Ben said
I noticed on Thursday morning it after having my usual "Eggs Benedict" breakfast at the Erma... curious if the extra barrel length helps stabilize the bullets better?    
  

Ben-

We'll just have to shoot it and find out. We'll need some old fire extinguishers to make cartridges and an old metal coffee can for a bullet mould. I'll need another case of BP after the first range session. Gonna need a mattress for a recoil pad. Wonder if SPG comes in 5-pound blocks. 

Mike

Blue Ridge Parson said
I'm glad to see that "big gun" back.  I remember about 20 years ago it was outside the door of a nice little gun shop.  When I came back to Cody after a ten year absence, both the gun and the store were gone.  It's nice to see it back.
BRP
  

I happened to see it when I was out for a walk, I was wondering where it wound up. Cool thing about Cody is that I could walk almost anywhere I wanted to go. I could actually walk over the hill to the arena almost as quickly as I could drive. Saw the rifle when I strolled down to the Irma for dinner Saturday.

Mike

BRP

Mike

fred.lasor@gmail.com said
I will not make it this year, sorry to say.  Wish I could be there, for the food AND the show!
  

I'm sorry, it's tough to miss a year after you discover what a good time it can be.

Mike

Ben said
FYI:  Diesel just dropped down to $4.20 in Post Falls, Idaho.  Gas is at $3.49…. If this continues, the trip to Cody will be a bit more wallet friendly.  
  

I will fill in Montanna... it is just barely over $4 per gallon.

Zebulon said
Even though Britain's InterCity 125 is so named for its cruising speed, it is a 7 hour ride from Yorkshire up the Great Glen to Inverness.  When it crosses switches at those speeds the train is jolted and sways from side to side with considerable velocity. 
The toilets are situated in very small compartments lined with riveted steel and grab bars on two walls, which tells you how close they are.
If you are unfortunate enough to be inside the compartment when the train rockets over a series of switches - common when passing through towns along the route - you experience the equivalent of aviation's:"severe turbulence" and will bounce off those steel walls until your bells are rung. 
This was almost 50 years ago so I have no idea if that train even exists. But the journey was horrible. I can't stand the thought of Yorkshire pudding today.
  

My only trip to the UK and other European countries was in 1972 and I found out why passengers were requested to refrain from using the toilets while the trains were in the station. In more recent times I've worked a few train wrecks and learned that the only thing that keeps wheels on the rails and cars on the axles is gravity. The thought of a train swaying much at all is rather disturbing. 

Mike

The toilets are situated in very small compartments lined with riveted steel and grab bars on two walls, which tells you how close they are.

If you are unfortunate enough to be inside the compartment when the train rockets over a series of switches - common when passing through towns along the route - you experience the equivalent of aviation's:"severe turbulence" and will bounce off those steel walls until your bells are rung. 

This was almost 50 years ago so I have no idea if that train even exists. But the journey was horrible. I can't stand the thought of Yorkshire pudding today.