Stew outside his natural habitat Date: 06/30/2007 Stew nearly challenged the locals to a game of 'upper-class twit' when they started to play through. c'mon, it's a good monty python reference.
lounging in the shade Date: 06/30/2007 Muse made one of many Caddyshack references, in rather poor taste. Please note that his car is worth less than the insurance premium on most of the other cars in the lot.
off to scout the site Date: 06/30/2007 trudging off to scout the site. Please note the freaky 'lion, the witch & the wardrobe' lamp that they'd stuck out there. It's the middle of the frigging practice range...
setting up the racks Date: 07/01/2007 like most simple torch shows, you spend most of your morning throwing around lumber and driving nails.
stew loading 3" chains Date: 07/01/2007
everyone loves a good solid 8"... shell. Date: 07/01/2007 everyone loves a good solid 8"... shell. 'nuff said.
view down the center of the columns Date: 07/01/2007 view down the center of the columns, racks were angled away from the viewing area (and camera). we had wind blowing towards the viewing area, and the parking lot behind. These folks don't appreciate hot cinders falling on their Porsches and Alfas.
view across the columns Date: 07/01/2007 Finale racks to the right. the top of the 8"s are sticking out of the sandpit in the middle.
this is when things went wrong... Date: 07/01/2007 this is when things went wrong. the finale was fired, and we had several low-breaks and 2 flowerpots that never lifted out of the tubes.
low-altitude blamming has commenced... Date: 07/01/2007 in addition to the low breaks, we had one of the tubes thrown out of the rack. Stew took home the bottom plug as a souvenir.
pat goes for broke Date: 07/01/2007 While the rest of us were running around like chickens with their heads cut off, Pat makes the call and mashes all the remaining firing squibs and sets of the rest of the racks. This is not a callous attempt to burn us all alive, it's known as 'the show must go on'.
remains of the 6" finale rack Date: 07/01/2007 remains of the 6" finale rack. two of the tubes were blown open like a cartoon shotgun when Daffy puts his finger in the barrel. 2x4" shrapnel made it most of the way to the safety fence.
it dun blowed up Date: 07/01/2007 another view of the ravaged 6" racks.
one of the blown tubes Date: 07/01/2007 this is what happens when a 6" shell fails to clear the firing mortar before it's display charge goes off.
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