I think there's somethng about doing something learned years ago that allows concentration to take over and remove the tremors. I'll bet he got great pleasure from afternoons like you spent with him -- hopefully others stepped in when you were not there -
Course, shooting is a great sport whch is sadly disappearing with the loss of more and more easily accessible ranges. I suspect surburban sprawl is making the land more valuable as a housing tract... Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D) www.youroil.net for Oil Analysis and Weber Parts Test Results http://members.rennlist.com/oil PORSCHE POSTERS! youroil.net 800-583-8601 Weber Carb Info http://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curt Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Air guns Dad and I were at the range one time and a couple old fellers were there with their .45s. One of the guys had Parkinsons so bad he had to put the pistol and the magazine on the table and slowly slide them together... We all backed away when he brought that pistol up to shoot but it was amazing, as he brought the gun up all sign of the tremor ceased and he was just as steady as a rock. He then proceeded to shoot different handloads through a chronograph. This was a window chrono so he had to keep all his shots to about a 4" window or he'd have blown his chrono apart. When he first went for a mag change I offered to help which he greatly appreciated. I spent most of a day with him, changing mags and refilling them. He shot about 300 rounds all of which would have taken up no more space than the bottom of a soda can... -Curt Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:20:20 -0400 From: "Wilton Strickland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MBZ] Air guns To: "mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" I have a Crossman pump pellet gun I use occasionally on pigeons way up on top of my Georgian Revival slate roof (nearly 3 floors up) - usually hit 'em fairly easily so far. 'Haven't done it in little over a year. When my tremor was really bad, wife would see me coming back in the house after dispatching coupla pigeons and ask, "How can you hit anything with your hands shaking so?" Answer: "'Don't shake resting against a tree or fence post." Wilton _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
