Now that Erik is back in the states (Alabama)

[xphunter]

With our son back in the states (Near Huntsville, AL) after being in Mexico for the last 5 years, he is ready to start hunting and shooting with XP-100's again.
When we go see them, he will be running a center-grip 6.5 Creedmoor XP-100.

He has been shooting and hunting with specialty pistols since he was 9 years old, but school and mission work in several countries has interrupted that.

I started both of our kids shooting specialty pistols early on, and I am excited the Erik is picking back up as an adult-I am pretty happy!

 

[NYDAN]

Great post. I bet you feel "pretty happy"!

 

[highoctane]

Absolutely wonderful! Great memories

 

[JMRhino]

Those are fun photos. When I saw them, it made me think of my childhood and being fascinated with handgun hunting. I asked my dad if I could hunt with his Colt 1911 .45 ACP and he wisely declined. I recall reading articles from Bob Milek (don't remember the periodical) and Larry Weishuhn in the 70s and 80s which helped fuel my handgun hunting interest further. I had dreams of hunting jackrabbits and other varmints with a Ruger Single Six in 22 WMR.

I later worked for a large hunting and fishing store in Athens, GA called "Franklin's Sports" in the early 90s and they had a large inventory of Thompson Center Contenders. I still have two Contender receivers and barrels in 35 Rem, 30-30 Win, 22 LR Match and .410/.45LC from Franklin's. This thread has inspired me to take them out more this fall. We have an "extended" doe only season opening up here in my county in VA this weekend. Since firearms are allowed, it may be a great time for breaking them out since I'm not under a ton of pressure to fill the freezer yet...