[Leica] Monday Misc.

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Hi Jim, thank you for looking.  The Baylor campus was more crowded than it
looks as it was near dinner time.  The dinner halls were pretty full.

As to the rifle it was probably a 6.5 Creedmore Remington short action in
an Accuracy International chassis.  With the front rail for night vision
and the suppressor I suspect it was set up for pig hunting.  The Creedmore
is a1200 to 1500 yard platform depending on bullet selection and how hard
you want to push pressures and transonic performance of the bullet.

On Mon, May 14, 2018, 12:10 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:

> Beautiful images, Don.  The Baylor campus seems to be much less
> congested than most campuses that I have visited.
>
> Is that a Barrett 50 caliber in the 5th image?
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 5/14/2018 7:04 AM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> > This morning will be slightly different.  I went on a road trip mostly to
> > deliver the remains of my daughters room to her in Austin.  Just before I
> > left Leica returned my M9 and trip-elmar.  Obviously I had to reacquaint
> > myself with a rangefinder. On the way back I stopped by Baylor
> University;
> > it was finals week.
> >
> > This image is from the Browning Library; Baylor says that they have the
> > largest collection of Elizabeth Brownings works and artifacts.
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRABrowningLibrarystudy.jpg.html
> >
> > The next two images demonstrate the level of desperation the students
> > endure while waiting for their next exam:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAFinalsWeekII.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAFinalsWeek.jpg.html
> >
> > Next stop was in Dallas.  I met up with some friends to visit a somewhat
> > controversial convention going on at the time.  Starting with this young
> > lady who seemed somewhat unsure about the attention she was receiving
> even
> > though her father was very encouraging:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAunsuregirl.jpg.html
> >
> > We move on to one of the displays.  The attendees were very enthusiastic
> > about touching the displayed goods.  I will note that there was at least
> a
> > two stage safety inspection to ensure no "accidents" occurred.  In this
> > example there was no firing pin.  Also, RRS has moved into this domain to
> > increase market share.
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRARRStripod.jpg.html
> >
> > As in most conventions there were some enthusiastic people making
> > statements:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRABallonpuppet.jpg.html
> >
> > While I knew that news teams were being destroyed, this image shows
> why.  A
> > single person is the whole show.
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRAINFOwars.jpg.html
> >
> > Last image is from the DART station(Dallas has built a reasonably good
> > light rail system)near the city airport Love Field.  The regional airport
> > is DFW and there has been some infighting among the airlines as the city
> > airport is just more convenient.  Anyway, some friends had invited me to
> a
> > nice restaurant downtown and I took the train in rather than try to park.
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/don_dory_gmail_com/Monday+Misc/NRADART.jpg.html
> >
> > I must say that having a rangefinder back even with the limitations of
> ISO
> > and tiny buffer was most enjoyable.
> >
> > All the best.
> >
>
>
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