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Offline Ripsnort

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Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« on: October 03, 2017, 03:00:57 PM »
Shooting them (with a camera) is almost as much as shooting them! :)
I am absolutely out of my area of expertise in this type of subject matter photography (Sports photography is my best) but I'm learning all the time.
















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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2017, 05:02:36 PM »
Your photos look like the work of a professional.   :salute
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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2017, 05:24:47 PM »
Interesting trigger guards.

Offline Vulcan

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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2017, 06:18:02 PM »
Jeez rip can't you afford any new guns  :bolt:

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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2017, 08:42:13 PM »
I used to own the fifth one. Well, probably not that one, specifically. It's my favorite.

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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2017, 10:58:18 AM »
Nice, What caliber is the trapdoor and Savage 99?
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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2017, 02:44:22 PM »
Rip, nice work!

Nice touch with the relevent accoutrement in each shot. If there aren't contests for this kind of 'guns in the wild' photography, there should be.

I'm going to use some of them for screen desktop backgrounds if you don't mind.

The 1908 vest pocket is my favorite shot. I have one of those but most of the blueing is gone, yours looks pretty nice.
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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2017, 03:05:15 PM »
Great work Rip, you've built up a very cool collection in a short period of time, since you started reloading/shooting and posting about it.  Those pictures are fantastic, look like they've come right from a magazine or brochure. 

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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2017, 09:16:55 PM »
Very well done, sir!

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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2017, 07:26:50 AM »
Thank you gentlemen!

You've raised my confidence level in this area of photography.

Mav, the Trapdoor is .45-70 and the Savage pictured is .250-3000. I now have two savages both made in 1913, one is .250 and the other 22HP. My other Savages are a pre-war 99EG .300 Savage made in 1940 and a 99C Series A in .308.

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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2017, 09:18:25 AM »
You have a good eye for setting up your shots.

This probably comes easier than the sports shots which are always moving.

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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2017, 03:15:24 PM »
RIP, I dabbled in photography a long time ago. Loved macro work, sort of like the kind of work that you display here, but you're better than I ever was. These are very well done. Keep at it.

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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2017, 03:34:06 PM »
I'd post pictures of my guns, but I'm afraid people here might report me to the authorities...  :bolt:

Great pics Rip. <S>
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« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2017, 03:47:09 PM »
You're too kind! Thank you gents!

Nef, quick question, is a 1943 "sniper" Mosin Nagant more valuable than a plain jane? I've been told by about $50 more. (I guess one way to tell is to open the bolt, look on the left side of the receiver and look for two black plugs?)


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Re: Gun photos (Picture heavy)
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2017, 05:29:52 PM »
You're too kind! Thank you gents!

Nef, quick question, is a 1943 "sniper" Mosin Nagant more valuable than a plain jane? I've been told by about $50 more. (I guess one way to tell is to open the bolt, look on the left side of the receiver and look for two black plugs?)

I've heard that's one of the indicators yes. As far as value, haven't really been following the Mosin prices but they seem to have increased significantly.
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!