in the main event, he beat all of us by several seconds. Edited February 10, 2007 by Carmoney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Ken Tapp is a great shooter.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herky Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 He is the ultimate "gun is a tool" guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nesbitt Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 I remember when Ken Tapp was winning at Second Chance we all marvelled at how old he was. 50 or so. Now I think 50 is a young whippersnapper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Where was he from ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry White Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Indiana I think. I only saw him on film but he put the fast in FAST!!------Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He was supposedly from Kentucky. But then later on his address was in Florida. During the time I knew him he was spending most of his time on the road, traveling in that camper from match to match. According to stories I heard from people who were closer to him, Tapp was a trapper in Alaska for years. I remember when Ken Tapp was winning at Second Chance we all marvelled at how old he was. 50 or so. Now I think 50 is a young whippersnapper. Tapp was still winning big pin matches well into his 60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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