[SubGunFan]

Before the HEAVY rains came through it wasn't that bad. The ground was wet, but people could move around....

Then the bottom fell out......... Notice the LARGE puddles. The Boy Scouts (under the blue tarps) got flooded out at the end.

Umbrellas and water puddles everywhere.................

Between the many claps of thunder.... the Civil War cannon fired off a few times (in the rain).


The noise of the heavy rain hitting the tin roofs drowned out our PA system. We had to add cellphones at each location.

For the past many years Magnolia has been lucky with good weather during the annual meeting. This year is a little payback from Mother Nature...... In 2003 the annual meeting was delayed 2 weeks due to the range being flooded.

It actually flooded twice that year. Now you see why the building is on that 7' tall dirt pad....

Maybe next year we will go back to nice weather................

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[Mrs. Hammer]

Sounds like it would have been a good day to try out some walkie talkies.

 

[SubGunFan]

GOOD idea..... but we didn't have any............

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[captain-03]

Yea - grandson and I got wet ... all my gear got wet -- should not have tried to do that 22 RF F-Class Demo -- knew better!!

I was actually surprised by the number of folks that actually stayed around until the end. Bet it would have been a lot fewer if the new pavilion had not been there -- it was packed!!

Overall, mission accomplished!! See you next year -- hope the weather is better!!

 

[shoeshooter]

Strange thing, after being totally soaked for over two hours, all I could think about on the drive home was how good a shower was going to feel. It DID feel great, but it was really HOT.

Yeah, Capt., we should have left the rifles in the vehicles. I now have a "rusty" Kimber...for real this time.

Nice time up until about 11:30

 

[dhollis51]

yep, it was wet, wet, wet but not as wet as the last pic. I enjoyed meeting and seeing a few of you and will see you april 30th for the m&gIII.

 

[M1GarandFan]

Yep, I'm with Shoe on the meeting yesterday. That hot shower sure felt good when I got home. I didn't even bother to try and set up stands for the Highpower demo. I left them under the cover and they got soaked even sitting there :whaaa: . I knew I would regret forgetting to bring my waterproof boots and I did. My tennis shoes are still drying out :rotflmao: . Hope this means that we have good weather for our matches now. :thinking:

 

[Cliff Cargill]

I was soaked to the bone after doing the man-vs-man demo. Yes, the pistol shooters are crazy. Thanks to Subgun for doing the safety meeting by himself. I owe you.

Hard to imagine that many people showing up in that kind of weather. :thumbup:

 

[Hammer]

It was rather wet... barely heard the numbers being called out.
I was out under the leaking roof of the 50-100 yard ranges.

 

[msredneck]

well good to hear you folks survived...

I admire a "rain or snow we go" attitude..

of course my big butt was dry...at da house