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RE: our 4th - bobw - 07-04-2015

Happy 4th to all. Got up at 430AM this morning and cranked up the lead pot for a bunch of .440" dia slicks for the upcoming MT 1000.Later in the day rebuilt the bullet trap backstop and did some buffalo sirloins. Laid back and a great day. bobw


RE: our 4th - Mike - 07-05-2015

Well, it is a good morning. The only fireworks we heard was late last night and it sounded like distant artillery. Maybe it was distant artillery... Shoot sharp, Mike


RE: our 4th - Kurt - 07-05-2015

Maybe it was a tennis ball firecracker Mike Smile


RE: our 4th - Don McDowell - 07-05-2015

The sound of distant artillery, the sound of freedom on the move..


RE: our 4th - Mike - 07-05-2015

We do, on occasion, hear artillery shots from Fort Lewis... But last night the sounds were fireworks, maybe heavy stuff. Shoot sharp, Mike


RE: our 4th - Don McDowell - 07-05-2015

We're about 3 miles from the north artillery range at Camp Guernsey. We get to hear artillery fire on a fairly regular basis.


RE: our 4th - Mike - 07-05-2015

We're about 15 miles away from Fort Lewis but even so, with the wind in the proper direction, the sound of artillery is unmistakable. Yes, I do hear those shots as the sounds of freedom, just like the roar and supercharger whine of a fast flying Rolls-Merlin powered P-51. But that, of course, is history.